Croatian Liver Week Zagreb / Rijeka Croatia June 9Th-12Th, 2021

Croatian Liver Week Zagreb / Rijeka “Old issues in new Croatia COVID19 / post COVID19 world “ June 9th-12th, 2021

List of events:

 Two-day international scientific meeting with political goal:  Day1: “HCC as the result of the unmet needs of “silent liver epidemics “ June 9th, Zagreb  Day 2: “NAFLD day as a part of the week of chronic liver disease awareness” June 12th, Rijeka

 Two-day public action with mobile clinic - Mobile InfoHep Center:  Day 1: NASH Day, June 10th, Zagreb  Day 2: NASH Day, June 11th, Rijeka

Organizers:

 Croatian Society for Liver Diseases “Hepatos”  Croatian Society for Gastroenterology

The event is organized:

under the high auspices of The President of the Republic of Croatia

under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia

and is endorsed by the European Association for the Study of the Liver – EASL

In co organization with:

HCC as the result of the unmet needs of “silent liver NAFLD day as a part of the week of chronic liver epidemics “ disease awareness

 Croatian Society for Internal Medicine  Youth Section of Croatian Society for Oncology Gastroenterology  Croatian Oncological Society  Croatian Association for Diabetes and  Croatian Institute for Public Health Metabolic Disorders  Croatian National Reference Centre for  Croatian National Reference Centre for Diagnostics and Treatment of Viral diabetes of the Ministry of Health Hepatitis of the Ministry of Health  UHC Rijeka and UH Merkur

Expert organizing committee (in alphabetic order):

HCC as the result of the unmet needs of “silent liver NAFLD day as a part of the week of chronic liver epidemics “ disease awareness

Ivica Grgurević Vjekoslava Amerl Sakić Neven Ljubičić Leonardo Bressan, Ivana Mikolašević Tajana Filipec Kanižaj, Stjepko Pleština Ivana Mikolašević Tatjana Reić Sandra Milić Adriana Vince Tatjana Reić Lucija Virović Jukić

Croatian Liver Week HCC as the result of the unmet needs of “silent liver epidemics “ “Old issues in new

COVID19 / post Scientific meeting with political goal COVID19 world “ Hotel Dubrovnik, hall “Ban Mažuranić” Zagreb, Croatia

09.06.2021. Meeting moderator: Daniela Trbović

10:00-10:30 Welcome remarks Tatjana Reić, Hepatos, organizer Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice- president (TBC)

Distinguished guests addresses European Association for the Study of the Liver representative (TBC) Iva Pejnović Franelić WHO Office in Croatia Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia (TBC) Željko Jovanović, envoy of the President of Republic of Croatia

Introductions and presentations

10:30-10:50 State of the art lecture (TBD) Stjepko Pleština, Croatia Croatian Society for Internal Medical Oncology

Current landscape of HCC

10:50-11:05 HCC Advances in diagnosis and Massimo Colombo, Italy prognosis

11:05-11:20 Surgical treatment for hepatocellular Danko Mikulić, Croatia carcinoma

11:20-11:35 Interventional Radiology in the treatment Ivana Jurca, Croatia of liver cancer

11:35-11:50 Liver transplantation for hepatocellular Tajana Filipec Kanižaj, Croatia carcinoma: Where do we stand?

11:50-12:05 Systematic treatment Borislav Belev, Croatia Emerging science and programs – Lucija Virović Jukić, Croatia 12:05-12:20 PIVKA II

12:20-12:35 Setting national priorities for primary Jadranka Karuza, Croatia prevention role of GP

12:35-12:50 Coffee break (15 minutes)

Croatian Liver Week “Old issues in new HCC as the result of the unmet needs of

COVID19 / post “silent liver epidemics “ COVID19 world “ Scientific meeting with political goal Hotel Dubrovnik, hall “Ban Mažuranić” Zagreb, Croatia

09.06.2021. Liver disease management - million little decisions, not a single big one

12:50-13:05 WHO report on cancer: setting priorities, WHO representative (TBD) investing wisely and providing care for all

13:05-13:20 Impact of COVID 19 on mental health and Danijela Štimac Grbić, Croatia viral infection perception

13:20-13:35 Prioritizing health promotion / Building an Sanja Musić Milanović, Croatia environment that promotes health and encourages citizens to make healthy choices

13:35-13:50 Lifestyle approach for a healthy liver Shira Zelber-Sagi, Israel

13:50-14:05 EU for Health 2021: HCV elimination will Tomislav Sokol MEP, Croatia reduce cancer

Securing wider regional commitment to the viral hepatitis elimination

14:05-14:20 The feasibility of elimination by 2030: Adriana Vince, Croatia what needs to be done?

