What makes ICE 2011 unique?

ICE 2011 is a unique, international congress designed to bring together for the first time the leaders in both medical gastrointestinal endoscopy and surgical endoscopy including laparoscopy.

The 10 member consortium that is constructing this one time meeting joins together for the first time the leading medical and surgical societies from the world. Never before have this cross section of multiple societies interested in gastrointestinal endoscopy come together to teach, to learn and to explore the whole subject that is encompassed in the field of endoscopy.

This meeting will differ from all other meetings e.g. NOTES Congresses, UEGW, DDW, and international surgical meetings because surgical endoscopists and medical endoscopists along with their nursing staffs will work side by side to present not only the techniques of performing the procedures but will also discuss the wide scope of surgical and medical endoscopic alternatives for management of varied gastrointestinal diseases.

The focus will be on different facets of surgical and medical endoscopy including management / avoidance of complications, emerging technologies, and innovative uses of existing technologies that cross boundaries between these groups.