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IDCA Events

2010 Events
Alexandria/EgyptMarch 19-21, 2010

2nd African-Middle Eastern Congress on Digestive Oncology

Preliminary Announcement ( pdf file )

2009 Events
Marrakech / MarroccoApril 27, 2009

Postgraduate course on Colorectal Cancer - A Global Emerging Challenge

Program ( pdf file )

Shanghai / ChinaJuly 1 - 4, 2009

6th International Conference of Gastroenterologists

Program ( pdf file )

Tehran/IranNovember 9-10, 2009

Gastric Cancer Symposium

Program ( pdf file )

2008 Events
Rabat / MoroccoFebruary 1 - 2 2008

First African-Middle East Conference on Digestive Oncology: Postgraduate Course and Symposium in collaboration with the European Association of Gastroenterology (EAGE), the International Working Group for the Classification of Esophagitis (IWGCO) and the WGO Rabat Training Center (RTC).

Program ( pdf file )

Call for Abstracts, Guidelines ( pdf file )

Participant Registration Form ( pdf file )

Information & Contact:

Course Directors:

  • Meinhard Classen (Germany)
  • Naima Amrani (Morocco)
  • Guido Tytgat (Netherlands)

Participating Centers:

  • WGO Cairo Training Center (Ibrahim Mostafa, Egypt)
  • WGO African Institute for Digestive Diseases (Reid Ally, South Africa)
  • Nelson Mandela School of Medicine (Sandie Thomson & Keith Newton, South Africa)
  • WGO Rabat Training Center (Naima Amrani, Morocco)

Center Co-Ordinator:

  • Sandie Thomson (South Africa)

Technical Co-Ordinator:

  • Jörg Reichenberger (South Africa)

Organisation/Contact:

  • WGO-IDCA* Executive Secretariat, c/o Medconnect,
  • Bruennsteinstr. 10, Munich, Germany
  • Tel: +49-89-4141 92 40, Fax: +49-89-4141 92 45
  • Email: Cherane.Ali@medc.de
  • *IDCA is a Division of the World Gastroenterology Organisation

Local Organiser/Contact:

  • Naima Amrani: Email: n.amrani@menara.ma

Registration:

  • Euros 25 for two days (February 1 & 2, 2008)
  • Euros 15 for one day
  • Registration forms are available from the WGO-IDCA Executive Secretariat Office:
  • Medconnect, Bruennsteinstr. 10, Munich, Germany
  • Tel: +49-89-4141 92 40, Fax: +49-89-4141 92 45
  • Email: Cherane.Ali@medc.de
  • Or via the WGO-IDCA website: www.worldgastroenterology.org

Participant Registration Form ( pdf file )

Note: The registration fee will be waived for those who have submitted an abstract to this meeting and if this abstract has been accepted by the organising committee

Lyon / France February 2008 ECCO Congress "Cancer in CIBD" (Symposium)
Budapest / Hungary May 2 - 3 2008 Falk Symposium - Lecture "Which way of prevention is really feasible and useful"
San Diego / USA May 17 - 22 2008

IDCA Symposium and Meetings of ad hoc Committees and Working Groups

San Diego / USA May 18 2008

IDCA/WGO Meeting in San Diego

  • Sunday May 18, 2008, 07.30 am - 12.30 pm
  • Santa Rosa Room, Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
  • 401 K Street, San Diego, California

Program ( pdf file )

View presentations here

Beijing / China June 2008 Symposium "Gastric Cancer" Presentation of the Large Trial to the Medical and Lay Media
Prague / Czech Republic June 2008

Central and Eastern European Conference on Colorectal "Cancer" Screening, Prevention and Management /Two day meeting

Internet: www.idca2008.cz

Vienna / Austria 18 October 2008

IDCA UEGW Symposium

  • Future directions in colorectal cancer screening in Europe, A workshop for clients, patients, professionals and scientists
  • Saturday 18 October 2008 in Vienna
  • AUSTRIA CENTER VIENNA HALL K / LEVEL U2, 09:30 - 17:00 H

Agenda ( pdf file )

Santiago & Punto Arenas / Chile November 2008 International Symposium on Gastric Cancer
2007 Events
Orlando / USA January 13 2007 Strategic Meeting
Brussels / Belgium May 9 2007 Europe against Colorectal Cancer with release of "Declaration of Brussels" in collaboration with German Network against CRC
Washington / USA May 19 - 20 2007 IDCA Symposium and Meetings of ad hoc Committees and Working Groups
Rabat / Morocco June 14-15 2007 1st Summer Postgraduate Course on Digestive Oncology "21st Century Tools for Managing Liver and Stomach Cancer"
Beijing / China August 26 2007 Graduate Course on Digestive Oncology in World Congress of GI Oncology in collaboration with EAGE
Bern / Switzerland September 13 2007 Lecture on European Colon Cancer Screening/Swiss Cancer League
Paris / France October 28 - 31 2007 UEGW: Committee Meeting: European Section of IDCA
Strasbourg / France December 14 2007 Lecture on European CRC Screening/GE Endoscopy Meeting
2006 Events
Budapest February 23-25, 2006 IARC/WHO and European Community "CRC Screening in Europe" and "Post Polypectomy Surveillance"
Sharjah / UAE February 26 2006 African Middle East Association of Gastroenterology Lecture (eventual Postgraduate Course)
Baltimore / MD March 16-17 2006 Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
Prague April 27-29 2006 Meeting with Czech Society of Gastroenterology CRC Screening
Los Angeles May 20-25 2006 DDW: IDCA Meeting, Symposium on GI Cancer Management
Frankfurt May 2006 ESGE
Granada June 20-24 2006 Symposium on CRC Screening
Barcelona June 28-July 1 2006 World Congress of Gastroenterology
Romania October 6 2006 IDCA representative, Dr. Regula
Turkey November 4 2006 Symposium with Turkish Society
Athens November 11 2006 Symposium with Greek Society
Vina del Mar, Chile November 24 2006 One day IDCA Postgraduate Course - Chilean Society of Gastroenterology
Cebu, Philippines November 26-29 2006 APAGE/APSDE Meeting IDCA represented by Prof. Wei-cheng You at gastric cancer workshop
2002-2005 Events
Montreal, Canada September 11, 2005 World Congress of Gastroenterology Business Meeting and Symposium: What the Gastroenterologist and the Medical Oncologist should know about Digestive Cancer: Colorectal and Gastric Cancer.
Chicago, USA May 2005 IDCA Committee Symposium National Colorectal Cancer Prevention Programs
Recife, Brazil October 17, 2004 Awareness Campaign for Colorectal Cancer Prevention In collaboration with the Brazilian Society of Gastroenterology
Moscow, Russia June 2004 Russian Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign Launch Event Collaboration with the Russian Gastroenterological Association
New Orleans, USA May 2004 IDCA Committee Symposium Global Strategies and Resources for Digestive Cancer Prevention
Rome, Italy May 2003 IDCA 1st OMED Spring Meeting
Orlando, USA May 2003 IDCA Committee Symposium
Rome, Italy 2002 IDCA Launch event Audience with His Holiness the late Pope John Paul II
  • Professor Meinhard Classen (Past President WGO) being received by His Holiness the Late Pope John Paul II.Professor Meinhard Classen (Past President WGO) being received by His Holiness the Late Pope John Paul II.
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