External Events

During DECISION’s first ever hybrid-meeting, 34 participants gathered face-to-face from 8-10 September in sunny Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain. Additionally, 20 participants joined us remotely via Zoom. Discussions on novel rat models and the clinical study, as well as a poster session for the Early Career Scientists, were only a few highlights. Thanks to the amazing work of all partners, the project is progressing well.

On 8^th September 2021, 29 participants of the DECISION Consortium attended the first MasterClass which was organized as part of the WP7 training programme before the start of the 3^rd General Assembly Meeting, in Barcelona, Spain.

The MasterClass included two talks on “How to write a paper (focus on original and review articles)” by Dr. Paolo Angelo from the University of Padova and Prof. Dr. Jonel Trebicka from the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. For further information and to download the presentations, click here.

Overall, the feedback was positive, and this format will be repeated again at future General Assembly meetings.

Successful MICROB-PREDICT and DECISION – Online Symposium ‘Management of acute-on-chronic liver failure’ on Thursday, 2nd September 2021 from 12.30 – 16.30h CEST which was organised at the occasion of the EASL School of Hepatology.

At this symposium, several experts of both project consortia presented recent advances in the fields of microbiome research and systems medicine, introduced the role of proteomics and metabolomics in hepatology and discussed treatment strategies and their mechanisms of action in acute-on-chronic liver failure.

With almost 100 registered attendees and speakers from 37 countries our symposium was a great success and we would like to thank everyone for their participation and the lively discussions.

Very successful symposium on Thursday, 24th June 2021 from 14-15h CEST organised by members of DECISION in the frame of the virtual ILC congress. Topics included:

Why and how to modulate the microbiome: example from MICROB-PREDICT study (Shawcross)

Old drugs for novel treatment strategies (Posé)

Human albumin: from established indications to novel perspectives (Caraceni)

System medicine: is it the right track to personalized treatments: example from DECISION study? (Trebicka)

At the International Liver Congress™ 2021, the cirrhosis and complications track presents an overview of the role of vessels in liver diseases. The track content will include not only the role of liver sinusoidal changes in liver disease progression, but also the management of portal and hepatic vein thrombosis and their complications. The management of complications of portal hypertension will also be addressed, including the place of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the management of patients with advanced cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).

Register for ILC 2021 today!

SAVE THE DATE: ILC 2021 will take place from Wednesday to Saturday, 23–26 June. Register now and visit our DECISION booth.

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SAVE THE DATE: We kindly invite you an online educational event about “Therapies for acute decompensation of cirrhosis and ACLF, research needs and future outlook”. Experts from three EU-funded research projects will give talks and answer questions. The event takes place ONLINE on Wednesday, June 9th, from 03.30 – 05.00 PM (CEST).

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The 1st Digital International Liver Congress (Digital ILC, #ILC2020) took place from 27-29 August 2020. DECISION was represented with a virtual booth and several talks given by members.

We kindly invite you to the 1st DECISION and ELPA patient event. Our first patient event takes place ONLINE on Monday, August 31st, from 16-17h (CEST). For questions and registration, please contact office@elpa.eu. Join the meeting here.

UEG Week Virtual 2020 and Best of Postgraduate Teaching from UEG Week will take place digitally. They remain the premier venue for researches from across the globe to present their latest findings.

The Liver Meeting® will take place from November 13 – 16, 2020. The Liver Meeting® is going digital!

The 2021 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE will take place from May 5 – 8, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.