UPCOMING EVENT
SIES 2025
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6-7 March 2025 ICC Sydney
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- Day 1
Thursday, 6 March 2025
VIEW DETAIL - Day 2
Friday, 7 March 2025
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- Day 1
Thursday, 6 March 2025
VIEW DETAIL - Day 2
Friday, 7 March 2025
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| Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Medical) | |
| From 7.30am |
Registration Open with tea & coffee available Explore the Trade Displays and meet SIES Sponsors |
| 8.30am – 8.35am |
Conference Open and Welcome Prof Michael Bourke |
| 8.35am – 9.30am |
Mini Symposium Conventional Polypectomy and EMR: What’s new and where to from here? (15mins) Prof Doug Rex New management paradigms for the large rectal polyp and early cancer (15mins) A/Prof Nicholas Burgess The Oncological Journey: Patient’s perspective (15mins) Mr James Valentine Discussion (15mins) |
| 9.30am – 10.30am | Live Endoscopy 1 – Barrett’s Oesophagus & Upper GI |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea & Trade Displays |
| 11.00am – 1.00pm | Live Endoscopy 2 – Rectum & Colon including mini update 1 (10mins) |
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch & Trade Displays |
| 2.00pm – 4.00pm | Live Endoscopy 3 – Potpourri & Pancreatico – Biliary |
| 4.00pm – 4.30pm | Afternoon Tea & Trade Displays |
| 4.30pm – 5.00pm |
Mini Symposium: Best practice in GI Bleeding in 2025 (Case based discussion) Prof Ian M. Gralnek Prof. Paul Fockens Prof Reem Z. Sharaiha |
| 5.00pm – 5.15pm |
General Endoscopy Quiz (Prizes awarded on Friday afternoon) |
| 5.15pm – 6.30pm |
SIES the moment : Video Challenge Best video judged by faculty |
| 7.00pm – 9.30pm |
Welcome Reception Venue: 12-MICRON Level 2, International Tower 1, 100 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW 2000 |
| Friday, 7 March 2025 (Medical) | |
| From 7.30am |
Registration Opens Tea & Coffee available Explore the Trade Displays and Meet SIES Sponsors |
| 7.15am – 8.15am |
Meet the Experts Breakfast Sessions (3 concurrent talks) Pre-registration required Artificial intelligence (AI) for the detection and characterisation of colorectal polyps Prof Douglas Rex EDNAPS (Endoscopist directed, nurse administered Propofol based sedation), New national guidelines: Evidence, getting started and safety. Prof Peter Boyd EUS guided Luminal Anastomosis: Establishing a service and optimising outcomes. Prof Paul Fockens |
| 8.30am – 8.50am |
Tandem talk, The Elephant in the Room. Endoscopic Complications: Consent, Mitigation and management. Prof Ian M. Gralnek & Prof. Paul Fockens |
| 8.50am – 9.00am | Panel Discussion |
| 9.00am – 10.30am | Live Endoscopy 4 – Rectum & Colon |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea & Trade Displays |
| 11.00am – 11:20am |
Tandem talk, Endobariatrics vs Drugs or combo: Direction of travel. Prof Reem Z. Sharaiha and Endocrinologist |
| 11:20am – 1:00pm | Live Endoscopy 5 – Upper GI & Pancreatico – Biliary |
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch & Trade Displays |
| 2.00pm – 3.00pm |
Interactive Colonoscopy Video Forum: Bleeding, Strictures, Polyps & Challenges Prof Doug Rex Prof Michael Bourke |
| 3.00pm – 3.25pm |
Recap of Symposium cases 2024 and 2025. Quiz answers and awards for the winners |
| 3.25pm – 3.30pm |
Summary and Conference Close Prof Michael Bourke |
| Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Nursing) | |
| From 7.30am |
Registration Open with tea & coffee available Explore the Trade Displays and meet SIES Sponsors |
| 8.30am – 8.35am |
Conference Open and Welcome Prof Michael Bourke |
| 8.35am – 9.30am |
Mini Symposium: Conventional Polypectomy and EMR: What’s new and where to from here? (15mins) Prof Doug Rex New management paradigms for the large rectal polyp and early cancer (15mins) A/Prof Nicholas Burgess The Oncological Journey: Patient’s perspective (15mins) Mr James Valentine Discussion (15mins) |
| 9.30am – 10.30am | Live Endoscopy 1 –Barrett’s Oesophagus & Upper GI |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea & Trade Displays |
| 11.00am – 1.00pm |
