| Opening Ceremony |
| Invited Lecture |
| Grand Forum 1 - Coping with esophageal cancer: the approaches worldwide |
| Grand Forum 2 - The Human Variome project |
| Grand Forum 3 - Energetics and cancer |
| Grand Forum 4 - Infection and Cancer |
| Grand Forum 5 - Staging - Classification |
| Grand Forum 6 - Personalized medicine. Strategies for cancer prevention |
| Plenary Session 1 - Translational research networks on Barrett’s esophagus |
| Plenary Session 2 - Comparative genomic analysis of esophageal cancers - Gene targeted therapy |
| Plenary Session 3 - Endoscopy for diagnosis and treatment |
| Plenary Session 4 - Surgical treatments |
| Plenary Session 5 - Complications of interventional endoscopy - esophageal surgery Classification systems |
| Plenary Session 6 - Chemo-Radiotherapy -Future directions -Towards personalized medicine |
| Post Graduate Course: Techniques & tips in esophageal practice - Approaches for translational research in esophageal diseases |
| Special Session 1 - The N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow |
| Special Session 2 - Neurophysiology of the esophagus, from receptor to the central nervous system |
| Special Session 3 - The Central Scientific Research Institute of Gastroenterology (Moscow) |
| Special Session 4 - Selected Posters Oral presentations |
| Special Session 5 - Pharmacology of the esophagus beyond PPIs |
| Symposium 1 - Molecular epidemiology of esophageal cancer |
| Symposium 2 - Upper third of the esophagus and pharyngeal cancers |
| Symposium 3 - Cancer stem cells |
| Symposium 4 - Collection of data - Genetic Library |
| Symposium 5 - Environmental factors and squamous cell carcinoma |
| Symposium 6 - Superficial / early cancers |
| Symposium 7 - Molecular dissection of Barrett’s metaplasia and EAC Pathology correlation |
| Symposium 8 -High Technology Assessment (HTA) Global Forum for medical devices |
| Symposium 9 - Esophageal stenting Esophageal stenting |
| Symposium 10 - Familial clustering and genetic susceptibility of esophageal cancer |
| Symposium 11 - Prediction of progression to cancer |
| Symposium 12 - Pre-Treatment resuscitation The role of the nurse in clinical trials on esophageal cancer |
| Topic Forum 1 - Diet and esophageal disease |
| Topic Forum 2 - Benign lesions of the esophagus -Lesions precursor of cancer |
| Topic Forum 3 - Adenocarcinomas slightly above, slightly below and within the gastroesophageal junction: what are their specific sites of origin, and how can we tell? |
| Topic Forum 4 - Regenerative Medicine |
| Topic Forum 5 - The role of immune system in cancer |
| Topic Forum 6 - Evidence-based decision making in esophageal cancer |
| Video Session |
| Closing Session |