Volume 20, Issue 3

On 4 October, 2025, during the UEGW in Berlin, the Governing Board of ECCO met with representatives of the International Federation of Crohn's & Colitis Associations (IFCCA) and patient associations as well as with ECCO National Representatives from many countries across Europe. During this very stimulating and informative meeting, exchanges and brainstorming sessions were held on the main ECCO Projects and the expectations of National Representatives and patient representatives in these fields.

Dear ECCO Friends and Community I had a great pleasure to speak with Johan Burisch, the Editor-in-Chief of JCC Plus, about the exciting advancements of the newly launched journal – its scope, expected contributions, and the benefits of Open Access publishing for both authors and readers.

The Educational Programme of the 21st Congress of ECCO starts prior to the official start of the ECCO Congress and courses take place from February 18-20, 2026. These activities target ECCO’s different interest groups including young gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists, IBD Nurses, dietitians, allied health professionals and scientists...

The abstract submission for the 21st Congress of ECCO [link to congress homepage] is open now. To submit an abstract please visit the abstract submission page [link to abstract submission page], which also contains important information on the submission process and the guidelines for abstract submission.

In May 2025, SciCom, together with Y-ECCO, co-hosted the first ever ECCO Webinar offering skills training for early career IBD Physicians (with CME points*) on a range of research techniques, including such relevant topics as transcriptomics, genetics and epigenetics and the microbiome. The skills-building series was conceived by Bella Ungar, who, together with Bram Verstockt, the former Chair of Y-ECCO, built a programme to meet the e-learning materials gap in translational science for clinicians.