I am a Paediatric Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist with a special interest in organ transplantation and gene therapy. I trained in Padua (Italy) and London (UK) and I currently work as the Director of Child Health and of the Centre for Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation in Bergamo, Italy. I have been associate editor of several journals in the field and I have been an ESPGHAN member for some 20 years, working in the Hepatology Committee, in the Council as Education Secretary and in UEG Education Committee. I currently serve the ESPGHAN in the position of Treasurer

Prof. Däbritz is a Physician Scientist trained in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition and with a clinical and research interest in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4219-5283 TWITTER: @JanDabritz

I started my clinical activity as pediatric surgeon and pediatric endoscopist since 1978 at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, after training in adult endoscopy and digestive surgery. My mentor was Samy Cadranel that changed my perspective from the only surgical point of view in an integrated gastroenterological-endoscopic-surgical one. In 2000 we organized the Digestive and Endoscopy Unit where pediatric gastroenterologists and surgeons together, in the same Unit, can take care of children with digestive diseases from diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and to the transition. My special interest was for digestive surgery and therapeutic endoscopy with special attention for ERCP and esophageal disease. In 2019 we organized the 5° INoEA, the World conference of Esophageal Atresia with more than seven hundred delegates. We organized, since 2014 the International Workshop of Pediatric Digestive Therapeutic Endoscopy, this year at the fifth edition, where the delegates can assist, without filters, to endoscopic therapeutic procedures during the live sessions.

Pediatrician and Gastroenterologist/Endoscopist Chief of Endoscopy Unit of Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

Clara de Bruijn is a PhD candidate at the department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Emma Children’s Hospital in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In December 2018, Clara obtained her medical degree at the University of Groningen. After obtaining her degree, Clara started with her PhD. Since 2019, she focused on the management and future directives in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), under supervision of Marc Benninga, Merit Tabbers and Arine Vlieger. In collaboration with her research team she published > 10 manuscripts in the field. In 2021, she was selected to join the ESPGHAN Young Investigator Forum in Zadar (Croatia), where she presented the results of a randomized trial comparing hypnotherapy to medical treatment in children with functional nausea. Furthermore, Clara was core member of the working group developing the national guideline for pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders, commissioned by the Dutch Association of Pediatrics (NVK). This guideline is published in 2022. In the fall of 2023, Clara will defend her PhD thesis.

Pediatrician, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Head of Pediatric GI @ Justus Liebig University Giessen Children's Hospital. Very interested in real world data collection and Improvement of Care, Translational Resarch, Patient Empowerment and Digital Transformation of Care. Strong Interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, Coeliac Disease, Intestinal Failure, Endoscopy, Sonography, Training and Education in pediatric Gastroenterology, Medical Ethics

Luigina De Leo studied Medical Biotechnologies at University of Trieste (Oct 2005 – Oct 2007) and obtained a PhD in Maternal-Childish Medicine, growth and education pediatry (Jan 2008 – Dec 2010) carrying out research on intestinal permeability. Following post-doctoral work at IRCCS Burlo Garofolo she studied gastro-intestinal disorders and in particular Celiac Disease to improve the diagnosis by investigating intestinal anti-tissue transglutaminase and to better understand the pathogenesis by studying DNA methylation and transcription patterns in intestinal epithelial cells from patients suffering from celiac disease. She has been involved in Trans2care project (a Transregional Network between Italy and Slovenia for Innovation and Technology Transfer to improve Healthcare) and in Focus in CD (an Interreg Central Europe project on Celiac Disease). Now, she is the principal investigator of the project “DNA methylation and Transcriptional Profiles of Intestinal Epithelium from Celiac Patients” funded by AIC, the Italian Foundation of Celiac Disease.

Dr Lissy de Ridder is Associate Professor in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam. Her current research concerns pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with a main focus on clinical and translational studies. She is particularly interested in the safety and efficacy of medical treatment of IBD. She is Scientific Secretary of ESPGHAN (European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) and associate editor of JPGN (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition). and Vice Chair of the Dutch Paediatric Association.

Dominique Debray (MD, PhD) received her medical degree from the University of Paris, France where she completed her residency in pediatrics. Her clinical post-doctoral training includes a fellowship in pediatric hepatology at Bicêtre University Hospital in Paris. From 1989 to 2010, she has dedicated her career to the management of pediatric chronic liver diseases and participated actively to the development of the pediatric liver transplantation program at Bicêtre University Hospital . Dominique Debray has joined the Faculty of Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris in August 2010, where she continues to dedicate her career to the management of pediatric liver diseases and the development of the pediatric liver transplantation program in this center. During her career, she dedicated part of her time specifically to the management of cystic fibrosis children with liver disease. Since 2006, she also began a research program on cystic fibrosis associated liver disease, in collaboration with the research center of Saint-Antoine medical school, Inserm, University Paris VI.

I’m Dr Marco Deganello Saccomani and I'm working as a Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Paediatric Endoscopist at Woman’s & Child’s University Hospital of Verona, Italy. I'm an active member of ESPGHAN and since 2020 I'm the Young representative of the ESPGHAN Gastroenterology Committee. Recently I also joined the ESPGHAN Endoscopy Special Interest Group. In Italy I'm a member of the Council of the Italian Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP).