Who Should Attend
This educational activity is designed for practicing clinicians, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and clinical researchers who wish to review and update their knowledge and management of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

Objectives
After successful completion of this course, attendees should be able to:

• Discuss evolving multimodality treatment options for patients with esophageal cancer
• Describe emerging treatment approaches for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
• Evaluate the diagnostic tools and endoscopic techniques used to detect and manage early gastric cancer
• Select the most appropriate therapeutic strategy for gastric cancer
• Integrate advances in systemic and local therapies into clinical practice to treat hepatobiliary tumors
• Summarize new and emerging treatment options for pancreatic cancer
• Improve the outcomes of patients with localized colorectal disease by employing most favorable adjuvant therapy
• Comment on the role of cytotoxic treatment regimens, angiogenesis inhibitors and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors in advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
• Assess the clinical implications of using molecular markers as screening and prognostic tools for colorectal cancer
• Review the most clinically relevant data recently presented regarding upper gastrointestinal and colorectal cancer management
• Comment on surgical techniques used to treat various gastrointestinal cancers

Call for Abstracts

Poster presentations provide opportunities for researchers to interact with colleagues and share their endeavors with the healthcare community.

Participants interested in presenting data should submit abstracts online by 22 June 2011. Abstracts are subject to acceptance by the Scientific Committee.

Acceptance notifications and guidelines for poster presentation will be sent on Friday, 8 July 2011. Authors of accepted abstracts who have not registered will have until 21 July 2011 to do so at the rate of $249.00. After this date, abstracts without registered presenters will be disregarded.

Submit your abstract online by going to www.imedex.com, selecting this Congress and following the instructions in the “Abstracts” section.

Abstract Guidelines

• Follow the online instructions
• Abstracts must be written in English
• Accepted format: Word document format, 9 point Arial font, 500 word count limit
• Use a concise title
• List affiliations of author(s) as briefly as possible, with city, state and country
• Place an asterisk (*) before the name of the presenting author
• Use standard and well-accepted abbreviations
• When using references, use standard and well-accepted formats
• Abstract content should be single-spaced, typed in lower case and contain:
  • Purpose of the study
  • Summarized description of the project
  • Results and conclusions

Submission Deadline
1 June 2011

Submission Instructions

• Click the ”Submit Abstract” button above to begin the submission process
• On the following page, select Option 1 on the left to setup your account
• Once you have created your account, you will be given the option to submit an abstract
• Click on “Submit an Abstract” and follow the instructions provided
• If you have any problems please contact our Customer Service Department at +1 678 242 0906

To Register: You may register online by 18 August 2011, by calling Imedex at +1 (678) 242 0906 or by returning the registration form in this program by mail or fax at +1 (678) 242 0920. If you mail the form, please keep a copy for your records. Registration confirmations will be issued before the meeting.

To qualify for special registration fees, registration and full payment must be received by Imedex by the dates specified.

Payment: To pre-register, registration and payment must be received no later than 18 August 2011. Please register onsite after this date. Contact Imedex at +1 (678) 242 0906 or visit our website to ensure the course is being held as scheduled and to confirm that the meeting is not full.

Registration fees must be remitted by credit card or check. Checks should be payable to Imedex. Attendee is not registered until full payment is received.

Registration Fee Inclusions: Registration fees include admittance to all scientific sessions, conference materials, processing of certificates of attendance, and all event functions as specified in the agenda.

Cancellation: For registration fees to be refunded, written notice of cancellation must be received at meetings@imedex.com no later than 18 August 2011. The amount of registration fees remitted, minus a $75 administrative charge, will be refunded after the conference. Substitutions are accepted with written notification. No refunds will be made if notice is received after 18 August 2011.

Imedex does not accept responsibility for covering travel, accommodation or any other costs incurred by registrants in the rare event that this meeting should be canceled for any reason. Every effort will be made to give reasonable notice in the event of cancellation. The event agenda is subject to change without notice.

Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
175 Achasong-gil, Gwangjin-gu
Seoul, 143-708
South Korea
Phone: (82) (2) 455 5000
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=735

Room Reservation Form

At the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, a piece of ancient history is at your fingertips. The hotel is located in northeastern Seoul on the 139-acre site of the ancient A-Cha fortress, which dates back to the Shilla Dynasty (57 BC-668 AD). It is just far enough from downtown to enjoy the clean, fresh air, yet close enough to reach almost any section of the city by taxi, one of our regular shuttles, or the safe and efficient subway system.

Thoughtful amenities and friendly service in the guest rooms will make you feel comfortable and connected to your world – wherever it may be. Internet service is available in each of the Traditional, Executive, Mountain View, and River View guest rooms so you can be your most productive when away from home.

Splash around with your family in the indoor and outdoor pools or keep up your workout routine in the fully-equipped fitness center. Live entertainment at the Kayagum Theater Restaurant is a great combination for an exciting night in, or savor local, American, and International cuisine in the over 10 dining venues within the hotel.

For the convenience of attendees, a room block with a limited number of rooms has been reserved at the discounted group rate of KRW 240,000 single occupancy including breakfast, plus 10% tax and 10% service charge. Additional breakfast is KW 27,000. This limited number of discounted rooms will be available until 9 August 2011. This discounted rate is not guaranteed outside the conference dates. Reservations received after 9 August 2011 or after the room block has been filled (whichever comes first) are subject to availability and prevailing hotel rates.

To reserve your room please contact Ms Sue Jeong at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill at Tel +(82) (2) 2022 0562. To receive the group rate, callers must identify themselves as being with the “World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer: Asian Perspectives” group. You can also fax the ‘room reservation form’ to Fax +(82) (2) 2022 0567 or email it to sue.jeong@whotels.com. The hotel will send you a confirmation for your room reservation.

Reservation requests received after 9 August 2011 may not be guaranteed the group rate.

The Registration and Information Desk at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill will be staffed:

26 August 2011
7:00 – 17:30

27 August 2011
8:00 – 15:00

The following companies are a supporter of this Congress:

SILVER

BRONZE

Several options are available to companies interested in supporting this conference.
For more information, please contact Imedex at +1 (770) 751 7332, or by email at cme@imedex.com.

Exhibit space is available to companies interested in participating in this conference through exhibition.
For more information, please contact Imedex at +1 (678) 242 0719 or by email at exhibits@imedex.com.

Friday, 26 August 2011
11:30
Session III Adjourns

11:45
Luncheon satellite symposium
Supported by Novartis Oncology
Improving patient outcomes in gastric, advanced NET, and HCC: The importance of phase III clinical trials

12:45
Satellite Symposium adjourns

13:00
Session III continues

Saturday, 27 August 2011
11:35
Session VIII Adjourns

11:50
Luncheon satellite symposium
Supported by Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
The latest evidence of gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy

12:50
Satellite Symposium adjourns

13:00
Session IX begins