For the first time, four European surgical societies are coming together under one roof. 🇳🇱 ESCP is proud to be a part of the Surgical Innovation Summit 2027, with @EAES_eu, EHS and ESSO. 📍 Olofskapel, Amsterdam 📅 21-22 January 2027 Register: eaes.eu/surgical-innovation-… #SIS2027 #SurgicalInnovation #Coloproctology

📢 ESCP’s Research Committee is looking for 3 new members! Send your CV and motivation letter to the ESCP Secretariat by Fri 6 Nov 2026.  Apply via [email protected] #ESCP #SurgicalResearch #CallForMembers

🎬 🇨🇿The Moments That Made Prague! What an incredible Congress! ✨ Three days of inspiring presentations, thought-provoking debates, shared expertise and international collaboration — all driven by a passion for advancing colorectal care. 🤝 🎥  Relive the highlights of #ESCP26 in our Congress Celebration Video! To everyone who attended, presented, organised, supported and sponsored our 21st Scientific Meeting — thank you! 🙌 🇨🇭 See you in Geneva, 22–24 September 2027, for #ESCP27! Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.

📚🩺 8 courses and workshops. 224 participants! The learning started before the main programme at #ESCP26! 🇨🇿 From hands-on training and practical demonstrations to specialist teaching and expert-led discussions, the courses and workshops offered a diverse range of educational experiences. Led by international faculty, these sessions provided opportunities to ask questions, explore new approaches and connect with colleagues. 🤝 🎓 What a way to kick off the 21st ESCP Scientific Meeting!

🎤🔬 247 speakers. 740 posters. What a celebration of scientific excellence, clinical expertise and innovation at #ESCP26! 🇨🇿 From inspiring keynote presentations 🎤 and expert-led sessions to the latest clinical research 📊 and innovative techniques, Prague offered a wealth of opportunities for learning, discussion and discovery. 👏 Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributed to the scientific programme and presented their work!

🌍✈️ 94 countries. One global colorectal community! From Europe to Asia, Africa, the Americas and beyond, #ESCP26 welcomed a remarkable diversity of perspectives, experiences and ideas. International collaboration is at the heart of ESCP, connecting professionals across borders to share knowledge, tackle challenges and advance colorectal science, education, research and patient care. 🤝✨ A European Society with a truly global reach!

👥🎉 2,527 total delegates at #ESCP26! Prague brought together the international colorectal community for the 21st ESCP Scientific Meeting! 🇨🇿 From packed scientific sessions 🎤 to the buzz of the exhibition hall and conversations between colleagues, it was wonderful to see so many people taking part. 2,420 in person and 107 virtual registrations — a record attendance for a non-tripartite ESCP Scientific Meeting! 🌍🏆

📢 ESCP’s Research Committee is looking for 3 new members! Send your CV and motivation letter to the ESCP Secretariat by Fri 6 Nov 2026.  Apply via [email protected] #ESCP #SurgicalResearch #CallForMembers

The E-ROBOT-GEN Snapshot Survey is Live! 🤖🩺 Help us map robotic surgery training access across Europe. General Surgery Residents, Fellows & Junior Consultants (≤2 yrs post-certification): your 5-min input matters. ✅ Anonymized, GDPR-compliant ✅ Collaborative authorship offered Take part now 👇 🔗escp.eu.com/y-escp/e-robot-g… #EROBOTGEN #YESCP #ESCP #RoboticSurgery #SurgicalTraining

🔎 SCOPE — Surgical Curriculum on Data, Practice and Evidence Ep 04: Statistics for Surgeons - available today 🧠 Understand the fundamentals of statistics for surgical research — from eff ect sizes and confidence intervals to interpreting results and applying statistical principles in practice. ⚙️ This episode includes: How Certain Are We? Why Confi dence Intervals Should Drive Your Statistical Thinking — Matthew Lee Basic Statistics for Surgeons — Tyler McKechnie 📅 Today 15 October 2026 | 17:00 CET Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3jrv782y

