​​International and Large National Meetings of Interest to Colon and Rectal Surgeons
​​The following is a list of major meetings of interest to the global readership of DC&R created to help plan travel and abstract submission. We include academic meetings hosted by large societies and teaching institutions in the colon and rectal surgery field and related fields. To propose additions please email details to the Section Editor for International Content at mattias.soop@ki.se.
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​​January 2020

​​January 12-14, 2020: Alpine Colorectal Meeting, Valbella-Lenzerheide, Switzerland
​​Website: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/463/
​​Abstract deadline: n/a
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​​February 2020

​​February 12-15, 2020: Congress of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation, Vienna,
​​Austria
​​Website: https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/ecco20.html
​​Abstract deadline: November 21, 2019
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​​February 20-22, 2020: ASEAN Society of Colorectal Surgeons Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
​​Website: https://ascs2020.org/www/Home/index
​​Abstract deadline: January 20, 2020
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​​March 2020

​​March 13, 2020: Rectal Cancer Forum 2020, Stockholm, Sweden
​​Website: https://conference.ki.se/rcf2020/
​​Abstract deadline: n/a
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​​April 2020

​​April 1-4, 2020: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual
​​Meeting, Cleveland, OH
​​Website: http://www.sages2020.org
​​Abstract deadline: January 15, 2020
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​​April 2-4, 2020: Annual Clinical Congress and Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Society of
​​Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Manila, Philippines
​​Website: http://www.pscrs.org/upcoming-events/a-4/
​​Abstract deadline: n/a
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​​April 15-17, 2020: Annual Congress of Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine,
​​Baltimore, MD
​​Website: https://aserhq.org/2020/index.php
​​Abstract deadline: January 31, 2020
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​​May 2020

​​May 2-5, 2020: Digestive Diseases Week, Chicago, IL
​​Website: www.ddw.org
​​Abstract deadline: December 2, 2019
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​​May 11-15, 2020: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress,
​​Melbourne, Australia
​​Website: https://asc.surgeons.org
​​Abstract deadline: March 15, 2020
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​​May 20-22, 2020: Congress of the Foundation of the Spanish Association of Coloproctology,