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UEG Week 2024: In Vienna & Online

October 12 – 15, 2024

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UEG Week and Postgraduate Teaching (PGT) are the premier venues for researchers from across the globe to present their latest findings. UEG Week combines world-class scientific research and invited lectures by leading minds in gastroenterology. At UEG Week and PGT, we prioritise multidisciplinary topics that cater to the entire GI community - the myUEG Community. With our hybrid congress, we are glad to provide you with the best of both worlds via our in-person (Vienna) and virtual formats. 

Registration is open from March 28 to October 15, 2024. 

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Congress programme PGT programme 

PGT programme: October 12 (09:00 CEST) – October 13 (11:30 CEST)
Congress programme: October 13 (13:30 CEST) – October 15 (15:30 CEST)

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Registration for UEG Week and PGT 2024

Individual registration

For online registration, please register each participant individually! In case you would like to register several participants and you need a collective invoice, please use the group registration (for more info see next section).

UEG recognises the vital role of allied health professionals (AHPs) and we offer a highly reduced registration fee.

AHPs can attend the full UEG Week programme for € 250 in-person or for € 150 virtually. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) include the fields of professions: Nurses, nutritionists, dieticians, psychologists, psychotherapists, educationalists, statisticians, pharmacologists, microbiologists. This fee is only applicable for professionals without any medical degree!

Group registration

Group registration is possible if your company/institute invites several participants to UEG Week and PGT and needs one collective invoice for the registrations.

If you order group registration with full pre-payment by Wednesday, June 12, 2024, you can take advantage of the extended early registration fees, otherwise for group registrations the regular fees and deadlines apply.

Order and full pre-payment deadline for early registration fees: June 12, 2024
Deadline to submit list of names: September 11, 2024

Please contact from Mondial Congress & Events for details on group registration. 


Registration fees 

All in-person fees include access to the congress platform

Registration type

Congress days                  

In-person fee    
Payment received by                                    

Virtual fee              

 
   

May 28:

Sep 5:

after Sep 5:    
Regular      
 
Congress & Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Tue € 830 € 985 € 1 160 € 550  
Congress Programme  Sun – Tue € 540 € 695 € 870 € 390  
Postgraduate Teaching Programme  Sat – Sun € 290 € 290 € 290 € 160  
Trainee (1)            
Congress & Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Tue € 310 € 365 € 450 € 210  
Congress Programme Sun – Tue € 200 € 255 € 340 N/A  
Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Sun € 110 € 110 € 110 N/A  
Residents of countries with HDI <0.8 (2)            
Congress & Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Tue € 510 € 600 € 730 € 350  
Congress Programme  Sun – Tue € 300 € 390 € 520 N/A  
Postgraduate Teaching Programme  Sat – Sun € 210 € 210 € 210 N/A  
Undergraduate student (3)            
Congress & Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Tue € 60 € 60 € 60 € 40  
Allied Health Professionals (4)
incl. ESGENA & other nurses
           
Congress & Postgraduate Teaching Programme Sat – Tue € 250 € 250 € 250 € 150  

Registration fees are inclusive of VAT rates if applicable.

Please note: There are special registration fees for sponsoring & exhibiting companies.

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  • (1) Trainee
  • (2) Residents of countries with HDI < 0.8
  • (3) Undergraduate student
  • (4) Allied Health Professionals
(1) Trainee

The trainee fee is only applicable for master and PhD students as well as for residents in training. A certificate from the supervisor or head of department must be forwarded together with the registration. Registrants need to be max. 40 years of age at the time of the congress.

(2) Residents of countries with HDI < 0.8

Eligible for residents of countries with Human Development Index (HDI) < 0.8 based on the countries ranking from the latest Human Development Report (2021-2022).  

List of eligible countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon ,Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

(3) Undergraduate student

The undergraduate student fee is only applicable for medical students at university/college level who have not finished any medical degree yet. A certificate confirming the undergraduate student status at the time of the congress signed by the dean of the university/college is required.

(4) Allied Health Professionals

The allied health professional fee is only applicable for professionals without any medical degree. A confirmation from the head of department is required. Allied Health Professionals include nutritionist, dieticians, psychologists, psychotherapists, physiotherapists, geneticists, educationalists, statisticians, pharmacists, microbiologists, epidemiologist and nurses. Distributors are not included.


