In the 46 years since EASL was founded, it has grown from a small organization that played host to 70 participants at its first meeting, to becoming the leading liver association in Europe. EASL attracts the foremost hepatology experts as members and has an impressive track record in promoting research in liver disease, supporting wider education, and promoting changes in european liver policy.
The International Liver Congress™ 2011, March 30 – April 3 will take place at the Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC) Berlin, Germany, which ranks among the largest, most advanced, and most successful congress venues in the world.
Participants to the congress will audience and are invited to submit abstracts on the next categories: liver transplantation, cirrhosis and its complications, liver tumors, molecular and cellular biology, viral hepatitis, fatty liver, alcoholic liver disease and drug induced liver disease.
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION FEES IN EURO (INCLUSIVE OF 19% VAT)
Until
February 10, 2011
From February 11, 2011
until March 10, 2011
From
March 11, 2010 & On-Site
EASL Member *
€ 100
€ 150
€ 300
Non Member
€ 650
€ 710
€ 770
Young Investigator EASL Member */**
€ 50
€ 100
€ 200
Young Investigator **
€ 150
€ 200
€ 250
Nurse***
€ 150
€ 200
€ 250
EASL Joint Workshops (one may be chosen)
09:00-12:00
Included in registration fee.
Wednesday, March 30,2011
• EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology)
• ELITA (European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association)
• ESBRA (European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism)
• IAC(International Club of Ascites)
• ILCA (International Liver Cancer Association)
• INHSU(The International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users)
• International PSC Study Group
• ISHEN (International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism)
• LICAGE (Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe)
• VIRGIL (European Surveillance Network for Vigilance Against Viral Resistance)
Pre-registration for workshops is mandatory.
Early Morning Workshops (one per day may be chosen)
Euro 20 fee per workshop
Pre-registration for workshops is mandatory.
NOTE:
Each workshop is limited to a maximum of 60 participants and will be available on a first-come first-served basis.
Friday, April 1, 2011
07:30- 08:30 (12 parallel)
F01 Renal failure in acutely ill cirrhotic patients
F02 Management of autoimmune hepatitis
F03 Liver disease in the HIV-infected patient
F04 NAFLD - pathogenesis and management
F05 Virus - host interactions in hepatitis C
F06 New insights in liver fibrosis
F07 How will we use protease inhibitors in 2012
F08 Management of side-effects of interferon- based therapy
F09 Hepatitis E in the immunosuppressed patient
F10 Nucleoside analogues - is a finite duration of therapy possible?
F11 Controversies in organ allocation
F12 Which patients with HCC benefit from tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Saturday, April 2, 2011
07:30- 08:30 (12 parallel)
S01 Controversies in alcoholic liver disease
S02 Advances in portal hypertension
S03 Non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment
S04 Immune responses in HCV infection
S05 Stem cells in fibrosis and cancer
S06 New HCV therapeutic targets - beyond protease inhibitors
S07 Long term management issues in chronic hepatitis B
S08 What's new in delta virus infection?
S09 Post transplant viral hepatitis
S10 Long-term care of the liver transplant patients
S11 Advances in diagnostic and interventional radiology
S12 HCC and liver transplantation
* Only ACTIVE EASL MEMBERS are entitled to the EASL Members’ registration fees.
Participants who become NEW EASL Membersafter January 1, 2011, will be entitled to all EASL membership benefitsexcluding the ‘EASL Member’ Registration fees for the International Liver Congress™
EASL is a society composed of individual members.
** Under 35 and still in training. Proof of age and status must be sent with registration to the Organizing Secretariat. (Not part of the bursary programme).
*** Proof of nurse status is mandatory. Relevant documentation must be sent with registration to the Organizing Secretariat
