Dear ECCO IBD Community,
Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to invite you all to the 21st Congress of ECCO and our return to Stockholm Messe from February 18 to 21, 2026.
Continuing with the ECCO REACH strategy, our focus theme this year is the goal “Holistic IBD Care” - treating the patient as a whole: beyond inflammation, as well as psychological wellbeing.

There is already much good work moving in the direction of holistic IBD Care, join us at ECCO’26 and be inspired by pioneering clinicians and researchers, see how holistic approaches can enhance your practice and outcomes; whether well-established or resource-hungry – there are cost effective holistic measures for every institute.

Our extraordinary Scientific Programme, led by experts from all around the world, features sessions on patient-centered treatment, holistic strategies and treatment as well as even approaches to holistic surgery. Programme highlights include the official launch of the Lancet Commission on Global IBD on Thursday afternoon as well as a inclusive range of presentations from Work-Life balance, Diversity in IBD, Treat-to-Target, Targeting the microbiome, Nutritional treatment in IBD and the Nursing Consensus Update – second edition.

The exciting Saturday morning sessions feature a rare global panel – bringing together speakers from the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Africa: “Exploring Multidisciplinary Teams”, as well as ECCO Lecture on: “Gut-brain axis in IBD”.

The Scientific Programme will be live streamed through our virtual platform and available on-demand for registered delegates during three months after the Congress. The popular number of Digital Oral Presentations sessions will be next year increased to 16. So, you will not miss anything!

In addition, we have 14 courses in our outstanding onsite Educational Programme including N-ECCO Research Forum, the IBD Intensive Course or the Ultrasound Workshop to name a few. These courses require separate registration, go and secure your place and don’t miss the valuable content and the lively discussion.

I strongly encourage you to join ECCO in our commitment to providing holistic and optimum care for our patients.
Find all the information on ECCO 2026 Congress website and we will meet again in Stockholm!

Yours sincerely,

Fernando Magro
ECCO President 2025-2027