24 June 2026, Wednesday
24 June 2026, Wednesday
25 June 2026, Thursday
26 June 2026, Friday
27 June 2026, Saturday
| 24 June 2026, Wednesday | ||||||||
| BOSPHORUS HALL | TOPKAPI HALL | GALATA HALL | TAKSİM HALL | KADIKÖY HALL | ACU – LABAROTORIES | CASE | ||
| 08:30-10:15 | PGT – Chronic Pancreatitis & Obstructed Duct: Early Surgery vs Endoscopy-First | PGT – Current Proceedings at the Bench | PAN-CARE 2026 — The Pancreatic Nursing Forum | Basic Science Workshop | Hands-On Workshop | 08:30-10:15 | ||
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK & SPONSORS EXHIBITION | 10:15-10:45 | ||||||
| 10:45-13:00 | PGT – Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Multidisciplinary Approach | PGT – Current Proceedings at the Bench | PAN-CARE 2026 — The Pancreatic Nursing Forum | TPIAT – Symposia | Basic Science Workshop | Hands-On Workshop | 10:45-13:00 | |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH BREAK & SPONSORS EXHIBITION | 13:00-14:00 | ||||||
| 14:00-15:45 | PGT – Multidisciplinary Management of Periampullary Tumors | PGT – Current Proceedings at the Bench | PAN-CARE 2026 — The Pancreatic Nursing Forum | TPIAT – Symposia | Current Guidelines Group Meeting | Basic Science Workshop | Hands-On Workshop | 14:00-15:45 |
| 15:45-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK & SPONSORS EXHIBITION | 15:45-16:15 | ||||||
| 16:15-18:00 | Patient’s Voice Plenary: “Living with Pancreatic Disease” | PGT – Current Proceedings at the Bench | PAN-CARE 2026 — The Pancreatic Nursing Forum | TPIAT – Symposia | Current Guidelines Group Meeting | Basic Science Workshop | Hands on Workshop | 16:15-18:00 |
| 19:30-22:30 | Welcome Reception, Bosphorus Boats Tour 19:30-22:30 |
19:30-22:30 | ||||||
| BOSPHORUS HALL | ||
| 08.30-10.15 | PGT – Clinical Chronic Pancreatitis & Obstructed Duct: Early Surgery vs Endoscopy-First |
Chairs: John Windsor (New Zealand) |
| 08.30-08.48 | Endoscopist: ESGE & International CP Guidelines: Why Endotherapy / ESWL is First-Line in Obstructed Duct Disease | Andrea Anderloni (Pavia, Italy) |
| 08:48-09:03 | Surgeon: Definition of ‘Early’ Surgery and Stop the Endless Stenting” | Christoph Michalski (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 09:03-09:21 | Endoscopist: EUS-Guided Pancreatic Duct Drainage After Failed ERCP: Expanding the ‘Endoscopy-First’ Concept” | Peter Hegyi (Budapest, Hungary) |
| 09:21-09:39 | Surgeon: Indications and Surgical Procedure Choice in Obstructive Chronic Pancreatitis – the Surgeon Acts as a Tailor | Nuh Rahbari (Ulm, Germany) |
| 09:39-09:57 | “Does Timing of and per se Ductal Intervention Changes Central Pain Processing in Chronic Pancreatitis?” | Cecilie Knoph (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 09:57-10:15 | “Long-Term Outcomes, Quality of Life and Cost-Effectiveness: Early Surgery vs Endoscopy-First Across Europe” | Charlotte L. van Veldhuisen (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10.45-13.00 | Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Multidisciplinary Approach | Chairs: Atsushi Irisawa (Tochigi, Japan), Sara Regner (Lund, Sweden), Santhi Vege (Rochester, USA) |
| 10:45-11:04 | Endoscopist: “Why (and When) Endoscopic Step-up is Preferred in 2025–26” | Marianna Arvanitakis (Brussels, Belgium) |
| 11:04-11:23 | Interventional Radiologist: – Do not Forget to Call Us, We Have Evidence! | Koray Güven (Istanbul, Türkiye) |
| 11:23-11:42 | Surgeon: “What TENSION/POINTER Mean for Timing and Route of Drainage” | John Windsor (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| 11:42-12:01 | Endoscopist: “Device Choice (Hot AXIOS/SPAXUS) and Protocolized Dwell: What Evidence We Actually Have” | Sara Regner (Lund, Sweden) |
| 12:01-12:20 | Surgeon: “When Prolonged LAMS Dwell Makes Me Nervous” | NN |
| 12:20-12:40 | Endoscopist: Disconnected Pancreatic Duct Syndrome (DPDS): Transmural/Transpapillary Strategies After Failed ERCP—Standardizing EUS-guided Solutions | Jayanta Samanta (Chandigarh, India) |
