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11th Meeting of the European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates in association with the French Society of Endoscopy Nurses (GIFE) in Paris, France 27-29 October 2007 in conjunction with the 15th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Words of Welcome
On behalf of ESGENA, the French Society of Endoscopy Nurses (GIFE) we have great pleasure inviting you to the 11th ESGENA Conference, which will be held during the 15th UEGW in October 2007 in Paris.
As in previous years we are hoping to provide a full and varied programme for you - to stimulate you into meeting and holding discussions with colleagues from all over Europe and afar. We are continuing the format of previous conferences as this has encouraged networking and communication between the delegates – between individual nurses as well as national groups.
On Saturday we are providing the opportunity to attend a choice of 8 workshops organised in 4 parallel rooms. The workshops will be more practically focused and in smaller groups - up to 50 - to encourage discussion, questions and exchange of ideas. For the local nurses we will hold some of the workshops in French; the others will be in English.
Following the success of the dummy workshops in previous conferences, ESGENA will offer hands-on- workshops on biomedical simulators especially for nurses on Saturday. The workshops will be organised by ESGENA in co-operation with the ESGE. In co-operation with the ESGE, dummy workshops will also be offered as team training on Saturday (for doctors and nurses from ONE department).
The conference will open officially with the ESGENA Welcome Reception on Saturday evening. In the past this has been a most enjoyable, informal evening with the opportunity to meet colleagues and friends from all over Europe and overseas.
On Sunday the Scientific Programme, which includes two free paper sessions and a nurses' poster session, will offer mainly nursing oriented lectures in two parallel halls.
On Monday morning we will have the ESGENA Plenary Session – lectures in just one hall - to bring together all the delegates, and will end with the Prize Giving of the best Free Paper and the best Poster, followed by the invitation to the next ESGENA Conference.
The trade exhibition will open on Monday and there should be enough time to browse the stands if the medical scientific programme does not tempt you back into the lecture halls. Nurses are particularly invited to visit the ESGE Learning Centre, which offers a large variety of "state of art" videos.
We hope that we will be able to welcome you at the 11th ESGENA Conference in October 2007 in Paris, France.
Ulrike Beilenhoff Marie Ange Bibollet
President of ESGENA President of GIFE