Scientific Programme

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Date	Activity
Wednesday 25 September	Educational Programme: Core Subject Update How to develop guidelines New technologies - how to become a proficient robotic surgeon Best Publications of the Year
	Keynote Lectures: Increasing incidence of rectal cancer in the young - aetiology, screening and management controversies Redefining boundaries with the PelvEx and REACCT global collaboratives
	Symposium: Mistakes are the portals of discovery - a tip, a trick and an error trap
	Consultants' Corner
	International Trials Results Forum
	Pelvic Floor Session: Toward precision diagnosis and precision treatment
	The Great Debate: Is it a must or is it dust?
	Surgical Video Session, Free Papers, Lars Påhlman EBSQ medal, ESCP Fellowship Update
Thursday 26 September	Educational Programme: Trainee Video Sessions (1&2) How to get surgical information in 2020 Interactive Trainee Workshop
	Keynote Lectures: Management of malignant rectal polyp / early rectal cancer Prehabilitation, nutrition and optimisation for major surgery
	Symposia: Joint ESCP/EAES Symposium Atypical colitis, proctology and anal neoplasia Joint ESCP/ECCO Symposium
	New Trials Forum
	TaTME in China, Better surgical care - a global challenge
	EuroSurg Student Session
	International Travelling Fellow Free Papers, The Six Best Free Papers, Free Papers
Friday 27 September	Educational Programme: Trainee Round Table Session Optimising pre and post operative care, improving outcome and reducing complications The Big Debate: CME Open vs. Laparoscopic
	Symposia: Ileal pouch options Strategies for managing locally advanced colonic cancer Trials methodology ESCP/EHTG Symposium Simple solutions for challenging perineal problems
	Free Papers
	Awards: Honorary Member Awards ESCP Awards

Congress Language

The official language of the meeting is English. There will be no facilities for simultaneous interpretation.

CPD Points

The European Society of Coloproctology 14th Scientific and Annual Meeting, Vienna, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 20 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). This applies only to the main scientific programme and not pre-congress courses.