Dear Colleagues,

 

　　We are delighted and honored to introduce you to the 26th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), which will take place in Shanghai, China. We will bring together a distinguished faculty of renowned specialists from the Asia-Pacific region and from around the world to this conference.

 

　　The APASL Annual Meeting has grown as the leading conference focusing on remarkable advances in liver disease, aimed at providing the latest scientific and evidence-based research results that will be applicable to everyday clinical practice. It provides an excellent opportunity to share and exchange experiences especially from the viewpoint of Asian-Pacific countries. These elements are essential to pave the way for the further development of hepatology.

 

　　We plan to have a three-day core program to provide an overview of various liver diseases with the State-of-the-Art Lectures on hot-off-the-press issues. Additionally, Postgraduate Courses and Morning Sessions will be designed for the in-depth discussion of particular topics.

 

　　Free paper and poster presentations are always the soul of the conference to share research findings and there will be several awards available aimed at supporting young scientists to attend the conference and encourage scientific research.

 

　　We thus enthusiastically invite you to submit abstracts and join us at this conference as well as our blooming city, Shanghai.

 

　　We look forward to welcoming you in Shanghai!

 

Jinlin Hou, M.D., PhD

 

President, APASL 2017