Scientific Programme

The scientific programme is structured around basic science, traditional medicine and clinical sessions given by some of the world’s top specialists. It includes oral presentations of the best abstracts, the announcement of ECCO Fellowships and Grants and summary presentations of new ECCO Guidelines. All sessions will be held virtually via the ECCO’21 Virtual Congress Platform with educational sessions being held Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd July,2021. Scientific sessions will be held Thursday to Saturday, July 8-10, 2021. No parallel sessions are scheduled. The congress registration fee includes access to all scientific sessions.

Highlights of the Scientific programme:

• Hot debates in IBD
• When location makes the difference
• Reducing the burden of IBD
• IBD out of the gut
• Cartels in IBD
• Milestones in clinical care
• Basic Science: Big data research
• IBD Horizons
• Multidisciplinary cases
• What have we got outside our box of drugs?
• ECCO Lecture

Educational Programme

The educational programme of the 16th Congress of ECCO is scheduled prior to the official start of the ECCO Congress. It covers activities for ECCO’s different interest groups including young gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists, IBD Nurses and allied health professionals and scientists.

• 1^st ECCO Postgraduate Course in IBD
• 2^nd Guideline Methodology and GRADE Workshop
• 3^rd ECCO Basic Imaging Workshop in collaboration with ESGAR
• 4^th School for Clinical Trialists
• 5^th ECCO-AOCC Forum TBC
• 5^th Advanced ECCO: EduCational COurse for Industry
• 6^th H-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 6^th D-ECCO Workshop
• 7^th Y-ECCO Basic Science Workshop
• 8^th ECCO Ultrasound Workshop – Advanced in collaboration with ESGAR
• 8^th P-ECCO Educational Course
• 9^th SciCom Workshop
• 10^th S-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 12^th N-ECCO School
• 15^th N-ECCO Network Meeting
• 19^th IBD Intensive Course for Trainees