Call for Abstracts

1. Overview

1st JGES International is pleased to invite abstracts for general presentations (Oral or Poster presentation).

Please read through the following items and proceed with registration from “9. Abstract Submission ” at the bottom of this page.

*The requested designated speakers will be directly contacted by the Congress Secretariat of the 1st JGES International.

2. Submission Period

Open July 29, 2024, 10:00 AM (JST)
Close January 31, 2025, 18:00 (JST)

3. Requirements

Please carefully read the following requirements before your abstract submission.

1. The abstract should be unpublished at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES) or other scientific meetings. Accepted abstracts for this conference will be published on the program.

2. [No conflict with Ethical Regulations]
Medical research involving human subjects, including research on samples and data of human origin, should be approved by the Ethics Committee, and informed consent should be obtained in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. If ethical issues are suspected, it will be discussed by the Ethics Committee of the Society. To protect the privacy of individuals, please refrain from using expressions that may identify individuals in the images and other materials presented.

3. [Conflict of Interest]
Before your abstract submission, please be sure to read through “Conflict of Interest” page.

4. Conference proceedings will be available through an app for smartphones and tablets. Please note that accepted abstracts will be electronically published.

5. You cannot register more than one doctor from the same organization to submit the same subject as the first author. Please note that both abstracts will be rejected if applicable.
However, if the first author belongs to a different organization, they can apply as a co-author.
If you are submitting an abstract for a multi-institutional study, please use the name of the organization, or use a title that identifies the study as a multi-institutional study.

6. You cannot submit the same contents in different categories. Abstracts considered to be the same will be discussed by the reviewers and program committee. Please note that when the abstracts are judged to be identical, both will be rejected. For categories, please see “4. Presentation & Category Type ”.

7. [Withdrawal and Absence]
Please be aware that any author that withdraws an abstract after acceptance notification or is absent without notice on the day of presentation may possibly be penalized according to the rules of JGES.

4. Presentation & Category Type

Presentation type
1. Oral Presentation
2. Poster Presentation
3. Either Oral or Poster
*The presentation format will be announced after notification of acceptance.

Presentation Language
Abstracts will be accepted in English only.

●Content Category 1
01 Oral and oropharyngeal 06 Colon & rectum
02 Esophageal 07 Biliary
03 Gastric 08 Pancreatic
04 Duodenal 09 Hepatic
05 Small intestine 10 Others
● Content Category 2
*Please select two categories.
01 Neoplasm 19 ERCP and ERCP-related technique
02 Functional disease 20 Endoscopic hemostasis
03 Infectious disease (Including H. pylori) 21 Varicosis treatment
04 Inflammatory disease 22 Emergency Endoscopy
05 Image analysis and processing 23 Ultrathin endoscopes (incl. perinasal endoscopy)
06 Endoscope cleaning and disinfection 24 Capsule endoscopy
07 Pretreatment and perioperative management 25 Intestinal endoscopy
08 Sedation 26 Gastrostomy
09 Education and training 27 Stents and dilation
10 Risk management (including elderly patients) 28 Laser treatment and PDT
11 Magnification, high-magnification, and image-enhancing endoscopy 29 Laparoscopic surgery
12 ESD and EMR 30 Foreign body removal
13 Functional endoscopy 31 Obesity treatment
14 Deeper layer dissection (incl. EFTR) 32 NOTES
15 EUS 33 POEM
16 Defect closure 34 Submucosal endoscopy
17 Endoscopic treatment for GERD 35 Others
18 EUS Intervention  

5. Instruction for Preparing Abstract

Abstracts should be prepared in the following manners:
1. Refer to the glossary of JGES and use appropriate terminology.
2. Number of authors: Up to 20
3. Number of affiliations: Up to 10
4. Abstracts should be within 350 words (1,800 characters including spaces)
5. Title, author names, and affiliations are not included the word/character count
6. A table or figure will count as 150 words

6. Notification of Submission Completion

After you have submitted your abstract, a notification email will be sent to your registered email address. If you do not receive the email, please contact the Congress Secretariat (2025jges-intl-regi@convention-plus.com).

For security reasons, we will not respond to any inquiries about your password after registration. If you forget your password, you can set a new password from the registration site.

7. Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

Acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be notified to the e-mail address you entered when you submitted your abstract.
Please be sure to enter a valid e-mail address that you check regularly, as we will send you important notices via e-mail.
*After your abstract is accepted, please be sure to complete registration, including paying the registration fee.

8. Privacy Policy

The JGES Secretariat and Congress Secretariat will process your information, such as name, contact information, and e-mail address, collected at the abstract submission to provide inquiries and notifications about this conference.
Your names, affiliations, abstract titles, and the text of abstracts will be used for the purpose of publication on the website and in the conference proceedings.
We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. After the conference, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from outside parties.

9. Abstract Submission

10. JGES International Membership Benefits

JGES welcomes doctors outside Japan to become JGES Members.
• Online access to JGES official English journal “Digestive Endoscopy”
• Priority registration to Hands-on courses organized by JGES with discount (half-price) registration
• Discount (half-price) registration at the Congresses of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
• Receive information on endoscopy live demonstration courses in Japan
• Payment for the annual membership fee via credit card
(VISA, Mastercard, JCB, AMEX, or DINERS)
For more detailed information, please see the following page.
https://www.jges.net/english/membership

11. Contact

Congress Secretariat
c/o Convention Plus, Inc.
5F LUCID SQUARE YUSHIMA, 2-31-14 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0034, Japan
E-mail: 2025jges-intl-regi@convention-plus.com
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 10:00-18:00 (JST = GMT+9)
Closed on Sat, Sun & National Holidays

Inquiry for JGES Membership
JGES Secretariat
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Shin-ochanomizu Urban Trinity Bldg.4F, 3-2-1, Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan
E-mail: info-add@jges.or.jp