Falk Symposium

199

Highlights from Hepatology 2015:

From Chronic Hepatitis to
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
October 14 15, 2015
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

General Information:
Leinenweberstr. 5
79108 Freiburg
Germany

Congress Department
Telephone: +49(0)761/1514-0
Telefax: +49(0)761/1514-359
E-Mail: symposia@falkfoundation.de
www.falkfoundation.org

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scientific Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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List of Speakers, Moderators and

Scientific Organizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

CME credits for the Falk Symposium 199 have been applied for at the European Union of
Medical Specialists (UEMS) European Board of Gastroenterology (EBG). The number of
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Preface
Dear colleagues, dear friends,
On behalf of the scientific organizers, Olivier Chazouillres, Josep M. Llovet, Darius Moradpour
and myself, I would like to cordially invite you to the Falk Symposium 199 entitled Highlights from Hepatology 2015. At that meeting, internationally leading experts of their
respective fields will provide an update on current state-of-the-art and novel developments
in Hepatology. Topics range from acute and chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease,
alcoholic and metabolic liver disease, liver cirrhosis and its complications to liver cancer.
In the tradition of the successful Falk Symposia, the program combines basic science with
clinical relevant aspects. Thus, this translational update on pathogenesis, diagnosis and
treatment therapy of the most important and clinical relevant liver diseases will be of
interest to both, clinicians and scientists.
A special invitation is extended to young clinician scientists who can present their work in
the poster sessions and will surely benefit from fruitful discussions.
We are looking forward to welcoming you for two days of excellent presentations, interesting
discussions and social contacts in the wonderful city of Freiburg in the Black Forest.
With best wishes on behalf of the scientific organizers,
Robert Thimme, Freiburg

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Falk Symposium

199

Highlights from Hepatology 2015:

From Chronic Hepatitis to
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
October 14 15, 2015
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

Registration:
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
16.00 21.00 h
at the congress office
Scientific Organization:
O. Chazouillres, Paris (France)
J. M. Llovet, Barcelona (Spain)
D. Moradpour, Lausanne (Switzerland)
R. Thimme, Freiburg (Germany)
Congress Venue:
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1
79098 Freiburg
Germany

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Information:
Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme
Innere Medizin II
Universittsklinikum Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 761 / 27 03 28 00
Telefax: +49 (0) 761 / 27 03 61 00
E-Mail: robert.thimme@
uniklinik-freiburg.de
Official Language:
English.
Simultaneous translation into German.
Posters:
For details see page 10
Publication Date of the Final Program:
October 2015
The final program will be available on the
homepage www.falkfoundation.org one
week before.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

9.00 Welcome

R. Thimme,
Freiburg

S

 ession

I
Viral hepatitis I

Chair: D. Moradpour, Lausanne; R. Thimme, Freiburg

9.10 History and global burden of viral hepatitis

H. E. Blum,
Freiburg

9.35 Hepatitis B: From molecular virology to new antiviral

therapies

F. Zoulim,
Lyon

10.00 Hepatitis C in the era of direct antiviral therapies

D. Moradpour,
Lausanne

10.25 Coffee break with poster session

S

 ession

II
Viral hepatitis II

Chair: D. Moradpour, Lausanne; R. Thimme, Freiburg

10.55 Chronic hepatitis D: At a stand still?

M. Rizzetto,
Turin

11.20 Hepatitis E virus: Time to change the textbooks!

H. R. Dalton,
Truro

11.45 Challenges in special populations: Co-infection, liver

transplantation etc.

