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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
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programs that WGO offers. We look
forward to more of these events in the
future.
WGO Leadership Reception
With all of the WGO Executive
Committee and many of the Committee
and Task Force chairs present
at DDW we hosted a reception the
evening of 3 June. Also invited were
Past Presidents, Training Center
Directors, Masters of the WGO and
other awardees including lectureships.
This provided a welcome opportunity
WGO Past President David Bjorkman with
Varocha Mahachai, Gastro 2018 Joint
Steering Committee Co-Chair and Sakkarin
Chirapongsathorn, Member and Deputy Secretary
of the Gastro 2018 Local Organizing
Committee at DDW
WGO staffing the booth at DDW
WGO Leadership reception
for these far-flung persons to meet
face-to-face in a social setting outside
of the scientific programs of DDW.
WGO Exhibit
The WGO booth focuses on the
four pillars of our mission: Advocate,
Train, Inform and Educate. We
were pleased to welcome hundreds of
DDW attendees to our booth over
the course of the four days to learn
about our various programs as well as
upcoming events.