World Congresses

CONGRESSES HELD
Congress of International Society of Endoscopy
Place:Tokyo, Japan
Date: September 16-18, 1966
President: Sadataka Tasaka, Japan
Secretaries General: Tadao Takahashi, Japan
Shoichi Yamagata, Japan

II World Congress of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Endobiopsy and
Cytology
Part I Place: Rome, Italy
Date: July 1-3, 1970
President: Giovanni Marcozzi, Italy
Secretary General: Massimo Crespi, Italy
Part II Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: July 9-10, 1970
President: Adolf H. Wiebenga, The Netherlands
The Schindler Lecture:

• "The Future of Technical Development of Endoscopes"
  by Sadataka Tasaka, Japan
• "The Future of Endoscopy from the Clinical Point of View"
  by Henry Colcher, USA

III International Congress of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Place: Mexico City, Mexico
Date: October 19-21, 1974
President: Raoul Fournier, Mexico
Coordinators: J. Ramirez-Degollado, Mexico
R. Tinajero Ayala, Mexico
The Schindler Lecture:

• "Present and Future of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy"
  by Charles Debray, France

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Diagnostic Laparoscopy"
  by H. W. Boyce, Jr., USA

IV World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Madrid, Spain
Date: June 1-3, 1978
President: Laureano Giandara Mazpule, Spain
General Secretary: Carlos Gonzŕlez Campos, Spain
The Schindler Lecture:

• "Teaching of Endoscopy"
  by Klaus Heinkel, FRG

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Emergency Laparoscopy"
  by Raimundo Llanio, Cuba

V World Congress for Digestive Endoscopy
The Vth World Congress for Digestive Endoscopy was held simultaneously with the VIIth Congress of Gastroenterology
Place: The Stockholm International Fairs, "Massan",
Stockholm, Sweden
Date: June 14-17, 1982
President: Hans Reichard, Sweden
Secretary General: Goran Hellers, Sweden
The Schindler Lecture:

• "The Progress in Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Gastric Carcinoma"
  by Takao Sakita, Japan

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Oesophageal Cancer and Its Early Detection"
  by Gaudenz Miller, Switzerland

VI World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: September 7-12, 1986
President: Joé S. Meirelles Filho, Brazil
Secretary: Glaciomar Machado, Brazil
The Schindler Lecture:

• "Research with Endoscopy"
  by Meinhard Classen, Germany

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Prognosis of Gastrointestinal Tumors of the Stomach and Colon on the Era of Fiberendoscopy"
  by Keiichi Kawai, Japan

VII World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Sydney, Australia
Date: August 26-31, 1990
President: James St. John, Australia
Secretary: David J. Byrnes, Australia
The Schindler Lecture:

• "Endoscopic Treatment of Pancreatic Disease: A New Era"
  by Joseph E. Geenen, USA

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Image Documentation: State of the Art"
  by Joseph R. Armengol-Mirň, Spain

VIII World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Los Angeles, USA
Date: Ocotber 2-7, 1994
President: H. Worth Boyce Jr., USA
Secretary: Michael V. Sivak, USA
The Schindler Lecture:

• "The Mastery of Technical Problems for the Experienced Endosocpist"
  by Glaciomar Machado, Brazil

The Moutier Lecutre:

• "Esophagogastric Cancer Across Borders: Different Approaches in the Study of Etiopathogenesis"
  by Massimo Crespi, Italy

Each Zone
Asian-Pacific Zone
I Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Kyoto, Japan
Date: April 2-4, 1973
President: Sadataka Tasaka, Japan
Secretary General: Masasuke Masuda, Japan

II Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Singapore
Date: May 27-29, 1976
Chairman: Seah Cheng Siang, Singapore
Secretary General: Lee Swee Kok, Singapore

III Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Date: September 25-17, 1980
President: Juei-Low Sung, ROC
Secretary General: Teh-Hong Wang, ROC

IV Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: September 2-6, 1984
President: H. Hilmy, Indonesia
Secretary General: Daldiyono, Indonesia

V Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Seoul, Korea
Date: October 9-13, 1988
Chairman: Kyoo Wan Choi, Korea
Secretaries General: Yong Hyun Park, Korea
In Sung Song, Korea

VI Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: November 29-December 3, 1992
President: Vikit Viranuvatti, Thailand
Secretaries: Nusont Kladchareon, Thailand
Pairoj Luengrojanakul, Thailand

VII Asian-Pacific Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Yokohama, Japan
Date: September 19 - 23, 1996
President: Takao Sakita, Japan
Secretary: Takeshi Miwa, Japan

