Frontiers in Colorectal and Intestinal Disease 2026
Welcome to the 24th Annual Frontiers in Colorectal and Intestinal Disease.
Date:
18 Nov 2026 - 20 Nov 2026
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue:
Royal College of Surgeons, London and Online
The latest programme is HERE!
Frontiers 2026 at the Royal College of Surgeons 2–day event. Register now
On Wednesday we are running masterclasses on IBD, endoscopy and surgery. Surgery will have separate specialised sessions on the abdominal wall, endometriosis, IBD surgery and complex colorectal cancer.
Frontiers Masterclass: IBD Masterclass (Medical) Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: Endoscopy Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: Complex Cancer (Surgery) Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: IBD Masterclass (Surgery) Sold out join waitlist
Frontiers Masterclass: Abdominal Wall (Surgery) Sold out join waitlist
Frontiers Masterclass: Endometriosis (Surgery) Sold out join waitlist
It is my great pleasure, as Dean of St Mark’s Academic Institute, to welcome you to London for the 24th Annual Frontiers in Colorectal and Intestinal Disease Congress. This year’s meeting focuses on colorectal disease at the crossroads – learning from the past, to create a better future.
We are delighted to host participants both here in London and around the world online. With high-quality facilities and streaming, we aim to provide every attendee with an excellent experience, whether joining us in person or virtually.
The programme embraces a wide range of multidisciplinary perspectives—medical, endoscopic, radiological, oncological, surgical nursing, and nutritional—while ensuring that the patient voice is clearly heard.
We are honoured to welcome Chris Lamb (UK) as the Sir Francis Avery Jones Visiting Professor, Alberto Arezzo (Italy) as the Sir Alan Parks Visiting Professor, and Trevor Graham (UK) delivering the Basil Morson State of the Art Lecture.
Over three days, the Congress will explore topics central to everyday clinical practice and cutting-edge research.
Thursday opens with sessions with ‘Beyond the diagnosis: a hopeful future for stage IV colon cancer’, ‘Intestinal failure: learning from pitfalls – past insights, present practice, future care’, ‘Severe ulcerative colitis: escalation, exhaustion, and exit strategies’, and ‘Subacute hereditary cancer presentations: where do we go from here?’. The prestigious John Nicholls Prize will also be awarded for the best new research.
On Friday, we start with ‘Looking forward by looking back: the evolution of proctology practice’, then ‘Faecal incontinence: modern solutions for an age-old problem’, ‘Crohn’s disease: are we entering the post-surgical era?’, ‘Resectability reconsidered: modern strategies in advanced colorectal cancer’, ‘Future frontiers in colorectal collaboration building the networks that shape tomorrow’, and ‘Future visions of colorectal care’.
We warmly thank all our supporters, sponsors and contributors for their invaluable assistance in making this Congress possible. We hope the coming days will be stimulating, educational, and thought-provoking, and we wish you an enjoyable and memorable time here in London for the 24th Frontiers Congress.
Professor Omar Faiz, Dean St Mark’s Academic Institute
Day 1 Masterclasses: St Mark’s Hospital, Central Middlesex, Acton Road, London NW10 7NS. Please note the Complex Cancer (Surgery) Masterclass takes place at 230 City Rd London.
Day 2 & 3 Conference: Royal College of Surgeons, 38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE
18, 19 & 20 November 2026
Conference in person (2 days)
Consultants £250; From 1 Oct: £300 Trainee/Nurses/AHP £190; From 1 Oct: £240
Conference in person (1 day)
Consultants £175; From 1 Oct: £225 Trainee/Nurses/AHP: £100; From 1 Oct: £150
Online and on-demand (19–20 Nov 2026)
Registration: £50, includes on-demand access for 12 weeks.
CPD:
Registration fee £200 (except Endoscopy masterclass)
Frontiers Masterclass: IBD Masterclass (Medical) – This masterclass offers 4 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: Endoscopy – The Endoscopy Masterclass – Consultant rate of £75 and trainees and nurses rate of £25. This masterclass offers 5 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: Complex Cancer (Surgery) This masterclass offers 5.5 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Register now
Frontiers Masterclass: IBD Masterclass (Surgery) This masterclass offers 5 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Sold out join waitlist
Frontiers Masterclass: Abdominal Wall (Surgery) This masterclass offers 5 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Sold out join waitlist
Frontiers Masterclass: Endometriosis (Surgery) This masterclass offers 4.5 CPD points as approved by the ACPGBI. Sold out join waitlist
Breakfast workshops always sell out! You can register your interest by email:
info@stmarksacademicinstitute.org.uk
19 Nov 2026, 08:00–08:40
Hepatology workshop: Optimising patients with cirrhosis for surgery (Luke Tyson, Laith Al-Rubaiy)
Endoscopy workshop: Basic polypectomy – Everything you need to know (Brian Saunders, Ahmir Ahmad, Morgan Moorghen)
The breakfasts workshops grant 1 CPD for each workshop, as approved by the ACPGBI.
20 Nov 2026, 08:00–08:40
Familial cancers workshop (Sue Clark, Andrew Latchford)
IBD dysplasia management workshop (Ana Wilson)
We are grateful to all our sponsors and exhibitors (which includes pharmaceutical companies), whose funding have contributed towards this independently produced meeting and programme. Sponsors and exhibitors have not had any editorial input or control over the agenda, scientific content development or choice of speakers.
This congress is endorsed by ECCO.
By registering for Frontiers, you acknowledge that your registration details (such as your name, job title, organisation and email address) may be shared with event sponsors for purposes related to the event.