X. Forns,
Barcelona

12.10 Lunch break with poster session

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 ession

III
Autoimmune liver disease

Chair: O. Chazouillres, Paris; A. W. Lohse, Hamburg

13.30 Pathogenesis of autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases

G. Hirschfield,
Birmingham

13.55 Autoimmune hepatitis

C. P. Strassburg,
Bonn

14.20 Overlap syndromes: Classification, diagnosis and

management

A. W. Lohse,
Hamburg

14.45 Novel aspects in the management of cholestatic liver

diseases

O. Chazouillres,
Paris

15.10 Coffee break with poster session

S

 ession

IV
Alcoholic and metabolic liver disease

Chair: R. Bataller, Chapel Hill; A. Geier, Wuerzburg

15.40 Pathogenesis and management of alcoholic liver disease R. Bataller,

Chapel Hill
16.05 NASH: From pathogenesis to novel therapies

A. Geier,
Wuerzburg

16.30 Hereditary hemochromatosis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis

and treatment

H. Zoller,
Innsbruck

16.45 End of afternoon session

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Session

V
Liver cirrhosis and its complications

Chair: A. L. Gerbes, Munich; M. Rssle, Freiburg

9.00 Development and reversion of cirrhosis

M. Pinzani,
London

9.30 Current management of the complications of cirrhosis G. Garcia-Tsao,

and portal hypertension: variceal hemorrhage, ascites, New Haven
and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

10.00 Liver cirrhosis and kidney

A. L. Gerbes,
Munich

10.30 Coffee break with poster session


Session

VI
From basic science to the clinic

Chair: F. Lammert, Homburg; G. Perlemuter, Paris

11.00 Microbiota and liver disease

G. Perlemuter,
Paris

11.25 Genetics in liver disease

F. Lammert,
Homburg

11.50 Immune responses in viral hepatitis

C. Neumann-Haefelin,
Freiburg

12.15 Liver fibrosis: from pathogenesis to novel therapies

F. Tacke,
Aachen

12.40 Acute liver failure

A. E. Canbay,
Essen

13.05 Lunch break with poster session

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Session

VII
Liver cancer: molecular pathogenesis and treatment

Chair: P. R. Galle, Mainz; J. M. Llovet, Barcelona

14.00 Presentation of Poster Prizes

R. Thimme,
Freiburg

14.10 Molecular pathogenesis and novel drivers

J. Zucman-Rossi,
Paris

14.40 Role of immunity in pathogenesis and treatment

of HCC

R. Thimme,
Freiburg

15.10 Management of liver cancer

P. R. Galle,
Mainz

15.40 From emerging phase I to failing III phase trials

J. M. Llovet,
Barcelona

16.10 Coffee break with poster session

16.40 Assessment / response in HCC

R. Lencioni,
Pisa

17.10 Molecular pathogenesis and treatment of ICC

G. J. Gores,
Rochester

17.40 Surgical treatment of HCC and ICC

P. E. Majno,
Geneva

18.10 End of the meeting

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Poster Session
Posters will be exhibited on October 14-15, 2015 in the Konzerthaus Freiburg.
The authors will be in attendance during coffee and lunch breaks on both days.

Call for Posters

Please submit your poster abstract before June 30, 2015. Only one-page abstracts
not exceeding 300 words, written in English and saved in Microsoft Word format will
be accepted.
Abstracts must be submitted via our Internet Abstract Submission System
(http://www.falkfoundation.org/poster) where further information regarding the
submission format and the submission process will be available.
The abstracts will be selected by the scientific organizers, preference being given to
those thematically related to one of the sessions of the program.
The accepted abstracts will be printed and distributed to the participants of the
congress together with the documents of the meeting.
The authors will receive notification about acceptance and further instructions in
July 2015.
Contact address for further information on the poster session:
Falk Foundation e. V.
Congress Department
Leinenweberstr. 5
79108 Freiburg (Germany)
Telephone: +49 (0)761/1514-0
Telefax:
+49 (0)761/1514-359
Web address for submitting poster abstracts:
http://www.falkfoundation.org/poster
For the first author of an accepted poster, expenses for accommodation
(October 13 16, 2015) and fees for the scientific program and evening activities will
be covered during the Falk Symposium 199. Travel expenses will not be covered.

Poster Prizes
Three prizes will be awarded for the best presentations. Prize winners will be
presented with a certificate and prize money for e 1,500, e 1,000 and e 500,
respectively. Travel expenses will be covered additionally for the first author of
prize winning posters.

