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PROGRAM & FACULTY
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
10:00 Registration
11:00 Post-graduate course (Palazzo Re Enzo)
A JOURNEY TOWARDS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF IBS
Diagnosis
Chairs:
Enrico Corazziari (Italy)
Hans Törnblom (Sweden)
11:00 Challenges in IBS management: clinical case 1
David Meacci (Italy)
11:35 Clinical pearls in history and symptom assessment
Maura Corsetti (UK)
12:00 Overlapping conditions and the role of gender
Lin Chang (USA)
12:25 Diagnostic tests: when and which
Imran Aziz (UK)
12:50 Lunch break
13:40 Post-graduate course (Palazzo Re Enzo)
A JOURNEY TOWARDS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF IBS
Treatment
Chairs:
Anthony Lembo (USA)
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
13:40 Challenges in IBS management: clinical case 2
Hanne Matheussen (Belgium)
14:15 Dietary management
Hans Törnblom (Sweden)
14:40 Traditional therapies vs. nutraceuticals
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
15:05 Evidence-based approach for microbiota modulation
Carmelo Scarpignato (Malta)
15:30 Neuromodulators in the hands of the gastroenterologists
Stine Störsrud (Sweden)
15:55 Closing remarks
Maura Corsetti (UK)
18:00 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome
18:00 Giovanni Barbara
Congress Chair, University of Bologna
18:05 Vincenzo Stanghellini
Scientific Committee Chair, University of Bologna
18:10 Lorenzo Montanaro
Research Delegate of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna
18:15 Marco Seri
Scientific Director, IRCCS Policlinico St. Orsola, Bologna
18:25 Maria Cristina Morelli
Director, Medical and Surgical Department of Digestive, Hepatic and Endocrine Metabolic Deseases, IRCCS Policlinico St. Orsola, Bologna
18:30 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Food waste and the right to food: two sides of the same plate
Andrea Segrè
Professor of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Policies, University of Bologna and Founder Zero Waste Campaign
19:00 Welcome reception
07:15 Registration
08:00 Program overview
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
08:20 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION I
Rome Foundation Symposium – What’s New in Rome V
Chairs:
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
08:20 Rome Foundation related activities
Jan Tack (Belgium)
08:30 Recent pathophysiology insights relevant for IBS symptom generation
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
08:55 IBS in Rome V criteria: what’s new
Anthony Lembo (USA)
09:20 Centrally mediated disorders of gastrointestinal pain
Qasim Aziz (UK)
09:45 Coffee break
10:15 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION II
Is it all IBS or maybe a different diagnosis?
Chairs:
Lin Chang (USA)
Maura Corsetti (Italy)
10:15 Bile acid metabolism and symptom generation
Michael Camilleri (USA)
10:40 Central or peripheral mechanisms underlying abdominal pains
Sigrid Elsenbruch (Germany)
11:05 The small intestine as a key player in symptom perception
Tim Vanyutsel (Belgium)
11:30 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION III
Advances in IBS pathophysiology from large cohorts
Chairs:
Michael Camilleri (USA)
Roberto De Giorgio (Italy)
11:30 Genetics of IBS across definitions, subtypes, ethnicities, sexes and endophenotypes
Mauro D’Amato (Italy)
11:55 Food intolerance revisited: the GenMalCarb study
Maura Corsetti (UK)
12:20 Clinical highlights from the H2020 DISCOvERIE study
Magnus Simrén (Sweden)
12:45 Translational highlights from the H2020 DISCOvERIE study
Javier Santos (Spain)
13:00 Lunch break and Poster Session
Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
POSTER SESSION
Chairs:
Dan Dumitrascu (Romania)
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
Paola Iovino (Italy)
Committee Members:
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
Chiara Castellana (Italy)
Loris Lopetuso (Italy)
Hanne Matheussen (Belgium)
Nathalie Vergnolle (France)
Maria Raffaella Barbaro (Italy)
Luigi Colecchia (Italy)
Daniele Mandolesi (Italy)
Daniele Salvi (Italy)
14:10 Parallel sessions (different locations)
WORKSHOPS
Workshop I
14:10 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Massimo Bellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
14:10 BROMATECH SPONSORED LECTURE
Gut microbiota and probiotics for the integrity of the intestinal epithelial barrier
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
14:35 BROMATECH SPONSORED LECTURE
Gut-vascular barrier modulation by strain-specific probiotics
Maria Rescigno (Italy)
15:00 BIOGAIA SPONSORED LECTURE
L. reuteri DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475 in IBS: a translational approach