General information

To be eligible to register for UEG Week, registrants must be at least 18 years old. Registrants may be asked to provide an official identity card stating their age.

Registration is only allowed for certified healthcare professionals, associated press, industry representatives, allied health professionals and other stakeholders in the science, management and prevention of gastroenterological disease (“Eligible Registrant”). By registering, you confirm that you are an “Eligible Registrant” and accept that non-healthcare professionals, including children, will not be able to access the congress venue nor platform.

Included services as listed above and access to certain industry areas on the virtual congress platform or within the congress venue might be restricted due to regulations for advertising of pharmaceutical products to non-healthcare-professionals or non-prescribers.


In-person

attendance in-person

Virtual

virtual attendance

Registration includes

Congress Programme (Regular, Trainee, Residents of countries with HDI <0.8)

In-person

  • Admission to all scientific sessions from the UEG Week congress programme and moderated poster sessions at the e-poster terminals (Sunday - Tuesday)
  • Admission to the science lounge (e-posters and networking area)
  • Access to Live Endoscopy
  • Admission to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme)
  • Admission to industry exhibition
  • Admission to industry symposia (Saturday – Tuesday)
  • Admission to hands-on areas (Saturday – Tuesday) (5) 
  • Admission to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme Saturday - Sunday) 
  • Access to all functionalities and materials (including recordings of UEG Week sessions) on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Virtual interaction and networking on the congress platform
  • Free access to all recordings from UEG Week congress programme on-demand in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Congress materials (6)
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate (only for in-person/virtual participation in the live congress days)
     

Virtual 

All items below are accessible only on the congress platform 

  • Access to all scientific sessions from the UEG Week congress programme (Sunday-Tuesday) and e-poster exhibition (excl. the moderated poster sessions) 
  • Access to Live Endoscopy 
  • Access to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme)
  • Access to industry profile pages on the congress platform
  • Access to industry symposia
  • Virtual interaction and networking 
  • Access to the UEG Week congress programme on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Free access to all recordings from UEG Week congress programme on-demand in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Virtual congress materials
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate (only for participation in the live congress days)

Undergraduate students, Allied Health Professionals

In-person

  • Admission to all scientific sessions from the UEG Week congress programme, Postgraduate Teaching programme and moderated poster sessions at the e-poster terminals (Saturday - Tuesday)
  • Admission to the science lounge (e-posters and networking area)
  • Admission to hands-on areas (5)
  • Access to Live Endoscopy
  • Admission to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme)
  • Admission to industry exhibition
  • Admission to industry symposia (Saturday – Tuesday)
  • Access to all functionalities and materials on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Virtual interaction and networking on the congress platform
  • Free access to all recordings from UEG Week congress and Postgraduate Teaching programme on-demand in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Congress materials (6)
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate (only for in-person/virtual participation in the live event days)
     

Virtual 

All items below are accessible only on the congress platform 

  • Access to all scientific sessions from the UEG Week congress programme and Postgraduate Teaching programme (Saturday-Tuesday), e-poster exhibition (excl. the moderated poster sessions) 
  • Access to Live Endoscopy 
  • Access to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme)
  • Access to industry profile pages on the congress platform 
  • Access to industry symposia
  • Virtual interaction and networking 
  • Access to the UEG Week congress and Postgraduate Teaching programme on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Free access to all recordings from UEG Week congress and Postgraduate Teaching programme in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Virtual congress materials
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate (only for participation in the live event days)

Postgraduate Teaching Programme (Regular, Trainee, Residents of countries with HDI <0.8)

In-person

  • Admission to Postgraduate Teaching Programme (Saturday – Sunday)
  • Admission to hands-on areas (Saturday-Sunday) (5)
  • Admission to nurse programme (incl. ESGENA programme)
  • Admission to industry exhibition (Sunday)
  • Admission to industry symposia (Saturday – Sunday)
  • Access to all functionalities and materials of the Postgraduate Teaching programme on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Virtual interaction and networking on the congress platform
  • Free access to all recorded sessions of the Postgraduate Teaching programme on-demand in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Congress materials (6)
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate for Postgraduate Teaching programme (only for in-person/virtual participation in the live congress days)

