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GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAMME THURSDAY
TUESDAY 12
JUNE 2012
PROGRAMME
3 APRIL
2014
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
VENUE
ACCREDITATION
8.30 – 10.15 SESSION 5
13.40 – 15.00 SESSION 7
The conference will be held at the
CME accreditation has been requested from the
LIFE ENDOSCOPY AND SURGERY
LIFE SURGERY AND ENDOSCOPY
Academic Medical Center (AMC)
European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Meibergdreef 9
Medical Education (EACCME)
Chairs: Guido Tytgat, Paul Fockens, Stephen Hanauer, Geert D’Haens
Chairs: Guido Tytgat, Feza Remzi, Geert D’Haens
Endoscopists: P. Fockens, M. Löwenberg, C. Ponsioen
Local Surgeons: W. Bemelman, P. Tanis, C. Buskens
Endoscopists: E. Dekker, M. Löwenberg, M. Samaan
NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam
www.epgs.nl
BIG REGISTRATION (Dutch participants only)
Please fill in your full BIG number (11 digits) in
10.15 – 10.45 COFFEE BREAK
WORKING LANGUAGE
the registration form. The EPGS will register you
The language of the conference will be English
in the GAIA system after the conference
IMPORTANT DATES
HOTEL OVERVIEW
TIMELY SURGERY IN IBD
15.20 – 17.30 SESSION 8
1 February 2014
Rooms have been blocked in Amsterdam City
Chairs: Willem Bemelman and André D’Hoore
TREATMENT OF IBD IN THE NOT-SO-FAR FUTURE
Deadline for early registration at reduced fee
Center. Connections by public transportation
Deadline for guaranteed hotel accommodation
is easy to the Academic Medical Center as well
10.45 Surgery for IBD in the era of biologicals
Chairs: Marieke Pierik, Nanne de Boer
2 & 3 April 2014
as to Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Central
Yves Panis, Paris, France
15.20 Is there any future for thiopurine or methotrexate in IBD treatment?
IBD: Today & Tomorrow
Railway station.
Stephen Hanauer, Chicago, USA
15.50 Will adhesion blockers blow everything away?
Brian Feagan, London, Ontario, Canada
16.20 Novel molecules knocking on the door
William Sandborn, La Jolla, USA
16.50 AMC Research Flash 6
17.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE 4
What have we achieved in 20 years of intensive IBD research?
Suggestions for the future
Stephan Targan, Los Angeles, USA
17.30 Adjourn
REGISTRATION FEES
Hotel
Physicians
Hotel Eden Rembrandt Square 4* € 150 € 165
Before 1 February 2014: € 250
Room rate incl. breakfast, but excl. 5,5% city-tax
SingleDouble
After 1 February 2014: € 300
Trainees*
All hotel bookings should be guaranteed by cre-
Before 1 February 2014: € 125
dit card or by bank transfer (100% of your stay).
After 1 February 2014: € 175
For bookings please visit the EPGS site:
Nurses
www.epgs.nl
Before 1 February 2014: € 75
After 1 February 2014: € 100
* All trainees must send a letter from their
program director to the EPGS
15.00 – 15.20 COFFEE BREAK
10.45 – 12.50 SESSION 6
11.05 Ileocecal Crohn’s: surgery first, biologicals later?
Feza Remzi, Cleveland, USA
11.30 Acute colitis: how to deal with partial responders?
André D’Hoore, Leuven, Belgium
11.55 AMC Research Flash 5
12.05 Roundtable discussion: positioning treatments for the best
Deadline guaranteed rooms is 1 February 2014.
Towards a better medical-surgical collaboration?
After this date booking of hotel room is subject
Surgeons & Stephen Hanauer and William Sandborn
to availability.
For special requests please
12.20 KEYNOTE LECTURE 3
The registration fee includes all conference
contact the hotel agency:
High quality IBD Centres: how to build and how to monitor?
materials, participant’s reception, lunches
MK Producties
David Rubin, Chicago, USA
and refreshments.
