Past Congresses

 

7^th Congress of ECCO, Barcelona

The 7^th  Congress of ECCO was held on February 16-18, 2012 at the CCIB Barcelona in Spain. Thank you to all delegates for the ready participation!

Once again, a record attendance has been achieved – ECCO is proud to have hosted 4,282 participants in Barcelona.

 

Please browse through our general statistics and country statistics available in the download section on the right hand side for detailed information. View photographic highlights in our gallery.

ECCO Members can watch video recordings of the scientific talks in the closed members' area.

 

Congratulations to the winners of the best posters of the 7^th Congress of ECCO:

1.	Zuzana Zelinkova (P275 – Evaluation of the discontinuation of infliximab during pregnancy in inflammatory bowel disease patients)
2.	Borut Klopcic (P029 – Oral iron supplementation promotes inflammation and colorectal carcinogenesis in a mouse model of colitis-associated cancer)
3.	Andrea Cassinotti (P362 - Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation without CD34+ cell selection for refractory Crohn's disease: The Milan experience after 5 years)

 

Free registrations for the 8^th Congress of ECCO in Vienna:

On May 7, 2012, President Simon Travis, President-Elect Séverine Vermeire and Secretary Silvio Danese drew 3 winners among all submitted evaluation forms. 

The following delegates have won a free registration for the ECCO Congress 2013 in Vienna, Austria:  

Angela Bertani (Italy), Bratislav Petrovic (Serbia) and Pedro Figueiredo (Portugal) - Congratulations!

 

 

6^th Congress of ECCO, Dublin

The 6^th Congress of ECCO was held on February 24-26, 2011 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Ireland. Thank you for your participation!

  
A record number of 3509 participants attended the event. Please view the general statistics  and country statistics for further details.

 

Congratulations to the winners of the best posters of the 6^th Congress of ECCO:

 

1.	Fiona van Schaik (P230 – Thiopurines prevent advanced colorectal neoplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease)
2.	Lael Werner (P035 – Linking TNFα inhibitors and Notch-1: Novel implications in inflammatory bowel diseases)
3.	You Sun Kim (P084 - The prevalence and efficacy of ganciclovir on steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis with cytomegalovirus infection: A prospective multicenter study)

 

 

  

Congratulations to the winning team of SR: You gut to play

 

The Brazilian Top-Down (Team 3)

playing for ABCD (Brazilian Crohn‘s and Colitis Patients Association)

Idblan de Carvalho Albuquerque
Harry Kleinubing
Paulo Gustavo Kotze
Antonio Carlos Moraes
Carlos Sobrado
Fabio Teixeira

 

  

Congratulations also to Nicholas Kennedy, who won a trip to Vienna during the ECCO Treasure Hunt!

 

 

 

Photos of the 6^th Congress of ECCO are available – please check out the gallery!

  

 

 Past Congresses of ECCO:

 

Congress	Venue	No. of Participants	Exhibition sqm (net)
1st Congress of ECCO February 8-11, 2006	Amsterdam The Netherlands	350	No data
2nd Congress of ECCO March 1-3, 2007	Innsbruck Austria	816	428 sqm
3rd Congress of ECCO February 28 – March 1, 2008	Lyon France	1,614	452 sqm
4th Congress of ECCO February 5-7, 2009	Hamburg Germany	1,905	509 sqm
5th Congress of ECCO February 25-27, 2010	Prague Czech Republic	2,610	592 sqm
6th Congress of ECCO February 24-26, 2011	Dublin Ireland	3,509	712 sqm
7th Congress of ECCO   February 16-18, 2012	Barcelona Spain	4,282	816 sqm