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Scientific Programme

Three Days of Intensive Learning

All sessions take place at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments included each day.

Opening 8:00–9:00 — Welcome, Registration & Coffee · Breakfast Breakout Sessions 8:15–8:45
8:55–9:00

Welcome & Introduction

Jacobo Ortiz, Course Director

Session 1 Endoscopy Principles — Get the Foundations Right · Chair: Adolfo Parra-Blanco
9:00–9:20

Human factors and non-technical skills in Upper GI Endoscopy: impact on quality, performance and safety

Manmeet Matharoo

9:20–9:40

How to get adequate training on advanced Upper GI endoscopy in the UK

Arun Sivananthan

9:40–10:00

Factors associated with post-endoscopy upper GI cancer (PEUGIC) — improving quality of practice

Guiomar Moral

Session 2 Optical Diagnosis of Early Upper GI Neoplasia · Chair: Krish Ragunath
10:00–10:20

How to improve lesion recognition — Barrett's early neoplasia

Wouter Nagengast

10:20–10:40

Lesion recognition — Early oesophageal squamous neoplasia

Wladyslaw Januszewicz

10:40–11:00

Lesion recognition — Premalignant stomach and early gastric cancer

Mário Dinis-Ribeiro

11:00–11:20

Gastric NET: Endoscopy diagnosis, staging, and therapeutic options

Dermot O'Toole

☕ Coffee Break & Exhibition — 11:20–11:50
Barrett's Symposium 1 Screening & Surveillance · Moderator: Massi di Pietro
11:50–12:50

Barrett's Debate 1 — Capsule sponge: screening tool or risk stratification?

Rebecca Fitzgerald · Prasad Iyer · Sanne Van Munster

🍽️ Lunch Break & Exhibition — 12:50–14:00
Barrett's Symposium 2 Current Controversies · Moderator: Prasad Iyer
14:00–15:00

Ablation Debate 2 — Burning, freezing or neither? RFA vs Cryoablation vs Non-ablation

Massi di Pietro · Krish Ragunath · Sanne Van Munster

Hot Topics 1 Chair: Yuto Shimamura
15:00–15:20

Advances in bariatric & metabolic endoscopy

Vincent Huberty

15:20–15:40

From clipping to suturing: closing defects and more

Vincenzo Bove

15:40–16:00

Is AI ready for clinical implementation? The Google Maps paradox

Sandra Nagl

☕ Tea Break & Exhibition — 16:00–16:30
MDT UGI MDT Real Cases Panel Discussion · Moderator: Andy Cole
16:30–17:30

Live MDT Panel Discussion with Real Cases

James Catton · Mário Dinis-Ribeiro · Claire Donohoe · Matt Gale · Prasad Iyer · Dermot O'Toole · Massi di Pietro · Yuto Shimamura

🍹 Castle Biosciences Post-Event Networking Drinks & Snacks — 17:30–19:00 @ Mezz Bar
Opening 8:00–9:00 — Welcome & Coffee · Breakfast Breakout Sessions 8:15–8:45
Session 2 Endoscopy Principles · Chair: Manmeet Matharoo
9:00–9:20

Harmless incidental findings: cascades of care — what to ignore?

Sabina Beg

9:20–9:40

Efficient tissue sampling: when to biopsy and when not to

Prasad Iyer

Hot Topics 3 Chair: Sandra Nagl
9:40–10:00

Screening for Upper GI cancer after Head & Neck squamous carcinoma

Wladyslaw Januszewicz

10:00–10:20

Cryoablation in squamous oesophageal neoplasia: current evidence

Sanne Van Munster

10:20–10:40

EMR vs ESD: evidence-based vs guideline recommendations

Mário Dinis-Ribeiro

10:40–11:00

Expanding ESD criteria in early gastric cancer

Arnaud Lemmers

☕ Coffee Break — 11:00–11:20
Barrett's Symposium 3 Video Session · Chair: Dermot O'Toole
11:20–11:40

How to do a Barrett's EMR — tips, tricks & common mistakes

Wouter Nagengast

11:40–12:00

How to do a Barrett's ESD — technical aspects

Sandra Nagl

12:00–12:20

How to do RFA for Barrett's

Massi di Pietro

12:20–12:40

How to interpret your EMR/ESD pathology report

Sindhu Menon

12:40–13:00

Managing Barrett's neoplasia recurrence after RFA

Arnaud Lemmers

🍽️ Lunch Break — 13:00–14:00
Barrett's Symposium 4 Moderator: Jacques Bergman
14:00–14:20

Restructuring Barrett's surveillance in the Netherlands: less is more

Jacques Bergman

14:20–15:00

Debate 3 — Deep submucosal cancer: still a surgical condition?

Claire Donohoe · James Catton

Hot Topics 4 Chair: Claire Donohoe
15:00–15:20

POEM, G-POEM, HRM & EndoFLIP: referral and follow-up

Zuzana Vacková

15:20–15:40

Third space endoscopy: STER and STER-ET

Yuto Shimamura

15:40–16:00

Robotized & eye-controlled endoscopes, VR — sci-fi or present reality?

Arun Sivananthan

☕ Tea Break — 16:00–16:30
Keynote 16:30–17:30
16:30–16:50

KEYNOTE: More than 15 years of Barrett's Endotherapy — we can, but should we always?

Jacques Bergman

16:50–17:30

BVM Medical UGI Endoscopy Image & Video Quiz (Sponsored by BVM Medical)

Presented by Jacobo Ortiz · Whole faculty commenting

🍽️ Course Dinner @ Fellows Morton & Clayton — 19:30–23:00
Opening 8:30–9:30 — Welcome & Coffee · Breakfast Breakout Sessions 8:45–9:15
Parallel Sessions 9:30–11:30 — Hands-On & Real Cases (running simultaneously)
9:30–11:30

GROUP A — Hands-On Workshop (The Studio, The Gallery & The Library, Lower Ground Floor)

Sabina Beg · Vincenzo Bove · Wladyslaw Januszewicz · Manmeet Matharoo · Guiomar Moral · Wouter Nagengast · Arun Sivananthan · Yuto Shimamura

9:30–11:30

GROUP B — Real Cases-Based Discussions (Screen 4 Paul Smith Screen)

Presented by Jacobo Ortiz · Jacques Bergman · Mário Dinis-Ribeiro · Claire Donohoe · Prasad Iyer · Sanne van Munster · Sandra Nagl · Dermot O'Toole · Krish Ragunath

☕ Coffee Break — 11:30–12:00
Parallel Sessions 12:00–14:00 — Groups Swap
12:00–14:00

GROUP B — Hands-On Workshop (Groups rotate)

Sabina Beg · Vincenzo Bove · Wladyslaw Januszewicz · Manmeet Matharoo · Guiomar Moral · Wouter Nagengast · Arun Sivananthan · Yuto Shimamura

12:00–14:00

GROUP A — Real Cases-Based Discussions

Presented by Jacobo Ortiz · Full international faculty panel

🎓 Grab Your Lunch, Thank You & Goodbye — 14:00–14:10

⚠️ Day 3 registration is limited to 65 delegates. Early registration strongly advised.

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