Magnus Simrén (Sweden)
15:20 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION IV
Pathophysiological modulation of intestinal microenvironment
Chairs:
Massimo Bellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
15:20 Fiber modulation of gut microbiota and biofilms
Mahesh Desai (Luxembourg)
15:45 The gluten spectrum and IBS
Roberto De Giorgio (Italy)
16:10 Probiotics: from history to future
Simone Guglielmetti (Italy)
16:35 Coffee break
16:55 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Dan Dumitrascu (Romania)
Francesco Guarner (Spain)
16:55 Post-inflammatory dysbiosis fuels visceral abdominal pain through an altered host-microbiota interaction: mechanistic insights into the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation
Elena Lucarini (Italy)
17:07 Effects of y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) supplementation on symptoms, quality of life, intestinal permeability, systemic inflammation and gut microbiota in patients with IBS-D: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study
Lorenzo Cancelli (Italy)
17:19 Distinct faecal microbiota signatures in IBS-D patients with bile acid diarrhoea are associated with SeHCAT-defined disease severity
Beatriz Lobo (Spain)
17:31 Clinical Differences Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Bile Acid Malabsorption in Patients Undergoing SeHCAT Testing
Luigi Colecchia (Italy)
17:43 Adjour
Workshop II
14:10 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Florencia Carbone (Belgium)
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
14:20 SANOFI SPONSORED LECTURE
Peppermint oil and irritable bowel syndrome
William Fusco (Italy)
14:45 SCHWABE SPONSORED LECTURE
The potential of multu-target plant-based therapies for visceral pain and dysbiosis in patients with DGBI
Giovanni Marasco (Italy)
15:05 GIULIANI SPONSORED LECTURE
Dysbiosis and IBS: pathophysiological implications and evidence-based probiotic strategies
Simone Guglielmetti (Italy)
Loris Lopetuso (Italy)
15:30 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
SESSION IV
Global studies
Chairs:
Florencia Carbone (Belgium)
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
15:30 Rome V epidemiological studies
Imran Aziz (UK)
15:55 Post-infection DGBI: results from the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study
Giovanni Marasco (Italy)
16:20 Bloating and distension: Asia vs. Europe (AEGIS Study)
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
16:45 Coffee break
17:05 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Imran Aziz (UK)
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
17:05 Effectiveness of Digital Nutrition Education Based on NICE Guidelines Versus Nordic Nutrition Recommendations for IBS Over A 12-Month Period: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Kristina Cullman (Sweden)
17:17 Nutritional adequacy and dietary patterns in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Amanda Blomsten (Sweden)
17:29 Distinct frequencies of small bowel homing B-lymphocytes in patients with IBS
Lukas Balsiger (Belgium)
17:41 Fasting quantitative motor differences and increased postprandial motility index in patients with IBS despite normal small bowel manometry
Christian von Muhlenbrock (Chile)
17:53 Adjour
Workshop III
14:20 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
14:20 RECKITT BENCKISER HEALTHCARE SPONSORED LECTURE
Rethinking DGBI through the lens of gut permeability
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
14:45 CADIGROUP SPONSORED LECTURE
Escherichia Coli Nissle 1917: a century-old probiotic driving modern innovations in gut inflammation control
Giovanni Sarnelli (Italy)
15:10 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
SESSION IV
Pathophysiology, bridging science to patient care
Chairs:
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
15:10 Mucus and proteases in IBS
Nathalie Vergnolle (France)
15:35 Intestinal, vascular and blood brain barriers in health and disease
Maria Rescigno (Italy)
16:00 Eosinophil activation and IBS
Karen Routhiaux (Belgium)
16:25 Coffee break
16:45 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
Giovanni Sarnelli (Italy)
16:45 Colonic Mast Cell activation is linked to mental and somatic symptom severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: results from the DISCOvERIE project
Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro (Spain)
16:57 Transcriptomic and Proteomic profiling of colonic mucosa in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with or without mental/ somatic comorbidities results from the European Multicenter DISCOvERIE study
Carmen Alonso Coroner (Spain)
17:09 Beyond a uniform symptom: anatomical distribution of bloating and associated clinical features, an analysis from the AEGIS study
