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Preparations for the congress have already been completed. We are going to put together a world-class, comprehensive scientific program, as well as cutting-edge developments in the understanding of gastrointestinal system diseases. The plenary sessions, state-of-the-art lectures, oral presentations and debates will deal on GI tract diseases, liver diseases, liver transplantation, hepatic surgery, pancreatic diseases, gastrointestinal surgery, among others.

IEGA was founded in 1996 to create a new scientific zone for the Euroasian Countries which are Balkans, Anatolia, Caucasia, Middle East and Central Asian Countries. The members of IEGA are Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Uzbekistan. So far we have successfully organized 9 international meetings which were the Baku, Azerbaijan 1997, Almaty, Kazakhstan 1998, Antalya, Turkey 1999, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2000, Bishkek, Krygyzstan 2001, Baku, Azerbaijan 2003, Ankara, Turkey 2004, Tbilisi, Georgia 2005, Baku, Azerbaijan 2006 and Isfahan, Iran 2007.

As we all know, the development and scientific improvement of the Euroasian Countries in this region are achieved through such civillian society establishments. I would like to express my appreciation to my teachers and friends who supported us.

Baku has a great history and culture. I am sure that we will enjoy Azeri hospitality. The official languages of the congress will be English and the speakers are free to make their speeches in Russian with simultaneous translation as well.

There is no doubt that your enthusiasm, your scientific achievements and your willingness to share your best and newest research results will make the Isfahan meeting an outstanding success. After all, I would like to express my best regards on behalf of the Administrative Board.

Professor Hasan OZKAN, MD

President of IEGA

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