SHC 2024 Scientific Programme

July, 2024

26

Programme Time (SGT)
Welcome Remarks by the Conference Chairman and SHC partners
Chronic Hepatitis B symposium
Chairs: Prof. Junqi NIU, Prof. Harry Janssen, Prof. Rino Gani
Advances in HBV Cure 2024
– Prof. Man Fung Yuen, Hong Kong View Bio
New guidelines for CHB
– Prof. Jidong Jia, China View Bio
Debate: Should treatment be expanded
Yes: Prof. Man Fung Yuen, Hong Kong View Bio
No: Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer, Germany View Bio
Stopping nucleoside analogue therapy: worth the risk?
– Prof. Harry Janssen, Netherlands View Bio
Update on management of HBV flares
– Prof. Teerha Piratvisuth, Thailand View Bio
Round table discussion/Case discussion
GSK Meet the Experts Tea Break
The building blocks of functional cure in HBV: Understanding the mechanisms and clinical considerations
Welcome and introduction
– Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
The cornerstone: Defining the mechanisms needed to target functional cure
– Dr. Kosh Agarwal View Bio and Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
The keystone: Measuring, monitoring and managing
– Dr. Kosh Agarwal View Bio and Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
The capstone: Making functional cure last
– Dr. Kosh Agarwal View Bio and Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
Summary and close
– Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
Delta Cure Symposium
Chairs: Prof. Teerha Piratvisuth , Prof. Khin Maung Win
What is the prevalence of delta hepatitis and how do you diagnose it
– Prof. Pei Jer Chen, Taiwan View Bio
What is delta cure and how to achieve it?
– Prof. Pietro Lampertico, Italy View Bio
Treatment options for delta cirrhosis
– Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer, Germany View Bio
Round table/case discussion
First GSK Symposium  (lunch)
Functional cure in HBV: Going the distance
Warm up: Introduction and housekeeping
– Prof. Tatsuya Kanto View Bio
The functional cure triathlon: HBsAg loss, HBV-DNA suppression, and immune restoration
– Prof. Lai Wei View Bio
Personal goals: What could functional cure mean for people living with CHB?
– Prof. Thomas Tu View Bio
On the starting line: Current strategies to achieve functional cure
– Prof. Tatsuya Kanto View Bio
Taking the torch: Future strategies that could achieve functional cure
– Dr. Kosh Agarwal View Bio
Q&A
– All Faculty
MASLD Symposium
Chairs: Prof. Yock Young Dan, Dr. Poh Seng Tan, Dr. Yin Mei Lee
NAFLD, MAFLD, MASLD – practical implications of a name change.
– Dr. George Goh, Singapore View Bio
Community screening and care pathways in Fatty Liver Disease
– Prof. Wah Kheong Chan, Malaysia View Bio
Selecting patients for pharmacological treatment
– Prof. Sven Francque, Belgium View Bio
Debate: Vitamin E for NAFLD
Yes: Prof. Arun Sanyal, USA View Bio
No: Prof. Vincent Wong, Hong Kong View Bio
Pearls and pitfalls on how to use GLP1 agonists
– Dr. Mark Muthiah, Singapore View Bio
Summary of the Second Singapore MASLD Symposium
– Prof. Arun Sanyal, USA View Bio
Round table/case discussion
Fireside Chat with Hepatology experts: career pearls for clinicians and researchers
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Huang
Featuring Prof. Rajender Reddy, View Bio Dr. Anand V Kulkarni, India View Bio & Prof. Arun Sanyal, USA View Bio
End of day 1

July, 2024

27

Programme Time (SGT)
HCC Symposium
Chairs: Dr. Edhel Tripon, Dr. Wei Lyn Yang, Adj. A/Prof. Chee Cheng Ean
Hepatocellular surveillance: Barriers, gaps and new strategies
– Dr. Ken Liu, Australia  View Bio
Role of non-invasive tests in NASH and HCC risk
– Dr. Daniel Huang, Singapore View Bio
Debate: Adjuvant therapy for HCC Cure
Yes: Prof. Pierce Chow, Singapore
View Bio
No: Prof. Glenn Bonney, Singapore View Bio
Updates in systemic therapy for HCC: the way forward
–  Adj. A/Prof. Chee Cheng Ean, Singapore View Bio
Round-table /case discussion
Tea Break
Other Liver Diseases 
Chairs: Dr. How Cheng Low, Dr. Kieron Lim, Prof. Bettina Hanssen
The forgotten disease: Alcoholic liver disease & MetALD
– Prof. Ajay Duseja, India View Bio
Difficult to treat autoimmune hepatitis
– Prof. Atsushi Tanaka, Japan View Bio
Biliary cirrhosis and sclerosing cholangitis: Update
– Prof. Atsushi Tanaka, Japan View Bio
When should we consider rare liver diseases and how to diagnose it?
– Prof. Bettina Hanssen, Holland View Bio
Round table/case discussion
Lunch 
Advanced Liver Disease Management for the practising gastroenterologist/hepatologist
Chairs: Dr. Rinaldi Lesmana, Prof. Raj Reddy
Hepatorenal syndrome and point of care ultrasound.
– Dr. Anand V Kulkarni, India View Bio
Acute on chronic liver failure
– Prof. Ajay Duseja, India View Bio
Preventing progression and complications of cACLD.
– Dr. Ken Liu, Australia  View Bio
When to refer patients for liver transplantation
– Dr. Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram, Malaysia View Bio
Futility in liver transplantation
– Prof. Rajender Reddy, USA View Bio
Round table/cases discussion
Closing comments from the Chairman