Sunday 17 April 2016. Who do I contact if I have a query onsite? Office staff will be available throughout the Congress period. Staff will be responsible for badge-checking, the general upkeep of the room and answering press enquiries. Offsite How can I access the official Congress media materials if I am unable to attend the Congress? Official media materials will be made available online via the media platform. Details will be provided to registered media representatives. I am unable to attend The International Congress™ 2016, can I still watch the Press Conferences? Yes, Press Conference webcasts will be made available on the media platform shortly after each conference has concluded. Access will only be granted to media representatives. Please contact the ILC 2016 Press Office if you would like to register and gain access to the webcasted press conferences. Ask The Experts What is ‘Ask The Experts’? When will this be made available? During The International Liver Congress™ 2016 registered media will be able to request the opportunity to interview EASL Governing Board members, EASL Scientific Committee members and other key opinion leaders in hepatology. This option will be made available from April 2016. photography and AV equipment Are any restrictions on photography/digital audio/video recording? Filming, photography and audio recording are allowed at The International Liver Congress™ 2016, but permission must be sought in advance from the ILC 2016 Press Office. The ILC Press Office will approve requests on a case-by-case basis. Successful requests will receive a press pass and confirmation letter for a specific time and location. Without this confirmation letter, filming/photographing/recording will only be permitted in areas that do not require approval. Intellectual property copyrights must be respected – any filming or photography of posters/scientific sessions may not be conducted without the permission of the authorised speaker/moderator. The following areas do not require permission for filming, taking photographs or making audio recording: EASL and industry interview rooms EASL press office EASL and industry conference rooms Outside the main entrance Permission is needed for filming, taking photographs or making recording in the following areas: Scientific sessions Industry-organised satellite sessions Registration area Filming in any other part of the Congress venue is strictly prohibited.
Vicente Arroyo Spain Stephen Locarnini Australia Vienna – 2010 Massimo Colombo Italy Howard Thomas United Kingdom Jenny Heathcote Canada Copenhagen – 2009 Raoul Poupon France Daniel Shouval Israel Ding-Shinn Chen Taiwan Milan – 2008 Peter Ferenci Austria Juerg Reichen Switzerland Andres Blei United States Barcelona – 2007 Michael Manns Germany Christian Trepo France Vienna – 2006 Jaime Bosch Spain Mario Rizzetto Italy Key Don’t miss these important deadlines! Abstract submission, registration, and hotel accommodation are now open. Registration 1 October 2015 Online registration and hotel booking opens 3 February 2016 Early registration fee deadline
Friday 15 April, 14:00 to 15:30 Chairperson(s) Specialty Liver tissue engineering Pedro Baptista Basic and Translational Science Immune therapy to cure HBV Ulrike Protzer Basic and Translational Science Disease staging and prognosis: versus invasive methods Pierre Bedossa & Annalisa Berzigotti Imaging and Interventional Liver tissue engineering Gideon Hirschfield Basic and Translational Science WHO symposium Stefan Wiktor Public health Saturday 16 April, 14:00 to 15:30 Title Chairperson(s) Specialty Field Animal models for study of liver disease Ralf Weiskirchen Basic and Translational Science Antiviral treatment of patients with decompensated cirrhosis Heiner Wedemeyer N/A ALD: from epidemiology to clinical management Ramon Bataller & Nick Sheron Public health NAFLD and diabetes – cause or consequence Michael Roden & Jean-François Dufour Public health