Preliminary programme of the ECCD 2015 conference

Please note that the programme has been under development and may be subject to further changes.

Friday, 29 May 2015

9.00–12.00

UEG pre-conference workshop: Methods for improving CRC screening and evaluating its outcomes

Open UEG informative workshop for representatives of countries which requested information on a start-up of a population-based screening
13.00–13:45

Press conference

  • European Code Against Cancer
  • CRC screening as a challenge for the whole society
  • Value of cancer prevention and CRC screening
  • First experience of the Czech health care system with a population-based CRC screening

Participants: P. Poc, S. Němeček, R. Onderka, J.F. Ryan, T. Ponchon, J. Žaloudík, P. Honěk, J. Špičák, B. Seifert, Š. Suchánek, L. Dušek

14.00–15.00

Opening Ceremony

  • R. Onderka, Former Mayor of the City of Brno
  • P. Poc, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  • R. Stockbrügger, Honorary President of the 4th ECCD
  • J. F. Ryan, Acting Director for Public Health, European Commission - Directorate General for Health and Food Safety
  • S. Němeček, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic
  • J. Žaloudík, Chair of the Health Committee of the Senate of the Czech Parliament
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology
  • B. Seifert, Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society for General Practice
  • Š. Suchánek, Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
  • P. Honěk, Vice-director of the VZP ČR (General Health Insurance Company)
  • L. Dušek, Director of Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University

15.00–16.40

State of the art lectures

Chair: R. Stockbrügger

  • Videomessage from EU Commissioner for Health, V. Andriukaitis
  • S. Němeček, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic
    Cancer prevention as one of the priorities of the Czech health care policy / 10 min
  • J. Žaloudík, Chair of the Health Committee of the Senate of the Czech Parliament
    Searching for true impact of combined therapies in rectal carcinoma in population cancer registry / 15 min
  • A. Laghi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Rome, Italy
    CT colonography: is it ready for screening? / 10 min
  • B. Seifert, Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society for General Practice
    General practitioners in the 1st line of cancer prevention /15 min
  • I. Kiss, Deputy Director of the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Czech Republic
    CRC diagnosis as starting point of therapy - trajectory of a patient in the health care system must be standardized / 15 min
  • M. Ředinová, Chair of Organization of Patients with Stomia (Czech ILCO)
    “Life without barriers” – results of an international survey / 10 min
  • P. Poc, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
    Public health – where every answer brings new questions / 15 min
  • Q&A
16.40–17.00 Coffee break

17.00–19.00

 Value of CRC prevention and awareness as a European issue I

Chairs: T. Ponchon, P. Poc, B. Seifert

  • J. F. Ryan, Acting Director for Public Health, European Commission - Directorate General for Health and Food Safety
    European Union action against cancer: colorectal cancer screening, current developments, lessons learnt and future plans / 15 min
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology
    CRC screening: the logistics behind / 15 min
  • R. Stockbrügger, University of Ferrara, Italy
    Colorectal cancer screening: role of specialists and general practitioners / 15 min
  • M. Juhász, D. Kocsis, L. Herszényi, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
    Colorectal cancer screening in Hungary: have we made any progress in the last 2 years? / 15 min
  • L. Colemont, Stop Colon Cancer Foundation, Belgium
    Latest CRC screening news from Flandres (Belgium) / 15 min
  • W. Zatoński, Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Center & Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
    Cancer control with special attention to CRC – case of Poland / 15 min
  • Š. Suchánek, Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
    CRC screening in the Czech Republic and its new population-based design / 15 min
  • Q&A
  • Conclusions: T. Ponchon

19.30–21.30

Networking reception

 

Saturday, 30 May 2015

8.00–8.30 Welcome coffee
8.30–9.45

Value of CRC prevention and awareness as a European issue II

Chairs: L. Colemont, J.F. Riemann, N. Antoljak

  • J. F. Riemann, Director em., Dept. of Med. C, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Chairman, LebensBlicke Foundation for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
    Current status of colorectal cancer screening in Germany - results and perspectives / 15 min
  • N. Antoljak, M. Kalauz, M. Jelavić, M. Katicic, J. Jakić Razumović, M. Kujundzic, M. Strnad Pešikan, D. Stimac, D. Skoko Poljak, H. Iveković, M. Banić, V. Stamenic, M. Samija, Z. Ebling, Croatian Society of Gastroenterology
    Informatisation of Croatian national colorectal cancer screening programme as a tool in quality control / 15 min
  • M. Ondrušová, D. Ondruš, Pharm-In, Ltd. / St. Elisabeth University of Health and Social Sciences, Bratislava / Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
    Current trends in colorectal cancer epidemiology in the Slovak Republic/ 15 min
  • R. Kroupa, M. Ondráčková, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
    CRC screening from the viewpoint of its clients and patients – results of survey / 15 min
  • Q&A
9.45–10.00 Coffee break
10.00–12.00

CRC screening and care: the need for a new medical and communication model?

Chairs: A. Laghi, Š. Suchánek, L. Dušek

  •  A. Laghi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Rome, Italy
    CT Colonography and CRC screening: an update / 20 min
  • V. Válek, H. Mírka, L. Lambert, Czech Society of Radiology
    CT colonography and CRC – situation in Czech Republic / 20 min
  • B. Granado, UPMC Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France
    NAutILES (Novel Autonomous Intelligent Localizable Endoscopic System) the next generation of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) devices / 20 min
  • D. Valík, L. Dušek, V. Dušek, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute / Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    Common hypovitaminosis D as an emerging challenge in the fight against colorectal cancer: questions and answers / 20 min
  • P. Kocna, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    Epidemiological and clinical aspects of quantitative FIT test for CRC screening / 20 min
  • Q&A
 12.00–12.15

Conference summary and conclusions
 13.00–17.00

Association of European Cancer Leagues – Code Against Cancer Youth Ambassadors Workshop