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August 2020 The Digital International Liver Congress 2020 August 27-29, 2020

Given the continuing impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and resulting restrictions, EASL has decided to transition the onsite International Liver CongressTM2020 to an immersive and exciting online event The Digital International Liver CongressTM2020, which will be held on August 2729, 2020.The Digital International Liver CongressTM 2020 will be an innovative and engaging digital event for the worldwide liver community to connect & learn.The event will be hosted on the online learning platform EASL Campus.The organizer's aim is to ensure that the Digital ILC 2020 experience is as close as possible to the real thing.For more information, please visit:https://easl.eu/event/the-digital-international-liver-congress-2020/.

October 2020 Duke Solid Organ Transplant Summit October 10, 2020; Duke School of Medicine, Durham,NC, USA

The Summit is a partnership between Duke Section of Surgical Sciences, Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), and the Duke Department of Medicine to facilitate the multidisciplinary adoption of new research results and practice guidelines by regional healthcare providers who care for solid organ transplant patients; kidney, liver,heart and lung.This unique regional program is affordable, accessible,and tailored to meet the demands of today's busy healthcare provider.The Solid Organ Transplant Summit will be a highly interactive live format to include didactic sessions, presentation of current research, debate and discussion of interesting case studies,along with Q&A and take home decision support tools.For more information, please visit: https://asts.org/events-meetings/calendarof-events/event-details/2020/10/10/default-calendar/2020-dukesolid-organ-transplant-summit#.Xux2PYcSHGg.

Baveno VII Consensus Workshop Personalized Care in Portal Hypertension October 30- 31, 2020; Grand Hotel Dino, Baveno, Italy

This workshop is to be organized by BAVENO Cooperation Steering Committee.Baveno VII is a sequel of the Baveno I-VI Workshops, which were held every 5 years from 1990 to 2015.The Workshop will begin with a brief introduction, followed by three lectures, the first one on the new concept of risk stratification,the second one on competing risks and stages in cirrhosis, and the third on life style and genetic modifiers of progression of compensated advanced chronic liver disease.For more information,please visit: https://easl.eu/event/baveno-vii-consensus-workshoppersonalized-care-in-portal-hypertension/.

November The Liver Meeting Digital Experience TM November 13-16, 2020

The Liver Meeting?is going digital - same great content, same great colleagues and friends, brand new experience.Regular abstract submission.The attendees include those focused on: 1) Adult and pediatric hepatology; 2) Clinical, basic and translational researchers;3) Specialists who diagnose and treat liver disease, including gastroenterologists, surgeons, pathologists, anesthesiologists and radiologists; 4) Primary care physicians; 5) NPs, PAs, RNs, pharmacists and other allied health professionals; and 6) Trainees and students in all disciplines listed above.For more information, please visit:https://www.aasld.org/event/liver-meeting-digital-experience.