Welcome to the premier global congress on gastrointestinal cancer. As our guest, you will have the opportunity to interact with some of the world’s leading authorities in the study and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.
More than 70 expert specialists from a range of disciplines will participate in the scientific program and their presentations will provide delegates with information on the latest developments in basic and clinical research. Their consensus report on management of gastric cancers will bring the Congress to a close.
Abstracts for The ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer are now available. After June 9, abstracts will only be available to subscribers of the Annals of Oncology. Accepted abstracts will also be published in a special supplement to Annals of Oncology, mailed to subscribers and available onsite at the 12th World Congress. Please click here to view abstracts.
Press Resources
About the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Scientific Highlights
About The European Society for Medical Oncology
News Release 22-6-10
General Information on Gastrointestinal Cancers
Press Registration
Members of the press are invited to attend all scientific sessions and symposia at no charge. Press members are identified as journalists employed by news organizations attending the meeting for the purpose of editorial coverage. Representatives from qualified media outlets must represent editorial staff, not the advertising or marketing staff.
Press members may register by forwarding their information and media credentials via email to meetings@imedex.com or via fax to +1 678 242 0920. Journalists are required to submit appropriate media credentials as part of their registration application including a photocopy or original business card from an established publication containing your editorial title, a current press identification card, a letter of assignment from the media organization being represented, two bylined medical/health/science articles published within the last six months, or coverage from the previous year’s meeting (if applicable), and a copy of the publication.
Registered media are not eligible for continuing education credit.
Please note: Non-editorial personnel; exhibitors; and marketing, public relations or advertising/sales representatives are not eligible for media credentials and do not have access to the press room. They must register through Imedex Customer Service and pay the conference registration fee.
Media who have pre-registered may pick up their press credentials in the general attendee registration area during normal registration hours.
Onsite Press Resources
Press Room
The press room will be located in the International Conventional Center of Barcelona (CCIB), Entrance Hall
Hours:
Wednesday, 30 June
13:00 – 19:00
Thursday, 31 June – Friday, 1 July
8:00 – 19:00
Saturday, 2 July
8:00 – 17:00
Press room facilities include a media-only work area with internet access. Congress materials, scientific highlights, ESMO information, information on Congress representatives, and general information on gastrointestinal cancer will be available. The press room will be staffed on an as-needed basis.
Access
Press registration includes full access to all scientific sessions, satellite symposia and the exhibit hall. Registered press will receive a complete Congress bag. Social events are not included with press registration.
Contacts
Among the specialists available for interviews are the co-chairs of the Congress – Mario Dicato, MD, of the Luxembourg Medical Center in Luxembourg and Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Leuven, Belgium. Keith Steward, MD, MBA, the President of Imedex, is also available to speak regarding the Congress, Imedex, or the medical education industry. Please let us know in advance if you are interested in speaking with any of the Congress faculty including the co-chairs. Elke Koscher, Project Manager, is available onsite and will be able to facilitate your interviews. She can be contacted by telephone at (+1) 404-446-7100.
Press Briefings
No daily press briefings are scheduled
Video, Photography, and Audio Recording
Video recording of the Scientific Sessions, including general sessions, corporate symposia, oral presentations or poster presentations, is strictly prohibited without authorization from Imedex.
Non-flash photography and audio recording using hand-held equipment of Scientific and Educational Sessions is allowed for personal and non-commercial use only, provided it is not disruptive.
Embargo Policy
All abstract details are embargoed until Wednesday, 30 June 2010 at 15:00.
Additional guidelines
Media must agree that information gathered at the Annual Meeting & Exhibition will not be used in the development of any continuing medical education materials or programs.
Media may not distribute promotional materials of any kind unless they have a booth on the Exhibition Floor, and distribution may only occur within the exhibit booth.
Guidelines for Industry/Supporters
Industry/Supporter Press Conferences:
Press briefings by industry/supporters will be allowed at the ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. In order to avoid any competing activities that could deter a significant number of attendees/faculty from participating in the program, the following policies will apply:
- They must be narrowly targeted (i.e. less than 20 people in attendance)
- They may not otherwise interfere with World Congress activities (i.e. noise, large camera crews, etc.) or be held during the Congress plenary sessions.
- They may not be held in the designated Press room at the Convention Center, in order to allow unrestricted access to that room, but may be held in a separate room or offsite.
- Imedex must be notified of the time and location of the briefing in advance of the event
Press briefings may be held during a satellite symposium if the above 4 guidelines are met. Other time slots will be considered if the same guidelines will be met.
General Congress Information
The ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer has been organized in partnership with ESMO (European School of Medical Oncology). The Congress is developed and managed by Imedex®, LLC.
Societies and Associations
This Congress is endorsed by the following societies and associations:
- The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
- ENETS (European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society)
- EONS (European Oncology Nursing Society)
- EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Gastrointestinal Tumor Group
- ESDO (European Society of Digestive Oncology)
- ESO (European School of Oncology)
- ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology)
- europacolon
Congress Dates
Wednesday 30 June – Saturday 3 July 2010.
