ECCO’22 Virtual - Privacy Settings

The ECCO Virtual Congress and event platform relies on the data processes – with specified third country data transfers (e.g., US-based), which require your additional consent – complementing the ECCO IT Hub Privacy Policy: https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/data-privacy-statement.html.

As fully outlined in point 7 of the privacy policy, you are entitled to request information, correction or deletion of your personal data processed at any time under
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can object to this processing at any time and without declaration of any reason. In case of objection to the processing, you will not be able to use the ECCO’22 Virtual Congress platform functions.

For the purpose of allowing a smooth multifunctional ECCO’22 Virtual experience, I hereby agree to the following processing.
• Personalised programme and course attendance needs to be tracked for UEMS CME accreditation purposes.
• In order to allow internal quality assurance and anonymised statistical reporting, the platform is relying on Matomo Statistics
• Default IP tracking by the cloud server solution via Cloud Flare (third country data transfer)

Scientific, Educational and Satellite Symposia programme:
• Watching the programme: implemented with Vimeo (third country data transfer)
• Participating in course break out sessions: implemented with Zoom (third country data transfer)
• Audience questions and voting: implemented with Sli.do (third country data transfer)
• Networking among congress delegates: implemented with PubNub (third country data transfer)

Exhibition, Satellite Symposia, ECCO Booth, Virtual Congress Bag
• External links (including exhibitors with third country data transfer):
The satellite symposia viewing page offer direct links to the respective external booths, company website and external survey pages.
The online exhibition features links to external company websites. The privacy policy and the terms and conditions of the ECCO Virtual Congress do not apply to these external websites, which need to be consulted separately for cookie and data protection policies.

Data categories used:
• Zoom: title, date and time, polls, chat logs, attendee information (screen name, join / leave time)
• Sli.do: submitted questions, date and time, number of likes (anonymously), submitter name (chosen name)
• PubNub: ID, First name, last name, title, country, actual chat conversations, IP address, device, date/time
• Cloud Flare: IP address, device, general website content (no further personal data)
• Vimeo: IP address, country, device, streams watched, date/time & Vimeo is using information collected via cookie settings for its own purposes and in their own interest

Data transfers to third countries:
Some of the functionalities implemented in the Platform and marked with “(third country data transfer)” above require a transfer of the above-mentioned data categories to third countries outside the EEA, including the United States. The European Court of Justice has ruled that the United States do not have an adequate level of data protection as US authorities might request access to your data and no effective legal remedies are available against it. You herewith consent to this transfer of your data to third countries, including to the United States.

You have declined the ECCO'23 Virtual Platform privacy settings. 

You will not be able to use the ECCO’23 Virtual Platform functions.

Shall you desire to revisit your decision, please click here.

Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact the ECCO Office:

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: +43 1 710 22 42

Thank you.
The ECCO Office

ECCO’24 Virtual - Privacy Settings

The ECCO Virtual Congress and event platform relies on the data processes – with specified third country data transfers (e.g. US-based), which require your additional consent – complementing the ECCO IT Hub Privacy Policy: https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/data-privacy-statement.html .

As fully outlined in point 8 of the privacy policy, you are entitled to request information, correction or deletion of your personal data processed at any time under This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can object to this processing at any time and without declaration of any reason. In case of objection to the processing, you will not be able to use the ECCO’24 Virtual Congress platform functions.

For the purpose of allowing a smooth multifunctional ECCO’24 Virtual experience, I hereby agree to the following processing.

• Personalised programme attendance needs to be tracked for UEMS CME accreditation purposes.
• In order to allow internal quality assurance and anonymised statistical reporting, the platform is relying on Matomo Statistics
• Default IP tracking by the cloud server solution via Cloud Flare (third country data transfer)

Scientific and Satellite Symposia programme:

• Watching the programme: implemented with Vimeo (third country data transfer)
• Participating in course break out sessions: implemented with Zoom (third country data transfer)
• Audience questions and voting: implemented with sli.do (third country data transfer)

Satellite Symposia

• External links (including exhibitors with third country data transfer):

The satellite symposia viewing page offer direct links to external booths, company website and external survey pages.

The online exhibition features links to external company websites. The privacy policy and the terms and conditions of the ECCO Virtual Congress do not apply to these external websites, which need to be consulted separately for cookie and data protection policies.

