East Asia Liver AllianceSCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

  • 14:00-14:40

  • Welcome Remarks

    Young-Suk Lim (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea)

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  • Introduction of the New 2026 EALA Young Investigators

    Sung Won Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea)

14:40-16:00

Presentation of Group Research Results from EALA 2025

Moderators: Tatsuya Kanto (Japan Institute for Health Security, Japan), Do Young Kim (Yonsei Univ., Korea), Tung-Hung Su (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

  • 14:40-15:00

  • [Group 1_MASLD]
    BMI-Based Subclassification of Steatotic Liver Disease with Increased Alcohol Intake

    Norihiro Imai (Nagoya Univ., Japan)

  • 15:00-15:20

  • [Group 2_HCC]
    Real-World Comparative Study of Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab versus Durvalumab/Tremelimumab as First-Line Therapy in Unresectable HCC: An East-Asia Liver Alliance Cohort Analysis

    Soon Kyu Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea)

  • 15:20-15:40

  • [Group 3_Viral Hepatitis]
    Development of HCC Prediction Models after SVR in Non-Cirrhotic Patients: East-Asia Liver Alliance Viral Collaboration

    Kazuya Okushin (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

  • 15:40-16:00

  • [Group 4_Cirrhosis]
    Implementation Gap in Sarcopenia Assessment and Management in Cirrhosis: An East Asia Liver Alliance Survey

    Soon Sun Kim (Ajou Univ., Korea)

  • 16:00-16:20

  • Group Photo for Day 1 / Break and Connections

16:20-17:50

Small Group Discussion 1 for 2026 Young Investigators

  • 16:20-17:50

  • Group 1 (MASLD)

    Mentors: W. Ray Kim (AASLD), Seung Up Kim (KASL), Takumi Kawaguchi (JSH)

    YI:
    Sung Won Chung (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea), Dong Yun Kim (Yonsei Univ., Korea), Tsubasa Tsutsumi (Kurume Univ., Japan), Masaaki Mino (Japan Institute for Health Security, Japan), Chia-Hung Tai (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan), Chun-Ming Hong (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

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  • Group 2 (HCC)

    Mentors: Ju Dong Yang (AASLD), Chung-Feng Huang (TASL)

    YI:
    Heechul Nam (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea), Myung Ji Goh (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), Hiroki Inada (Kumamoto Univ., Japan), Masayuki Ueno (Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan), Wei Teng (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan), Pei-Chang Lee (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

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  • Group 3 (Viral Hepatitis)

    Mentors: Jeong Won Jang (KASL), Tatsuya Kanto (JSH), Wen-Juei Jeng (TASL)

    YI:
    Hee Sun Cho (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea), Sung Hwan Yoo (Yonsei Univ., Korea), Yeowool Kang (Dong-A Univ., Korea), Kazuhiro Murai (The Univ. of Osaka, Japan), Yu Ping Chang (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan), Yi-Chung Hsieh (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan)

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  • Group 4 (Cirrhosis)

    Mentors: Willscott Naugler (AASLD), Sang Gyun Kim (KASL)

    YI:
    Seul Ki Han (Yonsei Univ. Wonju, Korea), Se Young Jang (Kyungpook National Univ., Korea), Moon Hyung Lee (Kyung Hee Univ., Korea), Shinya Yokoyama (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Masaaki Hirata (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Shu-Chi Wang (Kaohsiung Medical Univ., Taiwan)

  • 17:50-18:00

  • Wrap-up for Day 1 and Orientation for Day 2

    Sung Won Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea)

  • 18:30-20:30

  • EALA Dinner @ Conrad Seoul

  • 07:00-07:50

  • Breakfast Symposium

08:00-09:30

Invited Lecture

  • 08:00-08:30

  • EALA Collaborative Research from Networking to Translating Ideas

    Moderator: Ming-Lung Yu (Kaohsiung Medical Univ., Taiwan)
    Speaker: Takumi Kawaguchi (Kurume Univ., Japan)

  • 08:30-09:00

  • Generative AI and LLMs in Hepatology: Literature, Research, and Publication

    Mederator: Jung-Hwan Yoon (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
    Speaker: Tung-Hung Su (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

  • 09:00-09:30

  • Designing and Conducting Your First Multinational, Multicenter IIT

    Moderator: Tetsuo Takehara (The Univ. of Osaka, Japan)
    Speaker: Won-Mook Choi (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea)

  • 09:30-09:40

  • Break, Connections, and Change Rooms

09:40-10:40

Small Group Discussion 2 for 2026 Young Investigators

  • 09:40-10:40

  • Group 1 (MASLD)

    Mentors: W. Ray Kim (AASLD), Seung Up Kim (KASL), Takumi Kawaguchi (JSH)

    YI:
    Sung Won Chung (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea), Dong Yun Kim (Yonsei Univ., Korea), Tsubasa Tsutsumi (Kurume Univ., Japan), Masaaki Mino (Japan Institute for Health Security, Japan), Chia-Hung Tai (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan), Chun-Ming Hong (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

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  • Group 2 (HCC)

    Mentors: Chung-Feng Huang (TASL)

    YI:
    Heechul Nam (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea), Myung Ji Goh (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), Hiroki Inada (Kumamoto Univ., Japan), Masayuki Ueno (Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan), Wei Teng (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan), Pei-Chang Lee (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

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  • Group 3 (Viral Hepatitis)

    Mentors: Jeong Won Jang (KASL), Tatsuya Kanto (JSH), Wen-Juei Jeng (TASL)

    YI:
    Hee Sun Cho (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea), Sung Hwan Yoo (Yonsei Univ., Korea), Yeowool Kang (Dong-A Univ., Korea), Kazuhiro Murai (The Univ. of Osaka, Japan), Yu Ping Chang (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan), Yi-Chung Hsieh (Chang Gung Univ., Taiwan)

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  • Group 4 (Cirrhosis)

    Mentors: Willscott Naugler (AASLD), Sang Gyun Kim (KASL)

    YI:
    Seul Ki Han (Yonsei Univ. Wonju, Korea), Se Young Jang (Kyungpook National Univ., Korea), Moon Hyung Lee (Kyung Hee Univ., Korea), Shinya Yokoyama (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Masaaki Hirata (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Shu-Chi Wang (Kaohsiung Medical Univ., Taiwan)

  • 10:40-10:50

  • Break, Connections, and Change Rooms

10:50-11:50

Small Group Final Presentation of Projects

Sung Won Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea)

  • 10:50-11:05

  • Group 1 (MASLD)

    2026 YI

  • 11:05-11:20

  • Group 2 (HCC)

    2026 YI

  • 11:20-11:35

  • Group 3 (Viral Hepatitis)

    2026 YI

  • 11:35-11:50

  • Group 4 (Cirrhosis)

    2026 YI

  • 11:50–12:00

  • Wrap-up for Day 2 and Closing Remarks, Group Photo

    Young-Suk Lim (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea)

  • 12:00-13:00

  • Luncheon Symposium (EALA Business Meeting)