ESGAR 2025 - 36th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course

Meeting President's Invitation

Dear Colleagues,
It is a great honour for me to invite you – also on behalf of the Local Organising Committee – to the 36^th ESGAR Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course May 13 – 16, 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

This is the second time that the ESGAR Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course is held in the Netherlands. The first occasion was in 1997 in Amsterdam and it was envisioned to take place in the Netherlands in 2020 but unfortunately it had to be cancelled at short notice because of the COVID pandemic. In the intervening 28 years ESGAR has grown from an – already at that time – established meeting to the premier gastrointestinal and abdominal imaging meeting.

The ESGAR 2025 Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course brings you a state of the art, in depth overview of gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology in 2025 and beyond. Experts in the field will provide you with an update on topics from your daily practice as well as what is new in the field. Educational formats include...

Read the Invitation Letter (pdf)

Abstract Submission

The ESGAR Annual Meeting has evolved into a global platform for sharing research in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology. It offers a high-quality educational and scientific programme. The programme, created by the ESGAR 2025 Programme Committee, promotes excellent scientific research and encourages the sharing of the latest findings in diagnostic and interventional abdominal and GI radiology.

With a commitment to inclusivity and representation on a global scale, the ESGAR 2025 Programme Committee invites the submission of abstracts for scientific and educational presentations. These submissions will be reviewed, and selected abstracts will have the opportunity to shine through scientific (oral) presentations or electronic poster presentations, ensuring a well-rounded and diverse scientific program that resonates with radiologists from around the world.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION WILL OPEN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND IS POSSIBLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 22!

Scientific abstracts (Scientific Presentations and Scientific Posters) must be structured as follows:

Purpose
Materials and Methods
Results
Conclusion

Educational Poster abstracts must be structured as follows:

Learning objectives
Background
Imaging Findings or Procedure Details
Conclusion
Media files: brief and neutrally designed PowerPoint presentation (max. 3-4 slides) summarising the Educational Poster

Abstracts longer than 250 words will not be accepted by the system.

Projects can only be submitted in one presentation category. Posters already on the Poster database may not be re-submitted to ESGAR. Accepted scientific presentations will be published online in a supplement to “Insights into Imaging”.

Further details will be made available in the online abstract submission system.

Presenters of all abstract types will receive the notifications of acceptance via e-mail in January 2025. Presenters with accepted abstracts for posters will receive a link to the e-Poster system by e-mail, enabling them to upload their poster presentation(s) prior to the meeting.

If you wish to withdraw your submission after having confirmed your acceptance, inform the Central ESGAR Office in writing (via e-mail) immediately. Please note that all presenters need to register for the congress!

Presentations must be prepared using PowerPoint for PC. Macintosh presentations must be saved in PC format. Speakers must deliver their presentation to the Preview Centre on a separate, labelled USB stick (ZIP disks are not accepted) or upload the presentation on the ESGAR presentation platform (link will be provided to presenters in due time). Presenters are responsible for testing their presentation for compatibility at the Preview Centre at the congress venue before handing it in. Further details will be made available together with the notification of acceptance.

The best 20 abstracts, submitted by residents who appear as the first author on the respective abstract and who will actually present their paper during the virtual meeting, form the “ESGAR Top 20”. Authors will receive a diploma, confirming that their abstracts have received the best ratings among other abstracts submitted.

The best ESGAR Poster Presentations will be awarded a Diploma. The following prizes will be awarded: Magna Cum Laude, Cum Laude, and Certificates of Merit. The evaluation will be performed by a committee and the awarded presentations will be flagged as such in the poster system online. Evaluation will be based on novelty, accuracy, educational value and design.

Programme

Postgraduate Course: Navigating uncertainty after treatment
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Postgraduate course entitled “Navigating uncertainty after treatment” will be one of the true highlights of the meeting and will focus on how to deal with the challenges we encounter in assessing treatment response as well as in complications after treatment.

Annual Meeting
Wednesday, May 14 – Friday, May 16, 2025

CME Accreditation

An application will be made to the EACCME for CME accreditation of this event. The EACCME is an institution of the UEMS (www.uems.eu). The number of credit hours of European external CME credits will be announced on the ESGAR website and in the Final Programme.

