KDDW 2026

Time / Room	Vista 1	Vista 2	Vista 3	Grand 1	Grand 4+5	Walker 1	Walker 2	Art Hall
09:00-09:40	Symposium 01 KASL Distinguished studies in hepatology: Reading the year — What truly mattered in 2025–2026?, and what comes next	Symposium 02 KSGE Recent advances in third space endoscopy	Symposium 03 KASID The first five years in IBD: Getting it right from the start	Symposium 04 KSNM 2026 GERD debates: Controversies and frontiers	Free Paper 01 Others 01	Basic/Translational Symposium KSGC Circulating & spatial biomarkers in GI cancer: From detection to treatment selection	Free Paper 03 PB 01	Symposium 05 KCHUGR AI and microbiome research in gastric cancer
09:40-10:30		Symposium 02 KSGE Recent advances in third space endoscopy			Free Paper 02 Others 02		Free Paper 04 PB 02
10:30-10:50	Coffee Break
10:50-11:30	Chung Yong Kim Memorial Lecture KASL (10:50-11:20)	Symposium 06 KSG Modern big data research into real-world gastroenterology practice	Symposium 07 KASID Update on IBD guidelines 2026: What’s new in KASID guidelines and beyond	Free Paper 05 FGID/Motility 01	Free Paper 07 Liver 01	Free Paper 09 Oncology 01	Symposium 08 KPBA Regional phenotypes and contemporary management of chronic pancreatitis	Symposium 09 KCHUGR New horizons in upper GI cancer management
11:30-12:20	General Meeting KASL (11:20-12:40)			Free Paper 06 FGID/Motility 02	Free Paper 08 Liver 02	Free Paper 10 Oncology 02
12:20-13:00	Luncheon Symposium
13:00-13:20	Coffee Break
13:20-14:00	Symposium 10 KASL Contemporary approaches to chronic liver disease	Combined Symposium 01 KSG+KSSO Obesity and gastrointestinal diseases: From inter-organ crosstalk to cancer and therapy	Symposium 11 KASID Personalizing comprehensive care in IBD	Symposium 12 KSGE Upper GI leaks & fistulas: Algorithm-based treatment and advanced endoscopic therapies	Free Paper 11 Liver 03	Symposium 13 KSGC Treatment beyond progression: New concepts in refractory GI cancers	Free Paper 13 PB 03	Symposium 14 KCHUGR Clinical updates and decision making for Helicobacter pylori eradication
14:00-14:50			Symposium 11 KASID Personalizing comprehensive care in IBD		Free Paper 12 Liver 04		Free Paper 14 PB 04
14:50-15:10	Coffee Break
15:10-15:50	Symposium 15 KASL First-line (1L) systemic therapy for HCC: Beyond the choice—strategy, sequencing, and synergy	Combined Symposium 02 KCHUGR+KSNM Managing uncertainty in the upper GI tract through gray zones and near-miss cases	Multidisciplinary Symposium 01 KSGC Redefining resectability in pancreatic cancer		Symposium 16 Editor Session TBD	Free Paper 15 Oncology 03	Symposium 17 KPBA Optimizing surgical outcomes in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
15:50-16:40					Symposium 16 Editor Session TBD

Program at a glance