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List of Speakers, Moderators and Scientific Organizers

Ramon Bataller, M.D., Ph.D.
UNC School of Medicine
Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
USA
ramon_bataller@med.unc.edu
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hubert E. Blum
Innere Medizin II
Universittsklinikum Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
Germany
hubert.blum@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Prof. Dr. Ali E. Canbay
Gastroenterologie/Hepatologie
Universittsklinikum Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
45147 Essen
Germany
ali.canbay@uk-essen.de
Prof. Dr. Olivier Chazouillres
Service dhpatologie
CHU Paris Est - Hpital Saint-Antoine
184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine
75012 Paris
France
oliver.chazouilleres@sat.aphp.fr
Dr. Harry R. Dalton
Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
European Centre for Environment
and Human Health
University of Exeter
Cornwell
Turo TR1 3LJ
Great Britain
harry.dalton@rcht.cornwall.nhs.uk
Dr. Xavier Forns
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Liver Unit
Carrer de Villarroel 170
08036 Barcelona
Spain
xforns@clinic.ub.es

Prof. Dr. Peter R. Galle

Innere Medizin I
Universittsmedizin der
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitt
Langenbeckstr. 1
55131 Mainz
Germany
peter.galle@unimedizin-mainz.de
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Yale University
333 Cedar Street - 1080 LMP
New Haven, CT 06520
USA
guadalupe.garcia-tsao@yale.edu
Prof. Dr. Andreas Geier
Med. Klinik und Poliklinik II
Klinikum der
Universitt Wrzburg
Oberdrrbacher Str. 6
97080 Wrzburg
Germany
geier_a2@medizin.uni-wuerzburg.de
Prof. Dr. Alexander L. Gerbes
Medizinische Klinik II
Klinikum der Universitt
Mnchen - Grohadern
Marchioninistr. 15
81377 Mnchen
Germany
gerbes@med.uni-muenchen.de
Gregory J. Gores, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Division of Gastroenterology
& Hepatology
200 First Street SW
Rochester MN 55905
USA
gores.gregory@mayo.edu

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Dr. Gideon Hirschfield

University of Birmingham
Center of Liver Research
Institute of Biomedical Research
P.O. Box 363
Birmingham B15 2TT
Great Britain
g.hirschfield@bham.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. Pietro E. Majno

Hepatobiliary Center
Div. of Visceral Surgery
and Transplantation
Geneva University Hospitals
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
pietro.majno@hcuge.ch

Prof. Dr. Frank Lammert

Klinik fr Innere Medizin II
Universittsklinikum
des Saarlandes
Kirrberger Str. 100
66424 Homburg
Germany
frank.lammert@uks.eu

Prof. Dr. Darius Moradpour

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Div. of Gastroenterology
& Hepatology BB07-2400
Rue du Bougnon 44
1011 Lausanne
Switzerland
darius.moradpour@chuv.ch

Dr. Riccardo Lencioni

Universit di Pisa
Division of Radiology
Department of Oncology
Via Roma, 67
56100 Pisa
Italy
riccardo.lencioni@med.unipi.it

PD Dr. Christoph Neumann-Haefelin

Innere Medizin II
Universittsklinikum Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
Germany
christoph.neumann-haefelin@
uniklinik-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Ansgar W. Lohse

Medizinische Klinik I
Universittsklinikum Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20251 Hamburg
Germany
alohse@uke.de

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Perlemuter

Hpital Antoine-Bclre
157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux
92140 Clamart
France
gabriel.perlemuter@abc.aphp.fr

Prof. Dr. Josep M. Llovet

Hospital Clinico y Provincial
Universidad de Barcelona
Division of Liver Diseases
c/ Villarroel no. 170
08036 Barcelona
Spain
jmllovet@clinic.ub.es

Prof. Dr. Massimo Pinzani

UCL Insitute for Liver and
Digestive Health
Roayl Free Hospital U3
Pond Street
London NW3 2QG
Great Britain
m.pinzani@ucl.ac.uk

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Prof. Dr. Mario Rizzetto

Azienda Ospedaliera
S. Giovanni Battista di Torino
Divisione di Gastroenterologia
Corso Bramante 88/90
10126 Torino
Italy
mrizzetto@cittadellasalute.to.it
Prof. Dr. Martin Rssle
Gastroenterologe
Praxiszentrum fr Gastroenterologie
und Endokrinologie
Bertoldstr. 48
79098 Freiburg
Germany
martin-roessle@t-online.de
Prof. Dr. Christian P. Strassburg
Medizinische Klinik I
Universittsklinikum Bonn
Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25
53127 Bonn
Germany
christian.strassburg@ukb.uni-bonn.de
Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Tacke
Medizinische Klinik III
Universittsklinikum Aachen
Pauwelsstr. 30
52074 Aachen
Germany
ftacke@ukaachen.de

Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme

Innere Medizin II
Universittsklinikum Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
Germany
robert.thimme@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Dr. Heinz Zoller
Universittsklinik Innsbruck
Gastroenterologie/Hepatologie
Anichstr. 35
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
heinz.zoller@i-med.ac.at
Prof. Dr. Fabien Zoulim
Lyon University
Hepatology Department
INSERM U1052
151 Cours Albert Thomas
69003 Lyon
France
fabien.zoulim@inserm.fr
Prof. Dr. Jessica Zucman-Rossi
Universit Paris Descartes
Hopital Europen Georges Pompidou
Department of Oncology
INSERM U674/1162
27 rue Juliette Dodu
75010 Paris
France
jessica.zucman-rossi@inserm.fr

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General Information
Prior to the opening of the congress
Falk Foundation e. V.
Congress Department
Leinenweberstr. 5
79108 Freiburg (Germany)

Telephone: +49 (0)761/1514-0

Telefax:
+49 (0)761/1514-359
E-Mail:
symposia@falkfoundation.de

Congress Office
During Falk Symposium 199
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1
79098 Freiburg
Germany
Opening Hours:
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Telephone: +49 (0)175/7795327

16.00 21.00 h
8.00 18.00 h
8.30 15.00 h

Congress Fees
Scientific program of the Falk Symposium 199
Students and residents

e 200.00
e 100.00

* * * OR * * *
Day ticket
Students and residents

e 120.00
e 6
0.00

Employees of pharmaceutical or
other companies and their guests
Falk Symposium 199

e 600.00

The congress fees include:

- Welcome Evening on October 13, 2015
- Refreshments during coffee breaks
- Lunch on October 14-15, 2015
- A copy of the abstract volume
- Underground parking at the Konzerthaus Freiburg

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Registration
Congress registrations must reach the Falk Foundation e. V. by July 31, 2015 at the
latest.
After receipt of the registration form, each participant will be provided with an invoice/
confirmation. On presentation of this confirmation at the congress office in Freiburg
participants will receive the congress folder containing name badges, admission
tickets and abstract volume.
In the event of registration cancellations, a handling fee of e 20.00 will be deducted
from the refund. All participants will receive a written confirmation of attendance at
the end of the meeting.

Admission to Scientific Events

For admission to scientific events your name badge should be clearly visible.

Congress Report
The official congress report of the Falk Symposium 199 Highlights from Hepatology
2015: From Chronic Hepatitis to Hepatocellular Carcinoma will be published in
English in the first half of 2016 by Karger, Switzerland. Orders for this book at a reduced
subscription price of e 35.00 can be placed at the Congress Office during the congress
in Freiburg.

Congress Short Report

The congress short report of the Falk Symposium 199-200 will be published by the Falk
Foundation e.V. with number FSR 199-200 in the first half of 2016.

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Airports
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
http://www.euroairport.com/en/
Frankfurt International Airport
www.frankfurt-airport.com
Airport Transfer
http://www.freiburger-airportservice.de/en/
Train Connections
http://www.bahn.com

Directions to Konzerthaus Freiburg

From the North or the South, take A5 autobahn/motorway Frankfurt-Basel along the
Rhine Valley, exit Freiburg Mitte. Stay on the autobahn feeder road Mitte until exit
Konzerthaus Freiburg (10 min.), follow signs to the Konzerthaus Freiburg.
A81 Stuttgart-Singen autobahn/motorway or B31 (Hllental), Donaueschingen,
Titisee-Neustadt. Go through Freiburg on the Schwarzwaldstrasse, this becomes
Schreiberstrasse, direction of the autobahn feeder road Mitte. There are road signs
to the Konzerthaus Freiburg.
Connections to the French and Swiss autobahn/motorway networks. 950 parking
places in the underground car park at the Konzerthaus and central train station
(Hauptbahnhof).

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Falk Symposium

199

Highlights from Hepatology 2015:

From Chronic Hepatitis to
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
October 14 15, 2015
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

General Information:
Leinenweberstr. 5
79108 Freiburg
Germany

Congress Department
Telephone: +49(0)761/1514-0
Telefax: +49(0)761/1514-359
E-Mail: symposia@falkfoundation.de
www.falkfoundation.org

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