Volume 85 - 2022 - Fasc.1 - Editorial
Essential reading from the editor’s desk
Last year, the first digital version of the Belgian Week
of Gastroenterology was organized as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Although this year’s conference
was planned as a live event, unfortunately, the fifth
COVID wave decided otherwise and forced the Belgian
Week to go digital for the second time in 2022 (1, 2).
Nevertheless, the organizing committee, coordinated by
Prof. Sven Francque and Prof. Isabelle Colle, have put
together a top-notch program with state-of-the-art lectures
by nationally and internationally renowned speakers and
more than 150 abstracts selected for presentation, all
of which are published in this issue of the Acta Gastro-
Enterologica Belgica. Of course, the Belgian Week is
also one of the few occasions where the entire Belgian GI
community can meet, interact and celebrate our field. It is
evident that the social aspect will be lost to a large extent
in the digital format, but let’s not lose our community
spirit and look forward to 2023 when we hope to meet
again live!
