ESCP Annual General Meeting
Minutes of our 2025 AGM in Paris are downloadable here
ESCP’s next Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 23 September 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Past Annual General Meetings
Download PDFs of AGM minutes and committee reports here:
Paris 2025 Minutes
Committee Report 2025
Thessaloniki 2024 Minutes
Committee Report 2024
Vilnius 2023 Minutes
Committee Report 2023
Dublin 2022 Minutes
Committee Report 2022
Virtual 2021 Minutes
Committee Report 2021
Virtually Vilnius 2020 Minutes
Vienna 2019 Minutes
Nice 2018 Minutes
Berlin 2017 Minutes
Milan 2016 Minutes
Dublin 2015 Minutes
Barcelona 2014 Minutes
Belgrade 2013 Minutes
Vienna 2012 Minutes
Copenhagen 2011 Minutes
Sorrento 2010 Minutes
Prague 2009 AGM Minutes
Nantes 2008 AGM Minutes
Malta 2007 AGM Minutes
Committees
20 August 2013
ESCP’s Council has the following standing committees:
Communications Committee
Education Committee
Research Committee
Guidelines Committee
Global Reach Committee
Y-ESCP Committee
Membership Committee
Programme Committee
In addition, the following ad-hoc working groups have been formed, pending member ratification as formal ESCP committees at an AGM:
Cohort Studies Working Group
DEI Working Group
Humanitarian Working Group
Regional Events Working Group
Social Media Working Group
Programme Committee
Quentin Denost (Chair)
Andre D’Hoore
Carolynne Vaizey (ex officio/ESCP Secretary)
Zoe Garoufalia (ex officio/Ass. ESCP Secretary)
Christianne Buskens
Deena Harji
Eleni Andriopolou
Feza Karakayaly
Guillaume Meurette
Isacco Montroni
Julie Cornish
Peter Christensen
Patricia Tejedor (Programme Representative to CommComm)
Sara Gortazar (Y-ESCP Representative)
Board of Trustees
20 August 2013
Trustees are elected by the Council and make up ESCP’s Board of Directors.
They are responsible for ensuring that ESCP is managed by the Executive and Council in a sound legal and financial way in accordance with the Constitution and Rules of the Society and to ensure that ESCP’s charitable objectives are preserved.
There are up to nine trustees representing the three European regions (western, central, eastern). They serve for three years and may stand for re-election.
The chair of the Board of Trustees reports matters arising from Trustee board meetings to the Council.
The current Board of Trustees are:
Chairman: Mike Parker (UK)
Adam Dziki (Poland)
Anna Martling (Sweden)
Eloy Espin Basany (Spain)
Evangelos Xynos (Greece)
Giovanni Romano (Italy)
Sebastiano Biondo (Spain)
Tom Scheinin (Finland)
Thomas Schiedeck (Germany)
UEG Representatives
20 August 2013
ESCP is invited by UEG (United European Gastroenterology) to appoint representatives that attend various committees. These are attended by:
Ordinary Members Representatives (formerly known as 'General Assembly'): Emma Carrington, Inés Rubio Perez, Triantafyllos Doulias and Dragomir Dardanov
Council: the UEG surgical block representation is currently with another Society. ESCP representation on UEG Council is therefore on hold at this time.
Scientific Committee & Meeting of Members: Emma Carrington (UK) - 31 December 2027
Education Committee & Meeting of Members: Inés Rubio Perez (Spain) - 31 December 2027
Research Committee / ESSAT Representative: Dragomir Dardanov (Bulgaria) 31 December 2025 - Stéphanie Breukink (The Netherlands) 01 January 2026
Quality of Care Task Force: Triantafyllos Doulias (UK) - 31 December 2026
Meeting of Members: Gianluca Pellino (Italy) - 31 December 2026
ESSAT: Dieter Hahnloser (Switzerland)
These representatives also attend ESCP Council meetings in order to report back to the Council about the activities of UEG and how they relate to ESCP.
National and Regional Representatives
20 August 2013
Nominations for New National Representatives
Each September the term of office for a number of ESCP National Representatives draws to an end. The nomination of new National Representatives is made by Full ESCP members in each country and is subject to ratification at the AGM.
Complete the National Reps nomination form here
National Representatives
National representatives are elected for a three-year term by ESCP members from their country and sit on the ESCP council. Their council membership is ratified at the Annual General Meeting. The current ESCP National Representatives are:
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Austria
Central
2027
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Azerbaijan
Eastern
2028
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Belgium
Western
2028
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Bulgaria
Eastern
2027
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Croatia
Central
2028
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Czech Republic
Central
2028
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Denmark
Central
2027
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Egypt
Eastern
2028
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Finland
Eastern
2026
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France
Western
2026
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Germany
Central
2026
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Greece
Eastern
2028
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Hungary
Central
2027
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Iceland
Western
2027
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Ireland
Western
2026
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Israel
Eastern
2028
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Italy
Central
2028
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Latvia
Eastern
2026
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Lithuania
Eastern
2026
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Norway
Western
2028
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Poland
Eastern
2028
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Portugal
Western
2026
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Romania
Eastern
2028
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Serbia
Eastern
2026
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Slovenia
Central
2027
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Spain
Western
2027
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Sweden
Central
2028
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Switzerland
Central
2028
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The Netherlands
Western
2027
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Turkey
Eastern
2026
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UK
Western
2027
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Ukraine
Eastern
2027
Regional Representatives
Regional representative liaise with national representatives with a view to increasing ESCP membership and promoting awareness of its values. There are two representatives for each region: central, western and eastern. Regional representatives also sit on the Membership Committee.
The current ESCP Regional Representatives are:
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Italy
Central
2026
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Sweden
Central
2028
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Turkey
Eastern
2027
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Lithuania
Eastern
2026
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Norway
Western
2027
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Belgium
Western
2026