“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!

DAY 1: September 5

■9:00-11:00 Welcome address
Congress President, Haruhiro Inoue
Special remarks: Society President, Shinji Tanaka

【Scientific Program】

■9:00-11:00 ESD: Over two decades since its introduction
Moderators: Amrita Sethi, Naohisa Yahagi, Lawrence Ho, Joo Ha Hwang
Speakers:
How ESD started? And now: Hiroyuki Ono
ESD at pharynx: Seiichiro Abe
ESD in the esophagus: Tsuneo Oyama
ESD in the stomach: Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
ESD in the duodenum: Naohisa Yahagi
ESD at ileo-cecum: Hironori Yamamoto
ESD in the colon: Yutaka Saito
ESD in Europe: Stefan Seewald
ESD in the US: Norio Fukami
Discussion

■9:00-11:00 EUS-BD: Over two decades since its introduction
Moderators: Takao Itoi, Robert H. Hawes, Marc Giovannini
Speakers:
How EUS-BD started? And now: Marc Giovannini
How EUS-BD developed? And future: Kenneth Chang
EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy: Hara Kazuo
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy: Takeshi Ogura
EUS-guided antegrade biliary intervention: Shuntaro Mukai
EUS-BD in India: Sundeep Laktakia
EUS-BD with novel metal stent in Korea: Sang-Soo Lee
EUS-BD in Thailand: Rungsun Rerknimitr
EUS-BD in Taiwan: Hsui-Po Wang
EUS-BD in US: Todd Baron
Discussion

■11:00-11:20 Presidential lecture: Functional endoscopy / GERD treatment
Moderator: Shinji Tanaka
Speaker: Haruhiro Inoue

■12:20-13:50 Magnifying endoscopic diagnosis of early GI cancer
Moderators: Prateek Sharma, Han Mo Chiu, Kazuo Ohtsuka
Speakers:
Esophagus (SCC): Ryu Ishihara
Esophagus (Barrett)：Prateek Sharma
Stomach: Hiroya Ueyama
Duodenum: Ken-ichi Goda
How can we reduce colorectal cancer mortality through organized
screening? Han-Mo Chiu
Colon: Advances in Dx & Tx serrated Lesions Yasushi Sano
Colon: Magnifying Endoscopic Diagnosis of Lesions Takahisa Matsuda
Colon: Magnifying endoscopy with AI: Masashi Misawa
Discussion

■12:20-13:50 Endoscopic pancreatic interventions
Moderators: Ichiro Yasuda, Amit Maydeo, Torsten Beyna
Speakers:
How ERP started?: Torsten Beyna
How EUS-CD started? And now: Kenneth Chang
EPST and stone removal: Hiroki Kawashima
How to manage difficult pancreatic duct stones? Amit Maydeo
Pancreatic duct stenting: Atsushi Irisawa
Balloon enteroscopy-assisted ERP: Masaaki Shimatani
EUS-guided PFC drainage & necrosectomy: Takuji Iwashita
EUS-guided ablation for pancreatic neoplasms: Hironari Kato
Discussion

【Co-sponsored Program】

■11:30-12:15 Luncheon Seminar
Difference of medical system and cost for GI endoscopy between US and Japan
Moderator: Norio Fukami, Takao Itoi
Speaker: Tadahisa Inoue, Shuntaro Mukai

■13:50-14:30 Educational Lecture
Application of Mantis clip to the defect closure (Tentative)
Moderator: Horst Neuhaus
Speakers: Yutaka Saito, Norio Fukami

【Scientific Program】

■14:30-16:30 POEM and submucosal endoscopy
Moderators: Amrita Sethi, Philip Chiu, Christopher Khor
Speakers:
Introduction of POEM and its extension: Haruhiro Inoue
POEM in Japan: Hironari Shiwaku
POEM in Korea: Joo Young Cho
POEM in Europe: Stefan Seewald
POEM in the US: Stavros Stavropoulos
Z-POEM (POES): Ippei Tanaka
POET(STER): Philip Chiu
D-POEM: Manabu Onimaru
G-POEM: Torsten Beyna
Our experience of submucosal endoscopy Amit Maydeo
Discussion

