30 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS NOVEMBER 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events • Prof. Dong Wan Seo from Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea. In addition to these international researchers, 15 outstanding Japa-nese researchers also presented their research. In the first part, the recent advance in pathogenesis, novel diagnostic modalities, new as well as future therapies of IBD was presented and discussed. Topics in the second part included molecular mechanisms of cancer development, early detec-tion, prevention, and treatment of various gastrointestinal cancers. More than 100 young researchers attended this forum. There was active discus-sion. In the poster presentations, 22 young investigators presented their research and discussed with the top-class scientists who were invited to this forum. I believe that this forum stimulated those young researchers and motivated them to succeed in the world. It should be noted that this forum incorporated the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) rising star lectures. This was the first collabora-tive session between JGA and UEG, and represented a strong partnership between the two societies. Dr. Ingrid Ordas from Hospital Clinic de Barce-lona, Spain and Dr. Trevor A Graham from Queen Mary University of Lon-don, UK were awarded as the UEG rising stars. Dr. Ordas spoke about the use of MRI in the management of Crohn’s disease and Dr. Graham spoke about the clonal evolution of cancer in the human colon. I hope that these two young researchers will become a strong bridge between Japan and Europe in the field of gastroen-terology. The meeting was surely successful and I believe that through this con-gress, we could make a great milestone for young researchers in the field of gastroenterology. I hope that they will conduct research to reveal pathogen-esis of gastrointestinal diseases and develop novel diagnostic approaches and therapeutic interventions. Presidential speech in the 102th general meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroen-terology
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