This is the preliminary program for the 2025 edition of the BIRD Annual Congress.
The general language of the Congress is English.
All Educational Training sessions, sessions of the General Program and workshops are equally open to all healthcare professionals. We encourage each attendee to choose the program that best suits their interests.
| The Educational Training sessions are possible thanks to the support of our sponsors: Abbvie, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Takeda | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM |
Educational Training Registration & welcome coffee |
| Educational Training A | |
| 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM |
Educational Training A: Unravelling the REScUE Trial: from A to Z |
| 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM |
An introduction to the REScUE trial |
| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
Unraveling REScUE: from a statistical point of view |
| 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Unraveling REScUE: from an ethical point of view |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
| Educational Training B | |
| 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM |
Educational Training B: How to cope with the growing number of IBD patients: technology or the system crash? |
| 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM |
From an international perspective |
| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
The Belgian perspective |
| 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
The IT aspect |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
| Educational Training C | |
| 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM |
Educational Training C: Make it/them work: how to help patients back to work |
| 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM |
Overview of chronic illness and work, solutions |
| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
Governmental aspects of chronic illness |
| 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Epidemiological aspects of chronic illness |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
| Educational Training D | |
| 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM |
Educational Training D: An novice's guide to IBD |
| 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM |
An introduction to BIRD |
| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
Clinical picture of IBD |
| 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Current treatments in IBD |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
| Congress Day 1 Plenary Sessions | |
| 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM |
Welcome by the BIRD President |
| 2:05 PM - 3:20 PM |
Session One: The Tricky Three for Clinicians |
| 2:05 PM - 2:30 PM |
PSC: when to watch, when to act |
| 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM |
The pouch: a rebuilding with issues |
| 2:55 PM - 3:20 PM |
IBD after organ transplantation: even more complex |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| 3:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
Session Two: The Body is Changing |
| 3:50 PM - 4:15 PM |
IBD in remission but still having symptoms |
| 4:15 PM - 4:40 PM |
Obesity in IBD: a big problem |
| 4:40 PM - 5:05 PM |
Gas, Guts, and Growing Pains: IBD in Teenagers |
| 5:05 PM - 5:10 PM |
Closing Remarks Day 1 |
| 7:00 PM - 1:00 AM |
Conference DInner |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome coffee |
| Workshops (participants will select one option from each session) | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Workshop Session 1 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Option A: BIRD Registry : how you can do it |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Option B: Optimization of new treatments: an off label discussion |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Option C: Histology: understanding your IBD pathologist |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Option D: How to prevent collateral damage in IBD: the broad spectrum of prevention |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Option E: Nutrition: doctor what can I eat? |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Switch Rooms |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Workshop Session 2 |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Option A: BIRD Registry : how you can do it |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Option B: Optimization of new treatments: an off label discussion |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Option C: Histology: understanding your IBD pathologist |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Option D: How to prevent collateral damage in IBD: the broad spectrum of prevention |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Option E: Nutrition: doctor what can I eat? |
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| Congress Day 2 Plenary Sessions | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Session Three: Best of 2025 |
| 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM |
New in UC : best of ECCO/DDW/UEGW ‘25 |
| 12:05 PM - 12:25 PM |
New in CD : best of ECCO/DDW/UEGW ‘25 |
| 12:25 PM - 12:40 PM |
Panel Discussion |
| 12:40 PM - 12:45 PM |
Closing remarks |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch & exhibition |