Chairs: Henrique Bicha Castelo (Portugal) John Nicholls (UK) Harold Rosen (Austria) Jiři Hoch(Czech Republic)
Fistula - Robin Phillips (UK) ABS - Donato Altomare (Italy) STARR - Paul Lehur (France) PPH - Thorolf Hager (Germany) SNS - Bruno Roche (Switzerland)
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:10
Official opening Adam Dziki (Poland) Anders Mellgren (Sweden) Henrique Bicha Castelo (Portugal)
14:10-15:30
Coffee Break/Exhibition/Posters
Plenary Session
14:10-15:30
Symposium - Large bowel cancer Chairs: Adam Dziki (Poland) Giovanni Romano (Italy)
Early rectal cancer - indications and preoperative workup Anthony Senagore (USA) Early rectal cancer - TEM James Hill (UK) Peritoneal disease Frans Zoetmulder (The Netherlands) Management of locally advanced disease Zoran Krivokapic (Serbia-Montenegro) Case selection for preoperative adjuvant therapy Lars Påhlman (Sweden)
Parallel Session
14:10-15:30
Free paper presentations Chairs: Zylvinas Saladzinskas (Lithuania) Aliaksandr Varabei (Belarus)
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break / Exhibition / Posters
Plenary Session
16:00-16:30
Keynote lecture - Modern medical treatment of IBD Speaker: Miquel Gassull (Spain) Chair: Fernando Tavarela Veloso (Portugal)
16:30-17:00
Keynote lecture - Surgical outcome and quality of life Speaker: Michael Solomon (Australia) Chair: Alexander Engel (The Netherlands)
