Plenary Session
08:10-13:00 Live surgery - Proctology

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)
  Parallel Session
16:00-17:00 Oral poster presentations
Chairs: Sebastián Biondo (Spain)
Anabela Rocha (Portugal)
17:00-18:00















18:00
Symposium - Anorectal problems in
inflammatory bowel disease

Chair: Johann Pfeifer (Austria)
& Piotr Krokowicz (Poland)

Anorectal Crohn's disease -
medical management
Paolo Gionchetti (Italy)
Anorectal Crohn's disease -
surgical management
Per-Olof Nyström (Sweden)
Anal lesions in pouches
Emmanuel Tiret (France)

Supported by Tyco Healthcare

Welcome Reception


Supported by Deltex Medical Ltd  
ESCP Affiliates