One Meeting: Two Options
You choose how you want to be a part of DDW — in person in San Diego, CA or online with access to a variety of content. Once registration is open in January 2025, you’ll be able to select whether you’ll be attending in person or online during the registration process.
If you’re unable to attend DDW in person or online, DDW On Demand will be available to purchase after June 5, 2025.
The Breakdown
Here’s what you can expect with each registration type for DDW 2025. Registration rates are the same for in-person and online attendees.
In Person
Original Sessions
Credentials to attend 400+ original scientific sessions. All sessions will also be available on demand after 24 hours after each session ends, with continued access for one year.
CME
Ability to claim CME for sessions attended.
Poster Hall
View 4,000 oral abstract and poster presentations.
Exhibit Hall
See the latest GI innovations and discuss your specific needs with trusted industry partners.
Networking Opportuities
Discover new partnerships for collaboration and build meaningful relationships with a variety of formal and informal networking opportunities.
Online
Original Sessions
Watch four channels with 64 key scientific sessions (livestreamed). All sessions will also be available on demand after 24 hours after each session ends, with continued access for one year.
CME
Ability to claim CME for sessions attended.
ePosters
Access to all full-text abstracts and digital posters (if submitted). Interact with select authors in virtual meeting rooms to ask your questions in real-time.
Industry Supporters
Access DDW's industry supporters in the DDW Mobile App. You'll see the latest GI innovations and discuss your specific needs with trusted industry partners.
Explore the Livestream Schedule
Four channels will livestream 64 key scientific sessions during the meeting. Use the DDW Meeting Planner and Mobile App to view the full schedule (Filter=”Livestream”), browse industry supporters, ePosters and much more.
- May 18
- May 19
- May 20
- May 21
Saturday, May 18, 2024
8 a.m. | Controversies in GERD Diagnosis & Management |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
Management of Malignant Polyps | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
10 a.m. | ASGE & Pan-African Organization for Health, Education, and Research (POHER) Endoscopic Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers in Africa |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Coordinating IBD and PSC Management | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Josephine and Michael Camilleri, MD, Lecture: State of the Art | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
2 p.m. | AI: The Next Frontier in Reshaping Practice |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Common Consults on Management of ICU Patients with Liver Disease | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Panel I: Stomach/Bariatric Metabolic Subcommittee: Current Trends in Obesity Management – from Medication to Surgery | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
4 p.m. | Donald O. Castell, MD, Lecture: GERD Diagnosis from Lyon to Chicago to Padova: Do All Roads Eventually Lead to Rome |
4–5:30 p.m. |
Sunday, May 19, 2024
8 a.m. | Equity and Inclusion in GI: We Can Do Better |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
SSAT-ASCRS Joint Symposium: Increasing Incidence of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Different Disease Entity? | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
Strategies to Improve Colonoscopy Performance | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
10 a.m. | Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT-SAGES Joint Symposium: Unique Clinical Cases and Management from Around the World |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Multidisciplinary Management of Common GI Symptoms | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
New Imaging and Interventions for Portal Hypertension and Portal Vein Thrombosis | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
2 p.m. | ASGE & Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Society of Australia (GESA) Esophageal Dysplasia 2024 |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Challenging Clinical Controversies in Neurogastroenterologys | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Overnight Emergencies | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
4 p.m. | Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture |
4–4:45 p.m. | |
ASGE & SOBED (Brazil) Third-Space Endoscopy: Tips and Tricks | |
4–5:30 p.m. | |
Debates in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: From Diapers to Depends | |
4–5:30 p.m. |
Monday, May 20, 2024
8 a.m. | Management of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Integrating Scientific Evidence and Practical Tips |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
Sustainability: It’s Not Easy Being Green | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
10 a.m. | ASGE & Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) Endoscopy SOS |
10 a.m.–11:30 | |
Battling the Bloat: Practical Approaches to One of Gastroenterology’s Most Vexing Complaints | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Kristin and David Peura, MD, Lecture: AGA Best Practices in Diagnosing and Management of Gastric Premalignant Lesions | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
2 p.m. | Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Management of MASLD and Obesity |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Tadataka Yamada, MD, Lecture: Food as Medicine: How to Utilize Diet and Enhance Nutrition to Improve Outcomes in Foregut Diseases | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
The Great Endoscopic Disruptor: Debates in Interventional EUS | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
4 p.m. | Changing Practice in the Era of Artificial Intelligence |
4–5:30 p.m. | |
Gastroparesis | |
4–5:30 p.m. |
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
8 a.m. | A Practical Guide to Obesity Management for the Gastroenterologist |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
ASGE & World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) International Symposium: Endoscopic Training in Underserved Areas — Challenges and Opportunities | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
Padova Classification: The Role of the High-Resolution Manometry in Foregut Surgery | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
Twists and Turns: New Tools For Colonoscopy | |
8–9:30 a.m. | |
10 a.m. | ASGE & Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE) Advancement in Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy: Cutting Edge |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Diverticular Disease: When to Watch, When to Treat, and When to Cut | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
SSAT-AHPBA Joint Symposium: HPB Video Debates | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
Updates in Barrett’s Esophagus | |
10–11:30 a.m. | |
2 p.m. | ASGE & European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Working Towards Greener Endoscopy World |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Clinical Practice Updates: Battle of the Heavyweights | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
Endoscopic and Operative Approaches to Obstructions and Fluid Collections in Pancreatic Disease: Palliative Measures and Rescues | |
2–3:30 p.m. | |
4 p.m. | ASGE & Inter-American Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED): Spanish |
4–5:30 p.m. | |
ASGE & Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): New Trends in Therapeutic Endoscopy of the Upper GI Tract | |
4–5:30 p.m. | |
Best of DDW | |
4–5:30 p.m. |
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