Congress Location
All scientific sessions will be held at The International Convention Center of Barcelona (Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona) – CCIB
Registrations
Approximately 3,500 participants are expected for the scientific gathering, representing nearly 100 countries around the world.
Language
The Congress language is English. No translation is provided.
Scientific Agenda/Abstracts
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are in the General Session Room, Level 0, Room 041
Special Sessions:
- Poster discussion sessions, abstract presentations
- Meet the Expert sessions
- Thursday 1 July and Friday 2 July 8:00 – 8:50 Level 1, Rooms 120-130
- Nursing session
- Friday 2 July 9:00 – 10:30 Level 1, Rooms 120-121
EONS symposium: Nursing Aspects on management of side effects of targeted agents
- Session for young medical oncologists
- Friday 2 July 9:00 – 10:30 Level 0, Room 041
ESMO session: Focus on young medical oncologists
- Report on expert discussion: Management of gastric cancer
- Satellite Symposia
- See below for topics and room assignments
General Sessions:
- Clinically-focused with a multidisciplinary approach
- Overview lectures by widely recognized experts
- Cancer of the pancreas and bile ducts
- Cancer of the liver
- Rare tumors: Neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
- Esophageal cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Clinical trials for GI oncologists: Trials and endpoints in GI cancer
- Multimodality therapy for rectal cancer
- Highlights in GI Cancer
- Adjuvant treatment of colon cancer
- Screening and imaging of colon cancer
- Metastatic colorectal cancer
- Colorectal cancer: Liver metastases
Keynote Lectures:
Thursday, 1 July 2010
10:15 Keynote lecture 1: Biomarkers for GI cancer: Between hope and hype comes histopathology!
Janusz A. Jankowski, MD, PhD, FRCP, FACG
Friday, 2 July 2010
10:00 Keynote lecture 2: A new measure of treatment benefit in randomized trials, with applications to gastrointestinal cancer
Marc Buyse, ScD
15:30 Keynote lecture 3: The EGF receptor in cancer
Yosef Yarden, MD
16:00 Keynote lecture 4: Angiogenesis inhibition in cancer
Peter Carmeliet, MD
The complete scientific agenda is available online at www.worldgicancer.com/WCGI/WGIC2010/sp.html.
Abstracts
383 abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer®, representing the latest research from across the globe in colon, esophageal, gastric, liver, pancreatic and rectal cancer. Accepted abstracts are published in a special Annals of Oncology supplement.
Abstracts selected by the Scientific Committee and the Congress Chairs as the Top Abstracts for the ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer® will be available on the Congress website at www.worldgicancer.com/WCGI/WGIC2010/Press.html with other information for the press on or about 14 June 2010.
Other abstracts will be available to subscribers on the Annals of Oncology website at http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/suppl_6 following the Congress.
All abstract details are embargoed until Wednesday, 30 June 2010 at 15:00.
Abstract Poster Hours
Exhibition Hall, CCIB Level 0, Rooms 021-031
Thursday, 1 July 2010 9:00 – 16:30
Friday, 2 July 2010 9:00 – 17:00
Saturday, 3 July 2010 9:00 – 15:35
Travel Award Winners
16 abstract travel awards for participants from developing nations have been awarded. A ceremony will be held on Thursday, 1 July at 15:50 in the General Session to present these awards.
Exhibition
As an integral part of the Congress, companies and organizations will display their products and services. The exhibition is located on Level 0, Rooms 021-031, of the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB).
Exhibition Hours:
Thursday, 1 July 2010 9:00 – 16:30
Friday, 2 July 2010 9:00 – 17:00
Saturday, 3 July 2010 9:00 – 15:35
Corporate Satellite Symposia
Thursday, 1 July 2010
12:45 – 14:15
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by Biocompatibles UK Ltd
The Symposium on Latest Clinical and Pathological results of Drug-Eluting Beads in the management of metastatic Colorectal and HepatoCellular carcinoma
Room 111-112
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Patient-driven treatment strategies in CRC
Room 116-117
Friday, 2 July 2010
13:15 – 14:45
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by Merck Serono
Personalizing treatment – A new standard for prolonging overall survival in mCRC
Room 111-112
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by Sirtex Medical Europe GmbH
Radioembolisation: Who, What, When and How
Room 113-115
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Transforming the treatment of gastric cancer
Room 116-117
Saturday, 3 July 2010
13:15 – 14:45
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by European School of Oncology
ESO Cancer Observatory
Room 111-112
- Luncheon Symposium: Supported by Amgen (EUROPE) GmbH
Challenges in the Management of mCRC: Treatment Options under Scrutiny
Room 116-117
Times and location are subject to change.
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View a complete list of upcoming meetings at www.imedex.com.
Contact Us
For questions, please contact the Congress organizer:
Imedex, LLC
4325 Alexander Drive
Alpharetta Georgia 30022-3740, USA
Tel.: +1 (770) 751 7332
Fax: +1 (770) 751 7334
Email: meetings@imedex.com
Online: www.imedex.com
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