Program 2025

Registration and Opening ceremony

SESSION 1: Hepatology I

Chairs: Bojan Mariani (CRO), Lubomir Skladany (SK), Paolo Montalto (IT), Tajana Filipec Kanizaj (CRO)

• 09:00 – 09:15 –  State of the art lecture – Incretin based therapy in MASLD / Radan Brucha (CZ)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 09:15 – 09:30 – Frailty in liver cirrhosis /  Lubomir Skladany (SK) &  Andrea Arefijev, Ana Marija Juric (CRO)
• 09:30 – 09:45 – How to recognize silent liver disease in different settings? /  Paolo Montalto (IT) &  Daniel Havaj (SK)
• 09:45 – 10:00 – PSC and UC therapy – where do we stand? / Ana Ostojic (CRO) & Ivan Ivanic (CRO)
• 10:00 – 10:15 – Autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndrome – how will we manage it? / Sona Frankova (CZ) & Petrana Martinekova (CZ)
• 10:15 – 10:30 – Cholestasis in pregnancy – when two lives are at stake / Lucija Virovic Jukic (CRO) & Sanja Stojsavljevic Shapeski (CRO), Petra Puz-Britvic (CRO)

Key message: Lubomir Skladany (SK)

Coffee break

SESSION 2: Endoscopy

Chairs: Henriette Henrich (CH), Mostafa Ibrahim (EGY), Branko Krizic (CRO), Theodor Voiosu (RO)

• 11:00-11:15 –  State-of-the-art: Training in third space – what does it take? / Henriette Heinrich (CH)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 11:15 – 11:30 –  How to manage endoscopic complications after adverse events / Cristian Tefas (RO) & Marco Gulotta (IT)
• 11:30 – 11:45 – Management of EoE / Pave Markos (CRO) & Ruxandra Diculescu (RO), Masa Cavlina (CRO)
• 11:45 – 12:00 – MAPS-3: what is new / Ilija Tacheci (CZ) & Martin Kysely (CZ)
• 12:00 – 12:15 – Endoscopic management of achalasia / Neven Barsic (CRO) & Mario Zivkovic/Matej Paic (CRO)
• 12:15 – 12:30 – Endohepatology – one-stop-shop / Tajana Pavić (CRO) & Jelena Lujić (CRO)
• 12:30-12:45 – Management of dysplasia and early gastric cancer / Zornitsa Gorcheva (BUL) & Nadica Male (BUL)
• 12:45-13:00 – NET in Atrophic gastritis / Zarko Ardalic (CRO) & Ante Mayer (CRO)

Key message: Henriette Heinrich (CH)

SESSION 3: Round table with lunch – Malpractice and what a young doctor should know

Moderator: Henriette Heinrich (CH)
Panelists: Kresimir Luetic (CRO), Afafe Taiymi (MAR), Nedim Vanis (BiH), Istvan Hritz (HU), Alojzije Lackovic (CRO), Lubomir Skladany (SK), Istvan Hritz (HU)

Fresenius Symposium

Poster session I (Zeljka Belosic Halle (CRO), Jan Sperl (CZ), Lubomir Skladany (SK), Istvan Hritz (HU), Dorotea Bozic (CRO)

SESSION 4: IBD I

Chairs: Marko Banic (CRO), Maria Cappello (IT), Ivan Lyutakov (BUL), Irena Krznaric Zrnic (CRO)

• 15:00 – 15:15 – State of the art – New drugs on the horizon / Marko Brinar (CRO)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 15:15 – 15:30 – A young person’s guide to IBD / Petra Cacic (CRO) & Filip Babic (CRO), Domagoj Micetic (CRO)
• 15:30 – 15:45 – Current Status of Image-Enhanced Endoscopy in IBD / Vedran Tomasic (CRO) & Toni Dimitrov (BUL)
• 15:45 – 16:00 – Is Disease Clearance Synonymous with IBD Cure / David Drobne (SLO) & Mislav Jelakovic, Petra Raguz (CRO)
• 16:15 – 16:30 – IBD and Pregnancy/ Katja Tepes (SLO), Gregor Novak (SLO)
• 16:30 – 16:45 – Inside-Out or Outside-In Strategy: How to Integrate the role of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in detecting stenotic complications in CD / Dominik Kralj & Stipe Pelajic (CRO)
• 16:45-17:00 – Fecal microbiota transplantation, biologics and immune mediated colitis / Irena Krznaric (CRO), Ivana Mikolasevic (CRO), Alojzije Kosic (CRO), Zeljka Belosic Halle (CRO), Dinko Bekic (CRO)

Key message: David Drobne (SLO)

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Endoscopy I

Chairs: Zivkovic, Ardalic, Tadic

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Ultrasound I

Chairs: Mislav Barisic Jaman, Frane Pastrovic

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Endoscopy II

Chairs: Bekic, Ernoic, Barsic

SESSION 5: Hepatology 2

Chairs: Kristian Podrug (CRO), Alberto Ferrase (IT), Paolo Montalto (IT), Lubomir Skladany (SLO), Vibor Sesa (CRO)