14:35-14:50 HCV and COVID-19: Impact of John Ward, USA Overlapping Pandemics

14:50-15:05 Back to our regularly scheduled viral Homie Razavi, USA infections: COVID 19 impact on HCV elimination in Europe

15:05-15:20 Next steps in European program to Otilia Mårdh, Sweden estimate proportion of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma attributable to hepatitis B and C

15:20-15:35 Focus on the global hepatitis C Mojca Matičič, Slovenia elimination goal and EASL recommendations for a complex management of HCV in people who inject drugs 15:35-15:50 Rachel Halford, UK COVID 19 impact on HCV testing: Hep can’t wait campaign

15:50-16:00 Q&A /CONCLUSIONS and NASH Day announcement – Ivana Mikolašević, Croatia

Croatian Liver Week “Old issues in new

COVID19 / post COVID19 world “

Two-day public action to mark the International NASH Day 2021

Mobile clinic – Mobile InfoHep Center

The Mobile InfoHep Centre (MIHC) will provide its’ complete linkage to care service and offer NASH / NAFLD services to general public by offering:

 transient elastography (Fibroscan®) exams and  counselling by medical and/or public health experts  linkage to care with local experts/specialist in local hospital/center.

Aiming to raise awareness and attract attention on the growing NASH/ NAFLD problem in our country activities will be held at 2 different locations as follows:

10.06.2021. Zagreb, Croatia 10:00 - 15:00 h at Trg Petra Preradovića - Cvjetni trg

11.06.2021. Rijeka, Croatia 10:00 - 15:00 h at Korzo

Croatian Liver Week NAFLD day as a part of the

“Old issues in new Croatian Liver Week COVID19 / post Scientific meeting Hotel Jadran, Rijeka, Croatia COVID19 world “

12.06.2021.

9:00-9:10 Welcome and distinguish guest address Romana Jerković, Special Committee on Beating Cancer of the EP 9:10-9:30 Is Europe ready to meet the challenge of Jeffery Lazarus, Spain NAFLD?

9:30-9:50 Is Croatia ready to meet the challenge of Ivana Mikolašević, Croatia NAFLD?

9:50-10:10 NAFLD and childhood obesity Kristina Baraba Dekanić and Tamara Alempijević, Croatia 10:10-10:30 NAFLD a multisystem disease Lubomir Skladany, Poland

10:30-10:50 How to assess cardiovascular risk in NAFLD Alen Ružić and Helena Jerkić, Croatia patients?

10:50-11:10 NAFLD - what do clinician need to know? Helena Cortez-Pinto, Portugal

11:10-11:30 Management of NAFLD with the metabolic Dario Rahelić and Tamara Turk Wensveen, syndrome Croatia

11:30-11:50 How to diagnose NAFLD in 2021 Elisabetta Bugianese, Italy

11:50-12:10 Portal hypertension and NAFLD Ivica Grgurević, Croatia

12:10-12:25 Coffee break (15 minutes)

12:25-13:05 NAFLD and HCC  pathogenesis Lucija Virović Jukić, Croatia  screening Sandra Milić and Elisabetta Bugianese, Croatia/Italy 13:05-13:45 Modulation of gut microbiota in NAFLD; the role of FMT  pathogenesis Michael Kukla  role of FMT Goran Hauser and Irena Krznarić-Zrnić, Croatia 13:45-14:05 NAFLD and liver transplantation - past, Patrizia Burra and Tajana Filipec Kanižaj present and future Italy/Croatia

14:05-14:25 NAFLD clinic in Croatia Ivana Mikolašević, Nadija Skenderević and Filip Blažić, Croatia 14:25-14:45 The power of patients’ voice: how can united Tatjana Reić and Donna Cryer, Croatia/USA Patients’ Advocacy Groups shape the scene and push the boundaries

14:45-15:00 Q&A / CONCLUSIONS