Thursday, July 18, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii

Opening

Norihiro Kokudo (Tokyo)

SESSION 1: CHANGES IN THE LANDSCAPE OF HCC

Chairpersons: Pierce Chow (Singapore)

09:30-09:55

Changing Etiology and Epidemiology of HCC: Asia and Worldwide

Do Young Kim (Seoul)

09:55-10:20

Real World Data on the Management of HCC in the Asia-Pacific: Data from the INSIGHT Registry

Pierce Chow (Singapore)

10:20-10:45

Adaptation of Practice Guidelines: When East Meets West

Kwang-Hyub Han (Seoul)

10:45-11:00

Q&A

11:00-11:15

Break

SESSION 2: Special Lecture

Chairpersons: Jinsil Seong (Seoul), Norihiro Kokudo (Tokyo)

11:15-11:50

Promoting the Next-Generation Asian Liver Cancer Experts to the Global Arena

Ann-Lii Cheng (Taipei)

11:50-12:50

Lunch and Networking

SESSION 3: UNMET CLINICAL NEEDS IN HCC AND CURRENT CLINICAL RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Chairpersons: Kwang-Hyub Han (Seoul), Chiun Hsu (Taipei)

12:50-13:15

Challenges of Biomarker Development: Pathologist's View

Young Nyun Park (Seoul)

13:15-13:40

Challenges of Biomarker Development: Clinician's View

Han Chong Toh (Singapore)

13:40-14:05

Advanced HCC: Novel Approaches Beyond IMbrave150 and HIMALAYA

Chih-Hung Hsu (Taipei)

14:05-14:30

Integrating Systemic and Liver-Directed Therapy: Current Evidence and Future Development

Stephen L Chan (Hong Kong)

14:30-14:45

Q&A

14:45-15:00

Break

SESSION 4: FROM APPLE ACADEMY INTO THE FUTURE

Chairpersons: Chiun Hsu (Taipei), Jian Zhou (Shanghai)

15:00-15:25

How to Promote Investigator-Initiated Trials for HCC in the Asia-Pacific Region?

Masafumi Ikeda (Tokyo)

15:25-15:50

What Clinicians Should Know about Translational Cancer Research?

Alfred Cheng (Hong Kong)

15:50-16:10

Panel Discussion: The APPLE Association as a Platform for Future International Research Collaboration

Kwang-Hyub Han (Seoul), Ann-Lii Cheng (Taipei), Jinsil Seong (Seoul), Masafumi Ikeda (Tokyo), Alfred Cheng (Hong Kong)

Closing Remarks

Closing Remark

Jian Zhou (Shanghai), Norihiro Kokudo (Tokyo)