Location: Bristol Marriott Royal

Date: Friday 20th and Saturday 21st September 2013

Details: Education weekend for BSG Trainee Section members. Talk, dinner and entertainment on Friday evening followed by an educational programme on Saturday.

Capacity: 100 delegates.

Cost: £50 per trainee.

Members of the BSG Trainees Section will be notified by email when online booking is available. Places will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis.

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Dear Colleagues,

We have an exciting offer for you - if you are interested in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and are under the age of 35 or still in training you can join Young-ECCO (Y-ECCO)!

We are a dynamic group of young clinicians and scientists interested in IBD within the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO). We want to foster interaction, collaboration and exchange and help our members to participate in the educational and scientific activities of ECCO. We have a great programme:

• Yearly educational workshop providing tools and advice for a career in IBD
• Yearly networking event to bring Y-ECCOs together in an informal atmosphere
• Y-ECCO abstract awards to support our members’ excellent scientific work
• Contribute to the ECCO e-learning platform by developing cases, podcasts, etc.
• Quarterly literature review: Comment on a recent landmark article and get published!
• Co-chair at a plenary session at the yearly ECCO conference - alongside an experienced colleague
• Y-ECCO interview: Submit questions that are answered by established leaders in the field
• Participate in our European wide educational survey about the future of Gastroenterology (www.surveymonkey.com/s/YECCOsurvey). All participants will be entered into a drawing for free ECCO memberships for one year.
• Submit your clinical study proposal and get constructive feedback by experts in your field. In addition you could qualify for endorsement of your study by Y-ECCO!

We are a transparent and permeable group. Every member can participate. If you are interested in any of the above formats please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We are looking forward to welcoming you to our group!

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Florian Rieder

Y-ECCO Chair
On behalf of the Y-ECCO Committee

UEG seek interested volunteers to serve on their Boards & Committees and help shape and innovate current and future UEG initiatives.

Participation in UEG boards offers several benefits — you can network with other leading physicians and scientists, make an impact in an area that is important to you and help advance gastroenterological care in Europe.

UEG are committed to reflect today's professional landscape in their organisational structure and thus particularly look for input from female and young gastroenterologists.

Call for application is now open for one seat in the National Societies Committee. Enthusiastic and motivated colleagues around the age of 35 are invited to apply until May 10, 2013 to strengthen the voice of young gastroenterologists in the work of UEG.

• http://www.ueg.eu/about-ueg/open-calls/

With the start of the new year, we are pleased to announce that we had an overwhelming response to the call for applications to co-author Hepatology at a Glance. The quality of the applications was quite outstanding but there were 2 clear winners, Dr Deepak Joshi and Dr Geri Keane: they join Dr Alison Brind Senior Editor, on the team. We have also nominated Dr Ahmir Ahmad to champion the junior general medical trainee viewpoint and to bring his very specific general editorial expertise to the project. If successful we hope that there will be further opportunities to collaborate with Wiley-Blackwell in this way and would encourage many of you who submitted excellent applications to keep these future ventures in mind.

Alenka Brooks,
Trainee Section Chair