Scientific Programme

Click on the dates for full details for each day.

Day	Key Events
Wednesday 26 September	Workshop: 4th Anorectal and Pelvic Ultrasound Course
	ESCP workshop for authors: How to write a paper
	Symposium: Staging
	Video surgery
	ESCP Fellowship presentations
	Clinical trials update
	Keynote lecture: 35 years of ileoanal anastomosis
	Diamond sponsor Covidien satellite symposium: 'Clarifying the Role of Biologics in Complex Colorectal Surgery'
Thursday 27 September	Core subject update
	Sapphire Sponsor Medtronic satellite symposium: 'Innovating in Sacral Neuromodulation'. Download Medtronic's Invitation here
	Symposium: Rectal cancer
	Keynote lecture: ASCRS lecture: colorectal cancer screening - now and how
	Keynote lecture: Frontier between colorectal and gynaecological surgery: is it time for pelvic surgeons?
	Symposium: Pelvic floor disorders
	Diamond sponsor Covidien satellite symposium: 'The Future is Now: The State of Art of Innovation'
Friday 28 September	Sapphire sponsor LifeCell satellite symposium: 'The reconstruction of challenging colorectal defects'. Download LifeCell's Invitation here
	Symposium: Proctology
	Keynote lecture: SNS - time for critical appraisal
	Consultants' corner
	Keynote lecture: Metastatic CRC - what about the primary?
	Sapphire Sponsor Ethicon satellite symposium: 'Recent evidence for the benefits of laparoscopy in colonic and rectal resections: review of the LAFA and COLOR II trials'. Download Ethicon's Invitation here
	Trainee surgeons' workshop
	Symposium: New technology

Congress Language

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

EBSQ Examinations

EBSQ examinations will be held on Tuesday 25 (written exam) and Wednesday 26 (individual interviews) September 2012, and will take place at the Messe Exhibition & Congress Centre.