Scientific Programme

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Date	Activity
Tuesday 22 September	New pre-congress educational courses: Laparoscopic skills course Proctology operative skills course Places limited. For trainees and young consultants only Supported by a grant from Ethicon
Wednesday 23 September	pre-congress Educational sessions : 7th Anorectal & Pelvic Ultrasound Seminar - supported by BK Ultrasound Core Subject Update
	Educational programme: The future of colorectal simulated training Best publications of the year Patient perspectives on stoma and transplantation ESCP Fellowship Update
	Keynote Lecture: Sacral nerve stimulation for bowel disorders
	International Trials Results Forum
	Video Surgery
	Symposia: Cancer family syndromes: what the surgeon needs to know Common problems in proctology
	Free Papers, Oral Posters
	Ethicon Satellite Symposium: Making choices in rectal surgery: open, laparoscopic, trans-anal or robotic?
	Small Hall Sessions: B Braun, Frankenman International, Medtronic
	ESCP Welcome Reception
Thursday 24 September	Educational programme: Trainees Video Session Trainee Round Table Session Workshop for Authors Interactive Trainee Workshop ESCP Fellowship Update
	Keynote Lectures: Hirschsprung's disease and variants - Abraham Colles Lecture, awarded by RCSI Is robotic surgery hype, or the next best thing in colorectal surgery? - supported by Colorectal Disease Post-operative ileus: decreasing the risk - ASCRS keynote lecture
	New Trials Forum
	Symposium: Palliative surgical care
	Six Best Free Papers and Visiting Fellows Free Papers
	Free Papers, Oral Posters, Lunchtime Posters
	Ethicon Satellite Symposium: Risks and complications in colorectal surgery - impacts on patient outcomes
	Medtronic Satellite Symposium: Sacral neuromodulation therapy - advancements in clinical research
	Frankenman Satellite Symposium: The evolution of trans-anal minimally invasive surgery - from reduced port to TAMIS
	Medtronic Satellite Symposium: Improving patients' surgical and post-operative outcomes in colorectal procedures
	Small Hall Sessions: Edwards Lifescience, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Medtronic, Karl Storz
	ESCP Annual General Meeting
	ESCP Dinner at Trinity College
Friday 25 September	Keynote Lectures: Minimally invasive complete mesocolic excision - supported by BJS Society Bowel preparation for colorectal surgery revisited
	Consultants’ Corner
	Symposia: AIN and anal malignancy Local excision in rectal cancer, when and how? - a jointly organised EAES/ESCP session Controversies in Crohn's disease management - an ESCP session developed in collaboration with S-ECCO Ulcerative colitis
	Free Papers, Oral Posters, Lunchtime Posters
	Awards Honorary Member Six Best Free Papers Best New Trial Award Best Lunchtime Poster
	Small Hall Sessions: Ethicon
	EBSQ written examination at CDD
Saturday 26 September	EBSQ individual oral examinations at St. Vincent's University Hospital