| 12:40-13:00 | Surgeon: Disconnected Pancreatic Duct Syndrome (DPDS): When Definitive Surgery Wins on Durability | Shailesh V. Shrikhande (Mumbai, India) |
| 13:00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-15.45 | Multidisciplinary Management of Periampullary Tumors | Chairs: Fabio Ausania (Barcelona, Spain), Silvia Carrara (Milan, Italy), Sohei Satoi (Osaka, Japan) |
| 14:00-14:18 | Pre-Operative Biliary Drainage in Resectable Periampullary Cancer: Avoid or Perform? – Still a Debate? | Sudipta Dhar Chowdhury (Tamil Nadu, India) |
| 14:18-14:36 | Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction: EUS-GE vs Surgical GJ – Who Leads in 2026? | Giuseppe Vanella (Milan, Italy) |
| Post-operative Collections and Leaks: | ||
| 14:36-14:53 | When Endoscopy Replaces Re-operation | Tae Jun Song (Seoul, South Korea) |
| 14:53-15:10 | When Interventional Radiology Replaces Re-operation | Ramazan Kutlu (Malatya, Turkiye) |
| 15:10-15:27 | When Surgery is Inevitable | Ahmet Coker (Izmir, Turkiye) |
| 15:27-15:45 | Modern Tools Helping to Avoid Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreatic Surgery | Gregor A. Stavrou (Saarbrücken, Germany) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| Patient’s Voice Plenary Organized by EPC Research & Public Affairs Committee & PCE |
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| 16:15-18:00 | Living with Chronic Pancreatitis & Pancreatic Cancer – Learning from our Patients |
Chairs: Nuria Malats (Madrid, Spain), Patrick Michl (Heidelberg, Germany), Takao Ohtsuka (Kagoshima, Japan) |
| Multidisciplinary Pancreas Teams: Vision for the Next Decade – Lessons Learned | ||
| 16.15-16.30 | What Should be the Standard of Multidisciplinary Care | Christopher Wolfgang (New York, USA) |
| 16.30-16.45 | The Importance of Multidisciplinary Teams from a Patient’s Perspective | NN |
| Understanding & Generating Multidisciplinary Trials in Pancreatic Cancer | ||
| 16.45-17.00 | Living Beyond PDAC: Hope and Clinical Trials | Kasper Overbeek (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
| 17.00-17.15 | What Truely Matters: Relevant Endpoints in Clinical Trials – Patient´s Idea | NN |
| Ensuring Quality of Life in Pancreatic Diseases | ||
| 17.15-17.30 | Access to Quality of Life – Correct Handling with Supplements & Nutrition | Georg Beyer (Munich, Germany) |
| 17.30-17.45 | Quality Indicators for Pancreatic Cancer in Europe | Livia Archibugi (Milan, Italy) |
| 17.45-18.00 | From Pain to Purpose: A Patient’s Journey through Chronic Pancreatitis | NN |
| TOPKAPI HALL | ||
| 08.30-10.15 | PGT – Current Proceedings at the Bench Pain Biology & Sensory Mechanisms in Pancreatic Diseases |
Chairs: Asbjorn M. Drewes (Aalborg, Denmark), İhsan Ekin Demir (Munich, Germany) |
| 08.30-08.45 | Pancreatic Pain: Historical Overview and Putting the Pieces Together | Asbjørn M. Drewes (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 08.45-09.00 | The Neural Microenvironment: When Clinical Pain and Laboratory Mechanisms Converge | Ihsan Ekin Demir (Munich, Germany) |
| 09.00-09.15 | Genetic and Serological Biomarkers of CP Pain | Anna Phillips (Pittsburgh, USA) |
| 09.15-09.30 | Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) in Pancreatic Diseases | Soren S. Olesen (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 09.30-09.45 | Neurophysiological Assessment of Pain in CP, Including AI in Data Interpretation | Rasmus B. Nedergaard (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 09.45-10.00 | What Can the Microbiome Tell Us about Pain | Rup Talukdar (Hyderabad, India) |
| 10.00-10.15 | Developing PROMS, Including How to Construct Pain Phenotypes in CP | Louise Kuhlmann (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10.45-13.00 | Two Languages, One Goal: Building True Translational Dialogue in Pancreatic Cancer Research | Chairs: Ivonne Regel (Halle, Germany), Minote Apte (Sydney, Australia), Peter Bailey (Lisbon Portugal) |
| 10.45-11.00 | From Clinical Observation to Mechanistic Question: How to Ask the Right Translational Question | Julia Mayerle (Munich, Germany) |
