All current ESPGHAN Working Groups have been given the opportunity to hold a meeting during the 48th Annual Meeting for ESPGHAN Members only.

All Working Group Meetings will take place on Wednesday 6 May in parallel with the Allied Health Professionals and Post Graduate Courses.  Please keep visiting this page for further information on the timings. Closed working groups are invite only and all open working groups are available to select during the registration process.

For any queries please email [email protected]

A timetable for the Working Group sessions can be downloaded from here:

Working Group timetable

Working Group Name	Chair	Speciality	Access
Cystic Fibrosis & Pancreatic Disease	Prof Michael Wilschanski	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
IBD Guidelines	Prof Dan Turner Gastroenterology	Invite Only
Paediatric & Adolescent IBD	Prof Dan Turner	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Helicobacter Pylori Infection	Prof Sibylle Koletzko	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Endoscopy	Dr Mike Thomson	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Eosinophilic Oesophagitis	Dr Jorge Amil Dias	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Genetically Determined Immune Enteropathies (GENIUS)	Prof Frank Ruemmele	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Epigenetics in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition	Dr Matthias Zilbauer	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Coeliac Disease Interest Group	Prof Steffen Husby	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Paediatric & Adolescent Motility	Prof Yvan Vandenplas	Gastroenterology	Invite Only
The European-Mediterranean Project on Functional GI Disorders	Dr Annamaria Staiano	Gastroenterology	Open to Members
Hepatology Interest Group (will take place on Thursday 8 May 07:00-08:30)	Prof Ulrich Baumann	Hepatology	Open to Members
Wilson's Disease	Dr Stuart Tanner	Hepatology	Invite Only
NAFLD	Prof Piotr Socha	Hepatology	Open to Members
Probiotics & Prebiotics	Prof Hania Szajewska, Dr Zvi Weizman	Nutrition	Invite Only
Clinical Malnutrition	Jessie Hulst	Nutrition	Open to Members
Working Group on Outcomes in Nutrition Trials	Prof Hania Szajewska	Nutrition	Invite Only
Early Nutrition Research	Prof Berthold Koletzko	Nutrition	Open to Members
NEOMUNE: Newborn Immunity, gut & brain	Prof Per Torp Sangild, Prof Hans van Goudoever	Nutrition	Invite Only
History of ESPGHAN	Prof Lawrence Weaver	History	Open to Members
PEDDCReN Rare Diseases Trials	Dr Nicholas Croft	Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrtion	Open to Members