Thursday, 11.9.2025
0830 - 0835 all rooms |
Opening of the SGG-SGVC-SASL-SVEP congress Markus Heim, Basel |
0835 - 1000 Auditorium |
Endoscopy I - Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD): Meet the experts [sponsored by Olympus] (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) Peter Bauerfeind, Luzern Martin Müller, Chur Reiner Wiest, Bern |
0835 - 0915 Auditorium |
Case 1 Stefan Seewald and Nursing Team, Zürich |
0915 - 0955 Auditorium |
Case 2 Remus Frei and Nursing Team, St. Gallen |
0835 - 1000 Theatersaal |
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |
0835 - 0857 Theatersaal |
Optimizing Treatment Sequences in IBD |
0857 - 0919 Theatersaal |
Anti-IL-23 therapies in IBD: are they all the same? Christoph Högenauer, Graz |
0919 - 0942 Theatersaal |
IBD therapy in pregnancy Mette Julsgaard, Aarhus |
0942 - 1000 Theatersaal |
Strategies to break the therapeutic ceiling in IBD Chris Ma, Calgary, Canada |
0835 - 1000 Ballsaal |
New Challenges in Hepatology Christine Bernsmeier, Basel Darius Moradpour, Lausanne |
0835 - 0857 Ballsaal |
Minimal-invasive liver therapies for liver cancer Anja Lachenmayer, Bern |
0857 - 0919 Ballsaal |
Acute-on-chronic liver failure Julia Wendon, London |
0919 - 0942 Ballsaal |
Non-invasive assessment of liver disease Annalisa Berzigotti, Bern |
0942 - 1000 Ballsaal |
Autoimmune hepatitis Maria Carlota Londoño, Barcelona |
0835 - 1000 Saal Brünig |
SGVC Session I: Limits of oncologic surgery in 2025 Fariba Abbassi, Zürich Markus Weber, Zürich |
0835 - 0857 Saal Brünig |
Upper gastrointestinal tract Surgery Stefan Gutknecht, Zürich |
0857 - 0919 Saal Brünig |
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Alessandra Cristaudi, Lugano |
0919 - 0942 Saal Brünig |
Endocrine Surgery Reto Kaderli, Bern |
0942 - 1000 Saal Brünig |
Sarcoma Surgery Alexander Wilhelm, Basel |
1000 - 1030 Exhibition Area |
Coffee break |
1030 - 1200 Auditorium |
SGG-SGVC-SASL-SVEP Joint Session - The Obesity Epidemic and Its Impact on Visceral Medicine (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) Markus Heim, Basel Frank Bieger, Oberwil Tobias Ehmann, Zofingen Diana Vetter, Zürich |
1030 - 1052 Auditorium |
A diabetologists perspective on the obesity epidemic and its impact on visceral medicine Hannele Yiki-Järvinen, Helsinki |
1052 - 1114 Auditorium |
Treatment of obesity and metabolic disease with gut hormones Michael Nauck, Bochum |
1114 - 1136 Auditorium |
The 2024 EASL–EASD–EASO guidelines on MASLD Sven Francque, Antwerpen |
1136 - 1200 Auditorium |
Is there still a place for bariatric surgerys? Styliani Mantziari, Lausanne |
1200 - 1330 Exhibition Area |
Lunch break |
1215 - 1245 Ballsaal |
Lunch symposium Gilead: New HBV EASL Guidelines: Implications for Clinical Practice Andrea De Gottardi, Luzern Montserrat Fraga, Lausanne |
1215 - 1245 Theatersaal |
Lunch symposium abbvie: Guardians of the Gut: Timely Interventions in IBD Treatment Luc Biedermann, Zürich Alain Schoepfer, Lausanne |
1250 - 1320 Ballsaal |
Lunch symposium Spagyros: Das Mikrobiom verstehen: Innovative Therapieansätze Michael Scharl, Zürich |
1250 - 1320 Theatersaal |
Lunch symposium Olympus |
1330 - 1500 Auditorium |
The Evolving Landscape for Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists: Reimbursement, Hygiene, Advanced Practice Nursing and Artificial Intelligence (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) |