Jara Lehoucq (Belgium)
17:21 GWAS of stool consistency and in vivo functional validation identify causal genes underlying gut motility
Cristian Diaz-Munoz (Spain)
17:33 Adjour
08:00 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION V
Highlights from Tuesday’s Free Papers Session and intestinal microenvironment
Chairs:
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Tim Vanuytsel (Belgium)
08:30 Highlights from Tuesday’s Free Papers Sessions
Francisco Guarner (Spain)
Imran Aziz (UK)
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
08:55 Mast cell activation in IBS
Guy Boeckxstaens (Belgium)
09:20 Advances in aunderstanding how bacterial products influence brain and behavior
Stephen Collins (Canda)
09:45 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VI
What’s new on gut microbiota
Chairs:
Patrizia Brigidi (Italy)
Stephen Collins (Canada)
09:45 Gut microbiota: tales from the past and a look to the future
Francisco Guarner (Spain)
10:10 Auto-brewery syndrome
William Fusco (Italy)
10:35 Predictors of response to gut microbiota modulation
Gianluca Ianiro (Italy)
11:00 Coffee break
11:25 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VII
Management
Chairs:
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
Magnus Simren (Sweden)
11:25 Advancing Low-FODMAP diets to the next level
Sanna Nybacka (Sweden)
11:50 Is the mediterranean diet the answer after all?
Imran Aziz (UK)
12:15 Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Chloè Melchoir (France)
12:40 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VIII
Hot topics on management
Chairs:
Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
12:40 Brain-gut behavior therapies
Lin Chang (USA)
13:05 Therapeutic approaches for gut barrier dysfunction
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
13:30 Role of gastrointestinal motility in IBS symptom generation and therapeutic target
Jan Tack (Belgium)
13:55 Concluding remarks and awards for Best Abstract
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
14:00 Lunch break
10:00 Registration
11:00 Post-graduate course (Palazzo Re Enzo)
A JOURNEY TOWARDS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF IBS
Diagnosis
Chairs:
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
Hans Törnblom (Sweden)
11:00 Challenges in IBS management: clinical case 1
David Meacci (Italy)
11:35 Clinical pearls in history and symptom assessment
Maura Corsetti (UK)
12:00 Overlapping conditions and the role of gender
Lin Chang (USA)
12:25 Diagnostic tests: when and which
Imran Aziz (UK)
12:50 Lunch break
13:40 Post-graduate course (Palazzo Re Enzo)
A JOURNEY TOWARDS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF IBS
Treatment
Chairs:
Enrico Corazziari (Italy)
Anthony Lembo (USA)
13:40 Challenges in IBS management: clinical case 2
Hanne Matheussen (Belgium)
14:15 Dietary management
Stine Störsrud (Sweden)
14:40 Traditional therapies vs. nutraceuticals
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
15:05 Evidence-based approach for microbiota modulation
Carmelo Scarpignato (Malta)
15:30 Neuromodulators in the hands of the gastroenterologists
Hans Törnblom (Sweden)
15:55 Closing remarks
Maura Corsetti (UK)
18:00 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome
18:00 Giovanni Barbara
Congress Chair, University of Bologna
18:05 Vincenzo Stanghellini
Scientific Committee Chair, University of Bologna
18:10 Lorenzo Montanaro
Research Delegate of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna
18:15 Marco Seri
Scientific Director, IRCCS Policlinico St. Orsola, Bologna
18:25 Maria Cristina Morelli
Director, Medical and Surgical Department of Digestive, Hepatic and Endocrine Metabolic Deseases, IRCCS Policlinico St. Orsola, Bologna
18:30 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Food waste and the right to food: two sides of the same plate
Andrea Segrè
Professor of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Policies, University of Bologna and Founder Zero Waste Campaign
19:00 Welcome reception
07:15 Registration
08:00 Program overview
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
08:20 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION I
Rome Foundation Symposium – What’s New in Rome V
Chairs:
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
08:20 Rome Foundation related activities
Jan Tack (Belgium)
08:30 Recent pathophysiology insights relevant for IBS symptom generation
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
08:55 IBS in Rome V criteria: what’s new
Anthony Lembo (USA)
09:20 Centrally mediated disorders of gastrointestinal pain
Qasim Aziz (UK)
09:45 Coffee break
10:15 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION II
Is it all IBS or maybe a different diagnosis?
