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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
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WGO at Digestive Disease Week
WGO Governing Council and staff at DDW
With the presence of over 14,000
gastroenterology physicians, researchers
and academics from across the
globe at Digestive Disease Week
2018 in Washington, DC, USA, the
World Gastroenterology Organisation
held a full slate of concurrent
internal meetings for leadership,
committee members, Member
Societies and others. Among the
highlights of the week were the
Extraordinary General Assembly, the
Train the Trainers Alumni reception
and luncheon, a WGO Leadership
reception and the WGO booth at the
DDW exhibition hall.
WGO Extraordinary General
Assembly
On Monday 4 June 2018 this General
Assembly was held. In addition to
leadership and committee members,
representatives of 17 WGO Member
Societies from these countries participated:
Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Finland, Estonia, Japan,
Portugal, Romania, Russia (both RGA
and GSSR), Taiwan, Thailand, and
the United Arab Emirates.
Following a welcome statement,
introduction and report by WGO
President Prof. Cihan Yurdaydin the
Assembly also heard reports from Secretary
General Prof. Geoffrey Metz,
Treasurer Prof. Guilherme Macedo,
and President-Elect and Chair of
the WGO Foundation Prof. Naima
Amrani.
A key item of the agenda was the
World Congress of Gastroenterology
(WCOG). Dr. Maryam Al Khatry,
President of the Emirates Gastroenterology
and Hepatology Society
gave a presentation of their bid for
the 2021 WCOG. Following the bid
presentation, the General Assembly
unanimously voted in favor of Dubai,
UAE as the host destination for the
2021 event.
Stay tuned for more details about
this upcoming World Congress of
Gastroenterology.
Train the Trainers Alumni
Reception and Luncheon
For the 17 years that WGO has
sponsored its 27 Train the Trainers
workshops, we now count over
1,000 alumni from more than 90
countries, including both participants
and faculty. We were pleased to host
a reception and luncheon for these
individuals to reunite or, for others,
meet for the first time.
It once again confirmed
that TTT is one of the most
esteemed and popular
programs that WGO offers.
The basis and success of the TTT
workshops is that they are designed
to be collaborative. This was truly
reflected in the enthusiastic interaction
among the many alumni and
faculty who attended this event. It
once again confirmed that TTT is
one of the most esteemed and popular
DDW 2018 in Washington, DC, USA
Train the Trainers alumni and faculty at the
reception and luncheon