Endoscopy Live Demonstration from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Endoscopy
Room N101A
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Yuk-tong LEE
09:00
Endoscopy Live Demonstration from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Ichiro Yasuda
State Key Lab Meeting cum the 4th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Microbiota Consortium (1): Microbiome and Cancer
Hepatology
Room N101B
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Mathias HEIKENWÄLDER and Emad EL-OMAR
09:00
Topic TBC
09:25
Helicobacter pylori and colorectal cancer – Is it all microbiome l
Markus GERHARD
09:50
Diet, Dysbiosis, and Dysplasia: Unmasking the Exposome
10:15
Q & A
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation I
Room N102 & 3
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Jun YU
09:00
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation I
Liver Session (1) - Practical Management of Steatotic Liver Disease
Hepatology
Room N111 & 12
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Terry YIP
09:00
Case presentation (a patient with MetALD and LSM 18 kPa)
Karen LAI
09:05
Assessment of alcohol consumption and transition across subtypes of steatotic liver disease
09:20
Diagnosis and management of clinically significant portal hypertension in obese patients
Jimmy LAI
09:35
Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with advanced liver disease
Alice KONG
09:50
Debate: Vibration-controlled transient elastography can be used to assess response to GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with MASLD
Anand KULKARNI
Vincent W. S. WONG
10:15
Q & A
Tea Break
Room N101A
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N101B
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N102 & 3
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N111 & 12
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Endoscopy Live Demonstration from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (2)
Endoscopy
Room N101A
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Yuk-tong LEE
11:00
Endoscopy Live Demonstration from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (2)
Ichiro Yasuda
State Key Lab Meeting cum the 4th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Microbiota Consortium (2): Microbiome/Metabolites, Gut-liver Axis and Liver Diseases
Hepatology
Room N101B
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Markus GERHARD, Jennifer ZHANG
11:00
Perspective on liver transplantation: innovation, education and beyond
11:25
Topic TBC
11:50
Microbiome in cancer: From scientific discovery to potential clinical application
Jun YU
12:15
Q&A
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation II
Room N102 & 3
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Dennis WONG
11:00
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation II
Liver Session (2) - Hepatology Updates: What’s New at International Conferences and Major Journals?
Hepatology
Room N111 & 12
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Michael KO, Henry LIU
11:00
HBV in Focus: Key updates from APASL & EASL 2026
11:25
What can we learn from the Baveno VIII consensus
11:50
Advances in autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases
12:15
Q & A
Lunch Symposium (A)
Endoscopy
Room N101A
12:30 - 14:00
Chair: Yuk-tong LEE
12:30
Topic TBC
Lunch Symposium (B): IBD
Gastroenterology
Room N101B
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
Lunch
13:00
Translating evidence into practice: Potassium-competitive acid blocker (PCAB) as first-line therapy for H. pylori eradication and erosive esophagitis management
Andrew ONG
13:25
Topic TBC
13:50
Q&A
Opening Ceremony
Room N101B
14:00 - 14:20
14:00
Opening Ceremony
Dr S H Ho Memorial Lecture
Room N101B
14:20 - 14:50
14:20
Topic TBC
Joseph Sung Distinguished Lecture
Room N101B
14:50 - 15:20
14:50
Endo-Histo-Barrier-Omics and AI: Towards a new era of precision disease
Marietta LACUCCI
Tea Break
Room N101B
15:20 - 15:50
15:20
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N101A
15:20 - 15:50
15:20
Tea Break
Liver Session (3) - Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
Hepatology
Room N101A
15:50 - 17:20
Chair: Michael LI, Vincent WONG
15:50
Incretin therapies to prevent cirrhosis and complications
16:15
Expanding recompensation criteria to all liver disease aetiologies: Insights from Baveno VIII consensus
Jimmy LAI
16:40
Dissecting the interplay between circulatory alteration and systemic inflammation in cirrhosis and ACLF
Anand KULKARNI
17:05
Q & A
IBD Session (1) - Breaking Barriers in IBD
Hepatology
Room N101B
15:50 - 17:20
Chair: Joyce MAK, Siew NG
15:50
Evolving treatment targets in IBD: Beyond mucosal healing
Walter Reinisch
16:15
Choosing the right drug at the right time in CD: Optimizing sequencing and positioning
16:40
Precision medicine in IBD: Ready for prime time
17:05
Q & A
JGH-IDDF Case / Video Champion: Oral Presentation
Room N102 & 3
15:50 - 18:20
Chair: Yuk-tong LEE
15:50
JGH-IDDF Case / Video Champion: Oral Presentation
Liver Session (4) – Management of Viral Hepatitis
Hepatology
Room N101A
17:20 - 18:20
Chair: Rashid LUI, Wai-kay SETO
17:20
The updated HBV guidelines – APASL, AASLD, CSH, EASL, WHO, and more
Terry YIP
17:45
HBV cure – are we getting close?
Henry CHAN
18:10
Q & A
IBD Session (2) - Shaping IBD Care with Microbiome and Beyond
Hepatology
Room N101B
17:20 - 18:20
Chair: Agnes HO
17:20
Advanced combination therapy in IBD - Hope or hype?
Walter Reinisch
17:45
Microbiome biomarkers in IBD diagnosis and prognosis