“Internationally renowned endoscopists will deliver the state-of-the-art lectures and special live demonstrations to share the latest advancement of GI endoscopy. General presentations are widely invited for both oral presentations and posters. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation.”

The 1st JGES International President of Congress: Haruhiro Inoue
Vice President of Congress: Hironori Yamamoto

We are excited to confirm that a hands-on training courses will be held. For more information, we will announce on the website and e-mails.
Stay tuned!

The 1st JGES International (2025.9.5-9.6)　Program *Subject to change, as of August 1

DAY 1: September 5

[Room A]

■8:50-9:00 Welcome address
Haruhiro Inoue
President of Congress, Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Special remarks: Shinji Tanaka
Society President of JGES, JA Onomichi General Hospital
*Broadcast to Room B

■9:00-11:00 Symposium 1
ESD: Over two decades since its introduction
Moderators: Amrita Sethi
Northwestern Medical team in building a Center of Excellence in Advanced Endoscopy
Naohisa Yahagi
Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine
Lawrence Ho Khek Yu
National University of Singapore
Joo Ha Hwang
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medicine/School of Medicine

Speakers:
How ESD started? And now: Hiroyuki Ono
Endoscopy Division, Shizuoka Cancer Center
ESD at pharynx: Seiichiro Abe
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
ESD in the esophagus: Tsuneo Oyama
Department of Endoscopy, Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center
ESD in the stomach: Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
ESD in the duodenum: Naohisa Yahagi
Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine
ESD at ileo-cecum: Hironori Yamamoto
Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University
ESD in the colon: Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
ESD in Asia: Yip Hon-Chi
Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong ESD in Europe: Stefan Seewald
Interventional Endoscopist Center for Gastroenterology, Hirslanden Clinic Group Zurich
ESD in the US: Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona
Discussion

■11:00-11:20 Presidential Lecture: Functional endoscopy / GERD treatment
Moderator: Shinji Tanaka
Society President of JGES, JA Onomichi General Hospital
Speaker: Haruhiro Inoue
President of Congress, Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
*Broadcast to Room B

■11:30-12:15 Luncheon Seminar 1
TBD

Co-sponsored: FUJIFILM Medical Co., Ltd.

■12:20-13:50 Symposium 2
Magnifying endoscopic diagnosis of early GI cancer
Moderators: Prateek Sharma
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Han-Mo Chiu
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Kazuo Ohtsuka
Department of Endoscopy, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital

Speakers:
Esophagus (SCC): Ryu Ishihara
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute
Esophagus (Barrett)：Prateek Sharma
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Stomach: Hiroya Ueyama
Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
Duodenum: Ken-ichi Goda
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
How can we reduce colorectal cancer mortality through organized screening?: Han-Mo Chiu
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Colon: Advances in Dx & Tx serrated Lesions: Yasushi Sano
Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital
Colon: Magnifying Endoscopic Diagnosis of Lesions: Takahisa Matsuda
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Toho University Omori Medical Center
Colon: Magnifying endoscopy with AI: Masashi Misawa
Digestive Disease Center, Showa Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Discussion

■13:50-14:30 Educational Lecture 1
Application of Mantis clip to the defect closure (Tentative)
Moderator: Horst Neuhaus
Interdisciplinary Care Clinic RKM740, Düsseldorf

Speakers: Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona

Co-sponsored: Boston Scientific Japan K.K.

■14:30-16:30 Symposium 3
POEM and submucosal endoscopy
Moderators: Amrita Sethi
Northwestern Medical team in building a Center of Excellence in Advanced Endoscopy
Philip W.Y. Chiu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Christopher Jen Lock Khor
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital

Speakers:
Introduction of POEM and its extension: Haruhiro Inoue
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
POEM in Japan: Hironari Shiwaku
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine
POEM in Korea: Joo Young Cho
Digestive Disease Center, CHA University Gangnam medical centers
POEM in Europe: Stefan Seewald
Interventional Endoscopist Center for Gastroenterology, Hirslanden Clinic Group Zurich
POEM in the US: Stavros Stavropoulos
Mount Sinai-South Nassau Hospital
Z-POEM (POES): Ippei Tanaka
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
POET(STER): Philip W.Y. Chiu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
D-POEM: Manabu Onimaru
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
G-POEM: Torsten Beyna
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
Our experience of submucosal endoscopy: Amit Maydeo
Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences (BIDS), Global hospital
Discussion