| 11.00-11.15 | Feedback from the Bench: When Basic Findings Reshape Clinical Strategy | Raghu Kalluri (Houston, USA) |
| 11.15-11.30 | Recreating Human Disease in the Lab: Limits and Opportunities | Anirban Maitra (New York, USA) |
| 11.30-11.45 | From Mouse to Patient: How Preclinical Models Shape—and Mislead—PDAC Research | David Tuveson (New York, USA) |
| 11.45-12.00 | The Stromal Architecture of PDAC: Lessons from Pancreatic Stellate Cell Biology | Minoti Apte (Sydney, Australia) |
| 12.00-12.15 | Metabolic and Immune Pathway Intersections in PDAC: From Mechanisms to Translational Opportunities | Susanne Roth (Tübingen, Germany) |
| 12.15-12.30 | Multi-Omics Data Integration for Translational Research | Peter Bailey (Lisbon, Portugal) |
| 12.30-12.45 | Building Living Biobanks: How an Organoid Core Facility Accelerates Translational Pancreatic Cancer Research | Arpad Varga (Ulm, Germany) |
| 12.45-13.00 | Pancreatic Precursor Lesions: What Pathology Reveals About Early Tumor Evolution | Irene Esposito (Dusseldorf, Germany) |
| 13:00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-15.45 | Decoding Pancreatic Tissue Ecosystems: From Genetic Models to AI-Driven Prediction | Chairs: Dieter Saur (Munich, Germany), Pramod Garg (New Delhi, India), David Tuveson (New York, USA) |
| 14.00-14.15 | Novel Genetic Animal Models for non-cancerous Pancreatic Diseases: Emerging Mechanisms and Insights | Eszter Hegyi (Pécs, Hungary) |
| 14.15-14.30 | Spatial Functional Genomics: Mapping Cell States in Complex Tissues | Chiara Falcomatà (New York City, USA) |
| 14.30-14.45 | Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Fibrosis: Insights from Single-Cell Analysis | Ujjwal Mahajan (Munich, Germany) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Stem Cell Derived Pancreatic Duct Structures: Preserving Architecture to Study Function and Disease | Matthias Hebrok (Munich, Germany) |
| 15.00-15.15 | Interrogating the Coding and Non-coding Genome Through Genetic Screens in Cells and Organisms | Roland Rad (Munich, Germany) |
| 15.15-15.30 | AI-Driven Advances in Pancreatic Imaging – from Mice to Human | Rickmer Braren (Hamburg, Germany) |
| 15.30-15.45 | Next-Generation Transcriptomic Technologies: Single-Cell and Spatial Approaches in Pancreatic Disease Research | Nuria Malats (Madrid, Spain) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.15-18.00 | The Biological Architecture of Pancreatic Disease Progression | Chairs: Maximilian Reichert (Munich, Germany), Sohail Husein (Standford, USA), Heiko Witt (Munich, Germany) |
| 16.15-16.30 | Microbiome Perspective in Pancreatic Diseases | NN |
| 16.30-16.45 | Key Histomorphologic and Molecular Correlates in Pancreatic Cancer | Volkan Adsay (Istanbul, Türkiye) |
| 16.45-17.00 | Pathology Perspectives on Pancreatic Disease Models | Katja Steiger (Munich, Germany) |
| 17.00-17.15 | EUROPAC Study Insights and Panel Sequencing for High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Families | Bill Greenhalf (Liverpool, UK) |
| 17.15-17.30 | Epithelial Ion Transport and Ductal Physiology in Pancreatic Disease | Péter Hegyi (Pécs, Hungary) |
| 17.30-17.45 | Genetic Susceptibility to Pancreatic Cancer: The Role of Polygenic Risk Scores | Daniele Campa (Pisa, Italy) |
| 17.45-18.00 | The Endocrine–Exocrine Axis: A Hidden Driver of Pancreatic Disease Progression | Sarah Richardson (Exeter, UK) |
| GALATA HALL | ||
| 08.30-09.30 | Session 1: Early Management in Pancreatitis | Chairs: Valma Heikkinen (Tampere, Finland), Esra Uğur (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 08.30-08.45 | Welcome | |
| 08.45-09.00 | Early Risk Assessment for Pancreatitis for Acute Pancreatitis | Fatma Vural (Izmir, Turkiye) |
| 09.00-09.15 | Nursing Care in the “Step-up” Approach in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis | Sevilay Şenol Çelik (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 09.15-09.30 | Managing Nutrition & PEI–PERT | Cansu Gençalp (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 09.30-10.15 | Session 2: Advances in ERCP/EUS Care | Chairs: Jessica Lazzaretto (Padova, Italy), Vesile Ünver (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 09.30-09.45 | ERCP/EUS: Changing and Evolving Perspectives | Prof. Dr. Daniel de la Iglesia Garcia (Madrid, Spain) |
