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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the UEG Scientific Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely for your contribution as an abstract reviewer for the original programme of UEG Week Vienna 2014.
The abstract reviewing process has been again very important this year with a number of innovations introduced to improve especially the poster abstract presentations. I know just how much time and effort reviewing abstracts takes, but without your expertise we would not have the quality that I believe we have achieved in the free paper and poster sessions, and the UEG Week would not be the top international digestive diseases meeting that it has become today. Thank you!
I am delighted to announce that we received a total of 3,339 abstracts for UEG Week Vienna 2014, excluding late breakers and video cases. 2,127 of these were accepted, giving an acceptance rate of 63.7%. 406 abstracts will be delivered as oral presentations and 1,721 as posters. I am even more pleased to tell you that standards have again reached a very high level and we can expect to be exposed to most interesting research and great presentations.
This high volume and high standard confirm that UEG Week is the most important forum at which to present your best research. Additionally, we have received 57 video cases which were formally evaluated by the Scientific Committee for presentation in Vienna. The quality of reviewing this year was excellent but if you have any further (positive or negative) comments, please do let us know!
Finally, but most importantly, many thanks to all investigators both within and outside Europe who have submitted their research to the meeting, and who are clearly contributing to making UEG Week Vienna 2014 such a great success!
Magnus Simrén
Chair, UEG Scientific Committee, Vienna 2014