ESGE Days 2019 April 4-6, 2019 Prague, Czech Republic ESGE Days 2019 call for abstract and video submissions is open The ESGE Days 2019 call for abstract and video submissions is now open. ESGE wis- hes to engage with participants by ope- ning a forum which offers authors the op- portunity to discuss and disseminate their work on an international stage. ▪ All accepted abstracts will be published online in Endoscopy ▪ Travel grants will be awarded to authors of top rated abstracts Submit your abstract at www.esgedays. org before November 30, 2018. 2018 ESGE Innovation of the Year Award is now open for submissions The ESGE Innovation of the Year award is intended to encourage and recognize ex- cellence in a new endoscopic technique or device that enhances endoscopy based care. We are seeking the most inspiring, ground breaking and potentially game changing innovations in endoscopy. Students, physicians, institutes, corpora- te partners and biomedical companies are invited to submit applications de- monstrating how their innovation (new technique, new device) has changed pa- tient management and increased quality standards in endoscopy. The best innova- tion in two categories will be recognized: 1. Best procedural innovation 2. Best new device Innovation drives progress and ESGE would like to recognize outstanding inno- vations in the field of endoscopy. Submit your application via the ESGE Days 2019 website before Saturday, December 15, 2018. www.esgedays.org Timeline 2019 Fellowship grant winners announced With a record number of fellowship grant applications, the increasing need for comprehensive endoscopy training is ap- parent. ESGE has met the challenge and responded to this rising demand for trai- ning. Congratulations go to the following 2019 winners: Module I Aliyeva Nigar (Azerbaijan) Banovcin Peter (Slovakia) Biswas Sujata (United Kingdom) Bonato Giulia (Italy) Bugajski Marek (Poland) Charif Iliass (Morocco) Rafik Chihoub (Algeria) Chiriac Andrei Stefan (Romania) Constantin Alina (Romania) Crudeli Annalisa (United Kingdom) Huberty Vincent Belgium) Macinga Peter (Czech Republic) Manzoor ul Haque Muhammad (Pakistan) Mazzoleni Giorgia (Italy) Popovic Dusan (Serbia) Rivero Sánchez Liseth (Spain) Rodriguez de Santiago Enrique (Spain) Sonthalia Nikhil (India) Taha Alaa (Lebanon) ESGE News and Upcoming Events November 2018 Newsletter Thursday, November 1, 2018 Submission portal opens Saturday, December 15, 2018 Submission deadline Monday, December 17, 2018 Evaluation process Mid-January 2019 Notification of results April 4– 6, 2019 ESGE Days 2019 Registration type Early bird rate Congress registration Non-member € 350 ESGE/CGS/ES SGS (Czech and Slovak societies) members € 200 ESGENA member/fellow* € 130 Postgraduate course** Non-member € 100 ESGE/CGS/ES SGS/ESGENA/ fellow* € 50 Hands-on training (price per session) Non-member € 100 ESGE/CGS/ES SGS/ESGE- NA***/fellow* € 70 *35 years old or younger ** Delegates must register for the main congress to be eligible for the PGC ***Nurse Endoscopists 1132 ESGE News and … Endoscopy 2018; 50: 1132–1133