Data categories used:

• Zoom: title, date and time, polls, chat logs, attendee information (screen name, join / leave time)
• sli.do: submitted questions, date and time, number of likes (anonymously), submitter name (chosen name)
• Cloud Flare: IP address, device, general website content (no further personal data)
• Vimeo: IP address, country, device, streams watched, date/time & Vimeo is using information collected via cookie settings for its own purposes and in their own interest

Data transfers to third countries:

Some of the functionalities implemented in the Platform and marked with “(third country data transfer)” above require a transfer of the above-mentioned data categories to third countries outside the EEA, including the United States. You herewith consent to this transfer of your data to third countries, including to the United States.

ECCO Officers

Governing Board Members

Britta Siegmund
President
Charité - University Hospital Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, Germany

Fernando Magro
President-Elect
Hospital de Sao Joao
Porto, Portugal

Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet
Past-President
University Hospital of Nancy
Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France

Shaji Sebastian
Treasurer
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Hull, United Kingdom

Edouard Louis
Secretary
University Hospital CHU of Liège
Liège, Belgium

Gionata Fiorino
Education Officer 
Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy

Marietta Iacucci
Scientific Officer
University of College Cork
Cork, Ireland

SciCom | Scientific Committee

Isabelle Cleynen
SciCom Chair

Timothy Raine

Harry Sokol

Nick Powell

Bella Ungar

EduCom | Education Committee

Konstantinos Karmiris
EduCom Chair

Uri Kopylov

Natalia Queiroz

Mariangela Allocca

Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta

Glen Doherty

S-ECCO | Surgeons of ECCO

Omar Faiz
S-ECCO Chair

Amy Lighnter

Alaa El-Hussuna

Peter Kienle

ClinCom | Clinical Research Committee

Maria Chaparro
ClinCom Chair

David Drobne

Tanja Doris Ute Kuehbacher

Murat Toruner

Julien Kirchgesner

GuiCom | Guidelines Committee

Hannah Gordon
GuiCom Chair

Michel Adamina

Javier Gisbert 

Henit Yanai

Johan Burisch

P-ECCO | Paediatricians of ECCO

Dror Shouval
P-ECCO Chair

Richard Hansen

Iva Hojsak

Séamus Hussey

Firas Rinawi

EpiCom | Epidemiological Committee

Sophie Restellini
EpiCom Chair 

Ravi Misra

Iago Rodriguez-Lago

Kristine Allin

Paul Hendersen

N-ECCO | Nurses of ECCO

Simona Radice
N-ECCO Chair

Adriana Rivera Sequeiros

Marie Andersson

Maria Louise de Jong - van der Zee

Cathy Walsh

Y-ECCO | Young ECCO Committee

Bram Verstockt
Y-ECCO Chair

Robin Dart 

Nurulamin Noor

Gabriele Dragoni

Virginia Solitano

Maria Manuela Estevinho

H-ECCO | Histopathologists of ECCO

Aart Mookhoek
H-ECCO Chair

Roger Feakins

Helder Oliveira Coelho

Arzu Ensari

Paula Borralho Nunes

D-ECCO | Dietitians of ECCO

Chen Sarbagili Shabat
D-ECCO Chair

Julie Vanderstappen

Vaios Svolos

Alicia Sandall

Emma Halmos

Top 10 DOP Awards

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Ferdinando D'Amico Italy

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Dezso Modos United Kingdom

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Federica Furfaro Italy

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Laila Aldars-Garca Spain

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Maria Chaparro Spain

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Marieke Barnhoorn The Netherlands

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Marietta Iacucci United Kingdom

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Neil Chanchlani United Kingdom

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Paulo Kotze Brazil

Top 10 DOP Award 2021 Yuri Gorelik Israel

ECCO Grants

ECCO Grant 2021 Charlotte Hedin (Sweden)

ECCO Grant 2021 Francesco Giudici (Italy)

ECCO Grant 2021 Marleen Bouhuys (The Netherlands)

ECCO Grant 2021 Nabil M. Quraishi (United Kingdom)

ECCO Grant 2021 Roksana Maria Pirzgalska (Portugal)

ECCO Grant 2021 Shai Bel (Israel)

ECCO Grant 2021 Sudipto Das (Ireland)

ECCO Grant 2021 Tobias Schwerd (Germany)

ECCO Multi-Year Research & ECCO Research Grant

ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant 2021 Bram Verstockt (Belgium)

ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant 2021 Konrad Aden (Germany)

ECCO Research Award 2021 Maud Reijntjes (The Netherlands)

N-ECCO Research Grant

N-ECCO Research Grant 2021 Martha van Gaalen (The Netherlands)