Virtual 

All items below are accessible only on the congress platform 

  • Access to Postgraduate Teaching programme (Saturday – Sunday)
  • Access to industry profile pages on the congress platform
  • Access to industry symposia 
  • Access to all functionalities and materials on the congress platform during the live event days and on-demand afterwards
  • Virtual interaction and networking on the congress platform
  • Free access to all recorded sessions of the Postgraduate Teaching programme on-demand in the UEG Library for a period of one year (or for an indefinite period of time if you are a myUEG associate)
  • Virtual congress materials
  • Certificate of attendance & CME certificate (only for participation in the live event days)
  • (5) Admission to hands-on areas
  • (6) Congress materials
(5) Admission to hands-on areas

Please note that participation will be on a first-come-first-served basis. To maintain a high standard of teaching, workstations are limited to a maximum of participants and pre-registration and specific level of skills might be required. Details for attendance will be published at the UEG Week website.

(6) Congress materials

Congress materials are subject to availability for registrations made after September 5, 2024.


Cancellation policy


Retirees, Advocacy groups

Registration for retirees
After complete retirement from all clinical and professional activities, doctors are entitled to a reduction on registration fees.

Registration for advocacy groups
UEG offers special conditions for representatives of patient advocacy groups.

To register please contact

Official agency for AIFA submissions

According to Italian legislation, any Marketing Authorisation Holder or pharmaceutical company responsible for the commercialisation of a drug, which organises or helps to organise, whether by direct or indirect funding in Italy or abroad, a congress, or a meeting on topics in any way related to the use of medicines, shall notify the competent Unit of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) at least 60 days before the date of the event to ensure that these adhere to strict technical criteria and aim to provide further knowledge in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceutical technology, biochemistry, physiology, pathology and clinical medicine.

Gruppo SC Studio Congressi is the official UEG Week Italian agency appointed to support companies with these formalities and to deal with the Italian Health Authorities.

FISMAD - Italian Federation of Digestive Diseases Societies
c/o GRUPPO SC Studio Congressi s.r.l.


Via Napoleone Colajanni 4
00191 Rome, Italy
T: +39 6 329 0250
F: +39 6 36306 897

www.fismad.it 


Congress platform

Our platform’s interactive features are essential for both in-person and virtual delegates.   

Joining UEG Week in-person? 
Use our platform for: 

  • Personalised online programme 
  • Live voting  
  • Session Q&A 
  • & much more! 

Joining UEG Week virtually? 
Use our platform for… well, everything! 

Succeed at UEG Week. Succeed via our interactive platform. 
In addition to being hosted in Vienna, your hybrid UEG Week and Postgraduate Teaching (PGT) experiences are also located on our uniquely innovative congress platform. There you can find all Session Streams, the Posters, a Help Chat, the Industry Programme, and much more. Our platform offers live interaction, the ability to ask experts questions in real-time, and chances to connect with colleagues on a global scale.  

Want to re-watch a session or browse through the platform after the live congress dates? Live sessions will be available as on-demand recordings within a couple of hours or less on the UEG Week On-demand page. These recordings, the Posters, the Industry Programme and myUEG Community will remain accessible together with all non-interactive content on the congress platform until November 11, 2024. After closing of the platform, all recorded sessions, posters and abstracts from UEG Week and PGT 2024 will be accessible within the UEG Library. 

Congress platform availability: October 10 (14:00 CEST) – November 11 (23:59 CET) 

congress platform

Hotel

Benefit from a variety of accommodation options
The official housing agency for UEG Week 2024 is MONDIAL CONGRESS & EVENTS, offering hotel accommodation for groups and individuals. MONDIAL CONGRESS & EVENTS has blocked rooms in various hotels in different price categories. The congress venue Reed Messe Vienna can be reached from all hotels by public transport.

Individual reservations 

Book accommodation 

Group reservations (from 9 rooms onwards)
Group reservations from 9 rooms onwards can only be made by special request as different terms and conditions apply. For an offer, please contact the housing agency with your request. 

Browse through the hotel list and let us know your needs via email.

Important

Please state the number of rooms, arrival and departure dates, room type (single or double use), preferred hotel and/or location and maximum room rate. As soon as we have received your request, a tailor-made offer will be sent to you within 2 working days.

Housing UEG Week

Venue
Congress Venue

Since its opening, the Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center is a hub for international and national congresses, which offers the ideal conditions for inspiring meetings. 

