Tuesday, March 18, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
PLENARY 1 - A Focus On Where We are At
  • Opening remarks John Ward and Norah Terrault
  • Bridging basic-clinical-implementation spheres in viral hepatitis + Q&A  Jordan Feld
  • Global progress on hepatitis B, C, and D elimination + Q&A Meg Doherty
  • PANEL: Advocacy - coalitions that led to national commitment to elimination
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
BASIC PARALLEL 1 - HCV virology: replicating success
  • What can we learn from HCV for the other hepatitis viruses? Ralf Bartenschlager
  • Pharmacology of long-acting HCV therapeutics Andrew Owen
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
CLINICAL PARALLEL 2 - Practical Strategies for implementing Guidelines and Maximizing Treatment Outcomes
  • How to Engage and Support Priority Populations for Viral Hepatitis Care in Non-Endemic Regions Christine Greenway 
  • Development and Expansion of Novel Care Models for a Global Population
  • Patient and Provider Perspective on Overcoming Barriers to Care Su Wang
  • Oral Presentation 
  • Oral Presentation 
  • Q&A
CLINICAL PARALLEL 1 - Management of HBV in 2025
  • Interferon as a Component of HBV Cure in 2024 and 2034  Harry Janssen
  • Invited Talk
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PLENARY 2 - State of the Art: Report Card on Drug Development for HBV: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward
  • Report Card on Drug Development for HBV: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward + Q&A  Ed Gane
  • Oral Presentation + Q&A
  • Oral Presentation + Q&A 
  • Introductory Talk
  • Panel - HBV Theraputics (what's needed now and in the future) + Q&A 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CLINICAL PARALLEL 3 - ILCA-GHS HCC Symposium
  • Risk stratification – HBV and post-SVR  
  • Debate – Are there patients that we can stop surveillance in low risk patients? Neil Mehta
  • Early detection/screening – surveillance underuse and emerging modalities Ju Dong Yang
  • Panel – implementation of these strategies   Neil Mehta; Ju Dong Yang
BASIC PARALLEL 2 - MishMASH: molecular mechanisms for liver disease
  • MASH: molecular underpinnings of novel therapeutics Percy Knolle 
  • Inflammatory premise for cancer
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CLINICAL PARALLEL 5 - Delta Therapies -- Current and Future
  • Overview of New Drug Development for Hepatitis Delta 
  • Bulevirtide (BLV) as Monotherapy or Combination Treatment with Interferon for Hepatitis Delta Maria Buti
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
CLINICAL PARALLEL 4 - Optimizing HBV Treatment: Propsects for a functional cure
  • Progress towards a Sterilizing Cure - Advances in Gene editing and Targeting cccDNA Fabien Zoulim
  • The Role of RNA interference (siRNA, ASO) as the backbone of HBV Cure strategies Kosh Agarwal
  • Invited Talk
  • Oral Presentation 
  • Oral Presentation 
  • Q&A
Thursday, March 20, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
BASIC PARALLEL 3 - "Dueling" virology: HBV and HDV
  • Molecular basis for an HBV cure using antivirals Chloe Thio
  • From controlling HDV to HDV cure Marc Ghany
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
CLINICAL PARALLEL 6 - HBV Treatment Challenges and Controversies
  • Do Not Stop Long-Term NA Therapy in Absence of Functional Cure (against) Anna Lok
  • You Can Stop Long-Term Therapy in Absence of Functional Cure (for)
  • What is the Evidence for Expanding NA Therapy Patrick Kennedy
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PLENARY 3 - State of the Art: Thinking outside the Box for HCV: Treat to Cure and Eliminate
  • Thinking outside the Box for HCV: Treat to Cure and Eliminate + Q&A Margaret Hellard 
  • Oral Presentation + Q&A
  • Oral Presentation + Q&A 
  • Introductory Talk
  • Panel + Q&A
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
BASIC PARALLEL 4 - Exploiting adaptive immunity to combat viral hepatitis
  • Restoring immunity to cure hepatitis B Ulrike Protzer
  • Immunologic prescription for a vaccine to prevent chronic hepatitis C  Andrea Cox
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
     
CLINICAL PARALLEL 7 - New Diagnostics and Technologies in Liver Disease - Potential for Current and Future Clinical Practice
  • Novel Biomarkers and Point of Care Tests for HBV management
  • Application of Artifical Intelligence in Viral Hepatitis
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CLINICAL PARALLEL 8 - Overlapping Epidemics: Viral Hepatitis Meets Steatotic Liver Disease
  • Alcohol and Viral Hepatitis: How Much is too Much? Jennifer Flemming
  • Risk of HCC in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and Viral Hepatitis
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CLINICAL PARALLEL 9 - Remaining Challenges in Hepatitis C
  • HCV : Improving care after HCV diagnosis and after HCV Cure  Jennifer Price
  • Treatment of HCV in Context of HCC - Remaining Challenges in 2025
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
Friday, March 21, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLINICAL PARALLEL 10 - Special Populations in Viral Hepatitis
  • Immunocompromised Patients and Viral Hepatitis Management
  • Management of Children with Viral Hepatitis (i.e., Immuntolerant or High Replicative, Non-Inflammatory)
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
BASIC PARALLEL 5 - Gene- and Cell therapies - latest news
  • CAR-T cells in liver transplantation Elmar Jaeckel
  • Gene correction in the liver using CRISPR Alexander Ploss
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Q&A
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PLENARY 4 - State of the Art: Towards Achieving Health Equity
  • Australia Greg Dore 
  • UK
  • Spain Camila Picchio 
  • Africa Ponsianoo Ocama 
  • Brazil Thor Dantas
  • China
  • Panel + Q&A
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