15th ESGENA Conference
In conjunction with the Swedish Society of Endoscopy and GE Nurses and Assistents (SEGP)
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of ESGENA and the Swedish Swedish Society of Endoscopy and GE Nurses and Assistants (SEGP) we have great pleasure inviting you to the 15th ESGENA Conference, which will be held during the 19th UEGW on Saturday 22-24 Ocotber 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The three day conference will include state-of-the-art lectures, free papers & posters, lunch sessions, several workshops with hands-on-training and live transmissions. Interesting topics in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy will ensure a truly global context. We are hoping to provide a full and varied programme – to encourage you to meet up with colleagues from all over the world and exchange information with them. This format will encourage networking and communication between the delegates – both between individual nurses and national groups.
On Saturday, there will be an opportunity to attend several workshops organised in four parallel rooms. The workshops will have a more practical focus and will be held in smaller groups – up to 50 – to encourage discussion, questions, and exchanges of ideas. Following success at previous conferences, we will be offering hands-on training using bio simulators for nurses on Saturday and Sunday. These workshops will be organised in close cooperation with ESGE. Nurses will also have access to the UEGW post graduate course.
The conference will officially open with the ESGENA Welcome Reception on Saturday evening. In the past, this has been a most enjoyable, informal evening with the opportunity to meet colleagues and friends from all over Europe and overseas. This evening will be organised by the Swedish nurses as local hosts of the conference.
On Sunday, the scientific programme, which includes two free paper sessions and a nurses’ poster session, will offer mainly nursing-oriented lectures in two parallel halls. In addition, lunch sessions will have a more practical focus. The Plenary Session with lectures in one hall follows on Monday morning. This will bring together all the delegates and we will award the prizes for the best free paper and the best poster. The meeting will finish with invitations to forthcoming conferences.
The trade exhibition will open on Monday at lunchtime, and there should be enough time to browse the stands if the medical scientific programme does not tempt you back into the lecture halls.
We hope that we will be able to welcome you at the 15th ESGENA Conference in October 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Michael Ortmann
President of ESGENA