The 36th Belgian Week of Gastroenterology
will be organized from Wednesday January 31 to Friday February 2, 2024. Abstract submission is possible from September 2023 with a deadline of November 20, 2023 at midnight.
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Invited Lectures will be proposed by the BASL/BLIC, GIREM, BSGIE, BIRD, BGDO, BPC, BSNM, YBASL, BeSPGHAN, Proctology and Digestive Pathology.
ACCREDITATION
CME credits will be provided by online submission to the registered delegates who have attended the sessions. The file from the online accreditation registrations will be sent to the INAMI / RIZIV in March 2024.
LANGUAGES
Dutch, French and English. English (British spelling) for abstracts, slides, announcements and oral presentations. As proposed at the Steering Committee of 1995, Belgian Authors may present their original papers at the Plenary Session in their mother tongue.
DINNER AND PARTY OF THE 36th BWGE
We have the tradition of hosting a dinner and party each year. This will be held on Thursday February 1st.
The venue is to be announced.
E-POSTER SESSIONS
Please see all details about the posters here.
HANDS-ON ULTRASOUND SESSION
A hands-on ultrasound session will be organized. More information on this session can be found here. A separate registration is required and the number of attendees is limited on a first come/first served basis.
CASE REPORT SESSION
An interactive case report session will be organized on Thursday morning, offering the opportunity to present and discuss rare cases.
BWGE GRANTS
The following information might be subject to change.
The Belgian Week awards 3 basic or clinical research grants of €2.500 to young researchers.
The Belgian Week offers 4 travel grants of €750 + free income for foreign researchers of whom an abstract has been accepted for oral presentation.
Further information on these grants and the application modalities can be found on the research grants page and the travel grants page.
ACTA Gastroenterologica awards a grant of €500 to best 2023 publication.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS / CASES and Guidelines
Abstract submission is currently not yet open. They can be submitted between September 15th and November 20th 2023 at midnight. Abstracts that were submitted before the deadline can be updated afterwards, as long as the deadline has not passed.
The abstracts will be selected by the selection committee of each research group for oral or poster presentation. All abstracts will be scored anonymously, based on originality and scientific value.
The results of the selection will be communicated to the submitting authors by the end of December 2023.
Abstract Guidelines
Upon abstract submission authors will have to choose the research group where the abstract fits the best. Abstracts can be sent to the following research groups:
- BASL/BLIC
- BESPHGAN
- BGDO
- BIRD
- BPC
- BSGIE Friday Video Session
- BSGIE Thursday Session
- BSNM
- Case Reports
- GIREM
- PATHOLOGY
- PROCTOLOGY
Abstracts need to be written in English (British spelling).
Each abstract which is not a case report and which does not belong to the video session of the BSGIE group contains the following segments:
- Title (max 300 characters)
- Introduction
- Aim
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
Each abstract which is a case report contains the following:
- Title (max 300 characters)
- Results
The abstract (or case report) text should contain no more than 700 words in total.
Each abstract which belongs to the video session of the BSGIE group contains the following segments:
- Title (max 300 characters)
- Abstract
The video session BSGIE abstract text should contain no more than 250 words in total. The topic of the video session for 2024 is focusing on “Management of GI bleeding”.
Besides this abstract, when submitting it to the video session of the BSGIE group, you will have to send your video file in mp4 format to wetransfer@avp.be, using WeTransfer. Videos need to be a 6 min edited video with voice-over. The submitted video will need to be integrated into a PowerPoint presentation and presented on-site in case of acceptance for an oral presentation.
For all abstract types, you will be asked to enter about each author: their name, institution, city and country. Do not use abbreviations in the first or last name. Do not enter titles and degrees. Also state the order in which they should appear on the abstract. The webpage will help you to define this.
Registration to the congress is mandatory to be able to present the abstract (poster or oral presentation).
It is not possible to add images, videos (exception for BSGIE video session), tables or bullet points or to highlight specific parts of the abstract. All content should be in plain text.
Abstracts which are entered on the website can easily be updated before the abstract submission deadline. We highly encourage you to enter them as soon as possible to avoid last minute problems. Only the last version of the abstract is sent to the selection committee shortly after the deadline. You are also able to withdraw an abstract before the deadline if you no longer want it to be evaluated.
AWARDS
- BASL session: 2 awards (1 in Basic Research and 1 in Clinical Research) for the best oral presentation, awarded on Thursday afternoon.
- BGDO, BIRD and BeSPGHAN, BSGIE, BPC, BSNM, GIREM will grant 1 award each.
- Working group of Digestive Pathology: best oral presentation and best poster awarded on Friday afternoon.
- Best Poster Award: 2 awards (1 in Basic Research and 1 in Clinical Research).
- Best Case Report Award in Gastroenterology and Hepatology will grant 1 award each.
The awards will be handed over at the end of each scientific session.
Abstracts accepted for presentation (oral/e-poster) at the 36th Belgian Week of Gastroenterology will be published in Acta Gastroenterologica Belgica (AGEB 2024, fasc1).
HOTEL
During the registration process, you have the option to reserve a room at the Hilton. Please note that the availability of rooms is limited. We will make every effort to accommodate your request on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to book multiple rooms simultaneously, you can also utilize this form and mail it to the organisation.