■16:30-18:00 Evening Symposium
Current value and future potential of procedures utilizing X1
Moderators: D. Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
Philip W.Y. Chiu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Speakers: Yunho Jung
Gastroenterology, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine
Tran Duc Canh
Department of Functional Endoscopy, K Hospital Ha Noi

Naomi Kakushima Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital
Katsuro Ichimasa
Digestive Disease Center, Showa Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital

Co-sponsored: Olympus Marketing, Inc.
*Broadcast to Room B

[Room B]

■9:00-11:00 Symposium 4
EUS-BD: Over two decades since its introduction
Moderators: Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
Robert H. Hawes
Orlando Health/University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Marc Giovannini
Institut Paoli Calmetts, Marseille

Speakers:
How EUS-BD started? And now: Marc Giovannini
Institut Paoli Calmetts, Marseille
How EUS-BD developed? And future: Kenneth J. Chang
Hoag Digestive Health Institute, Newport Beach, California
EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy: Kazuo Hara
Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy: Takeshi Ogura
Endoscopy Center, Pancreatobiliary advanced medical center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in failed EUS-BD: Shannon M. Chan
Division of Upper Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
EUS-guided antegrade biliary intervention: Shuntaro Mukai
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
EUS-BD: making it safe: Sundeep Laktakia
Endoscopy & EUS, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, AIG Hospitals
EUS-BD with novel metal stent in Korea: Sang-Soo Lee
Department of Gastroenterology, Pancreatobiliary Cancer Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
ERCP and EUS Training in Asia-Pacific: A Decade of Thai Endoscopists' Expertise: Rungsun Rerknimitr
Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, the Center of Excellence for Innovation and Endoscopy in Gastrointestinal Oncology, Chulalongkorn University
EUS-BD in Taiwan: Hsui-Po Wang
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine
EUS-BD in US: Todd Baron
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Discussion

■11:30-12:15 Luncheon Seminar 2
Difference of medical system and cost for GI endoscopy between US and Japan
Moderators: Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona
Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tokyo Medical University

Speakers: Tadahisa Inoue
Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University
Shuntaro Mukai
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University

Co-sponsored: GADELIUS MEDICAL K.K.

■12:20-13:50 Symposium 5
Endoscopic pancreatic interventions
Moderators: Ichiro Yasuda
Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama
Amit Maydeo
Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences (BIDS), Global hospital
Nonthalee Pausawasdi
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Speakers:
How ERP started?: Torsten Beyna
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
How EUS-CD started? And now: Kenneth J. Chang
Hoag Digestive Health Institute, Newport Beach, California
EPST and stone removal: Hiroki Kawashima
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University
How to manage difficult pancreatic duct stones?: Amit Maydeo
Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences (BIDS), Global hospital
Pancreatic duct stenting: Atsushi Irisawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine
Balloon enteroscopy-assisted ERP: Masaaki Shimatani
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University Medical Center
EUS-guided PFC drainage & necrosectomy: Takuji Iwashita
Department of Gastroenterology, Shiga University of Medical Science
EUS-guided ablation for pancreatic neoplasms: Hironari Kato
Department of Gastroenterology, Okayama City Civic Hospital
Discussion

■13:50-14:30 Educational Lecture 2
Advances in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: Novel Agents and Future Therapeutic Strategies
Moderator: Masayuki Saruta
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine
Speaker: Mikihiro Fujiya
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University

Co-sponsored: Pfizer Japan Inc.

■14:30-16:30 Symposium 6
Endoscopic transpapillary biliary stone extraction
Moderators: Todd Baron
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina
D. Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
Hiroyuki Isayama
Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University

Speakers:
How endoscopic biliary stone extraction started?: Horst Neuhaus
Interdisciplinary Care Clinic RKM740, Düsseldorf
Current best practice of biliary stone removal: D. Nageshawar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
EST: Shomei Ryozawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
EPBD: Hiroyuki Isayama
Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
EPLBD: Akio Katanuma
Department of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Sapporo Medical University
Cholangioscopy-assisted lithotripsy: Jong Ho Moon
Digestive Disease Center, SoonChunHyang University College of Medicine
Balloon-enteroscopy assisted lithotripsy: Hirofumi Kogure
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
Discussion

[Room C]

■11:30-12:15 Luncheon Seminar 3
Taking on the World with Japanese Endoscopic AI
Moderator: Naohisa Yahagi

Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine
Speakers: Yosuke Tsuji
Next-Generation Endoscopic Computer Vision, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Hiroya Ueyama
Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
Special remarks: Haruhiro Inoue
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital

Co-sponsored: AI Medical Service Inc.

