Scientific Programme

Thursday 5th december

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Enviroment and Global Child Health

Climate, Enviromental contamination and global child health equity.

Mark Manary


Innovations in Pediatric Global Health: the role of machine learning and AI in global child health

Sana Syed


Global challenges in childhood nutrition; from undernutrition to obesity

Mary Fewtrell


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Chronic liver disease: causes and complications

Management of small babies with liver disease: how to grow them pre-transplant

Vicky Lee Ng


Autoimmune hepatitis interplay with sclerosing cholangitis in IBD. Evaluation and prognosis

Lorenzo D'Antiga


Portal hypertension in children: challenges and persistent dilemmas

Riccardo Superina


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Celiac disease and gluten related disorders

Something new in celiac disease follow-up?

Jernej Dolinsek


Are we overdiagnosing gluten related disorders?

Alessio Fasano


In GRD, are we talking about a transitory pathology or a lasting disorder?

Aw Marion


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Current endoscopy training programs: are we meeting the needs of the new generation of endoscopists?

Simulators and other trends in endoscopy training

Jenifer Lightdale


Current situation of endoscopy training in the Asian-Pacific region

Katsuhiro Arai


New colonoscopy quality indicators

Reinaldo Pierre-Alvarez


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session JPGN

Moderated Question and Answer session with Editorial teams of JPGN and JPGN Reports.

How to transform abstracts into publishable JPGN/JPGN Reports articles

Osvaldo Borrelli


Lissy de Rider


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Cystic Fibrosis

The Impact of CFTR Modulators on gastrointestinal symptomatology

Meghana Sathe


Redefining liver disease in CF: new guidelines and definitions

Simon Ling


The pancreas and liver in cystic fibrosis-related disorders

Michael Wilchanski


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Changes in the epidemiology of IBD in countries with low prevalence and how to adapt treatments

Diagnostic challenges in low and middle income areas

Almuthe Christina Hauer


New target drugs: will they become an affordable option for low-income regions?

Rohan Malik


How dietary therapies can be made region-specific and adapted to foods available in diverse geographies

Richard Russell


Thinking about nutrient deficiency

Vera Sdepanian


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Neuromotility/Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction DGBIs

Pelvic floor therapy: new therapeutic/preventive

Miguel Angel Carro


DGBIs from childhood to adulthood: the transition

Miguel Saps


Gastroparesis versus functional dyspepsia

Osvaldo Borelli


Postural tachycardia syndrome

Gisella Chelimsky


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Young Career & Training Program

NASPGHAN Experience with Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA)

Cary Sauer


Developing research in resource-limited areas: a tool for global equity

Robert Bandsma


Insights into successful mentor-mentee relationship

Taoufik Meskini


Building global networks: Latinamerica´s vision for worldwide gastroenterology education

María Alejandra Mortarini


Training systems across different countries and inequities

14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Modulating the microbiota

Restoring premature microbiome maturation through probiotics and nutrition strategies

Marie Claire Arrieta


The fiability of HMO in different situations

Yvan Vandenplas


The use of gum arabic as natural prebiotic in the management of acute diarrhea

Evidence-based indications for probiotics

14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Hepatology II

World Health Organization’s goal of elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030. don’t forget the children

Severe Acute Hepatitis: an update

Fernando Álvarez


Congenital porto-systemic shunts: imaging tests and guidelines

Riccardo Superina


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session New challenges in the diagnosis and management of food allergy

Induction of cow milk protein tolerance in cow milk allergy: where are we?

Roberto Berni Canani


Impact of food allergy on quality of life and financial burden: a worldwide perspective

Dominique Bailey


The role of STAT-6 in eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder and other allergic diseases

Ichro Takeuchi


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Cholestatic liver disease

Transforming Care in Biliary Atresia: From Pathogenesis to the Bedside

Biliary atresia in adolescence and adulthood: challenges on the road to transition

Genetic liver disease: Is there a new diagnostic algorithm? Is it applicable worldwide?

Richard Thompson


Novel pharmacological therapies for neonatal cholestasis. Pros and Cons.

Huey-Ling Chen


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Celiac disease

Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in the endoscopic and histopathological diagnosis and follow up of CD patients

María Teresa García de Dávila


Can we move towards a global diagnostic process?

Jernej Dolinsek


What about other autoimmunity pathologies in celiac disease?

Sandhia Naik


Screening for celiac disease in the general pediatric population: has the time come?

Carlo Catassi


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Rome IV-V Criteria and the Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction DGBIs

Where will the Rome V Criteria go?

Samuel Nurko


What to do with functional nausea?

Marc Benninga


Should biliary disorders be considered in pediatrics within the DGBIs?

Nikhil Thapar


EndoFLIP (Endoluminal functional lumen imaging probe) in pediatrics

José Garza


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Pancreatology

Acute pancreatitis: An update with severity predictors

Miguel Gallardo


Genetic studies in pancreatitis. Where are we?

Huma Cheema


Therapeutic strategy in the management of acute and recurrent pancreatitis

Matías Epifanio


Endoscopic approach in chronic pancreatitis

Simona Faraci


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Breastfeeding and complementary food

Global challenges on breastfeeding promotion

Erika Ochoa


Recent WHO guidelines: pros and cons

Mary Fewtrell


If mom cannot breastfeed?

