Events
April 2008 23-27 April 2008
43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver

Organizer: The European Association for the Study of the Liver
Location: Milan, Italy
Website: www.easl.ch

May 2008 3-4 May 2008
13th Hong Kong Medical Forum

Organizer: Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Website: www.hku.hk/medicine

17-22 May 2008
Digestive Disease Week 2008

Organizer: DDW Organizers
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Website: www.ddw.org

June 2008 12-15 June 2008
Hong Kong - Shanghai International Liver Congress 2008

Organizers: Shanghai Organizing Committee;
Cheng Si Yuan (China-International) Hepatitis Research Foundation
Location: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Website: www.livercongress.org

16-18 June 2008
Gastroenterology & Endotherapy: 26th European Workshop

Organizer: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepato-Pancreatology of Erasme Hospital
Location: Brussels Exhibition Centre
Website: www.live-endoscopy.com

25-28 June 2008
10th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

Organizers: Imedex in partnership with the European Society of Medical Oncology
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Website: www.worldgicancer.com

July 2008 11-12 July 2008
Hong Kong Surgical Forum, Summer 2008

Organizers: Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Medical Centre; Queen Mary Hospital & Hong Kong Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Location: Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Website: www.hku.hk/surgery

August 2008 16-20 August 2008
3rd Edition of the World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Organizer: Latin American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (LASPGHAN)
Location: Iguassu Falls, Brazil
Website: www.wcpghan2008.com

27-29 August 2008
10th International Congressof ESHGID

Organizer: The Egyptian Society of Hepatology, Gastroenterology
and Infectious Diseases in Alexandria in collaboration
with Egyptian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Society
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Website: www.alfamedical.com

31 August - 3 September 2008
5th International Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis Conference

Organizer: Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry
Location: Oxford, England
Website: www.bsg.org.uk/pdf_word_docs/isgcc_prog_08

September 2008 2-5 September 2008
11th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (WCES)

Organizers: International Federation Societies Endoscopic Surgeons
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Website: www.wces2008.com

6 September 2008
10th Joint Annual Scientific Meeting
Co-organizers: The Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology
Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy
Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology
Hong Kong Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
The Hong Kong Society of Gastrointestinal Motility
Location: Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Program: available soon

10-13 September 2008
11th World Congress of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus

Organizer: The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Website: www.isdecongress2008.com

13-16 September 2008
The Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2008 (APDW 2008)

Organizer: Indian Society of Gastroeneterology
Location: New Delhi, India
Website: www.apdw2008.net

17-20 September 2008
Prague Hepatology Meeting 2008

Organizer: Foundation of the Czech Society of Hepatology
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Website: www.congressprague.cz/en/kongresy/phm2008.html

18-20 September 2008
XXIst International Workshop on Helicobacter and related bacteria in chronic digestive inflammation

Local Organizer: Marcis Leja
Location: Riga, Latvia
Website: www.helicobacter.org


18-19 September 2008
Falk Symposium 166: III FALK GASTRO-CONFERENCE (Part II)

GI Endoscopy - Standards & Innovations
Organizer: Falk Foundation
Location: Mainz, Germany
Website: www.drfalkpharma.de


20-21 September 2008
Falk Symposium 167: III FALK GASTRO-CONFERENCE (Part III)

Liver Under Constant Attack - From Fat to Viruses
Organizer: Falk Foundation
Location: Mainz, Germany
Website: www.drfalkpharma.de

October 2008 1-4 October 2008
Japanese Digestive Disease Week (JDDW)

Organizers: Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Japan Society of Hepatology
Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Cancer Screening
Japanese Society of Digestion and Absorption
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Website: www.jddw.jp

3-8 October 2008
The ACG 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course

Organizer: American College of Gastroenterology
Location: Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Website: www.acg.gi.org

8-11 October 2008
18th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists

Organizer: International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Website: www.iasg2008.org


2008年10月9~12日
中华医学会第八次全国消化系疾病学术会议
主办组织: 中华医学会消化病学分会
地点 : 中国西安市
网址: http://www.csge.org/meeting

18-22 October 2008
16th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)

Organizer: The United European Gastroenterology Federation
Location: Vienna, Austria
Website: www.uegf.org

22-26 October 2008
Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW)

Organizer: Gastroenterological Society of Australia
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Website: www.gesa.org.au

31 October - 4 November 2008
The Liver Meeting and International Association for the Study of Liver 25th Biennial Meeting
Organizer: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Location: San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Website: www.aasld.org

November 2008 7-11 November 2008
21st World Congress of Digestive Surgery

Organizer: International Society for Digestive Surgery
Location: Beijing, China
Website: http://isds.medcomhk.com/event02.asp

22-26 April 2009
44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

Organizer: The European Association for the Study of the Liver
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Website: www.easl.ch

May 2009 17-20 May 2009
Digestive Disease Week 2009 (DDW)

Organizer: DDW Organizers
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Website: www.ddw.org

November 2009 21-25 November 2009
Gastro 2009 (UEGW + WCOG)

Organizers:
The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF)
World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO)
World Organisation of Digestive Endoscopy (OMED)
British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Website: www.gastro2009.org