Committees

Meeting President

Prof. Jaap Stoker
Dept. of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Amsterdam University Medical Center
The Netherlands

Dutch Supporting Group

R.G.H. Beets-Tan, Amsterdam/NL
K. Horsthuis, Amsterdam/NL
D. Lambregts, Amsterdam/NL
B. Martens, Maastricht/NL
C. Mihl, Maastricht /NL
J. Nederend, Eindhoven/NL
L. Oudenhoven, Almelo/NL
J.P. Pennings, Groningen/NL
J.B.C.M. Puylaert, Amsterdam/NL
J. Tielbeek, Haarlem/NL
I. Verpalen, Amsterdam/NL
F. Wessels, Utrecht/NL

Programme Committee

Chairmen:
Giuseppe Brancatelli, Palermo/IT
Jaap Stoker, Amsterdam/NL

Members:
Maria Antonietta Bali, Brussels/BE
Lennart Blomqvist, Stockholm/SE
Sofia Gourtsoyianni, Athens/GR
Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Ankara/TR
Nikolaos Kartalis, Stockholm/SE
Ingrid Millet, Montpellier/FR
Maija Radzina, Riga/LV
Stuart Andrew Taylor, London/UK
Damian Tolan, Leeds/UK
Valerie Vilgrain, Clichy/FR
Christoph J. Zech, Basel/CH
Marc Zins, Paris/FR

Young ESGAR:
Nino Bogveradze, Vienna/AT
Roberto Cannella, Palermo/IT
Francesca Castagnoli, London/UK
Katja De Paepe, Boston, MA/US

Helpful Information

The ESGAR 2025 meeting will be organised at the

RAI Amsterdam - ENTRANCE G
Europaplein 24
1078 GZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Badges

Name badges will be mailed to participants who register until the second deadline. In case you do not receive your badge in the mail please visit the registration counter at the venue upon your arrival. Participants with a badge on hand may proceed to the fastlane registration.

Compliance

Like in previous years ESGAR 2025 will be submitted for complience review with MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice.

Filming and photography

We would like to inform you that there may be filming and photography during the annual meeting. A photo gallery with photos taken during the congress will be available to registered participants on the ESGAR platform. In addition, photographs taken during ESGAR 2025 may be used for the society's social media channels.

How to get to the venue

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is located approx. 10 minutes from RAI Amsterdam whether you travel by car, train, taxi or bus. The Amsterdam RAI railway station is located a stone's throw from the RAI.
Metro Line 52 brings you from Amsterdam Central Station to the RAI (via the Europaplein station) within 6 minutes. You can also take tram 4 and get off at Europaplein.

Amsterdam Travel Ticket

Lead retrieval system

Your name badge is your business card. ESGAR and its sponsors are using a lead retrieval system during the congress. In practice that means that when you present your badge for scanning at an exhibition booth or for scanning when entering an industry sponsored lunch symposium, the following personal data can be retrieved: first name, last name, address details, email address.

Letter of invitation

The Central ESGAR Office is pleased to provide you with a formal invitation letter as soon as ESGAR has received your registration AND payment. It is understood that such an invitation is intended to help potential delegates to raise funds or to obtain a visa. This does not imply any commitment for ESGAR to provide financial funds or accommodation!

Send your request to ESGAR

Liability

ESGAR is not liable for personal injury and loss of or damage to private property. Participants should obtain the appropriate travel insurance. The place of performance of any duties and obligations for both ESGAR and the participant’s sides shall be Vienna, Austria. Any contractual relationship with ESGAR shall be subject to Austrian law.

Visa

If you are coming to the Netherlands you should always check if you need a visa and, if so, what type of visa. Find out how to apply for a visa and how to track the status of your application.

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Hotel Accommodation

RAI Hotel Services has been appointed as the official travel agent for ESGAR 2025 and will handle all hotel booking requests for individual participants as well as groups.
For registered participants of the Annual Meeting, a number of hotel rooms in different price categories are available at attractive rates. To secure your accommodation, please make your reservation via our online tool as soon as possible. All requests will be handled on a first come first served basis.

Please note that ESGAR is an intermediary between yourself and RAI Hotel Services. ESGAR supports compliance with ethical standards and therefore emphasises that the participants shall bear all costs in this context themselves.

THE HOTEL BOOKING PLATFORM WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON

For all organisational details, booking requests, changes and cancellations, please contact RAI Hotel Services directly:

RAI Hotel Services
Europaplein 24
1078 GZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-Mail: hotelservices@rai.nl