Benjamin D. Gold


Can we move forward to global recommendations with complementary food introduction ?

Neelam Mohan


Textures matters: key insights in complementary feeding

Liliana Ladino Melendez


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Transition to adult care

Transition in adolescence, adherence, healthcare providers. Our experience

Amanda Cantor


Families also make the transition, different perspectives and challenges

Norman Junge


Transitional care for patients with Inflammatory bowel disease: the japanese experience

Hideki Kumagai


The adult perspective

Edgardo Smecuol


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Introduction to Microbiome and its impact in life

Introduction to Microbiome for the pediatric gastroenterologist

Christian Boggio Marzet


Metagenome sequencing of the gut microbiome in populations all over the world

Ruarri Robertson


Impact of the maternal microbiome on the developing infant across the perinatal period

Flavia Indrio


Opportunities for interventions (trials)

Paul Kelly


Friday 6th december

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Transplantation

Cardiovascular manifestation following liver transplantation: an update

Norman Junge


Recurrent sclerosing colangitis after liver trasplantation: new concepts

Mercedes Martinez


Optimizing use of technical variant liver allografts

George Mazariegos


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Research & Future directions

Advances in pediatric acute liver failure (PALF): update on TRIUMPH

Rohit Kohli


Relationship between gut, liver, microbiome and nutrition

Yen Hsuan Ni


Optimal treatment of pediatric IBD: closing the gap through investigator initiated clinical research

Lissy de Ridder


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session IBD - future challenges

Monogenic disease VEOIBD the immunologist's vision

Aleixo Muise


Do we have to consider a different diagnostic algorithm in VEOIBD?

Mamoun El Award


Therapeutic approach in patients with VEOIBD

Victor Navas Lopez


The role of microbiota transplantation in the treatment of IBD

Richard Kellermayer


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Nutrition in children: a global perspective

Practical interventions for managing malnutrition in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries

Solange Heller Rouassant


Micronutrient supplementation and fortification in children under 5 years

Krishnapriya M Prathapan


Feeding the premature infant: Individualized feeding plans and complementary feeding

Ariel Salas


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Therapies

From pathogenesis to novel therapies

Riccardo Troncone


Probiotics and peptidases

Julio Bai


Is personalized medicine possible in celiac disease (predictors or interventions to prevent disease)?

Luciana Guzmán


Refractory celiac disease and other controversial situations

Stefano Guandalini


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Therapeutic Endoscopy in Children: we´ve come a long way …

Advanced polypectomy with EMR/ESD

Mike Thomson


Endoscopic management of GI fistulae and perforations in children

Paula Peruzzi


Endoscopic biliopancreatic interventions in children

Zabeer Nabi


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Update of the atopic march

Strategies to prevent cow´s milk allergy: are we doing our best?

Roberto Berni Canani


Advances in the treatment of IgE-mediated food allergies

Anna Nowak Wegrzyn


New allergens in the horizon?

Sylvia Cruchet


Food allergy exclusion diet: growth and QOL-HR challenges

Katia Rodriguez


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Obesity in children and adolescents

Childhood obesity: Epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis 

Jiri Bronsky


Molecular genetic of childhood obesity

Magali Reyes-Apodaca


Dietary interventions to prevent childhood obesity

Nezha Mouane


Advances in treatment of pediatric obesity

Irina Kovalskys


12.30 - 16.00 h.

Session New endoscopic techniques and devices for old problems

New techniques and devices for non-variceal GI Bleeding

Petar Mamula


Endoscopic therapy for obesity (balloons and others)

Mohamed El Guindi


Potential of balloon-assisted enteroscopy: what can we do with it?

Tomonori Yano


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Research & future directions

Bridging the disparities in research between low- and high-income countries

Anupam Sibal


Leveraging multi-center collaborative to advance hepatology research

Immunity and microbiota: key regulators of the gut-brain axis

Fernando Chirdo


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session News in celiac disease

Are there new tools to assess adherence to the gluten-free diet?

Carmen Ribes-Koninckx


New diagnostic challenges in GFD-style era

Ritu Verma


Tools to test new therapeutics: from the periphery to the gut

Valentina Discepolo


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Tailored Therapies in Microbiota & Personalized Medicine

Diet-microbiota interaction: towards a personalized medicine

Cell viability: don´t give up! In the era of postbiotics

Gabriel Vinderola


The future of gastrointestinal health: predicting and preventing disease with microbiotic profiling

Stacy Kahn


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Gut Brain Disorders

Nutritional approach in DGBI disorders

Annamaria Staiano


The unavoidable pandemic of DGBI

Carlo De Lorenzo


Neurostimulation in pediatric DGBI

Neha Satucci


Diagnosis and treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia

Rachel Rosen


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Helicobacter pylori

H. pylori the bad guy: associated diseases in children

Benjamin D. Gold


H. pylori the good guy: benefits of infection in modulating allergic and immune-mediated diseases

Paul Harris


H. pylori: are the NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guidelines 2023 applicable around the world?

Matjaz Homan


14.30 - 16.00 h.