ECCO-IBUS Intestinal Ultrasound Research Grant

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2020 Antonella Marra& Fulvia Terracciano (Italy)

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2020 Cathy Lu (Canada)

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2021 Kunal Thacker (Australia)

IIS Awards

IIS Award 2021 Nicholas Kennedy (UK)

IIS Award 2021 Nicolas Pierre (Belgium)

Y-ECCO Abstract Awards

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2021 Bobby Zhao Sheng Lo

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2021 Bram Verstockt (Belgium)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2021 Craig Haifer (Australia)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2021 Ibrahim Al Bakir (UK)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2021 Mirabella Zhao (Denmark)

Top 10 DOP Awards

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Anat Guz Mark (Israel)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Anthony Buisson (France)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Ashkan Rezazadeh Ardabili (The Netherlands)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 David Rubin (United States)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Joachim Hanna (United Kingdom)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 María José García (Spain)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Mohamed Attauabi (Denmark)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Richard Ingram (Canada)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Timothy Raine (United Kingdom)

Top 10 DOP Award 2022 Zhigang Wang (Belgium)

ECCO Fellowship

ECCO Fellowship 2022 Sulak Anandabaskaran (Australia)

ECCO Fellowship 2022 Vittoria Bellato (Italy)

ECCO Grants

ECCO Grant 2022 Celia Escudero Hernández (Germany)

ECCO Grant 2022 Elsa van Wassenaer (The Netherlands)

ECCO Grant 2022 Ferdinando D'Amico (Italy)

ECCO Grant 2022 Joep van Oostrom (The Netherlands)

ECCO Grant 2022 Margarita Papatheodoridi (United Kingdom)

ECCO Grant 2022 Robert Venning Bryant (Australia)

ECCO Grant 2022 Silvia Cerantola (Italy)

ECCO Grant 2022 Urs Mörbe (Denmark)

ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant

ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant 2022 Marianne Spalinger (Switzerland)

ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant 2022 Raja Atreya (Germany)

ECCO Pioneer Award

Pioneer Award 2022 Annemarie De Vries (The Netherlands)

Pioneer Award 2022 Harry Sokol (France)

Pioneer Award 2022 Salomé Pinho (Portugal)

N-ECCO Research Grant

N-ECCO Research Grant 2022 Rosanna Irene Comoretto (Italy)

ECCO-IBUS Intestinal Ultrasound Research Grant

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2021 Bram Verstockt (Belgium)

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2021 Jennifer DeBruyn (Canada)

ECCO-IBUS Grant 2021 Maarten Pruijt (The Netherlands)

ECCO-AOCC Visiting Travel Grant

ECCO-AOCC Grant 2022 Gabriele Dragoni (Italy)

IIS Awards

IIS Award 2022 Dan Turner (Israel)

IIS Award 2022 Edouard Louis (Belgium)

Y-ECCO Abstract Awards

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2022 Hadar Meniger (United States)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2022 Laura Constable (United Kingdom)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2022 Simeng Lin (United Kingdom)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2022 Tessa Straatmijer (The Netherlands)

Y-ECCO Abstract Award 2022 Vincent Joustra (The Netherlands)

With a key interest in IBD, the ECCO Corporate Members follow the ECCO Statutes and ethical standards. Representatives of Corporate Members are invited to attend the General Assembly, but do not hold voting rights.

Corporate Members can benefit from a differentiated range of services based on a commitment of at least 2 consecutive years.

Corporate Membership Application Form148.24 KB

Please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.for further information on Corporate Membership.

ECCO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following corporate members:

ECCO offers sincere gratitude for support of Fellowships and Grants, encouraging young physicians in their careers and promoting innovative scientific research in IBD in Europe:

2020 ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant (supported by Pfizer)

2018 ECCO-Pfizer Research Grant on Predictors of response to JAK inhibitors
2018 ECCO-Pfizer Research Award

2017 ECCO-Vifor Pharma Grant

2016 ECCO-Nestlé Health Science Nutrition Fellowship

2014 ECCO-DigestScience Research Funding

2014 Cosmopharma-funded ECCO Fellowship

Please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested in supporting an ECCO Fellowship or Grant.

ECCO’22 Virtual - Privacy Settings

You have declined the ECCO'22 Virtual privacy settings. 

You will not be able to use the ECCO’22 Virtual Congress platform functions.

Shall you desire to revisit your decision, please click here.

Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact the ECCO Office:

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: +43 1 710 22 42

Thank you.
The ECCO Office

We would like to thank you for attending the 17th Congress of ECCO - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2022, February 16-19, 2022.

