On October 12-15, 2024, the 32nd United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGWeek 2024) was held in Vienna (Austria).

The congress was attended by 11,377 delegates from 114 countries, including 11% in a virtual format. 49 scientists and physicians from Ukraine participated in the scientific forum. All physicians from Ukraine who wished to participate in the congress online could do so free of charge, which was made possible by the decision of the UEG management at the request of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association.

The congress was attended by Prof. Igor Skrypnyk, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Postgraduate Education, Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 1, President of the Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association.

Traditionally, the first day and a half of the congress was devoted to the postgraduate education course, for which 4701 participants registered, 19% of them virtually. It was devoted to the most pressing and unsolved problems of gastroenterology. The participants of the postgraduate course learned with great interest about the current views of the world's leading scientists on the novel nomenclature of metabolic-associated liver disease and its combination with moderate alcohol consumption, approaches to changing the style and lifestyle, management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, development of new drugs, etc.

Prof. Igor Skrypnyk participated in the meetings of the UEG Forum of National Associations, which covered topical issues of “green” (environmental) gastroenterology and gender policy, increasing the activity of young scientists, and in the round table on optimization of medical education “Learning from each other: a look at the training of gastroenterologists in Europe”, where the issues of educational training of gastroenterologists in Europe were discussed.

Also, it was an unforgettable experience of scientific presentations and direct communication with leading experts in European and world gastroenterology - Matthias Löhr (Sweden), President of the European Gastroenterological Association, Peter Malfentiner (Germany), head of the recommendations and guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of helicobacter infection, etc.