Session Feeding disorders

General approach to feeding disorders

Mauro Fisberg


Feeding in neurologically impaired children

Mohamed Miqdady


Management of picky eaters

Feeding problems and nutrient intake in children with autism spectrum disorders

Ailim Margarita Carias-Dominguez


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Enviroment, Antibiotics and Pathogens.

Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, what are the roles of pathobionts in the pathogenesis?

Paul Kelly


Emerging and old pathogens with digestive implications (TBC, chikungunya, etc)

Anupam Sibal


Antibiotic resistance and its relevance for GI infections including C difficile burden

Andrea Lo Vecchio


Epidemiological transitions of mankind and their effect on infectious diseases

Adrian Diaz


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Therapeutic challenges in IBD, a look into the future.

Should we tailor small molecule vs. biologic therapeutic options in low- and middle-income areas?

Lee Way Seath


How to define the predictive factors of response? How to select the 1st biological?

Jorge Amil Dias


What to do when we lose response to biologic? How to prevent and/or reverse the loss of response to biologics?

Javier Martin de Carpri


The role of intestinal resection in Crohn"s disease (provocative studies like the lyric trial) and surgical decision-making in UC

Anne Griffiths


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session The New Era of Pediatric Diagnostic Endoscopy

A review of the New Era of Capsule Endoscopy

Ignacio Fernández Urien


Role of Pediatric Endosonography in today´s era

Moinak Sen Sarma


Endoscopic follow-up of patients with EoE: new guidelines and long-term alternatives

Montserrat Cazares


AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the Pediatric Endoscopy Room

Victor Fox


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Transplantation

Optimizing Peritrasplant Care to Improve Outcomes as a Pediatrician

Kyung Mo Kim


Should living donor be almost always the first graft option in pediatric liver transplants?

Joao Seda


Care of the long-term survivor of pediatric liver transplantation in 2024; definitely not just about the liver

Vicky Lee Ng


LDLT in the setting of acute on chronic liver failure

Ruben Quiros- Tejeira


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases: What does the evidence tell us?

Update on the epidemiology of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: What factors of change should we consider?

Michelle Higuera


Current diagnostic approach of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Mario Vieira


Gastrointestinal eosinophilic disease: beyond esophagitis

Mohamed Miqdady


Are ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN Guidelines on Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Beyond the Esophagus applicable around the world?

Alexandra Papadopoulou


Therapeutic developments in eosinophilic esophagitis and their effectiveness

Jorge Amil Dias


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session Nutritional management of intestinal failure and rehabilitation

Short bowel syndrome and intestinal adaptation

Teduglutide use in children as a treatment for short bowel syndrome

Verónica Bussoni


Long term follow up of short bowel syndrome

Olivier Goulet


Intestinal transplantation

Gabriel E Gondolesi


16.30 - 18.30 h.

Session MASLD

MASLD: new approaches to understanding the disease in children and its management

Ulrich Baumann


Food insecurity and risk for pediatric fatty liver

Rima Fawaz


Do family, culture, genetics and environment determine fatty liver?

Neelam Mohan


Indications for liver transplantation in metabolic disease: what are the results?

George Mazariegos


Saturday 7th december

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session IBD news…. concepts to working on

EUS-IBD, What can you tell us? Will it be part of every medical visit?

Michael Winter


When a child is ready to become an adult: transition of care in IBD

Eytan Wine


The Pan American Crohn;s and Colitis Organization (PANCCO) Experience

Juan Andrés De Paula


Fertility and breastfeeding still in the biologic era

Rachael Winter


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Polyposis

Pediatric polyposis syndromes: an easy guide

Shlomi Cohen


Extracolonic aancer surveillance in pediatric polyposis: guidelines and beyond

Thomas Attard


Familial adenomatous polyposis: keeping the colon

Nakayama Yoshiko


Psychosocial challenges and transition of care in children with polyposis

Michele Maddux


Polypectomy: avanced techniques

Mike Thomson


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Neuromotility/Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction DGBIs

Refractory constipation:medical and surgical treatment

Leonel Rodríguez


Psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, food and drugs in DGBIs

Andrés Bodas Pinedo


Central neuromodulators in the treatment of DGBIs

Desale Yacob


Autism spectrum disorder and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Gut Microbiota

Latest advances in the infant microbiome: the mycobiome in early-life immune and metabolic development

Marie Claire Arrieta


Give the bugs or feed the bugs?

Juan José Díaz Martin


SIBO

José Garza


10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Videoendoscopy Competition

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Children’s diets in the present world

Nutritional requirements for a healthy diet

Irina Kovalskys


Sugar in infants, children and adolescents

Jiri Bronsky


Feasibility of plant based diets for children

Erika Ochoa


No Gluten, No Milk or FODMAPS diets

10.45 - 12.15 h.

Session Hepatology Potpurri: higher topics

Recurrent acute liver failure: diagnosis and management

Gilda Porta


Gene therapy: an update

Lorenzo D'Antiga


Novel concepts in porto-sinusoidal disorder in children

José Ernesto Lipsich