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Program

Jump to a specific day:

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning Sessions

Original Research
State of the Art Lectures

Afternoon Sessions with active involvement of participants

Workshops to discuss guidelines and classification systems
Case based, seminar-style teaching

Evening Sessions

Demonstrations of new technology hosted by sponsors, 19.30 – 21.00

Arrival: Sunday 19th April 2015
15:00	Registration Desk Open. Shuttle Service from Locarno Train Station to Accommodation
18:00	Welcome Reception. Shuttle Service from external Accommodation to CSF Conference Hotel
19:00	Dinner CSF Conference Center Restaurant
Day 1: Monday morning 20th April 2015
08.30 – 10.00	Oropharyngeal swallow: diagnosis Chair: Don Castell, Charleston, USA
	Videomanometry and HRM to assess oropharyngeal dysphagia Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA
	Pressure flow analysis to assess pharyngeal dysphagia Taher Omari, Adelaide, Australia
	Clinical use of pressure flow analysis in pharyngeal dysphagia Nathalie Rommel, Leuven, Belgium
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.00	Pharyngeal swallow: treatment Chair: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain
	Clinical management of oropharyngeal dysphagia Reza Shaker, Milwaukee, USA
	Use of TNS in treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia Shaheen Hamdy, Manchester, UK
	Surgical treatment of UES dysfunction Tim McCullough, Milwaukee, USA
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch
Day1: Afternoon
13.30 – 15.00	Workshop / Hands-On Training Chair: Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA
	Acquisition of pharyngeal high resolution manometry: live demo Nathalie Rommel, Leuven, Belgium
	Analysis of HRM and Pressure flow analysis of pharyngeal swallowing Taher Omari, Adelaide, Australia; Tim McCullogh, Madison, USA
15.00 – 16.30	Coffee and Case Based Discussion Chairs: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain; Reza Shaker, Milwaukee, USA
Day 1: Monday evening
18.30 – 20.00	Dinner with Public Event CSF Conference Center Restaurant
	Public event: Effects of diet and alcohol on digestive function and symptoms
Day 2: Tuesday Morning 21st April 2015
08.30 – 10.00	Esophageal Motor Disorders: Chair John Pandolfino, Chicago, USA
	Update on the Chicago Classification 3.0 Prakash Gyawali, St. Louis, USA
	Using impedance to study the mechanics of bolus transit and symptom generation Taher Omari, Adelaide, Australia
	Provocative testing: Repeated swallows, Multiple Water swallows, Test Meals Rami Sweis, London, UK
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.00	Esophago-Gastric Junction: Chair Ravi Mittal, San Diego, USA
	EGJ distensibility using Functional lumen imaging: ready for clinical use? Guy Boeckxstaens, Leuven, Belgium
	Novel HRM metrics and Devices (3D manometry) to study the EGJ Jutta Keller, Hamburg, Germany
	How to characterize the antireflux barrier in GERD: 3D manometry and beyond Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch
Day 2: Afternoon
13.30 – 15.00	Transient LES Relaxations and beyond Chair: Richard Holloway, Melbourne, Australia; Shobna Bhatia, Mumbai, India
	How sphincter failure causes reflux: TLESRs and more Sabine Roman, Lyon, France
	How surgery suppresses reflux? Roger Tatum, Seattle, USA
	How reflux causes symptoms: permeability, sensitization and acid Arjan Bredenoord, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
	How motor mechanisms cause reflux and esophageal symptoms Ravi Mittal, San Diego, USA
15.00 – 16.30	Coffee and Case Based Discussion: Chairs: John Pandolfino, Mark Fox
Day 2: Evening
18.30 – 20.00	Dinner CSF Conference Center Restaurant
20.00 – 21.00	Evening Symposium: The Lost Reflux Patient Chair: Michael Vaezi, Nashville, USA; Mark Fox, Zürich, Switzerland
	Limitations of PPI therapy in GERD – “the lost reflux patients” Joachim Labenz, Siegen, Germany
	The acid pocket concept and its implications for the reflux patient Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA
	Endoscopic and Surgical Management of reflux disease: new opportunities Steve Attwood, Tyneside, UK
Day 3: Wednesday Morning 22nd April 2015
08.30 – 10.00	Current Utilization of Reflux Monitoring: Chair: Serhat Bor, Izmir, Turkey
	Catheter based vs. wireless reflux studies Rami Sweis, London, UK
	pH impedance monitoring on vs. off PPI Daniel Sifrim, London, UK
	Impedance monitoring beyond GERD diagnosis Arjan Bredenoord, Amsterdam
	Optimal utilization of reflux monitoring in typical and atypical GERD Frank Zerbib, Bordeaux, France
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.00	Evaluation of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease Chair: Justin Wu, HK
	Advances in assessment of Reflux-Symptom Association Andre Smout, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Evaluation of Reflux Disease Beyond pH and impedance Monitoring Edoardo Savarino, Padua, Italy
	Dysmotility in Reflux Disease: Cause, effect, clinical relevance. Prakash Gyawali, St. Louis, USA
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch
Day 3: Afternoon
13.30 – 15.00	Workshop: Assessment of patients before and after surgery Chair: Radu Tutuian, Bern, Switzerland; Don Castell, Charleston, USA
	Pre-operative workup Marcelo Vela, Houston, USA
	Complications after fundoplication surgery Mark Fox, Zurich, Switzerland
	Complications after bariatric surgery Geoff Hebbard, Melbourne, Australia
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee
15.30 – 18.30	Workshop: the Ascona Gastroesophageal Reflux Monitoring Consensus Speakers: Prakash Gyawali, Sabine Roman, Edoardo Savarino, Arjan Bredenoord
Day 3: Evening
18.30	Prosecco reception CSF Conference Center Restaurant Presentation of Young Investigator Awards Conference Photograph
19.15	Bus Transfer to Grotto Broggini
19.00 – 22.00	Conference Dinner Grotto Broggini Via San Materno 18 6616 Losone
22.30	Bus Transfer from Grotto Broggini to Conference Hotels
Day 4: Thursday Morning 23rd April 2015
08.30 – 10.00	New Technology Chair: Mark Fox, Zurich, Switzerland
	Advances in the assessment of whole gut transit – practical demonstration of the SmartPill Anthony Hobson, The Functional Gut Clinic, London, UK
	ENDO-FLIP in the assessment of faecal incontinence Klaus Krogh, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
	Clinical value of high resolution colonic manometry Phil Dinning, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.00	Investigation and management of disordered defaecation I Chairs: Satish Rao, Augusta, USA;
	Clinical utility of investigations of rectal sensation Mark Scott, Barts and the London, London, UK
	Manometric features of sphincter dysfunction in constipation and evacuatory dysfunction Jose Remes, University of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
	Advances in the conservative and medical management of evacuatory dysfunction Satish Rao, Georgia, USA