[Room 701]

■9:00-12:10 YIA(The Young Investigator Awards) (6min presentation, 2min Q&A)

■9:00-9:35 YIA1
Moderators: Toshiharu Ueki
Department of gastroenterology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital
Shomei Ryozawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Presenter: Shinsaku Fukuda
Hirosaki University

YIA1-1 EUS-guided ethanol injection for small pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
*Kazuyuki Matsumoto1, Daisuke Uchida1, Yuki Fujii1, Akihiro Matsumi1, Kazuya Miyamoto1, Shigeru Horiguchi1, Ryosuke Sato1, Koichiro Tsutsumi1, Motoyuki Otsuka1
1. Okayama University Hospital
YIA1-2 Aiming for safe EUS-CDS
*Nozomi Okuno1, Kazuo Hara1

1. Aichi Cancer Center Hospital YIA1-3 EUS HEPATICOGASTROSTOMY IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BILIARY DRAINAGE OPTION –RESULTS FROM THE FIRST LARGE REAL-WORLD MULTICENTER STUDY IN NORTH AMERICA
*Clement Wu1,2,3, Amar Vedamurthy4, Farimah Fayyaz1, Andrew Canakis5, Romina Roshanshad1, Todd H Baron5, Mouen Khashab1, Shayan Irani4
1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 3. Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 4. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, Washington, USA, 5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
YIA1-4 Usefulness of a one-step semi-deployment flushing and stenting technique in endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis *Yuki Kawasaki1, Jun Ushio1, Hisaki Kato1, Kazuya Sumi1, Haruhiro Inoue1
1. Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital

■9:35-10:10 YIA2
Moderators: Akiko Shiotani
Department of Gastroentelogy and Hepatology, Kawasaki Medical School
Hiroyuki Imaeda
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University
Presenter: Mototsugu Kato
Gastroenterology, Public Interest Foundation Hokkaido Cancer Society

YIA2-1 How adequate of pre-oxygenation before Endoscopic Sedation reduces the Hypoxic Event during Gastroscopy: 1-minute or 2-minutes
*Thi Phuong Lien Nguyen1, Lam Tung Nguyen1, Mai Loan Doan1, Van Luc Tran1, Quang Nghia Ho1
1. 108 Central Military Hospital
YIA2-2 Advancing Safety in Endoscopic Anti-Reflux Therapy: Clinical Outcomes of Anti-Reflux Mucoplasty (ARM-P) and Mucoplasty with Valve (ARM-P/V) *Kazuki Yamamoto1, Haruhiro Inoue1, Ippei Tanaka1, Masachika Saino1, Kei Ushikubo1, Miyuki Iwasaki1, Yohei Nishikawa1, Satoshi Abiko1, Boldbaatar Gantuya1, Manabu Onimaru1, Mayo Tanabe1
1. Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
YIA2-3 Flexible endoscopic treatment of patients with Zenker's diverticulum by three techniques: primary and long-term results
*Natalia Semenova1, Kirill Shishin1, Ivan Nedoluzhko1, Ivan Pavlov1, Anastasia Pyatakova1
1. Moscow Clinical Scientific Center named after A.S. Loginov
YIA2-4 OUTCOMES OF ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION FOR T1 COLORECTAL CANCER IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
*Yuichiro Hirai1, Masau Sekiguchi1,2, Naoya Toyoshima1, Hiroyuki Takamaru1, Masayoshi Yamada1, Nozomu Kobayashi1,2, Yutaka Saito1
1. Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Cancer Screening Center, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

■10:10-10:45 YIA3
Moderators: Takashi Kawai
Center for Health Surveillance & Preventive Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Hospital
Kazuo Ohtsuka
Department of Endoscopy, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
Presenter: Kazunari Murakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University