Nursing Plenary Talk (Parkside 2): GI Anatomy and Physiology (20mins) Ergonomics: The Backbone of Endoscopy Staff Wellbeing (20mins) Live Endoscopy 2 – Rectum & Colon including mini update 1 (10mins) |
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch & Trade Displays |
| 2.00pm – 4.00pm |
Nurses Hands on Workshop Day 1 Topics: Hemospray, APC/Gold probe, Clips, Banders, POEM, ERCP cannulation/wires/stone extraction (TBC) |
| 4.00pm – 4.30pm | Afternoon Tea & Trade Displays |
| 4.30pm – 5.00pm |
Mini Symposium: Best practice in GI Bleeding in 2025 (Case based discussion) Prof Ian M. Gralnek Prof. Paul Fockens Prof Reem Z. Sharaiha |
| 5.00pm – 5.15pm |
General Endoscopy Quiz (Prizes awarded on Friday afternoon) |
| 5.15pm – 6.30pm |
SIES the moment : Video Challenge Best video judged by faculty |
| 7.00pm – 9.00pm |
Welcome Reception Venue: 12-MICRON Level 2, International Tower 1, 100 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW 2000 |
| Friday, 7 March 2025 (Nursing) | ||
| From 7.30am |
Registration Open Tea & Coffee available Explore the Trade Displays and Meet SIES Sponsors |
|
| 7.15am – 8.15am |
Meet the Experts Breakfast Sessions (3 concurrent talks) Pre-registration required Artificial intelligence (AI) for the detection and characterisation of colorectal polyps Prof Douglas Rex EDNAPS (Endoscopist directed, nurse administered Propofol based sedation), New national guidelines: Evidence, getting started and safety. Prof Peter Boyd EUS guided Luminal Anastomosis: Establishing a service and optimising outcomes. Prof Paul Fockens |
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| 8.35am – 9.00am |
Welcome Nurses Program Day 2 (Parkside 2) Nursing Plenary Talk: Enhancing Colonoscopy Outcomes: Polyp Detection, Classification, and the Nurse’s Role in Peri-Procedural Care |
|
| 9.00am – 10.30am |
Live Endoscopy 4 – Rectum & Colon |
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| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea & Trade Displays | |
| 11.00am – 1.00pm |
Nursing Plenary Talk (Parkside 2): Achalasia for nurses (20mins) No Pain, Just Gain: Anaesthesia in Endoscopy (20mins) Live Endoscopy 5 – Upper GI & Pancreatico – Biliary |
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| 1.00pm – 1.30pm | Lunch & Trade Displays | |
| 1.30pm – 3.30pm |
Nurses Hands on Workshop Day 2 Topics: EMR,ESD, Cholangioscopy, Stenting, Dilatation, RFA, OTSC (TBC) |
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| 3.30pm | Conference Close | |
WELCOME
CONFERENCE VENUE: ICC Sydney. Luxurious purpose-built medical and nursing auditoriums and expansive exhibit space centrally located in the Darling Harbour precinct
FOUR HOURS OF NURSING HANDS-ON WORKSHOP will be featured in ANZ’s leading interventional endoscopy nursing education conference
WELCOME RECEPTION at 12-MICRON on the Thursday evening for unlimited networking whilst overlooking Barangaroo harbour
SIES THE MOMENT: Video Challenge
The endoscopy video challenge, showcasing interesting cases or techniques in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy with prizes awarded on Thursday evening!
STELLAR INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Prof. Roos Pouw (Netherlands)
Leading authority in Barrett’s esophagus
Prof. Raf Bisschops (Belgium)
Expert in advanced endoscopic imaging techniques and therapeutics for premalignant conditions
Prof. Torsten Beyna (Germany)
Expert in pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and third-space endoscopy.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to SIES 2025, Thursday and Friday, March 6th and 7th at the ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour!
Once again, we have a Stellar International faculty to inform and enlighten us on the latest developments in gastrointestinal endoscopy over our usual 2-day live and didactic program.
Reem, Ian, Doug and Paul are international leaders and wonderful teachers.
The Thursday night welcome reception will be very special, held at 12-Micron, Barangaroo. Registrations will soon be open, but in the meantime please reserve the dates in your calendar. We all look forward to welcoming you to SIES in 2025.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Michael Bourke
Chairman Organising Committee SIES
Director of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Westmead Hospital, Sydney
