Hepatology calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Abstracts: Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2012 Congress

5 – 8 December 2012 Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 July 2012

Scientists and researchers are invited to submit their abstracts to the Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2012 Congress to be held in Bangkok, Thailand. Accepted abstracts will be selected for Oral or Poster Presentations and will be published in the Journal for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

ABSTRACT TOPICS
Abstracts will be classified under specific categories for review and program purposes. Presenters are requested to select the topic under which their abstracts belong:

1. Absorption/Secretion

2. Bacteriology/Virology

3. Biliary Tract

4. Cellular/Molecular Biology

5. Endoscopy Surgery

6. Epidemiology

7. Gut Hormones

8. Immunology

9. Inflammation

10. Large Intestine

11. Liver

12. Motility

13. New Technologies

14. Nutrition/Metabolism

15. Oesophagus

16. Oncology

17. Pancreas

18. Psychosomatic GI Diseases

19. Small Intestine

20. Stomach

All abstracts must be submitted the conference website only: www.apdw2012.org

NOTE: Abstracts submitted by email, fax or post will NOT be accepted.

Abstracts that have been presented in previous conferences will NOT be accepted.

For more information, visit www.apdw2012.org or contact the Conference Secretariat:

KENES ASIA (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
PICO Building, 10 Soi Lasalle 56, Sukhumwit, Bangna, Bangkok 10260 THAILAND
Tel: + 66 2 748 7881 ext 111 & 101
Fax: +66 2 748 7880
Email: secretariat@apdw2012.org

Call for Abstracts: Viral Hepatitis Congress 2012

7 – 9 September 2012 The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Germany

Abstracts are more likely to be considered for oral (as opposed to poster) presentation if they contain new information and clinical rather than non clinical data.

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 8 JUNE 2012

Abstract Categories for 2012
HCV: Diagnosis
Natural history and epidemiology
Treatment and late-stage clinical trials (Phase IIb, Phase III and Phase IV)
Practical management strategies
Treatment monitoring and predictors of therapeutic response
Preclinical and early clinical development (Phase I and Phase IIa)
Direct-acting antiviral combinations
Other

HBV: Diagnosis and monitoring
Natural history and epidemiology
Treatment and late-stage clinical trials (Phase IIb, Phase III and Phase IV)
Practical management strategies
Preclinical and early clinical development (Phase I and Phase IIa)
Other

HCC: Diagnosis, natural history and epidemiology
Clinical trials
Practical management strategies
Other

Pharmacokinetics and drug interactions
HIV co-infection and viral hepatitis
Transplantation and viral hepatitis

Contact Us:

For all enquiries relating to this event:

The Viral Hepatitis Congress
Organising Secretariat
KnowledgePoint360 Group
Victoria Mill
Windmill Street
Macclesfield SK11 7HQ, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1625 664392 Fax: +44 (0) 1625 664391
Email: hep@kp360group.com

Call for Young Investigators Posters: 2nd World Congress on Controversies in the Management of Viral Hepatitis (C-Hep)

Berlin, Germany, October 18-20, 2012

The C-Hep Young Investigator Poster Exhibition

We are delighted to announce a special opportunity for young investigators. The C-Hep Young Investigator Poster Exhibition will be held during the second C-Hep Congress on October 18-20, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Successful poster presenters will be provided with a poster board at the Congress and their poster abstract text will be published on the Congress website.

An award will be granted to the winning author. Posters will be evaluated by the C-Hep Awards Committee. First prize will receive 500 Euros and the two runners-up will receive free registration to the 2013 C-Hep conference.

Topic: Studies focusing on viral hepatitis B or C will be considered.

Criteria for submission:
Participants must be under the age of 40. Proof of age must be sent to the Secretariat (identification document with photograph).

How to submit:
Please submit your important scientific insights into Hepatitis research using the online submission form.

Deadline: The deadline for submission is August 6, 2012.

Review process:
All posters will be reviewed and assessed by the Congress Scientific Review Committee based on scientific content and impact. The Scientific Review Committee reserves the right to decide on the status of each poster.

Contact us:
If you have any questions, please contact the C-Hep Secretariat: chep@comtecmed.com

Call for Abstracts: 22nd World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO 2012)

The 22nd World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO 2012), will be held from 5 to 8 December 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Themed "Challenges and Controversies in the Management of Abdominal Diseases: Current Possibility and Future Expectation", the congress will feature 10 main topics including: Upper GI Tract Surgery; Lower GI Tract Surgery; Hepatic Surgery; Biliary Tract Surgery; Pancreatic Surgery; Interventional Chemo-Immuno-Radiotherapy; Laparoscopic Endoscopic Surgery; Multidisciplinary Approaches; Innovation & Advanced Technology, and; Robotic Surgery.

The Congress will feature Pre & Post Congress Workshop (Cadaveric), Keynotes Lectures, Plenary Lectures, Symposium, Live Surgery Demonstration, Clinical Case Presentation & Discussion, Oral & Poster Presentation and inaugural Medical & Surgical Olympic Video Festival Competition.

A trade exhibition is also organized alongside the conference. It will feature leading companies that provide products and services in the field of surgery, gastroenterology and oncology.

The Scientific Committee invites all interested individuals to submit abstracts to the 22nd World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO 2012).

Accepted abstracts will be selected for Oral or Poster presentations and will be published in the event proceedings.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 July 2012

Abstract Topics
Abstracts can be submitted under the following categories:

General Surgery
Esophageal, Gastric and Bariatric Surgery
Colorectal, Genito-Urinary and Pelvic Surgery
Hepatic Surgery
Biliary Surgery
Pancreatic Surgery
Laparoscopic, Robotics, Endoscopic Surgery
Oncology
Others

Kenes International
PICO Building, 10 Soi Lasalle 56
Sukhumvit Road, Bangna
Bangkok, 10260
THAILAND
Tel: +66 2 748 7881
Fax: +66 2 748 7880
E-mail: info@iasgo2011.org