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Day 1

14 Nov
Thursday
08h00 – 08h50:

Registration

08h50 – 09h00:

Opening And Welcome
Dr Tomas Slavik

South Africa 🇿🇦
09h00 – 10h00:

Reflux and Non-reflux Esophagitis
Dr Cord Langner

Austria 🇦🇹
10h00 – 10h45:

Squamous Epithelial Neoplasia and Related Lesions
Prof. Rish Pai

USA 🇺🇸
10h45 – 11h15: Tea/Coffee
11h15 – 12h00:

Barrett’s Esophagus and Associated Neoplasia
Prof. Amitabh Srivastava

USA 🇺🇸
12h00 – 12h45:

Glandular Neoplasia of the Esophagus: Pathologist’s Role in Management
Prof. Priyanthi Kumarasinghe

Australia 🇦🇺
12h45 – 13h45: Lunch
13h45 – 14h15:

Rare Esophageal Tumors
Prof. Amitabh Srivastava

USA 🇺🇸
14h15 – 15h00:

Gastric Polyps
Prof. Gregory Lauwers

USA 🇺🇸
15h00 – 15h30:

Case presentations and open consultation

Session 1
15h30 – 16h00: Tea/Coffee
16h00 – 16h45:

Auto-immune Gastritis and Gastric Dysplasia
Prof. Gregory Lauwers

USA 🇺🇸
16h45 – 17h30:

Rare Gastric Cancers in the Hereditary and Sporadic Settings
Prof. Fatima Carneiro

Portugal 🇵🇹
19h00 onwards: Dinner at leisure

Day 2

15 Nov
Friday
08h30 – 09h15:

Non-Syndromic Gastric Cancer Pathology
Prof. Gregory Lauwers

USA 🇺🇸
09h15 – 1015:

Pathology of the Small Bowel
Dr Ian Brown

Australia 🇦🇺
10h15 – 10h45: Tea/Coffee
10h45 – 11h45:

The Changing Face of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours and Neuroendocrine Neoplasms – the New WHO Classification
Prof. Anthony Gill

Australia 🇦🇺
11h45 – 12h30:

NonGIST Mesenchymal Tumours
Prof. Amitabh Srivastava

USA 🇺🇸
12h30 – 13h30: Lunch
13h30 – 14h15:

Current Issues in Colorectal Polyp Pathology
Prof. Neil Shepherd

UK 🇬🇧
14h15 – 15h00:

Update on Serrated Polyps
Prof. Rish Pai

USA 🇺🇸
15h00 – 15h30:

Case presentations and open consultation

Session 2
15h30 – 16h00: Tea/Coffee
16h00 – 18h00:

Registrars GIT Pathology Slide Seminar (Trainees from South African Academic Centres)

19h00 – 21h30: Gala dinner

Day 3

16 Nov
Saturday
08h30 – 09h00:

The Malignant Colorectal Polyp
Dr Cord Langner

Austria 🇦🇹
09h00 – 09h45:

The Changing Face of Colorectal Cancer Reporting
Prof. Kieran Sheahan

Ireland 🇮🇪
09h45 – 10h15: Tea/Coffee
10h15 – 11h15:

How I approach the Reporting of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Prof. Neil Shepherd

UK 🇬🇧
11h15 – 12h15:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Neoplasia
Prof. Rish Pai

USA 🇺🇸
12h15 – 13h15: Lunch
13h15 – 14h00:

Histology of Colorectal Cancer
Dr Cord Langner

Austria 🇦🇹
14h00 – 14h45:

Pathology of the Appendix: an Update
Dr Tomas Slavik

South Africa 🇿🇦
14h45 – 15h15: Tea/Coffee

15h30 – 19h00: Free time

19h00 – 21h30: Traditional Dinner

Day 4

17 Nov
Sunday
08h30 – 09h15:

Colorectal Cancer: Molecular Pathology in the Routine Setting
Prof. Kieran Sheahan

Ireland 🇮🇪
09h15 – 10h00:

Gastrointestinal Infections after dark: interpreting the endoscopic biopsy
Dr Tomas Slavik

South Africa 🇿🇦
10h00 – 10h30: Tea/Coffee
10h30 – 11h15:

The Gastrointestinal Tract in Systemic and Drug-Related Disease
Dr Ian Brown

Australia 🇦🇺
11h15 – 11h45:

Case presentations and open consultation

Session 3
11h45 – 12h00:

Closing Remarks
Dr Tomas Slavik

South Africa 🇿🇦
12h00-13h00: Lunch and Depart