epgs@mkproducties.nl
T +31 35 542 67 45
REGISTRATION
Registration on-line via www.epgs.nl
SECRETARIAT
European Postgraduate Gastro-surgical School
CANCELLATION POLICY
Academic Medical Center
We will reimburse 70% of the registration fee
Jacqueline van der Woude
upon written cancellation before 1 February
T +31 20 566 39 26 / 64 68
2014. After that date no refund will be made.
F +31 20 697 55 94
epgs@amc.uva.nl
www.epgs.nl
TODAY &
WWW.IBD-AMC.COM
TOMORROW
12.50 – 13.40 LUNCH
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
2 & 3 APRIL 2014
AMC AMSTERDAM
TODAY &
TOMORROW
AN INNOVATIVE
IBD CONGRESS
JOIN US AT “IBD TODAY AND TOMORROW 2” AND ENJOY WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS AND PROGRESS IN IBD
Dear colleagues,
At the clinical level, we will discuss how antibody treatments can be improved
The IBD team at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam proudly offers
in the future. Diane Mould, a famous expert in pharmacokinetics is one of the
you its 2014 congress on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases gathering again many
speakers in this session. Established and novel treatments will be discussed
world experts in the field. Progress in IBD depends on multidisciplinary trans-
by Steve Hanauer, Brian Feagan and William Sandborn. Surgical progress will
lational research and new therapeutic developments. We wish to share the
be presented by Yves Panis, André D’Hoore and Feza Remzi.
latest and hottest knowledge in this field.
Furthermore, we will have 2 live surgery and live endoscopy sessions during
PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 2014
WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 2014
09.00
related to IBD in real-time. Finally, David Rubin will share his ideas on the
UPDATE ON IBD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Hans Clevers will present an elegant overview of stem cell research in IBD.
development of quality standards for IBD centers and Stef Targan will
Chairs: Gijs van den Brink and Hergen Spits
The role of environmental factors relevant to IBD such as iron and salt will
conclude the congress with an overview of fascinating research with
also be critically analyzed.
suggestions for the future.
Novel developments in the diagnostic arena will be shown in lectures on
Spring is always a pleasant time in Amsterdam. Apart from the congress,
abdominal MRI, pillcam investigations and fecal markers. John O’Shea, the
our vibrant city will certainly offer you enough cultural and culinary pleasures
latest results.
09.05
09.25
09.45
14.00 – 15.30 SESSION 3
What have 20 years of genetic research taught us?
GETTING MORE OUT OF YOUR ANTIBODIES
Rinse Weersma, Groningen, NL
Chairs: William Sandborn and Herma Fidder
How do bacteria matter in IBD ?
14.00
Reversible versus irreversible damage in IBD:
Florian Rieder, Cleveland, USA
10.10
AMC Research Flash 1
10.20
KEYNOTE LECTURE 1
Introduction: Geert D’Haens
Understanding pharmacokinetics of therapeutic
antibodies Diane Mould, Phoenixville, USA
14.30
inflammation and fibrosis going hand-in-hand?
Geert D’Haens, Chairman of the organizing committee
LUNCH
13.10 – 14.00 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY SHIRE
Cyriel Ponsioen, AMC
to make your stay unforgettable.
We hope to welcome you in April!
Hans Clevers, Utrecht, NL
13.10 – 14.00
which you can witness the newest interventions and endoscopic techniques
researchers at the AMC will be offered an opportunity to show their work and
Lessons from stem cell research for IBD
Marcel Levi and Geert D’Haens
09.05 – 11.00 SESSION 1
KEYNOTE LECTURE 2
Introduction: Gijs van den Brink
Welcome
genetics, bacteria, and triggers for intestinal fibrosis. As a keynote speaker,
promising class of drugs for IBD. At the end of the sessions, a selection of IBD
12.25
08.00 – 09.00 Registration and coffee
At the basic level, we will look into our current understanding of the role of
‘godfather’ of Jak Kinase inhibition, will then extensively discuss a new and
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Improving antibody efficacy with immunomodulators
Shomron Ben-Horin, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
14.50
From biosimilars to biobetters: utopia?
Geert D‘Haens, AMC
15.10
AMC Research Flash 3
15.20
Discussion
JAK Kinase Inhibitors as novel antiinflammatory targets for IBD
John O’Shea, Bethesda, USA
11.00 – 11.25 COFFEE BREAK
15.30 – 15.50 COFFEE BREAK
15.50 – 17.00 SESSION 4
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN IBD
11.25 – 13.10 SESSION 2
NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES IN IBD: PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Chairs: Jaap Stoker and David Rubin
11.25
Pillcam investigation of Crohn’s disease
Mark Löwenberg, AMC
11.40
MRI in IBD: sharper, better, faster
Chairs: Bas Oldenburg and Rinse Weersma
15.50
Dirk Haller, Freising, Germany
16.20
AMC Research Flash 4
16.30
Sodium is bad for your IBD
David Hafler, Yale, USA
Stuart Taylor, London, UK
12.00
Fecal markers in IBD: ready for prime time
Patrick van Rheenen, Groningen, NL
12.15
AMC Research Flash 2
Iron and the intestine: a detrimental combination?
16.50
Q&A
17.00
Cocktails