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Preliminary Scientific Programme
Thursday, 4 June 2015
12: 30–13.00 Opening of the Congress
Chairs: Giovanni Barbara, Italy
hall a
Paul Enck, Germany
Serhat Bor, Turkey
13:00–13:30 Opening Lecture
13.30–15:00 SHORT SYMPOSIUM 1
inflammation and
hall a
neuro-immune interactions in
functional bowel disorders
Chairs: Giovanni Barbara, Italy
Nathalie Vergnolle, France
Genetic and epigenetic factors
Beate Niesler, Germany
Post-infectious IBS:
a global perspective
Kok Ann Gwee, Singapore
IBS / IBD overlap: does it matter
Eamonn Quigley, USA
+ 2 free communications
SHORT SYMPOSIUM 2
steps forward with new
hall b1
imaging techniques
Chairs: Fernando Azpiroz, Spain
Maura Corsetti, Belgium
Oesophagus
Mark Fox, United Kingdom
Stomach
Odd Helge Gilja, Norway
Small intestine and colon
Carolina Malagelada, Spain
+ 2 free communications
SHORT SYMPOSIUM 3
brain-gut axis: from the
hall b2
periphery to the central
nervous system and back again
Chair:
Qasim Aziz, United Kingdom
Vagal stimulation
Christina Brock, Denmark
Sensitization mechanisms
David Grundy, United Kingdom
Central nervous system, what have
fMRI, EEG learnt us?
Asbjørn M Drewes, Denmark
+ 2 free communications
15:00–15:30 Break
15:30–17:00 PLENARY SESSION 1
translational developments
hall a
in gastroesophageal
reflux disease
Track: translational
Chairs: André Smout, The Netherlands
Giovanni Barbara, Italy
Mucosa and noxious agents
Daniel Sifrim, United Kingdom
Perception
Qasim Aziz, United Kingdom
Motility and sphincter function
Andre Smout, The Netherlands
17:00–17:15 Break
17:15–18:45 Industry sponsored session
hall a