Messe Wien 
Entrance A 
Messeplatz 1  
1020 Vienna, Austria 

Download preliminary floor plans
As per: February 2024
Please note: Floorplans are subject to change.

Messe Wien

How to get to the venue

The access to UEG Week 2024 is via Entrance A at Messe Wien. 
The venue is centrally located and easily accessible by public transportation. Therefore, we advise our visitors to think of the environment and take advantage of the public transport whenever possible.

By bus or train from the airport 

The airport bus VAL 3 takes you from Vienna Airport to Messe Wien (Foyer D) in 30 minutes. 

Train S7 brings you in 20 minutes to the Praterstern station, which is 15 minutes’ walk or one metro station (U2 to Messe-Prater) away from Messe Wien (Entrance A).

By metro or tram within the city  

The closest underground station to Messe Wien, Entrance A is located a stone’s throw away from the congress’ main entrance. 

Line U2: Messe-Prater 


Travel by air - Special Lufthansa Group airlines fares

The Lufthansa Group airlines bring people together - every day, all around the world. The global route network of Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings offers optimal connection and combination options, so you will benefit from quick and direct flights to the event. 

You will reach the booking platform via this link and with the event code ATAPQLC. The reduced fares are automatically displayed.

Lufthansa Group

Helpful information

Letter of invitation
The (Mondial Congress & Events) will be pleased to send a formal invitation letter to everybody that is requesting one and has already registered and paid for UEG Week. It is understood that such an invitation is intended to help potential delegates to raise funds or to obtain a visa. This does not imply a commitment from UEG to provide any financial support. Invitation letters can be requested in the online registration process. The letters will be sent as email attachment. If an express delivery is required, the delegate shall order a courier at their own expense.

Visa
The entry formalities for Austria vary according to the country of origin. For citizens from the European Economic Area (EU including Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) a valid identity card is sufficient. Visitors from other countries require a valid passport. Find out more about the countries which need a Schengen Visa to travel to the EU. 

Please address enquiries about entry and vaccination requirements to your travel agent or to the local consulate.

Important: In some countries case-processing time for (Schengen) visa applications takes long. Please make sure to apply for a visa well ahead of time. 

Online registration portal
The online portal for registration opens March 28, 2024 and will remain open until the last day of the congress (October 15, 2024). 

Congress language
The official language of UEG Week is English.

Payment method 
Payment will only be accepted in Euro and via credit card or bank transfer (for group bookings only).

Time zone
The time zone in Vienna is Central European Time (CEST), which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +1 hour in winter and +2 hours in summer. This is as well the time zone in accordance to which UEG Week will be live broadcasted on the congress platform.


Climate
In October the average temperatures range from 9° to 15°C during the day in Vienna.

Electricity
The voltage in Austria is 220 Volts, 50 Hertz. Sockets meet European regulations and use the two-round pin system.

Silent room
Messe Wien features a silent room.

Vienna
Find out more about Copenhagen on the Vienna Tourist Board page.

Registration opening hours onsite

Congress Day Hours
Friday, October 11 14:00 – 18:00
Saturday, October 12 07:30 – 17:30
Sunday, October 13 07:00 – 19:00
Monday, October 14 07:30 – 18:00
Tuesday, October 15 07:45 – 15:00

Eco-friendly congress information

At UEG Week, we are dedicated to taking positive strides to keep our congress eco-friendly. To achieve this, we have the following initiatives in place.

  • Reducing the overall amount of printed material in terms of flyers, promo items and detailed programmes
  • Reducing the use of plastic in terms of catering and packaging
  • Working with suppliers who are “green” oriented 
  • Encouraging delegates to bring reusable water bottles and offering easily accessible onsite refill stations
  • Encouraging delegates to travel by train and public transportation
  • Choosing venues which are easily accessible by public transportation
  • Choosing venues that consciously make major efforts in sustainability
  • Reducing single-use giveaways and food waste
  • Using recycled materials for congress bags, pocket programmes and lanyards
  • Arranging drop-offs for lanyards to recycle them
  • Advising our industry to keep the environment in mind when preparing their booths or ordering their sponsored items 
  • Working to develop a “Greener gastroenterology” position paper within our National Societies Committee
Eco-friendly congress information
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