Past Congresses

 

7th Congress of ECCO, Barcelona

The 7th  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 7th 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 8th 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!

 

Simon, Séverine & Silvio drawing 3 winners

 

6th Congress of ECCO, Dublin

The 6th 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 6th 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 SocceR: 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 6th 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