Categories: events

  • Download AIC’s Welcome App for safe gluten-free dining during the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games

    🇮🇹 Travelling to Italy for the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games? If you live with coeliac disease, you can download the AIC Welcome App – a visitor version of the Italian Coeliac Association’s app – to help you find restaurants, cafés and shops offering safe gluten-free food across Italy. A practical tool for safer dining while travelling. #CoeliacDisease #GlutenFreeTravel #MilanoCortina2026 #AOECS

    Cortina by night and an iPhone with the Associatione Italiana Celiachia Welcome App

  • AOECS attends PreventCD partners’ meeting in Leiden

    AOECS will be represented at the 35th PreventCD Progress Meeting, taking place on 22 January 2026 at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands. This participation reflects our commitment to staying closely connected to scientific research.

    The entrance of Leiden University and AOECS chair, Floris van Overveld.

  • Italy Leads the Way in Paediatric Screening for Coeliac Disease

    Join us for a special webinar to learn about the first results of Italy’s national paediatric screening programme, the first of its kind in the world. The preliminary results show a 2.8 - 2,9% positivity rate for coeliac-specific antibodies, highlighting the potential of this programme to revolutionise early detection and treatment. Register here: https://www.aoecs.org/webinars-events/

    A young Italian child is having a blood test for coeliac disease

  • AOECS Participate in European Patient Forum Meeting on Artificial Intelligence

    As artificial intelligence is being more widely used in healthcare, AOECS needs to stay alert to future developments. This became evident when Veronica Rubio, Secretary General of the Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS), and Tunde Koltai, Chair of the Board, attended the European Patient Forum Leadership Meeting centered on Artificial Intelligence on April 13th, 2024.

  • Call for papers to ISCD symposium 5-7 September, 2024

    Are you interested in sharing your work on celiac disease at the largest medical conference for celiac disease this year? Submit your abstract before April 7th to the International Celiac Disease Symposium (ISCD). Open the story below to find the link to submit your research.

  • AOECS to Lift the Patient Perspective at Global Coeliac Conference

    To balance the focus on medical research on coeliac disease AOECS puts the spotlight on the 8,700 hours per year when a person with coeliac disease is not a patient at the largest research conference on coeliac disease, the International Celiac Disease Symposium (ICDS) in Sheffield 5-7 September 2024.

  • AOECS Annual Conference - United for a better future for people with Celiac Disease

    The Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) successfully held its Celiac Annual Conference and 35th General Assembly in Athens, Greece on September 2-5. Two celiac societies from Georgia and Israel have been accepted as AOECS affiliate members. The event was elegantly hosted by the Hellenic Coeliac Society and over 130 participants met over two days in Athens.

  • AOECS opens up the General Assembly Conference for the public

    For the first time ever you can visit the AOECS General Assembly Conference in Athens November 3rd, 2023. For only 50€ you will be able to mingle, meet and make connections with influential representatives from the worldwide coeliac community. You can also enjoy an action packed half-day with presentations, research news and panel discussions on coeliac disease. See you there!

  • Study reveals an increase in digestive diseases

    Study reveal an increase in digestive diseases in Europe. United European Gastroenterology (UEG) sends open letter to EU commission to address this issue and suggests structural changes. AOECS endorses this letter and initiative.

  • Coeliac Awareness Day - webinar series

    Make sure to get a seat on AOECS coeliac awareness day webinars that run all through May, 2023. The webinars are free, but there are a limited number of seats. Register today!

  • Report from the 34th General Assembly

    For the 34th time over 100 delegates met in Lisbon between September 15-18th on the annual AOECS General Assembly to discuss how to improve life for people with coeliac disease.

  • Results from Coeliac Day Run, 2022

    Participants from over 16 European countries participated in the Coeliac Day Run collecting funds to support coeliacs affected by the war in Ukraine.

  • International Coeliac Disease Day

    Today is Coeliac Awareness Day. We mark this day to raise attention to a stealth disease that affects the lives of 7 - 15 million Europeans.

  • Virtual solidarity running contest for Europeans with coeliac disease

    Join the Coeliac Day Virtual run and support coeliacs in Ukraine. You can choose to run, walk or cycle 3 or 10 km during May 16th - 22nd. Read more about this and sign up for the race here; https://www.aoecs.org/webinars-events/coeliac-day-virtual-run-2022

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