• 09:00 – 09:15 – Drug-induced liver injury – how to diagnose? When to perform a biopsy? How to manage? / Milos Lalovac (CRO) & Burcu Gurbuz (TR)
• 09:15 – 09:30 – How should we manage patients with chronic hepatitis B and C receiving immunotherapy? / Jan Sperl (CZ), Ivana Hockickova (SK)
• 09:30 – 09:45 – Treatment of refractory ascites / Krasen Ivanov (BUL) & Tomas Koky (SK)
• 09:45 – 10:00 – ACLF and liver transplantation – when? / Alberto Ferrarese (IT) & Alberto Zanetto (IT)
• 10:00 – 10:15 – Progressive decompensation of cirrhosis: prognostic implications and therapy beyond transplantation / Ivica Grgurevic (CRO) & Anna Egresi (HU)
• 10:15 – 10:30 – Colorectal liver metastasis and liver transplantation- indications and outcomes / Tajana Filipec Kanizaj (CRO) /Maja Mijic, Sandra Tipuric/ Marin Golcic (CRO)

Key message: Alberto Ferrarese (IT)

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Endoscopy III

Chairs: Plut, Voiosu, Ardalic

Coffee break

SESSION 6: Pancreato-biliary

Chairs: Tajana Pavic (CRO), Goran Poropat (CRO), Melanija Razov Radas (CRO), Ivan Vukoja (CRO)

• 11:00 – 11:15 – State-of-the-art: EUS-guided tissue acquisition / Tomas Hucl (CZ)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 11:15 – 11:30 – Endoscopy simulators and their use in training in pancreato-biliary endoscopy / Theodor Voiosu (RO) & Ismar Hasukic (BiH)
• 11:30 – 11:45 – Biliary drainage in malignant distal biliary obstruction / Istvan Hritz (HU) & Peter Novak (HU)
• 11:45 – 12:00 – Endoscopic or surgical management of ampullary neoplasia / Samo Plut (SLO) &  Galabina Hinkova (BUL)
• 12:00 – 12:15 – Management of pancreatic cystic neoplasms / Mario Tadic (CRO), Ante Bogut (BiH)
• 12:15 – 12:30 – Antibiotic prophylaxis in endoscopic procedures / Katja Grubelic Ravic (CRO) & Omar Zerem (BIH)

Key message: Tomas Hucl (CZ)

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Ultrasound II

Chairs: Dorotea Božić, Milos Lalovac

Lunch session

Poster session II (Goran Poropat (CRO), Theodor Voiosu (RO),
Zornitsa Gorcheva (BUL), Giovanni Marasco (IT))

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Endoscopy IV

Chairs: Belosic-Halle, Biscanin, Zaja

SESSION 7: Functional disorders

Chairs: Goran Hauser (CRO), Agata Ladic (CRO), Rosana Troskot Peric (CRO), Giovanni Marasco (IT), Anja Radovan (CRO)

• 14:30-14:45 – State of the art – Research pathway: how to build a career in neurogastroenterology / Giovanni Marasco (IT)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 14:45-15:00 – Excess of gas? Deflate your fears towards bloating / Lisa Vork (NL) & Ivna Olic (CRO)
• 15:00 – 15:15 – When Acid Strikes Back: Tackling Refractory GERD by myself / Heithem Soliman (FR) & Anca Sugeac (RO)
• 15:15 – 15:30 – Refractory GERD: How to fill the gap between conservative therapy and surgery / Filip Ernoic (CRO) & Marko Vodanovic (CRO)
• 15:30 – 15:45 – When the Gut Rebels: Managing chronic abdominal Pain / Mohsin Butt (UK) & Matija Ivancic (CRO)
• 15:45 – 16:00 – Starving for Relief? The difficulty of Functional Dyspepsia / Lucas Wauters (BE) & Christian Lambiase (IT)

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Ultrasound III

Chairs: Sanja Stojsavljevic Shapeski, Alojzije Lackovic

Takeda symposium (coffee break)

SESSION 8: IBD II

Chairs: Zeljko Krznaric (CRO), David Drobne (SLO), Samuel Majna (SK), Gianmarco Mocci (IT)

• 16:30 – 16:45 – State of the art – Beyond current practice – Choosing biological therapy between sequencing and biomarkers / Gianmarco Mocci (IT)
  Case-based learning with up-to-date guidelines
• 16:45 – 17:00 – IBD and MAFLD / Nikola Sobocan, Samuel Majna (SK) & Maja Cusek Samec (CRO)
• 17:00- 17:15 – Disease activity assessment with endoscopic and histologic scores in clinical practice / Cristina Tocia (RO) & Adam Finta (HU)
• 17:15 – 17:30 – Non-classical patterns of IBD / Ivan Lyutakov (BUL) & Luca Navarria (IT)
• 17:30 – 17:45 – IBD and primary immunodeficiencies / Maria Cappello (IT) & Zsuzsa Bianka Elthes (HU)
• 17:45 – 18:00 – IBD: Advanced Therapy Selection Guide / Vedran Tomasic (CRO) & Aleksandar Toplicanin (SER), Indira Benjak Horvat (CRO)

Key message: Zeljko Krznaric (CRO)

PARALLEL SESSION: Hands-on (Workshop)

Endoscopy V

Chairs: Barsic, Grubelic-Ravic, Hucl, Bokun

Presentation of best abstracts and closing of conference
Maja Mijic (CRO), Paolo Montalto (IT), Lubomir Skladany (SK), Istvan Hritz (HU), Theodor Voiosu (RO), Zornitsa Gorcheva (BUL)