YIA3-1 Racial Disparities in Gastric Cancer Incidence and outcomes in the United States: a SEER Study
*Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui1, Anusha Agarwal1, Mohamad Noor Abu Hammour1, Carol Macaron1, Amit Bhatt1
1. Cleveland Clinic
YIA3-2 Endoscopic Pyloromyotomy via Existing Gastrostomy: A Novel Approach for Refractory Gastroparesis in Complex Anatomical Cases
*Mina Alkomos1, Dhruv Patel1, Furqan A. Bhullar2, Islam Rajab 2, Praneeth Bandaru1, Yana Cavanagh1
1. Gastroenterology Department, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA., 2. Internal Medicine Department, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.
YIA3-3 Establishment and validation of a prediction model for technical difficulty of peroral endoscopic myotomy
*Xinyang Liu1,2, Yimeng Ren1,2, Zihan Geng1,2, Quanlin Li1,2, Pinghong Zhou1,2
1. Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, 2. Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Endoscopy
YIA3-4 Explainable AI Model for Colorectal Polyp Detection and Classification
Based on WASP and Attention Mechanism with ChatGPT-Powered Diagnostic Report Generation System
*Haoxiang Ni1, Haichuan Wang2, Haoxqing Xu3, Lihe Liu1, Jinzhou Zhu1, Rui Li1
1. The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 2. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, 3. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University

■12:30-13:05 YIA4
Moderators: Hiro-o Yamano
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
Akio Katanuma
Department of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Sapporo Medical University
Presenter: Haruhiko Ogata
Gastroenterology, Fujita Medical Innovation Center Tokyo

YIA4-1 Endoscopist adenoma detection rate associated with neoplasia detection during subsequent-round colonoscopy in fecal immunochemical test-based colorectal cancer screening: cross-sectional analysis of the SCREESCO randomized controlled trial
*Masau Sekiguchi1, Marcus Westerberg2, Christian Löwbeer3, Anna Forsberg3
1. National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 3. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
YIA4-2 Gel immersion technique in pancreatobiliary field
*Haruka Toyonaga1, Takuya Takayama1, Tatsuya Nakagawa1, Yasuki Sano1, Masataka Kano1, Takafumi Yuba1, Masahiro Orino1, Hironao Matsumoto1, Natsuko Saito1, Masahiro Takeo1, Kimi Sumimoto1, Takeshi Yamashina1, Akio Katanuma2, Masaaki Shimatani1
1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, 2. Center for Gastroenterology, Teine-keijinkai Hospital
YIA4-3 Clinical and technical aspects of EUS-guided through the needle microforceps biopsy of pancreatic cysts
*Anna Vladimirovna Poddymova1, Evgeny Gennadievich Solonitsyn1, Iuliia Shahinovna Alieva1, Dmitry Gennadievich Baranov1
1. Almazov National Medical Research Centre
YIA4-4 Endoscopic ultrasound guided drainage using metal versus plastic stent for walled-off necrosis: Meta-analysis of randomized trials with trial sequential analysis
*Jayanta Samanta1, Jahnvi Dhar2, Pankaj Gupta3, Saroj Kant Sinha4
1. Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Punjab Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Mohali, Punjab, India, 3. Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 4. Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

■13:05-13:40 YIA5
Moderators: Tetsuji Takayama
Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Katsunori Iijima
Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University
Presenter: Junko Fujisaki
Department of Gastroenterology, Foundation for Detection of Early Gastric Carcinoma

YIA5-1 Deletion Mutation in ADAR Gene Causes Familial Achalasia in a Chinese Pedigree
*An-Yi Xiang1, Quan-Lin Li1, Ping-Hong Zhou1
1. Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
YIA5-2 Cold vs Monopolar and Bipolar ESD Technique in Circumferential Esophageal Resection: A Comparative Study in Live Porcine Model.
*Miguel Fraile-López1, Álvaro Terán1, Javier Crespo1, Adolfo Parra-Blanco2
1. Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain., 2. NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Centre Nottingham City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
YIA5-3 Prediction method of life expectancy in patients undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer -Multicenter retrospective study- *Naoto Iwai1, Osamu Dohi1, Junki Yumoto1, Tomoko Ochiai1, Hiroki Mukai1, Mayuko Seya1, Katsuma Yamauchi1, Takuma Yoshida2, Kazuhiro Katada2, Ryusuke Horie3, Eiko Imamoto3, Toshifumi Tsuji4, Junichi Sakagami4, Reo Kobayashi1, Ken Inoue1, Naohisa Yoshida1, Kazuhiko Uchiyama1, Tomohisa Takagi1, Hideyuki Konishi1, Yoshito Itoh1 1. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 2. North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 3. JCHO Kyoto Kuramaguchi Medical Center, 4. Fukuchiyama City Hospital
YIA5-4 Remote Hands-on Training System for Colorectal ESD
*Kohei Ono1, Ken Ohata1, Etsuko Yamabe1, Naoki Tomita1, Toshifumi Iida1, Susumu Banjoya1, Tomoya Kimura1, Kouichi Furuta1, Hiroshi Yamazaki1, Nao Takeuchi1, Yoshiaki Kimoto1, Yuki Kano1, Yohei Minato1
1. NTT Medical Center Tokyo