Chairs:
Lin Chang (USA)
Maura Corsetti (Italy)
10:15 Bile acid metabolism and symptom generation
Michael Camilleri (USA)
10:40 Central or peripheral mechanisms underlying abdominal pains
Sigrid Elsenbruch (Germany)
11:05 The small intestine as a key player in symptom perception
Tim Vanyutsel (Belgium)
11:30 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION III
Advances in IBS pathophysiology from large cohorts
Chairs:
Michael Camilleri (USA)
Roberto De Giorgio (Italy)
11:30 Genetics of IBS across definitions, subtypes, ethnicities, sexes and endophenotypes
Mauro D’Amato (Italy)
11:55 Food intolerance revisited: the GenMalCarb study
Maura Corsetti (UK)
12:20 Clinical highlights from the H2020 DISCOvERIE study
Magnus Simrén (Sweden)
12:45 Translational highlights from the H2020 DISCOvERIE study
Javier Santos (Spain)
13:00 Lunch break and Poster Session
Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
POSTER SESSION
Chairs:
Dan Dumitrascu (Romania)
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
Paola Iovino (Italy)
Committee Members:
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
Chiara Castellana (Italy)
Loris Lopetuso (Italy)
Hanne Matheussen (Belgium)
Nathalie Vergnolle (France)
Maria Raffaella Barbaro (Italy)
Luigi Colecchia (Italy)
Daniele Mandolesi (Italy)
Daniele Salvi (Italy)
14:10 Parallel sessions (different locations)
WORKSHOP 1
14:10 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Massimo Bellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
14:10 BROMATECH SPONSORED LECTURE
Gut microbiota and probiotics for the integrity of the intestinal epithelial barrier
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
14:35 BROMATECH SPONSORED LECTURE
Gut-vascular barrier modulation by strain-specific probiotics
Maria Rescigno (Italy)
15:00 BIOGAIA SPONSORED LECTURE
L. reuteri DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475 in IBS: a translational approach
Magnus Simrén (Sweden)
15:20 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION IV
Pathophysiological modulation of intestinal microenvironment
Chairs:
Massimo Bellini (Italy)
Jan Tack (Belgium)
15:20 Fiber modulation of gut microbiota and biofilms
Mahesh Desai (Luxembourg)
15:45 The gluten spectrum and IBS
Roberto De Giorgio (Italy)
16:10 Probiotics: from history to future
Simone Guglielmetti (Italy)
16:35 Coffee break
16:55 Main Congress Hall Salone del Podestà
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Dan Dumitrascu (Romania)
Francesco Guarner (Spain)
16:55 Post-inflammatory dysbiosis fuels visceral abdominal pain through an altered host-microbiota interaction: mechanistic insights into the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation
Elena Lucarini (Italy)
17:07 Effects of y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) supplementation on symptoms, quality of life, intestinal permeability, systemic inflammation and gut microbiota in patients with IBS-D: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study
Lorenzo Cancelli (Italy)
17:19 Distinct faecal microbiota signatures in IBS-D patients with bile acid diarrhoea are associated with SeHCAT-defined disease severity
Beatriz Lobo (Spain)
17:31 Clinical Differences Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Bile Acid Malabsorption in Patients Undergoing SeHCAT Testing
Luigi Colecchia (Italy)
17:43 Adjour
Parallel sessions (different locations)
WORKSHOP 2
14:10 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Florencia Carbone (Belgium)
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
14:20 SANOFI SPONSORED LECTURE
Peppermint oil and irritable bowel syndrome
William Fusco (Italy)
14:45 SCHWABE SPONSORED LECTURE
The potential of multu-target plant-based therapies for visceral pain and dysbiosis in patients with DGBI
Giovanni Marasco (Italy)
15:05 GIULIANI SPONSORED LECTURE
Dysbiosis and IBS: pathophysiological implications and evidence-based probiotic strategies
Simone Guglielmetti (Italy)
Loris Lopetuso (Italy)
15:30 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
SESSION IV
Global studies
Chairs:
Florencia Carbone (Belgium)
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Vasile Drug (Romania)
15:30 Rome V epidemiological studies
Imran Aziz (UK)