📢 ESCP’s Research Committee is looking for 3 new members! Send your CV and motivation letter to the ESCP Secretariat by Fri 6 Nov 2026.  Apply via [email protected] #ESCP #SurgicalResearch #CallForMembers

📢 PILO-ACT data collection is now OPEN! Sites worldwide can begin collecting data for the ESCP 2026 PILO-ACT study (Pilonidal Abscess: Audit of Clinical Treatment) from today, 1 October 2026. 📅 Choose any start date between 1 October 2026 and 7 January 2027. 🌍 Join this international 3-month prospective audit and contribute to improving the evidence base for pilonidal abscess treatment. 🔗 Register your site: escp.eu.com/research/cohort-…

🎬 Three days of science, collaboration, learning and connection. What a way to bring #ESCP26 to a close. 🇨🇿 Our final day in Prague brought together the last scientific sessions and presentations, The Six Best, our Out of the Box Keynote Lecture, the Meeting Awards and the Presidential Handover — celebrating achievement while looking ahead to the next chapter for ESCP. Across the Congress, we’ve shared research, challenged ideas, built new connections and heard from voices from across the international colorectal community. Thank you again to everyone who presented, participated, contributed, sponsored and joined us in Prague. It’s been an incredible three days. We cannot wait to see you for #ESCP27 in Geneva!🇨🇭 Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.

👏 Three proud moments in one: congratulations to Vittoria Bellato and Tina van Loon, both Lars Påhlman Award winners at this year's ESCP Annual Coloproctology Meeting in Prague! Both mothers presented their outstanding work with their new-born little ones close by 👶 Could this become selection criteria for future meetings?! Congratulations to both Tina and Vittoria on both counts, award-winning research and the miracle that is birth. A wonderful example of how excellence in surgery and motherhood can thrive together. 💙 well done Vittoria, Tina and of course the wonderful Alice Gori from the whole ESCP family! 🎉 #ESCP #Coloproctology #ESCP26 #LarsPahlmanAward #WomenInSurgery #Prague

A huge thank you to all of the sponsors and exhibitors who have supported #ESCP26. 🙏✨ From our Diamond, Sapphire and Emerald Sponsors to the many organisations exhibiting and supporting us here in Prague 🇨🇿, your contribution helped make this year’s Scientific Meeting possible. Thank you for being part of #ESCP26 and for supporting the ESCP community. Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.

🏆 “You can only improve what you are measuring.” At #ESCP26, Neil Smart Research Award recipient Bruno Augusto Alves Martins discusses his award-winning research: Outcomes of urgent gastrointestinal-related procedures in Latin America (LATAM-URG): A prospective multicentre study. 🇨🇿 The collaboration evaluated more than 1,000 patients across multiple countries, establishing baseline data that can support future initiatives to improve the quality of surgical care across Latin America. Bruno also reflects on the work required to bring collaborators together across the region — and shares the recognition with the colleagues and surgeons who made the study possible. Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.

🎥 Breaking the stigma around sexual dysfunction after rectal cancer. At #ESCP26, Leandro Siragusa speaks with medical student Emma Holck following her presentation on research from specialised nurse-led clinics in Denmark. 🇨🇿 Emma discusses a challenge that many patients face: sexual dysfunction is recognised as an issue, but starting the conversation can still be difficult. Her research looks at a pathway using systematic screening and specialist nurses to identify patients who need support and create an environment where they can talk openly about a sensitive subject. She also reflects on getting involved in colorectal research while still a medical student — and the experience of presenting that work to the international colorectal community at #ESCP26. Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.

🌏︎ “No single surgeon, no hospital, no country can answer all the questions alone.” Following today’s Presidential Handover at #ESCP26, incoming ESCP President Professor Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu shares his vision for the Society and the year ahead. 🇨🇿 Education, research and collaboration across borders remain at the heart of that vision — alongside supporting the next generation of colorectal surgeons and helping members understand and responsibly adapt to AI and new technologies. And ultimately, the purpose reaches beyond the profession: better education, research and collaboration should lead to better treatments, better outcomes and better quality of life for patients. Congratulations to Professor Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu as he begins his Presidency — and leads ESCP into its next chapter. Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years.