[Room C, Room 701, Room 703, Room 706]

Oral presentation (5min presentation, 2min Q&A)

[Room 704, Room 705, Room 707, Room 708, Room 709]

Poter presentation

JGES International Reception (all together)
Open 18:30 / Start 19:00 - 21:00
Kandamyojin Hall

DAY 2: September 6

[Room A]

■8:25-8:55 Morning Seminar 1
State of the art on IBD treatment
Moderator: Takayuki Matsumoto
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iwate Medical University
Speaker: Kenji Watanabe
Department of Internal Medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Toyama University

Co-sponsored: EA Pharma Co., Ltd.

■9:00-10:20 Symposium 7
Deeper layer dissection (including EFTR) & defect closure
Moderators: Hironori Yamamoto
Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University
Torsten Beyna
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
Kazuki Sumiyama
Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine

Speakers:
Esophagus: Takashi Toyonaga
Division of Gastroenterology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
Stomach：Endoscopic resection of submucosal tumor: Noriya Uedo
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute
Loop 9 in the colon: Mayo Tanabe
Digestive Diseases Center , Showa medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
ROLM: How to close the large mucosal defect?: Tatsuma Nomura
Department of Gastroenterology, Suzuka General Hospital
SutuArt: Osamu Goto
Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
EFTR in the Stomach : Nobutsugu Abe
Department of Gastroenterological and General Surgery, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine
Application of Overstitch: Philip W.Y. Chiu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discussion

■10:25-11: 05 Educational Lecture 3
Nexpowder : International Use Cases and Effectiveness Revealed
Moderator: Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Speaker: Joo Ha Hwang
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medicine/School of Medicine

Co-sponsored: Century Medical, Inc.

■11:10-11:50 Educational Lecture 4
TBD
Moderator: Horst Neuhaus
Interdisciplinary Care Clinic RKM740, Düsseldorf

Speakers:
Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona
Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital

Co-sponsored: Amco inc. / Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH

■12:00-12:45 Luncheon Seminar 4
Advances in Endoscopic Surgery and Robotic Innovation
Moderator: Haruhiro Inoue
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Speakers: Joo Ha Hwang
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medicine/School of Medicine
D. Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad

Co-sponsored: EndoRobotics Co., LTD.

■12:50-13:30 Educational Lecture 5
Closing the Gap: Innovations in Endoscopic Defect Management
Moderator: Hiroyuki Ono
Endoscopy Division, Shizuoka Cancer Center
Speaker: Ken Ohata
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo

Co-sponsored: Micro-Tech(Japan) Co., Ltd. / MC Medical, Inc.

■13:30-16:30 Live demonstration: Advanced therapeutic endoscopy
From Tokyo Medical University & Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Moderators: D. Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
Robert H. Hawes
Orlando Health/University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Horst Neuhaus
Interdisciplinary Care Clinic RKM740, Düsseldorf

Commentators: Amrita Sethi
Northwestern Medical team in building a Center of Excellence in Advanced Endoscopy
Torsten Beyna
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
Stavros Stavropoulos
Mount Sinai-South Nassau Hospital
Cesare Hassan
Humanitas University, Milan
Stefan Seewald
Interventional Endoscopist Center for Gastroenterology, Hirslanden Clinic Group Zurich
Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona
Nonthalee Pausawasdi
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Demonstrators: Haruhiro Inoue
Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Naohisa Yahagi
Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine
Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
Hironori Yamamoto
Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University
Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
Akio Katanuma
Department of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Sapporo Medical University

Coordinators:
Mayo Tanabe
Digestive Diseases Center , Showa medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Ryosuke Tonozuka
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
*Broadcast to Room B

■16:30 Closing remarks: Hironori Yamamoto
Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University
*Broadcast to Room B

[Room B]

■8:25-8:55 Morning Seminar 2
TBD

Co-sponsored: GADELIUS MEDICAL K.K.