15:55 Post-infection DGBI: results from the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study
Giovanni Marasco (Italy)
16:20 Bloating and distension: Asia vs. Europe (AEGIS Study)
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
16:45 Coffee break
17:05 Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Sala Borsa)
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Imran Aziz (UK)
Lukas Balsiger (Switzerland)
17:05 Effectiveness of Digital Nutrition Education Based on NICE Guidelines Versus Nordic Nutrition Recommendations for IBS Over A 12-Month Period: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Kristina Cullman (Sweden)
17:17 Nutritional adequacy and dietary patterns in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Amanda Blomsten (Sweden)
17:29 Distinct frequencies of small bowel homing B-lymphocytes in patients with IBS
Lukas Balsiger (Belgium)
17:41 Fasting quantitative motor differences and increased postprandial motility index in patients with IBS despite normal small bowel manometry
Christian von Muhlenbrock (Chile)
17:53 Adjour
Parallel sessions (different locations)
WORKSHOP 3
14:20 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
SPONSORED LECTURES
Chairs:
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
14:20 RECKITT BENCKISER HEALTHCARE SPONSORED LECTURE
Rethinking DGBI through the lens of gut permeability
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
14:45 CADIGROUP SPONSORED LECTURE
Escherichia Coli Nissle 1917: a century-old probiotic driving modern innovations in gut inflammation control
Giovanni Sarnelli (Italy)
15:10 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
SESSION IV
Pathophysiology, bridging science to patient care
Chairs:
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
Javier Santos (Spain)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
15:10 Mucus and proteases in IBS
Nathalie Vergnolle (France)
15:35 Intestinal, vascular and blood brain barriers in health and disease
Maria Rescigno (Italy)
16:00 Eosinophil activation and IBS
Karen Routhiaux (Belgium)
16:25 Coffee break
16:45 Oratorio San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
FREE PAPERS SESSION
Chairs:
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
Giovanni Sarnelli (Italy)
16:45 Colonic Mast Cell activation is linked to mental and somatic symptom severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: results from the DISCOvERIE project
Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro (Spain)
16:57 Transcriptomic and Proteomic profiling of colonic mucosa in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with or without mental/ somatic comorbidities results from the European Multicenter DISCOvERIE study
Carmen Alonso Coroner (Spain)
17:09 Beyond a uniform symptom: anatomical distribution of bloating and associated clinical features, an analysis from the AEGIS study
Jara Lehoucq (Belgium)
17:21 GWAS of stool consistency and in vivo functional validation identify causal genes underlying gut motility
Cristian Diaz-Munoz (Spain)
17:33 Adjour
08:00 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION V
Highlights from Tuesday’s Free Papers Session and intestinal microenvironment
Chairs:
Cesare Cremon (Italy)
Tim Vanuytsel (Belgium)
08:30 Highlights from Tuesday’s Free Papers Sessions
Francisco Guarner (Spain)
Imran Aziz (UK)
Madhusudan Grover (USA)
08:55 Mast cell activation in IBS
Guy Boeckxstaens (Belgium)
09:20 Advances in aunderstanding how bacterial products influence brain and behavior
Stephen Collins (Canda)
09:45 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VI
What’s new on gut microbiota
Chairs:
Patrizia Brigidi (Italy)
Stephen Collins (Canada)
09:45 Gut microbiota: tales from the past and a look to the future
Francisco Guarner (Spain)
10:10 Auto-brewery syndrome
William Fusco (Italy)
10:35 Predictors of response to gut microbiota modulation
Gianluca Ianiro (Italy)
11:00 Coffee break
11:25 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VII
Management
Chairs:
Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
Magnus Simren (Sweden)
11:25 Advancing Low-FODMAP diets to the next level
Sanna Nybacka (Sweden)
11:50 Is the mediterranean diet the answer after all?