1330 - 1400 Auditorium |
TARDOC: Challenges for private practice gastroenterologists and hospitals Ellen Utzinger, Wallisellen |
1400 - 1420 Auditorium |
Hygiene and reprocessing of flexible endoscopes : myths, truths, novel swissmedic guidelines…and how to pay for it Alain Vonlaufen, Genève |
1420 - 1440 Auditorium |
Advanced Practice Nursing: Where can it make a difference for patients? Sonja Beckmann, Zürich |
1440 - 1500 Auditorium |
ChatGPT and co: How will it change my daily practice? Nicolas Goossens, Genève |
1330 - 1500 Theatersaal |
IBD oral presentations |
1330 - 1355 Theatersaal |
Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on IBD treatment Stephan Brand, St. Gallen |
1330 - 1500 Ballsaal |
Hepatology oral presentations I Montserrat Fraga, Lausanne Magdalena Filipowicz Sinnreich, Basel |
1330 - 1355 Ballsaal |
Immune dysfunction in liver cirrhosis Christine Bernsmeier, Basel |
1330 - 1500 Saal Brünig |
SGVC session II: State of the Art Upper GI - benign disease Andrea Donadini, Lugano Valentine Luzuy-Guarnero, Genève |
1330 - 1352 Saal Brünig |
Functional upper GI-Disorders: what a surgeon needs to know Mark Fox, Arlesheim |
1352 - 1414 Saal Brünig |
GERD and Hiatal Hernia- Surgery how and for whom? Lana Fourie, Luzern |
1414 - 1436 Saal Brünig |
Obesity Surgery-when to perform which surgery? Patrick Folie, St. Gallen |
1436 - 1500 Saal Brünig |
Upper GI Tumors other than carcinomas and their treatment Marcel-André Schneider, Zürich |
1500 - 1530 Exhibition Area |
Coffee break |
1500 - 1530 Kongresssaal (Exhibition Area) |
Guided Poster Walks Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Surgery |
1530 - 1700 Auditorium |
Endsoscopy II - ERCP: meet the experts [sponsored by Cook, DesoMedical, Olympus] (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) |
1530 - 1610 Auditorium |
Case 1 Mariola Marx and Nursing Team, Lausanne |
1610 - 1650 Auditorium |
Case 2 Marco Semadeni and Nursing Team, St. Gallen |
1530 - 1700 Theatersaal |
Endoscopy oral presentations |
1530 - 1555 Theatersaal |
Celiac disease: what the clinician should know in 2025 Jorunn Stamnaes, Oslo |
1530 - 1700 Ballsaal |
Swiss Expert Opinion Statements (EOS) |
1530 - 1552 Ballsaal |
Antibiotic prophylaxis in GI endoscopy Remus Frei, St. Gallen |
1552 - 1614 Ballsaal |
Screening, diagnosis and treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease (MASLD) Nicolas Goossens, Genève |
1614 - 1636 Ballsaal |
Liver biopsy David Semela, St. Gallen |
1636 - 1700 Ballsaal |
Management of alveolar echinoccocosis Ansgar Deibel, Zürich |
1530 - 1700 Saal Brünig |
SGVC session III: State of the art Upper GI – malignant disease Antonio Nocito, Baden Diana Vetter, Zürich |
1530 - 1600 Saal Brünig |
Management of premalignant disease and early cancer Christoph Gubler, Zürich |
1600 - 1630 Saal Brünig |
Management of Esophageal Cancer Mickaël Chevallay, Genève |
1630 - 1700 Saal Brünig |
Management of Gastric- and GEJ-Cancer Yves Borbély, Bern |
1715 - 1815 Auditorium |
General Assembly SVEP-ASPE |
1715 - 1815 Theatersaal |
General Assembly Swiss Society of Gastroenterology SGGSSG |
1715 - 1815 Saal Brünig |
General Assembly Swiss Visceral Surgeons SGVC |
1815 - 1915 Auditorium |
