■WEGECA

*The program is subject to change. (as of July 14)

Day 1（Friday, September 11）

8:00-8:50　Opening Ceremony（Room A）
Welcome address: Congress President Hironori Yamamoto
Special remarks: JGES President Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

9:00-11:00　Symposium 1（Room A）
The latest developments and cutting-edge procedures in ESD and related fields
<Designated speakers>
- Current trend of ESD (and EFTR) in Europe
- Current trend of ESD and EFTR in the United States
- Current trend of ESD and EFTR in China
- Differences Between Japan and the United States in Endoscopic Resection
- Continuous low-pressure saline perfusion and bubble-free setting for saline immersion ESD
- Water pressure method and suturing for duodenal ESD
<Selected presentations from the open abstract submission>
- Clinical Outcomes of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using Saline Immersion Therapeutic Endoscopy: A Prospective Single-Center Study
- Long-term oncological outcomes after en bloc resection of colorectal neoplasia by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

9:00-11:00　Symposium 3（Room B）
Current development of diagnostic EUS
<Designated speakers>
- Image-enhanced EUS
- Current trend of EUS-TA needle and technique
- Genetic analysis of EUS sample
- Current status of endo-hepatology
<Selected presentations from the open abstract submission>
- Diagnostic Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound, Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis
- Clinical Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound Attenuation Imaging for Hepatic Steatosis: A Prospective Validation Study

9:00-13:40　YIA（The Young Investigator Awards）（Room 601）
https://www.jges.net/news-english/events/2026/07/15/112430

11:00-11:20　Presidential Lecture（Room A&B）
- Speaker: Congress President Hironori Yamamoto
- Moderator: JGES President Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

11:30-12:15　Luncheon Seminar 1（Room A）

11:30-12:15　Luncheon Seminar 2（Room B）

12:20-14:20　Symposium 2（Room A）
The Cutting Edge of Endoscopic Diagnosis -Including magnifying endoscopy and AI diagnosis-　
<Designated speakers>
- The history and latest advances in magnifying endoscopy for gastric cancer
- The history and latest advances in magnifying endoscopy for colorectal cancer
- Magnifying endoscopic diagnosis of the squamous esophagus: IPCL（The history and latest advances in magnifying endoscopy for esophageal cancer）
- The cutting edge of functional endoscopy
- The cutting edge of AI in endoscopy
<Selected presentations from the open abstract submission>
- Diagnostic Value of Aceto-Electronic Chromoendoscopy in Colorectal Polyps: A Multicenter Prospective Study by The Osaka Gut Forum
- “Glomus-like lesions” in patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis: multicenter trial

12:20-14:20　Symposium 4（Room B）
Basic ERCP　
<Designated speakers>
- How to maximize successful biliary cannulation?
- How to minimize post-ERCP pancreatitis
- How to manage post-ES bleeding
- How to maximize stone extraction
<Selected presentations from the open abstract submission>
- Novel method for immediate prediction of post-ERCP pancreatitis by using serum trypsin
- Endoscopic Retrograde Interventions in the Pancreatic Duct via the Minor Duodenal Papilla in patients with chronic pancreatitis

14:20-15:00　Educational Lecture 1（Room A）

14:20-15:00　Educational Lecture 2（Room B）

15:00-16:30　The 33rd JGES-ESGE Joint Symposium（Room A）
Diagnosis and treatment of small bowel (including duodenal)
- Suspected small bowel bleeding: ESGE guidelines and beyond
- Diagnosis and treatment of intestinal lesions
- Diagnosis and treatment of ampullary tumors
- Diagnosis and treatment of non-ampullary duodenal neoplasms

15:00-16:30　Symposium 5（Room B）
Endotherapy for acute cholecystitis
- Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis; when, how?
- EUS-GBD; when, how?
- Trouble shooting of EUS-GBD
- EUS-GBD: possibility of conversion surgery and long-term outcome

16:30-18:00　Evening Symposium（Room A&B）
Revolutionizing ESD with Advanced IEE and Therapeutic Endoscopes — Towards Safer and More Efficient Procedures —

19:00-21:00　JGES International Reception (all together)（Room A）
Welcome drinks will be served in the 3rd and 5th lobbies prior to the reception.

Day 2（Saturday, September 12）

8:25-8:55　Morning Seminar 1（Room A）

8:25-8:55　Morning Seminar 2（Room B）

9:00-10:30　Video Forum（Room A）
Gastric/Small intestine/Colon & Rectum/Others　

9:00-10:30　Video Forum（Room B）
Esophageal/Duodenal/Biliary/Pancreatic　

10:35-11:55　Symposium 6（Room A）
Endoscopic Approaches for Small Intestinal Diseases
- Small bowel endoscopy in 2026: Current guidelines and unresolved clinical questions
- Optimizing small bowel evaluation in Crohn's disease: Beyond mucosal healing
- Therapeutic balloon-assisted enteroscopy in Crohn's disease: Stricture management and beyond
- Therapeutic balloon-assisted enteroscopy in small bowel bleeding and polyposis syndrome
- Big data from China shaping the future of small bowel endoscopy: Insights from capsule endoscopy, AI, and real-world practice

10:35-11:55　Symposium 7（Room B）
Update of Interventional endoscopy
- Endoscopic transpapillary biliary stenting for malignant hilar stricture
- Endoscopic transpapillary biliary stenting for malignant distal obstruction
- EUS-BD overcomes ERCP for malignant distal biliary stricture?
- Endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy

12:00-12:45　Luncheon Seminar 3（Room A）

12:00-12:45　Luncheon Seminar 4（Room B）

12:00-12:45　Luncheon Seminar 5（Room 601）
How to Achieve Global Career Development
- What brought me to endoscopy practice in Asia-Pacific
- What I have learned from Europe, more than just AI
- What navigated me to academic career in US

12:50-13:30　Educational Lecture 3（Room A）

12:50-13:30　Educational Lecture 4（Room B）

13:30-16:30　Live Demonstration（Room A from Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy

13:30-16:30　Live Demonstration（Room B from Tokyo Medical University）
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy

16:30-　Closing Remarks（Room A&B）
Closing remarks: President of The 3rd JGES International: Takao Itoi

17:00-18:00　The 4th WEGECA Assembly（Room 601）
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18:00-19:00　The 4th WEGECA Networking Reception（Room 606）