Imran Aziz (UK)
12:15 Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Chloè Melchoir (France)
12:40 Plenary session (Palazzo Re Enzo)
SESSION VIII
Hot topics on management
Chairs:
Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)
Vincenzo Stanghellini (Italy)
12:40 Brain-gut behavior therapies
Lin Chang (USA)
13:05 Therapeutic approaches for gut barrier dysfunction
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
13:30 Role of gastrointestinal motility in IBS symptom generation and therapeutic target
Jan Tack (Belgium)
13:55 Concluding remarks and awards for Best Abstract
Giovanni Barbara (Italy)
14:00 Lunch break
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS CHAIR
GIOVANNI BARBARA
Italy
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIR
VINCENZO STANGHELLINI
Italy
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
IMRAN AZIZ
UK
MARIA RAFFAELLA BARBARO
Italy
LIN CHANG
USA
MAURA CORSETTI
UK
CESARE CREMON
Italy
GIOVANNI MARASCO
Italy
MAGNUS SIMRÉN
Sweden
JAN TACK
Belgium
NATHALIE VERGNOLLE
France
FACULTY
Imran Aziz, UK
Qasim Aziz, UK
Lukas Balsiger, Switzerland
Giovanni Barbara, Italy
Maria Raffaella Barbaro, Italy
Massimo Bellini, Italy
Guy Boeckxstaens, Belgium
Patrizia Brigidi, Italy
Michael Camilleri, USA
Florencia Carbone, Belgium
Chiara Castellana, Italy
Lin Chang, USA
Luigi Colecchia, Italy
Stephen Collins, Canada
Enrico Corazziari, Italy
Maura Corsetti, UK
Cesare Cremon, Italy
Mauro D’Amato, Italy
Roberto De Giorgio, Italy
Mahesh Desai, Luxembourg
Vasile Drug, Romania
Dan Dumitrascu, Romania
Sigrid Elsenbruch, Germany
William Fusco, Italy
Madhusudan Grover, USA
Francisco Guarner, Spain
Simone Guglielmetti, Italy
Gianluca Ianiro, Italy
Paola Iovino, Italy
Anthony Lembo, USA
Loris Lopetuso, Italy
Daniele Mandolesi, Italy
Giovanni Marasco, Italy
Hanne Matheussen, Belgium
David Meacci, Italy
Chloé Melchior, France
Sanna Nybacka, Sweden
Maria Rescigno, Italy
Karen Routhiaux, Belgium
Daniele Salvi, Italy
Javier Santos, Spain
Giovanni Sarnelli, Italy
Edoardo Savarino, Italy
Carmelo Scarpignato, Malta
Magnus Simrén, Sweden
Vincenzo Stanghellini, Italy
Stine Störsrud, Sweden
Jan Tack, Belgium
Hans Törnblom, Sweden
Tim Vanuytsel, Belgium
Nathalie Vergnolle, France