Meetings and Courses

January 2021 14th Paris Hepatology Conference January 11-12, 2021; Paris, France

This meeting is organized by Pr Patrick Marcellin, APHC, APHP Hôpital Beaujon, Université de Paris, and CRI - Inserm. The official language of the conference is English. For more information, please visit:https://www.aphc.info/.

February The 32nd Meeting of Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery February 23-24, 2021; Tokyo, Japan

The theme of this congress is "Advanced HBP surgery." The latest surgical techniques, such as laparoscopic and robotic surgery, AI, imaging technology, and advanced surgical instruments will be shared during this congress. The congress will have various sessions such as minimally invasive surgery based on accurate anatomy, advanced surgical techniques, new guidelines, educational systems, expert consensus meeting, and unedited video session. For more information, please visit: https://site2.convention.co.jp/32jshbps/english/greeting.html.

March 2021 AHPBA Annual Congress March 17 - 21, 2021; Miami, USA

Further details will be posted soon. For more information, please visit: https://www.ihpba.org/20_Regional-Meetings.html.

May Biliary Fibrosis: Pathophysiology and translational opportunities May 7-8, 2021; Florence, Italy

The meeting will provide a state of the art review of recent advances on biliary fibrosis and cholangiopathies, with particular emphasis on pathophysiology, unmet clinical question, pathophysiology, and treatment opportunities. In addition, the STC will define and reconcile current areas of controversy, delineate future avenues of research and highlight translational opportunities (novel therapies). Topics to be covered: 1) Update on the pathobiology of biliary diseases; 2)Update on the mechanisms of biliary fibrosis; 3) Role of morphogenetic signals and cellular cross-talk; 4) Role of nuclear receptors and effects of their modulation; 5) Biomarkers of disease progression in chronic biliary diseases; and 6) New experimental models and novel molecular approaches to the treatment of cholangiopathies. For more information, please visit: https://easl.eu/event/biliary-fibrosispathophysiology-and-translational-opportunities/.

Digestive Disease Week®May 21-23, 2021

DDW is co-sponsored by AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT. In 2021,DDW will be an online/virtual event. DDW provides a forum for the exchange of groundbreaking research and clinical information in diseases of the liver and biliary tract and in liver transplantation. This will be done in a variety of formats, including plenary and parallel sessions, courses, workshops and state-of-the-art lectures. For more information, please visit: https://www.aasld.org/event/digestivedisease-week.

June 14th Biennial Congress of the E-AHPBA June 8 -11, 2021, Bilbao, Spain

The 14th Congress of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary is organized by the Spanish Chapter of the E-AHPBA. The organizing committee in cooperation with the E-AHPBA will put the greatest effort in the creation of an exciting scientific program: in addition to state-of-the-art lectures and interdisciplinary symposia, the meeting will give clinicians and scientists from Europe and all over the world the opportunity to present and exchange their HPB experience with particular emphasis on the integration of young surgeons. For more information, please visit: www.eahpba2021bilbao.com.

ISVHLD Global Hepatitis Summit June 17-20, 2021; Taipei, Taiwan, China

Sponsored by AASLD, ISVHLD GHS 2021 will take place on June 17-20,2021 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan,China. The theme of the summit is “Evolution and Revolution of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease”. This will be a four-day intensive and vibrant scientific conference with many learning opportunities for all participants in every current aspect of Hepatitis development.For more information, please visit: https://ghs2020taipei.com/aboutghs-2021/.