| 09.45-10.00 | ERCP/EUS Procedure Preparation and Implementation Process | Tuluha Ayoğlu (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 10.00-10.15 | Care & Risk Management After ERCP/EUS | Zehra Belhan (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.00-12:45 | Session 3: Perioperative Care and Complication Management | Chairs: Birgit Trierweiler-Hauke (Heidelberg, Germany), Sevilay Şenol Çelik (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 11.00-11.15 | Prehabilitation of a High-Risk Pancreatic Surgery Patient: The Nurse’s Role | Valma Heikkinen (Tampere, Finland) |
| 11.15-11.30 | The Management of Postoperative Patients After Pancreatic Surgery | Jessica Lazzaretto (Padova, Italy) |
| 11.30-11.45 | Prediction and Management of Pancreatic Fistula | Ahmet Anıl Cantaş (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 11:45-12:00 | Early Indicators of Postoperative Hemorrhage and Intervention Strategies | Dilek Aygin (Sakarya, Turkiye) |
| 12:00-12:15 | Management of Delayed Gastric Emptying and Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dyskinesia | Esra Alver (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 12:15-12:30 | Early Biomarkers of Postoperative Sepsis and Infection Risk | Prof. Dr. Serap Gençer (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| 12:30-12:45 | Multidisiplinary Management of Perioperative complications after pancreatic operations | Prof. Dr. Güralp Onur Ceyhan (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-15:00 | Session 4: Oncologic and Palliative Care Continuum | Chairs: Maura Krouk(Stockholm, Sweden), Fatma Vural (Izmir, Turkiye) |
| 14.00-14.15 | Oncologic Strategies Around the Resectable Pancreatic Patient | Daniel Öhlund (Umeo, Sweden) |
| 14.15-14.30 | The Pancreatic Cancer Patient Journey-Structured Care and The Magnet Idea | Birgit Trierweiler-Hauke (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 14.30-14.45 | The journey of the patient before and after pancreas surgery: empowerment, psychological aspects, support to the family, quality of life assessment | Giulia Berto (Padova, Italy) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Multidiciplinary Approach in Pancreatic Cancer – Palliative Care | Esra Uğur (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 15.00-15:45 | Session 5: Future-Focused Digital Care in Pancreatology | Chairs: Giulia Berto (Padova, Italy), Dilek Aygin (Sakarya, Türkiye) |
| 15.00-15.15 | Digital patient path for pancreatic tumor patients: development of a tool for everyday practice | Salla Jaakkola (Tampere, Finland) |
| 15.15-15.30 | Integration of AI/Algorithmic Approaches in Nursing in Pancreatic Treatment | Vesile Ünver (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 15.30-15.45 | Organising and Conducting Clinical Studies in Pancreatology | Maura Krouk (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| 15:45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.15-17.15 | Session 6: Transforming Pancreatic Care with ERAS | Chairs: Salla Jaakkola (Tampere, Finland), Tuluha Ayoğlu (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 16.15-16.30 | Multimodal Analgesia, Opioid Reduction Strategies, and Nursing Interventions for Neuropathic Pain | Ayşen Pamir Aksoy (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 16.30-16.45 | Psychosocial support, sleep and anxiety management | Tuğba Pehlivan Sarıbudak (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 16.45-17.00 | Patient Outcomes of ERAS İn Pancreatic Diseases | Bahadır Bozkırlı (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 17.00-17.15 | ERAS İmplemantation in Pancreatic Patients-Nurses Aproach | Nermin Ocaktan (Istanbul, Turkiye) |
| 17.15-18.00 | Best Abstract Presentations | |
| 19.30-22:30 | Welcome Reception, Bosphorus Boat Tour | |
