List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (SESSION I).- 1 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease: converging paradigms.- 2 The role of the epithelium in inflammatory bowel disease.- 3 Implications of genetics for clinical practice.- 4 Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in China.- 5 State-of-the-Art Lecture: The enteric microbiota: implications in inflammatory bowel...