13 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JANUARY 2016 Gastro 2015: AGW-WGO | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events Abu Dhabi to Host Arab World’s Largest International Gastroenterology Meeting! Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO International Congress In addition to the World Congress of Gastroenterology held every two years, the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) is collaborating with its member societies and regional associations to host joint meetings in-between World Congresses. The first of these International Conferences, Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO International Congress, will take place 17-19 November 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This meeting is jointly organized with the Emirates Gastroenterology & Hepatology Society (EGHS). This is the first time in the history of WGO that it joins forces with an Arab based organization to jointly hold a co-organized meeting, which only emphasizes the growing scope and demand for expertise in the UAE and the region. The meeting, which promises to be the largest ever Gastroenterology & Hepatology gathering in the Middle East & Africa region, will be jointly held with the Emirates Gastroenter-ology & Hepatology Annual Meet-ing – EGHC - in the same year; and is expected to attract close to 2,500 health care professionals, medical specialists, policy makers at national, regional, and international levels as well as academics and researchers. The international Scientific Pro-gram Committee, with representatives from both organizations, is develop-ing a rich educational program over three days of scientific and network-ing events, symposia, forums, debate, including the live broadcasting of a series of live endoscopy cases directly from one of the UAE’s leading hos-pitals. In addition to the Keynote speech-es, video presentations as well as oral and poster presentations and panel discussions, Gastro 2016 will also include the highly in demand onsite “Hands-on Training” sessions. “This development comes as a new landmark to confirm the commitment of the UAE as a supporter of scientific innovation and the improvement of health care systems and aspires to ac-tively contribute in the advancement of scientific and medical practices locally, regionally and internationally,” said Dr. Maryam Al Khatry – Presi-dent of EGHS & Steering Committee Co-Chair of Gastro 2016. “EGHC has been consistently growing in terms of quality of its educational content and in terms of participation. Delegates representing over 30 different countries regularly attend EGHC, which indicates that the conference now appeals to an even broader international audience. Winning the bid to jointly organize Gastro 2016 with the WGO is a vote of confidence in the quality of educa-tional content provided at EGHC and its growing regional prominence,” Dr. Maryam said. “We look forward to an exciting meeting that promises great scientific debate and enjoyable social interac-tion and to welcoming all distin-guished guests and colleagues from around the world in Abu Dhabi at Gastro 2016. The meeting is also an excellent opportunity to gain first insight into the current and future developments in the United Arab Emirates as well as for members and their families to experience the warm hospitality of Abu Dhabi,” she added. Prof. James Toouli, WGO Steering Committee Co-Chair of Gastro 2016 said: “We are delighted to work with the EGHS leadership team on holding this important international meeting in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi and we hope that this excellent develop-ment will set the scene for further col-laboration between WGO and EGHS members.” Prof. Toouli also added that, “We wish to foster and support joint activities with our member societies and as such holding this international meeting in Abu Dhabi, is especially important as we envisage it will be the highlight and potentially the largest meeting for WGO members in 2016.” The meeting has the support of Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau – a one-stop resource of Abu Dhabi Tour-ism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), which is assisting the emirate to increasingly advance its reputation in the medical meetings sector. “We will get fully behind this initia-tive to ensure the destination lives up to the organizers’ expectations and that their speakers, delegates and ex-hibitors have a positive and memora-ble experience in a destination which is steadily building its credentials as an international meetings venue,” said His Excellency Jasem Al Darmaki, Deputy Director General, TCA Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Unit-ed Arab Emirates, is one of the world’s
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