General Assembly IBDnet |
1815 - 1915 Theatersaal |
General Assembly SASL |
1815 - 1915 Ballsaal |
General Assembly MDL |
1815 - 1915 Saal Harder 1+2 |
General Assembly Swiss NGM |
Friday, 12.9.2025
0830 - 1000 Auditorium |
Endoscopy III - IBD: meet the experts [sponsored by BMS, IQone, Johnson&Johnson, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharma] (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) |
0830 - 0900 Auditorium |
Extraintestinal manifestations of IBD |
0900 - 0930 Auditorium |
Transition care in IBD Ursina Biss, Zürich |
0930 - 1000 Auditorium |
Case presentation Emanuel Burri, Liestal Claudia Bieger, Liestal |
0830 - 1000 Theatersaal |
EoE Update [sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis] Alain Schoepfer, Lausanne Alex Straumann, Zürich |
0830 - 0900 Theatersaal |
Updated European EoE guidelines 2025: what has changed? Thomas Greuter, Lugano |
0900 - 0930 Theatersaal |
Targeted therapies in EoE Luc Biedermann, Zürich |
0930 - 1000 Theatersaal |
Diets in EoE: do they work? Alfredo J Lucendo, Tomelloso |
0830 - 1000 Ballsaal |
Hepatology Hot Topics 2025 Annalisa Berzigotti, Bern David Semela, St. Gallen |
0830 - 0852 Ballsaal |
Present and future of immunotherapies in the management of HCC Josep M. Llovet, Barcelona |
0852 - 0914 Ballsaal |
Pharmacological treatment of portal hypertension: NSBB and beyond Jaime Bosch, Bern |
0914 - 0936 Ballsaal |
State of the art: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) Virginia Hernández-Gea, Barcelona |
0936 - 1000 Ballsaal |
Viral Hepatitis: update 2025 Beat Müllhaupt, Zürich |
0830 - 1000 Saal Brünig |
SGVC Rapid fire answers to hot topics Beat Schnüriger, Bern Markus Weber, Zürich |
0830 - 0842 Saal Brünig |
Does FLOT beat CROSS for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction? Ralph Fritsch, Zürich |
0842 - 0854 Saal Brünig |
Role of limited gastric resections in gastric cancer Styliani Mantziari, Lausanne |
0854 - 0906 Saal Brünig |
What’s the role of laparoscopic colon surgery in the robotic era? Martin Bolli, Luzern |
0906 - 0918 Saal Brünig |
Should we aim for partial adrenalectomies? Corina Kim-Fuchs, Bern |
0918 - 0930 Saal Brünig |
When is the time for sternotomy in retrosternal goiters? Frédéric Triponez, Genève |
0930 - 0942 Saal Brünig |
What side effects of immunotherapy does a surgeon need to be aware of? Assma Ben Aissa, Genève |
0942 - 0956 Saal Brünig |
When to do transplant in colorectal liver metastases? Henrik Petrowsky, Zürich |
0830 - 1000 Saal Grimsel 1 + 2 |
Workshop TARDOC (german) Urs Stoffel, Zürich Ellen Utzinger, Wallisellen |
0830 - 1000 Saal Harder 1+2 |
Workshop TARDOC (french) Sophie Buyse, Yverdon Alain Vonlaufen, Genève |
1000 - 1030 Exhibition Area |
Coffee break |
1030 - 1200 Auditorium |
SGG-SGVC-SASL-SVEP Joint Session - Controversies in Gastric Cancer Management and 3 Prize Winner Talks (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) |
1030 - 1050 Auditorium |
Intestinal Metaplasia Simon Leedham, Oxford |
1050 - 0110 Auditorium |
Pros and Cons for ESD and EMR in gastric cancer Peter Bauerfeind, Luzern |
1110 - 1130 Auditorium |
Controversies in gastric cancer surgery Stefan Mönig, Genève |
1130 - 1200 Auditorium |
Prizewinner Talks |
1200 - 1330 Exhibition Area |
Lunch break |
1215 - 1245 Ballsaal |