■14:30-16:30 Endoscopic transpapillary biliary stone extraction
Moderators: Todd Baron, D. Nageshwar Reddy, Hiroyuki Isayama
Speakers:
How endoscopic biliary stone extraction started?: Horst Neuhaus
Current best practice of biliary stone removal: D. Nageshawar Reddy
EST: Shomei Ryozawa
EPBD: Hiroyuki Isayama
EPLBD: Akio Katanuma
Cholangioscopy-assisted lithotripsy: Jong Ho Moon
Balloon-enteroscopy assisted lithotripsy: Hirofumi Kogure
Discussion

【Co-sponsored Program】

■16:30-18:00 Evening Symposium
Current value and future potential of X1
Moderator: D. Nageshwar Reddy, Philip Y.W. Chiu
Speakers:
Yunho Jung
Canh Tran Duc
Naomi Kakushima
Katsuro Ichimasa

DAY 2: September 6

【Co-sponsored Program】

■8:25-8:55 Morning Seminar
State of the art on IBD treatment
Moderator: Takayuki Matsumoto
Speaker: Kenji Watanabe

■8:25-8:55 Morning Seminar
TBD
Moderator: Yousuke Nakai
Speaker: Ryosuke Tonoduka

【Scientific Program】

■9:00-10:20 Deeper layer dissection (including EFTR) & defect closure
Moderators: Hironori Yamamoto, Torsten Beyna, Kazuki Sumiyama
Speakers:
Esophagus: Takashi Toyonaga
Stomach：Endoscopic resection of submucosal tumor: Noriya Uedo
Loop 9 in the colon: Mayo Tanabe
ROLM: How to close the large mucosal defect?: Tatsuma Nomura
SutuArt: Osamu Goto
EFTR in the Stomach : Nobutsugu Abe
Application of Overstitch: Philip Chiu
Discussion

■9:00 10:20 Transpapillary biliary stenting
Moderators: Todd Barron, Amrita Sethi, Fukami Norio
Speakers:
How transpapillary stenting started?: D. Nageshwar Reddy
How to maximize efficacy and minimize adverse events?: Shuntaro Mukai
Benign biliary strictures: Hideyuki Shiomi
Malignant distal obstruction: Mamoru Takenaka
Malignant hilar obstruction: Tadahisa Inoue
Endoscopic biliary stenting with ablation (RFA, PDT): Masayuki Kitano Discussion

【Co-sponsored Program】

■11:10-11:50 Educational Lecture
POEM and submucosal endoscopy
Moderator: Takao Itoi, Stefan Seewald
Speakers: Takeshi Ogura, Hirofumi Kogure

■12:00-12:45 Luncheon Seminar
Interventional EUS: Future and Past (Tentative)
Moderator: Kenjiro Yasuda
Speaker: Yousuke Nakai

■12:50-13:30 Educational Lecture
ESD/EFTR
Moderator: Hiroyuki Ono
Speaker: Ken Ohata

【Live Demonstration】

■13:30-16:30 Live demonstration: Advanced therapeutic endoscopy
From Tokyo Medical University & Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital
Moderators: D. Nageshwar Reddy, Robert H. Hawes, Horst Neuhaus
Coordinators: Mayo Tanabe, Ryosuke Tonoduka
Commentators: Amrita Sethi, Torsten Beyna, Stavros Stavropoulos, Cesare Hassan, Stefan Seewald, Norio Fukami
Demonstrators: Haruhiro Inoue, Naohisa Yahagi, Yutaka Saito, Hironori Yamamoto, Takao Itoi, Akio Katanuma

【Hands-on Seminar】

Directors: Shomei Ryozawa, Yutaka Saito
Coordinators: Ken Ohata, Yasushi Sano, Takao Itoi
Yohei Minato, Mineo Iwatate, Takayoshi Tsuchiya

【WEGECA 2025 in Japan】

Opening remarks
Shinji Tanaka, Society President of JGES
Haruhiro Inoue, Congress President of the 1st JGES International
Special remarks
AkikoShiotani, Board Member of JGES, Directors of WEGECA
Reiko Ashida, Chief Committee member of WEGECA
Special lectures
Amrita Sethi, Society President of WIE
Nonthalee Pausawasdi, Society President of TAGE

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