12.00 – 13.30	Lunch
Day 4: Afternoon
13.30 – 15.00	Diagnosing evacuatory dysfunction Chair: Charles Knowles, London, UK; will set the scene Donato Altomare, Bari, Italy
	Diagnostic utility of balloon expulsion Giuseppe Chiarioni, Verona, Italy
	Diagnostic utility of evacuation proctography and MR defaecography Stuart Taylor, London, UK
	Diagnostic utility of conventional anal manometry and surface EMG Bill Whitehead, Iowa, USA
	Diagnostic utility of HRAM Adil Bharucha, Rochester, USA (via video link)
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee
15.30 – 17.00	Panel Discussion: Objective measurement Losing the functional from functional anorectal disorders Chairs: William Whitehead, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Alison Malcolm, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
	Update on Rome Definitions of Anorectal Disorders Adil Bharucha, Rochester, USA (via video link)
Day 4: Evening
18.30 – 20.00	Dinner CSF Conference Center Restaurant
20.00 – 21.00	Symposium: New technology for assessment and treatment of colorectal dysfunction Chair: Carolynne Vaizey, St. Mark’s Hospital, London
	Introduction of a short barostat protocol for assessment of rectal function Mathias Sauter & Henriette Heinrich, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
	Clinical value of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for the treatment of faecal incontinence Natalia Zarate, University College London, London, UK
	Clinical value of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for the treatment of constipation Rebecca Burgell, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Day 5: Friday Morning 24th April 2015
08.30 – 10.00	Workshop: Transition to high-resolution anorectal manometry Chair: François Mion, Lyon, France; Emma Carrington, London, UK
	How do study protocol and equipment setup affect results? Henriette Heinrich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
	What is normal? Rueben Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
	Do tests of anorectal function predict structure? Ravi Mittal, University College San Diego, San Diego, USA
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.00	Investigation and management of disordered defaecation II Chair: Alison Malcolm, Sydney, Australia; Charles Knowles, London, UK
	Manometric features of sphincter dysfunction in faecal incontinence Emma Carrington, Barts and the London, London, UK
	Advances in the management of faecal incontinence Francois Mion, Lyon, France
	Advances in the surgical management of evacuatory dysfunction Donato Altomare, Bari University, Bari, Italy
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch
Day 5: Friday Afternoon
11.00 – 16.00	Departure Shuttle from CSF Conference Centre to Locarno Train Station

Ascona II Conference Program

Program

Jump to a specific day:

Morning Sessions

Afternoon Sessions with active involvement of participants

Evening Sessions

Registration Desk Open. Shuttle Service from Locarno Train Station to Accommodation

Welcome Reception. Shuttle Service from external Accommodation to CSF Conference Hotel

Dinner CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Oropharyngeal swallow: diagnosis Chair: Don Castell, Charleston, USA

Coffee

Pharyngeal swallow: treatment Chair: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain

Lunch

Workshop / Hands-On Training Chair: Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA

Acquisition of pharyngeal high resolution manometry: live demo

Analysis of HRM and Pressure flow analysis of pharyngeal swallowing

Coffee and Case Based Discussion Chairs: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain; Reza Shaker, Milwaukee, USA