| TAKSİM HALL | ||
| 10.45-11.00 | Transatlantic State of the Art of Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto-transplantation in 2026 | Chairs: Maisam Abu-El-Haija (Cincinnati, USA) Sanjay Pandanaboyana (Newcastle, UK) |
| 11.00-11.45 | Medical Management Around TPIAT | Chairs: Luis Lara (Cincinatti, USA), Asbjorn Drewes (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| 11.00-11.12 | Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis: Do’s and Don’t in Management | Vikesh Singh (Maryland, USA) |
| 11.12-11.24 | Endoscopic Management in Pre TPIAT Patient, When is it Needed? | Quin Liu (California, USA) |
| 11.24-11.36 | Multidisciplinary Management Pre and Post Operatively | Maisam Abu-El-Haija (Cincinnati, USA) |
| 11.36-11.45 | Q & A | |
| 11.45-11.50 | Break | |
| 11.50–13.00 | Surgery to the Pancreas: When and What to Resect? | Chairs: Katherine A. Morgan (New York, USA), Francios Pattou (Lille, France) |
| 11.50-12.05 | Indications and Outcome of TPIAT in the Paediatric Population with Focus on Surgical and Vascular Techniques | Varia Kirchner (California, USA) |
| 12.05-12.20 | Islet Transplantation Sites: How Much and Where? | Steve White (Newcastle, UK) |
| 12.20-12.35 | Surgical Reconstructive Strategies and Splenic Preservation | Juan Gurria (Cincinnati, USA) |
| 12.35-12.50 | I Let them Give “the Islets” Back? (Is There a Role of Islet Transplantation in all Pancreatic Surgeries, in PDAC/IPMN | Lorenzo Piemonti (Milan, Italy) |
| 12.50-13.00 | Q & A | |
| 13:00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-15.00 | Islets Research and Biology | Chairs: Lorenzo Piemonti (Milan, Italy), Bala Appakalai (Louisville, USA) |
| 14.00-14.12 | Role of Exocrine Disease in Islet Disease | Anna Gloyn (California, USA) |
| 14.12-14.24 | Predictors and Trials for Best Islet Engraftment | Lorenzo Piemonti (Milan, Italy) |
| 14.24-14.36 | To COBE or not to COBE? Include PRISM | Martin Engelse (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| 14.36-14.48 | Tricks and Tweaks in Islet Isolation Techniques | Rita Botino (Pennsylvania, United States) |
| 14.48-15.00 | Q & A | |
| 15.00-15.45 | Considerations that are Pertinent to TPIAT | Chairs: Asbjorn Drewes (Aalborg, Denmark), David Vitale (Cincinnati, USA) |
| 15.00-15.10 | Role of CGM and Insulin Pumps in Post TPIAT | Melena Bellin (Minneapolis, USA) |
| 15.10-15.20 | Remote Islets Transfers, Timing of Islet Transplants? | Bala Appakalai (Louisville, USA) |
| 15.20-15.30 | Long Term QOL After TPIAT | Sanjay Pandanaboyana (Newcastle, UK) |
| 15.30-15.40 | Timing of TPIAT | Jaimie Nathan (Ohio, USA) |
| 15.40-15.45 | Q & A | |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.15–16.40 | TPIAT IN EUROPE and USA | |
| 16.15-16.20 | Italy | Francesca Aleotti (Milan, Italy) |
| 16.20-16.25 | France | Francios Pattou (Lille, France) |
| 16.25-16.30 | UK | Steve White (Newcastle, UK) |
| 16.30-16.35 | Norway | Anne Waage (Oslo, Norway) |
| 16.35-16.40 | USA | Melena Bellin (Minneapolis, USA) |
| 16.40-17.00 | Unmet Needs and Future Directions and Close of Meeting | |
| Discussion on Developing EPC Sponsored Update on Consensus Guidelines for TPIAT | Sanjay Pandanaboyana (Newcastle, UK), Maisam Abu-El-Haija (Cincinnati, USA) | |
| KADIKÖY HALL | |
| 14:00-15:45 | Current Guidelines Group Meeting |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-18:30 | Current Guidelines Group Meeting |
| ACU – LABAROTORIES | |
| 08:30 – 10:15 | Basic Science Workshop |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 13:00 | Basic Science Workshop |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:45 | Basic Science Workshop |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-18:00 | Basic Science Workshop |
| CASE | |
| 08:30 – 10:15 | Hands-On Workshop |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 13:00 | Hands-On Workshop |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:45 | Hands-On Workshop |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-18:00 | Hands-On Workshop |