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. Scientific sessions will be held Thursday to Saturday, February 17-19, 2022. All of them will be live transmitted and the content will also be available on demand until May 31, 2022.

Please note that Wednesday, February 16, 2022 will be a a full day of educational activities and no scientific programme. The scientific programme starts as of Thursday, February 17, 2022. No parallel sessions are scheduled. The congress registration fee includes access to all scientific sessions.

Highlights of the Scientific Programme:

• Developing environment recipes for IBD
• Keeping the patient at home: Is telemedicine the future?
• Aiming high with treatment goals in IBD: The modern Icarus?
• Modern monitoring of IBD
• Histology in IBD: What the gastroenterologist should know
• Do we see light at the end of hte fistula track?
• COVID and non-COVID infections
• Basic Science: From basic science to practical approach
• IBD Horizons
• Beyond the gut
• Minimising malignancy risks: Clinical cases
• ECCO Lecture

Educational Programme

The educational programme of the 17^th 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. The educational courses will only be provided on site.

• 2^nd ECCO Postgraduate Course in IBD
• 4^th ECCO Basic Imaging Workshop in collaboration with ESGAR
• 6^th EpiCom Workshop
• 6^th Basic ECCO: EduCational COurse for Industry
• 7^th N-ECCO Research Forum
• 7^th H-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 7^th D-ECCO Workshop
• 8^th Y-ECCO Basic Science Workshop
• 8^th ClinCom Workshop
• 9^th ECCO Ultrasound Workshop – Advanced in collaboration with ESGAR
• 9^th P-ECCO Educational Course
• 10^th SciCom Workshop
• 11^th S-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 13^th N-ECCO School
• 16^th N-ECCO Network Meeting
• 20^th IBD Intensive Course for Trainees