Dinner with Public Event CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Public event: Effects of diet and alcohol on digestive function and symptoms

Esophageal Motor Disorders: Chair John Pandolfino, Chicago, USA

Coffee

Esophago-Gastric Junction: Chair Ravi Mittal, San Diego, USA

Lunch

Transient LES Relaxations and beyond Chair: Richard Holloway, Melbourne, Australia; Shobna Bhatia, Mumbai, India

Coffee and Case Based Discussion: Chairs: John Pandolfino, Mark Fox

Dinner CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Evening Symposium: The Lost Reflux Patient Chair: Michael Vaezi, Nashville, USA; Mark Fox, Zürich, Switzerland

Current Utilization of Reflux Monitoring: Chair: Serhat Bor, Izmir, Turkey

Coffee

Evaluation of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease Chair: Justin Wu, HK

Lunch

Workshop: Assessment of patients before and after surgery Chair: Radu Tutuian, Bern, Switzerland; Don Castell, Charleston, USA

Coffee

Workshop: the Ascona Gastroesophageal Reflux Monitoring Consensus

Speakers: Prakash Gyawali, Sabine Roman, Edoardo Savarino, Arjan Bredenoord

Prosecco reception CSF Conference Center Restaurant Presentation of Young Investigator Awards Conference Photograph

Bus Transfer to Grotto Broggini

Conference Dinner

Grotto Broggini Via San Materno 18 6616 Losone

Bus Transfer from Grotto Broggini to Conference Hotels

New Technology Chair: Mark Fox, Zurich, Switzerland

Coffee

Investigation and management of disordered defaecation I Chairs: Satish Rao, Augusta, USA;

Advances in the conservative and medical management of evacuatory dysfunction

Lunch

Diagnosing evacuatory dysfunction Chair: Charles Knowles, London, UK; will set the scene Donato Altomare, Bari, Italy

Coffee

Panel Discussion: Objective measurement Losing the functional from functional anorectal disorders Chairs: William Whitehead, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Alison Malcolm, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Dinner

Symposium: New technology for assessment and treatment of colorectal dysfunction

Chair: Carolynne Vaizey, St. Mark’s Hospital, London

Workshop: Transition to high-resolution anorectal manometry

Chair: François Mion, Lyon, France; Emma Carrington, London, UK

Do tests of anorectal function predict structure?

Coffee

Investigation and management of disordered defaecation II Chair: Alison Malcolm, Sydney, Australia; Charles Knowles, London, UK

Lunch

Departure Shuttle from CSF Conference Centre to Locarno Train Station

Endorsement

International Working Group for Disorders of GI Motility and Function

Registration Desk Open.
Shuttle Service from Locarno Train Station to Accommodation

Welcome Reception.
Shuttle Service from external Accommodation to CSF Conference Hotel

Dinner
CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Oropharyngeal swallow: diagnosis
Chair: Don Castell, Charleston, USA

Pharyngeal swallow: treatment
Chair: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain

Workshop / Hands-On Training
Chair: Peter Kahrilas, Chicago, USA

Coffee and Case Based Discussion
Chairs: Pere Clave, Barcelona, Spain;
Reza Shaker, Milwaukee, USA

Dinner with Public Event
CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Esophageal Motor Disorders:
Chair John Pandolfino, Chicago, USA

Esophago-Gastric Junction:
Chair Ravi Mittal, San Diego, USA

Transient LES Relaxations and beyond
Chair: Richard Holloway, Melbourne, Australia; Shobna Bhatia, Mumbai, India

Coffee and Case Based Discussion:
Chairs: John Pandolfino, Mark Fox

Dinner
CSF Conference Center Restaurant

Evening Symposium: The Lost Reflux Patient
Chair: Michael Vaezi, Nashville, USA; Mark Fox, Zürich, Switzerland

Current Utilization of Reflux Monitoring:
Chair: Serhat Bor, Izmir, Turkey

Evaluation of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease
Chair: Justin Wu, HK

Workshop: Assessment of patients before and after surgery
Chair: Radu Tutuian, Bern, Switzerland; Don Castell, Charleston, USA

Prosecco reception
CSF Conference Center Restaurant
Presentation of Young Investigator Awards
Conference Photograph

Grotto Broggini
Via San Materno 18
6616 Losone

New Technology
Chair: Mark Fox, Zurich, Switzerland

Investigation and management of disordered defaecation I
Chairs: Satish Rao, Augusta, USA;

Diagnosing evacuatory dysfunction
Chair: Charles Knowles, London, UK; will set the scene
Donato Altomare, Bari, Italy

Panel Discussion: Objective measurement Losing the functional from functional anorectal disorders
Chairs: William Whitehead, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Alison Malcolm, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Symposium:
New technology for assessment and treatment of colorectal dysfunction

Chair: François Mion, Lyon, France;
Emma Carrington, London, UK

Investigation and management of disordered defaecation II
Chair: Alison Malcolm, Sydney, Australia; Charles Knowles, London, UK

Departure
Shuttle from CSF Conference Centre to Locarno Train Station