The first ideas about a Federation that would combine the various European Associations and Societies active in Gastroenterology and its allied fields surfaced in 1988. It was generally agreed that one joint annual scientific meeting would be much more productive than several competing meetings.

A Coordinating Council was set up with representatives of seven major societies. The purpose of this Council was to identify and establish the principal guidelines of such a meeting which would be known as the United European Gastroenterology Week. It was also generally agreed that at that stage Europe lacked a regular, genuinely scientifically-oriented, multi-disciplined Gastroenterology meeting which was forcing young European investigators to present their work abroad or at their national meetings. And so the United European Gastroenterology Federation was born. ASNEMGE is one of the seven founding sisters of UEGF.

www.uegf.org

ASNEMGE is organising following educational events at UEGW:

• Young Investigator meeting
  
  
• Selection of Rising Stars who are giving lectures and introductory talks throughout the core programme
  
  
• Participating at the Combined Postgraduate Course to be held on Saturday and/or Sunday of UEGW