How to receive your Certificate of Attendance

After watching the Educational and/or the Scientific Programme, feel free to log in to the ECCO Portal and download your Certificate of Attendance.

How to claim CME Credits

1. Make sure you have watched all your registered sessions in order to claim the full credits - if not, log in to the ECCO'22 Virtual Congress Platform until May 19, 2022 to do so.
2. Sign in to the ECCO Portal here to complete the CME evaluation form(s)*.
3. Download your CME Certificate(s).

*To receive a certificate with CME credits, the congress evaluation form has to be completed and filled in online in order to be able to download the certificate. The link to the congress evaluation form will be sent to each congress delegate via email, and will be available online at the end of the congress.

Access to Certificates

The scientific and educational programmes of ECCO'22 have received the following EACCME credits:

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We hope to see you again at the 18th Congress of ECCO in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 1-4, 2023.

Kind regards,
The ECCO Office Team

ECCO’23 Virtual Platform - Privacy Settings

The ECCO'23 Virtual Platform relies on the data processes – with specified third country data transfers (e.g., US-based), which require your additional consent – complementing the ECCO IT Hub Privacy Policy: https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/data-privacy-statement.html.

As fully outlined in point 7 of the privacy policy, you are entitled to request information, correction or deletion of your personal data processed at any time under
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can object to this processing at any time and without declaration of any reason. In case of objection to the processing, you will not be able to use the ECCO’23 Virtual Platform functions.

For the purpose of allowing a smooth multifunctional ECCO’23 Virtual Platform experience, I hereby agree to the following processing.
• Personalised programme and course attendance needs to be tracked for UEMS CME accreditation purposes.
• In order to allow internal quality assurance and anonymised statistical reporting, the platform is relying on Matomo Statistics
• Default IP tracking by the cloud server solution via Cloud Flare (third country data transfer)

Scientific Programme and Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposia:
• Watching the programme: implemented with Vimeo (third country data transfer)
• Audience questions and voting: implemented with Sli.do (third country data transfer)

Virtual Exhibition and Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposia:
• External links (including exhibitors with third country data transfer):
The satellite symposia viewing page offer direct links to the respective external booths, company website and external survey pages.
The online exhibition features links to external company websites. The privacy policy and the terms and conditions of the ECCO Virtual Congress do not apply to these external websites, which need to be consulted separately for cookie and data protection policies.

Data categories used:
• Zoom: title, date and time, polls, chat logs, attendee information (screen name, join / leave time)
• Sli.do: submitted questions, date and time, number of likes (anonymously), submitter name (chosen name)
• Cloud Flare: IP address, device, general website content (no further personal data)
• Vimeo: IP address, country, device, streams watched, date/time & Vimeo is using information collected via cookie settings for its own purposes and in their own interest

Data transfers to third countries:
Some of the functionalities implemented in the Platform and marked with “(third country data transfer)” above require a transfer of the above-mentioned data categories to third countries outside the EEA, including the United States. The European Court of Justice has ruled that the United States do not have an adequate level of data protection as US authorities might request access to your data and no effective legal remedies are available against it. You herewith consent to this transfer of your data to third countries, including to the United States.

You have declined the ECCO'24 Virtual Platform privacy settings. 

You will not be able to use the ECCO’24 Virtual Platform functions.

Shall you desire to revisit your decision, please click here.

Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact the ECCO Office:

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: +43 1 710 22 42

Thank you.
The ECCO Office

With a key interest in IBD, the ECCO Corporate Members follow the ECCO Statutes and ethical standards. Representatives of Corporate Members are invited to attend the General Assembly, but do not hold voting rights.

Corporate Members can benefit from a range of ECCO initiatives based on a commitment of at least 2 consecutive years.

Corporate Membership Application Form148.24 KB

Please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.for further information on Corporate Membership.

ECCO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following corporate members:

ECCO offers sincere gratitude for support of Fellowships and Grants, encouraging young physicians in their careers and promoting innovative scientific research in IBD in Europe:

2020 ECCO Multi-Year Research Grant (supported by Pfizer) 

2018 ECCO-Pfizer Research Grant on Predictors of response to JAK inhibitors
2018 ECCO-Pfizer Research Award

2017 ECCO-Vifor Pharma Grant

2016 ECCO-Nestlé Health Science Nutrition Fellowship

2014 ECCO-DigestScience Research Funding

2014 Cosmopharma-funded ECCO Fellowship

Please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested in supporting an ECCO Fellowship or Grant.