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 Alain Schoepfer, Lausanne
0835 - 0857 Theatersaal	Optimizing Treatment Sequences in IBD Sebastian Zeissig, Greifswald
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: Understanding the microbiome: Innovative therapeutic approaches 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) Martin Müller, Chur    Daniele Riva, Lugano
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 Luc Biedermann, Zürich    Stephan R. Vavricka, Zürich
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) Lukas Degen, Basel    Ines Friebe, Aarau
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 Patrick Aepli, Luzern    Kaspar Truninger, Zürich
1530 - 1555 Theatersaal	Celiac disease: what the clinician should know in 2025 Jorunn Stamnaes, Oslo
1530 - 1700 Ballsaal	Swiss Expert Opinion Statements (EOS) Jan Borovicka, St. Gallen    Daniele Riva, Lugano
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 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
1250 - 1320 Ballsaal	Lunch symposium Pfizer
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 Nicolas Goossens, Genève    Anja Lachenmayer, Bern
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 Robert Brenig, Basel    Daniele Riva, Lugano
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

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