■9:00 10:20 Symposium 8
Transpapillary biliary stenting
Moderators: Todd Barron
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Amrita Sethi
Northwestern Medical team in building a Center of Excellence in Advanced Endoscopy
Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona

Speakers:
How transpapillary stenting started?: D. Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
How to maximize efficacy and minimize adverse events?: Shuntaro Mukai
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
Benign biliary strictures: Hideyuki Shiomi
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Medical University
Malignant distal obstruction: Mamoru Takenaka
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
Malignant hilar obstruction: Tadahisa Inoue
Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University
Endoscopic biliary stenting with ablation (RFA, PDT): Masayuki Kitano
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
Discussion

■10:25-11: 05 Educational Lecture 6
TBD
Moderator: Robert H. Hawes
Orlando Health/University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Speaker: Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University

Co-sponsored: FUJIFILM Medical Co., Ltd.

■11:10-11:50 Educational Lecture 7
New Era of EUS
Moderators: Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
Stefan Seewald
Interventional Endoscopist Center for Gastroenterology, Hirslanden Clinic Group Zurich

Speakers: Takeshi Ogura
Endoscopy Center, Pancreatobiliary advanced medical center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Hirofumi Kogure
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine

Co-sponsored: Olympus Marketing, Inc.

■12:00-12:45 Luncheon Seminar 5
Interventional EUS: Future and Past (Tentative)
Moderator: Kenjiro Yasuda
Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Speaker: Yousuke Nakai
Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Co-sponsored: Boston Scientific Japan K.K

■12:50-13:30 Educational Lecture 8
Moderator: Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
Department of Gastroenterology,University of Tokyo
Speaker: Yohei Mikami
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine
Keio University School of Medicine
Co-sponsored: Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

[Room C]

■12:00-12:45 Luncheon Seminar 6
Message to young Japanese doctors: As an endoscopist in the United States (Tentative)
Moderator: Norio Fukami
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona

Speakers: Hiroyuki Aihara
Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Makoto Nishimura
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Yutaka Tomizawa
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington

■16:40-17:40 WEGECA 2025 in Japan
-Women Endoscopists for Global Exchange and Career Advancement-
Opening remarks
Reiko Ashida
Chief Committee member of WEGECA, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
Shinji Tanaka
Society President of JGES, JA Onomichi General Hospital
Special remarks
Reiko Ashida
Chief Committee member of WEGECA, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
Akiko Shiotani
Board Member of JGES, Directors of WEGECA, Department of Gastroentelogy and Hepatology, Kawasaki Medical School
Special lectures
Amrita Sethi
Society President of WIE, Northwestern Medical team in building a Center of Excellence in Advanced Endoscopy
Nonthalee Pausawasdi
Society President of TAGE, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

[Room C, Room 701, Room 703, Room 706]

Oral presentation (5min presentation, 2min Q&A)

[Room 704, Room 705, Room 707, Room 708, Room 709]

Poter presentation

DAY 1: September 5

[Room 601, Room 606]

■9:00-11:00, 13:00-15:00, 16:00-18:00
Hands-on Seminar: Lower gastrointestinal tract Sessions
Directors: Shomei Ryozawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
Coordinators: Yasushi Sano
Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital
Mineo Iwatate
Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital

[Room 606, Room 601]

■9:00-11:00, 13:00-15:00, 16:00-18:00
Hands-on Seminar: Upper gastrointestinal tract Sessions
Directors: Shomei Ryozawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
Coordinators: Ken Ohata
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo
Yohei Minato
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo

DAY 2: September 6

[Room 601, Room 606]

■9:00-11:00 Hands-on Seminar: Pancreatobiliary Sessions
Directors: Shomei Ryozawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Yutaka Saito
Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital
Coordinators: Takao Itoi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University
Takayoshi Tsuchiya
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University