Lunch symposium Eli Lilly |
1215 - 1245 Theatersaal |
Lunch symposium Takeda |
1250 - 1320 Ballsaal |
Lunch symposium Pfizer |
1250 - 1320 Theatersaal |
Lunch symposium Johnson&Johnson: Breaking Barriers: Advancing IBD Treatment through Innovative: Therapies and Safety Insights Stephan Brand, St. Gallen Pascal Juillerat, Bern, Fribourg Frank Seibold, Bern |
1330 - 1500 Auditorium |
Nursing profiles in interprofessional teams (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) Frank Bieger, Oberwil Patrizia Künzler-Heule, St. Gallen |
1330 - 1400 Auditorium |
Keynote: Nursing roles in liver care Michelle Clayton, Leeds |
1400 - 1410 Auditorium |
Swiss landscape of nursing roles Sonja Beckmann, Zürich |
1410 - 1420 Auditorium |
Study nursing in gastroenterology and hepatology Kelly Da Silva, Basel |
1420 - 1430 Auditorium |
IBD nurse Dritë Rushiti, Chur |
1430 - 1440 Auditorium |
Transplant Coordinator Nasila Chappuis, Lausanne |
1440 - 1450 Auditorium |
APN Hepatology Patrizia Künzler-Heule, St. Gallen |
1450 - 1500 Auditorium |
Discussion |
1330 - 1500 Theatersaal |
Gastroenterology oral presentations Jean-Louis Frossard, Genève Jan Hendrik Niess, Basel |
1330 - 1355 Theatersaal |
GI effects of GLP1 agonists Lucie Favre, Lausanne |
1330 - 1500 Ballsaal |
Hepatology oral presentations II |
1330 - 1355 Ballsaal |
The skin-neuron-axis in cholestatic pruritus Andreas Kremer, Zürich |
1330 - 1500 Saal Brünig |
SGVC Largiadèr Session Guido Beldi, Bern Markus K. Müller, Frauenfeld |
1330 - 1500 Saal Grimsel 1 + 2 |
Workshop TARDOC (german) Urs Stoffel, Zürich Ellen Utzinger, Wallisellen |
1330 - 1500 Saal Harder 1+2 |
Workshop TARDOC (french) Sophie Buyse, Yverdon Alain Vonlaufen, Genève |
1500 - 1530 Exhibition Area |
Coffee break |
1530 - 1700 Auditorium |
Tour de Suisse - Tips and tricks for daily clinical practice (simultaneous interpreting into german, french and italian) |
1530 - 1540 Auditorium |
How do I treat IBS? Daniel Pohl, Zürich |
1540 - 1550 Auditorium |
How do I treat MASLD in 2025? David Semela, St. Gallen |
1550 - 1600 Auditorium |
How do I work up chronic diarrhea? Alain Schoepfer, Lausanne |
1600 - 1610 Auditorium |
How do I treat portal hypertension? Andrea De Gottardi, Luzern |
1610 - 1620 Auditorium |
How do I diagnose and treat SIBO? Andrew Macpherson, Bern |
1620 - 1630 Auditorium |
How to I treat chronic hepatitis D? Montserrat Fraga, Lausanne |
1630 - 1640 Auditorium |
How and when do I perform POEM? Peter Bauerfeind, Luzern |
1640 - 1650 Auditorium |
How do I surveille Barrett\'s esophagus? Marius Zimmerli, Basel |
1530 - 1700 Theatersaal |
Young Gastroenterologists: Parachute Interlaken. My parachute for the exam and clinical practice |
1530 - 1552 Theatersaal |
How to prep and slay the exam Robert Brenig, Basel |
1552 - 1614 Theatersaal |
Nutrition - the dirty basics for the European Board Marius König, St. Gallen |
1614 - 1636 Theatersaal |
Non Variceal Bleeding – what`s in the Guidelines Costanza De Maria, Lugano |
1636 - 1700 Theatersaal |
Fatty Liver and all its friends – what to know Sena Blümel, Zürich |
1500 - 1700 Ballsaal |
Abdominal Sonography Course (SGUM accredited) Isabelle Panne, Basel Pamela Meyer-Herbon, St. Gallen |
1530 - 1700 Saal Brünig |
SGVC surgery oral presentations Fariba Abbassi, Zürich Diego De Lorenzi, Grabs |