Programme
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Food, Poop and Drugs
Lecture Theatre 1A
09:00-10:30
Lifestyle and dietary advances in IBS management
FMT in IBS management: ready for prime time?
State Key Lab Meeting (3) - Microbiome and host response
Lecture Theatre 1B
09:00-10:30
Genetic stability and individual specificity of the human gut microbiome
The role of inflammation in the development of Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
Asian Frontiers in GI Endoscopy (AFGIE) Symposium
Endoscopic tissue approximation in management of GI diseases
Current status of EUS-guided portal pressure gradient measurement
Tricks to enhance adenoma detection rate in colonoscopy: second look, mucosal exposure device, or AI?
Troubleshooting difficult bile duct access: advanced ERCP cannulation techniques or EUS guided biliary access?
GI cancer: from prevention to cure
Lecture Theatre 1A
11:00-12:30
Non-invasive biomarkers for colorectal cancer: recent guidelines
Prevention of GI cancer: dream or reality?
What’s new in upper GI cancer treatment?
State Key Lab Meeting (4) - Microbiome and cancer therapy
Lecture Theatre 1B
11:00-12:30
Microbiome and anti-cancer therapy
Enterococcus and cancer immunotherapy
Targeting microbiome for cancer prevention/treatment
Towards control of viral hepatitis
Eliminating HCV in lockdown
Disease burden of viral hepatitis in Hong Kong – should we treat more?
Will immunomodulatory treatment contribute to HBV elimination?
Lecture Theatre 1A
13:30-14:30
The next stage of the ulcerative colitis (UC) journey
Lecture Theatre 1B
13:30-14:30
COVID-19 and the GUT: lessons learnt
Lecture Theatre 1A
14:30-16:00
Gut microbiome and vaccine response
COVID-19 vaccine and immunosuppressants: chicken or egg?
Balancing your gut microbiome to fight COVID-19: what’s the evidence?
General hepatology updates
Lecture Theatre 1B
14:30-16:00
Systemic treatments for HCC
Updates in autoimmune liver diseases
What is new in the Baveno VII consensus?
** Programme is subject to change without prior notice