The 21th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver

The 21th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL 2011)

Owner: Liver Society (Thailand)

Highlight Topics
· Stem cells in liver carcinogenesis
· Angiogenesis in liver diseases
· Hepatocarcinogenesis – genetic pathway, current and future therapy
· Innate immunity during acute and chronic hepatitis B infection
· From liver injury to hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension
· Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: Modern concept of pathogenesis
· Individualized medicine in liver diseases (: CHB, CHC, HCC, liver transplantation)
· Distinctive features of chronic liver diseases in Asia-Pacific region
· Emerging trends in the management of liver diseases
· Drug resistance in chronic hepatitis B – what’s new?
· Issues in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis
· Emerging hepatitis B and hepatitis E virus infection in special situations
· Modern care of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
· Cirrhosis is not all about the liver
· New guidelines in the year 2010 for portal hypertension
· Advanced imaging studies and contrast agents for focal liver lesions
· Emerging liver diseases in pediatric population
· Controversy in liver transplantation
· Liver transplantation course: Back to basic
· Endoscopy course: Endoscopy in cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Awards Program
The Liver Care Foundation Financial Grant
Liver Care Foundation announces the award of ten financial grants to facilitate Young Investigators from India to present their papers at the Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of Liver (APASL). This is a continuing grant that will be given at the Annual Conference of APASL; which was started with the APASL conference held at Kyoto, Japan in 2007. Click here for more information.

Young Investigator Awards
Young Investigator Awards will be extended to young investigators who submit excellent research and selected for presentation at APASL 2011 Bangkok. Recipients will receive the bursary to assist with the expenses such as travel, hotel, and meal for attending the conference.
Eligibility and Application Procedure
The award laureate must be the presenting author and should be below 40 years of age in the congress year. He/she should send proof of age to the Conference Secretariat of APASL 2011 Bangkok while submitting the abstract for the Young Investigator Award.

Presidential Awards
Travel grants will be given in APASL 2011 Bangkok to participants whose abstracts have been accepted (for either poster or oral presentation). Recipients will receive the bursary to assist with the expenses such as travel, hotel, and meal for attending the conference. Grants will be given based on the excellent quality of the accepted abstract and recommendation letter.
Eligibility and Application Procedure
The award laureate must be the presenting author and recommendation letter from department head/supervisor must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat of APASL 2011 Bangkok while submitting the abstract.

Best Presentation Awards (Oral and Poster)
The awards recognize presenters who give excellent presentations during APASL 2011 Bangkok and are based on peer review collected at the Conference. Best Presentations Award will be announced during the closing ceremony.

Organizer : Liver Society (Thailand)