European Zone
I European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Praha, Czechoslovakia
Date: July, 1968
President: Zdenek Maratka, Czechoslovakia

II European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy, Endobiopsy &
Cytology
Place: Paris, France
Date: July, 1972
President: A. Cornet, France
Secretaries General: F. Pergola, France
P. Housset, France

III European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Date: June 30-July 3, 1976
President: V. Varr, Hungary
Secretary General: Istvan Wittmann, Hungary

IV European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Date: June 9-13, 1980
Secretary General: M. Classen, Germany

V European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: September 17-22, 1984
Liaison-Officer: Carrilho Ribeiro, Portugal

VI European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Rome, Italy
Date: September 4-10, 1988
President: Rodolfo Cheli, Italy
Secretary General: Alberto Montori, Italy

VII European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Athens, Greece
Date: September 29, 1992
President: C. Arvanitakis, Greece
Secretary General: A. Emmanouel, Greece

1st United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW).
VIII European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Date: July 18-21, 1993
President: Juan R. Malagelada, Spain

2nd United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) .
IX European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Oslo, Norway
Date: 25-29, June, 1994
Chairman: Erik Schrumpf, Norway
General Secretary: Jan Helge Solhaug, Norway

3rd United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) .
X European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Berlin, Germany
Date: 17-21, September, 1995
President: Rudolf Arnold, Germany

4th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW).
XI European Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Paris, France
Date: 2-6, November, 1996
President: René Lambert, France

5th United European Gastroenteorology Week (UEGW) .
XII Euroepan Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date: 10-23, October,1997
President: Hermon Dowling, UK

6th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) was held.
InterAmerican Zone
I Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Caracas, Venezuela
Date: November 23-28, 1975
President: Marcos Matos Villalobos, Venezuela
Secretaries: Virgilio Casalta
Martha Gonzalez
SIED was born during the 8th Panamerican Congress of Gastroenterology held between September 2-7, 1973, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

II Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: October 2-7, 1977
President: Akira Nakadaira, Brazil
Secretary General: José Figueiredo Penteado, Brazil

III Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: La Paz, Bolivia
Date: March 30-April 3, 1980
President: Federico Aliaga

IV Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Miami, FL, USA
Date: October 26-28,1981
President: José Ramirez-Degollado, Mexico

V Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Date: November 15-18, 1983
President: Estuardo Ligorria

VI Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Asuncion, Paraguay
Date: August 25-30, 1985
President: Pedro Llorens, Chile

VII Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Quito, Ecuador
Date: April 4-8, 1988
President: Luis Carrillo-Mancero

VIII Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Cartagena, Colombia
Date: September 25-29, 1989

This was cancelled because of a guerrila attack on the Hilton Hotel. However, the General Assembly of SIED met under the Presidency of Dr Glaciomar Machado, Brazil, on September 27.

IX Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: La Havana, Cuba
Date:October 14-18,1991
President: Raimundo Llanio, Cuba

X Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: November 8-12, 1993
President: Nestor Chopita, Argentina

XI Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Belho Horizonte, Brazil
Date: November 13-17, 1995
President: Luiz De Paula Castro

XII Panamerican Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Santo Domingo
Date: November 17-31, 1997
President: José Ariel Ortega

IX World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Vienna, Austria
Date: September 6-11, 1998
President: A. Gangl, Austria
The Schindler Lecture:

• "Do the costs of endoscopy prevent appropriate surveillance for gastrointestinal malignancies?
  by Melvin Schapiro, USA

The Moutier Lecture:

• "Bleeding into the gut: Are all the problems solved?"
  by Friedrich Hagenmüller, Germany

The Tasaka Lecture:

• "Gastrointestinal mucosectomy
  by T. Takemoto, Japan

Working Party Report:

• "Minimal standards for disinfecting endoscopes
  by E. Quigley (USA)

OMED Post-Graduate

Each Zone
Asian-Pacific Zone
VIII Asian-Pacific Congress of Digestive Endoscopy
Place: Hong Kong
Date: 2000

European Zone
7th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Place: Roma, Italy
Date: November 13-18, 1999
Chairman: Massimo Crespi, Italy

8th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Date: November 25-30, 2000
Chairman: Michel Cremer, Belgium

9th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Place: Amsterdam
Date: October 6-11, 2001
Chairman: Guido N.J. Tytgat, NL

InterAmerican Zone
XIII Panamerican Congress of Endoscopy
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Date: August 30-September 2, 1999
President: D. Grant Gall, Canada

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