8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Session on NOTES
(Natural Orifice Trans Endoscopic Surgery)

 9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Common Session with SFCE (French Society of Endoscopic Surgery)

 9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Workshop UCB

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
S. CUCCHIARA (Italy)
The pediatric point of view.
Motor disorders of the foregut.



 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
B. GAYET (France)
Crico-pharyngeal myotomy.
Endoscopy vs surgery for Zenker’s diverticulum.

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
A. LEHMANN (Sweden)
Novel pharmacotherapeutic agents.
Treatment of motor disorders of the esophagus and stomach.

 7:45 - 10:00 a.m.
I.J.S. COOK (Australia) - R. SHAKER (USA)
Brain-foregut connections.
Airway protective reflexes and their relation to esophageal function.
UES motor dysfunction - Oro-Pharyngeal dysphagia.

 10:20 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
J.E. PANDOLFINO (USA) - D. SIFRIM (Belgium)
Imaging techniques in the diagnosis of diseases of the foregut.
Radiology - Ultrasonography - Impedance.

 12:40 a.m. - 13:00 p.m.
H. GREGERSEN (Denmark)
Modeling the biomechanics and function of the esophagus.

7:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Focal Point on Surgery
B. GAYET (France) and T. Aikou (Japan)
Laparoscopic approach to the esophagus
- New features of anatomy of the esophagus
- New insights in esophageal surgery

 10:20 - 12:45 p.m.
Focal Point on Endoscopy
R. LAMBERT (France)
Morphology of columnar metaplasia in the esophagus and at the cardia: new insights.

 7:30 a.m.- 9:40 a.m.
Presentation of Selected Protocols







 9:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Esophageal Carcinogenesis: Lessons from Animal Models
J.W. HARMON (USA)

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
H. INOUE (JAPAN)- J. Van DAM (USA)
Emerging techniques in the diagnosis of diseases of the foregut.

 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
H.S. GAREWAL (USA) - G. TRIADAFILOPOULOS (USA)
Acid and bile in the biology of Barrett’s esophagus.

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
A.H. HÖLSCHER (Germany) - R.E. SAMPLINER (USA)
Surgical and non-surgical management of Barrett’s cancer.


 5:45 - 7:15 p.m.
Symposium NEGMA GILD
J.P. GALMICHE (France)

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
R.A. HINDER (USA)
Surgery for GERD.
Failures and complications of laparoscopic fundoplication.


 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
D.G. THOMPSON (UK)
Novel pharmacotherapeutic agents.
Treatment of functional and sensory disorders of the esophagus and stomach.

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
M. ROULET (Switzerland)
Enteral and parenteral nutrition.
Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia - pharyngeal motor disorders.
Ethical issues - Indications - Complications.

 7:15 - 9:30 a.m.
G.S. HEBBARD (Australia) - R.W. McCALLUM (USA)
Pathophysiology and controversies in GERD.
Biomechanics of hiatal hernias.
Extra-esophageal manifestations of GERD.
H. Pylori - pH and manometric recording techniques.

 9:45 - 12:00 p.m.
P. SHARMA (USA) - S.J. SPECHLER (USA)
Controversies in Barrett’s esophagus and Barrett’s cancer.

 12:05 - 12:35 p.m.
Invited lecture. J.R. SIEWERT
Updated considerations on the treatment of esophageal adeno-carcinomas: from in-situ degeneration to developed malignant tumors.

 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Focal point on Gastroenterology
S. SONTAG (USA)
Non Cardiac Chest Pain.

 9:45 a.m: - 10:45 a.m.
Satellite Symposium

 11:00 a.m: - 12:00 p.m.
Satellite Symposium

 9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Workshop
I.F. Herrmann (Italy)
A new approach in diagnostics of the foregut: see and evaluate the function

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
H.D. APPELMAN (USA) - G. CHEJFEC (USA)
Controversies from the pathologist.


 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
B.D. SCHIRMER (USA) - F. de la CRUZ (Spain)
Effects of surgery for morbid obesity on the foregut.

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
C.A. PELLEGRINI (USA) - J.E. RICHTER (USA)
Surgery for motor disorders of the esophagus.

 5:45 - 7:00 p.m.
Closing Session

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Y. KITAGAWA (Japan)
Novel surgical methods.
Radio guided surgery in esophageal cancer.

 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
E.M.M. QUIGLEY (Ireland)
The big overlap: GERD and Dyspepsia.
Motor disorders of the esophagus and stomach.

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
R.K. GOYAL (USA)
Eosinophilic esophagitis.
The esophageal ring, the web, the stricture, the stenosis.