APASL

The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver

Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver

APASL Conferences

APASL STC 2026 Kumamoto

Theme Liver Cancer Control – Ending Hepatitis, Halting MASLD-MAFLD
Dates September 18-19, 2026
City Kumamoto, Japan
President Dr. Yasuhito Tanaka
URL https://www.apasl-stc2026kumamoto.org

APASL STC 2026 Almaty

Theme Liver Diseases and Pregnancy
Dates October 8-9, 2026
City Almaty, Kazakhstan
President Dr. Alexander V. Nersesov
URL https://apasl.qasl.kz/

APASL STC 2026 Dhaka

Theme MAFLD: Evidence-based, Multidisciplinary Approach in the Era of Targeted Therapy
Dates December 5-6, 2026
City Dhaka, Bangladesh
President Dr. Shahinul Alam
URL https://apasl-stc2026dhaka.org/

APASL Annual Meeting 2027 Sydney

Theme Transforming Liver Medicine: Innovation in Practices
Dates April 1-4, 2027
City Sydney, Australia
President Dr. Jacob George
URL https://www.apasl2027.org/

APASL STC 2027 Bishkek

Theme MASLD/MAFLD
Dates May 28-29, 2027
City Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
President Dr. Nurgul Toktogulova
URL To be announced.

APASL STC 2027 Kaohsiung

Theme MASLD/MAFLD
Dates June 25-27, 2027
City Kaohsiung, Taiwan
President Dr. Chia-Yen Dai
URL To be announced.

APASL STC 2027 Danang

Theme From Chronic Liver Disease to HCC
Dates July 23-24, 2027
City Danang, Vietnam
President Dr. Le Trung Hai
URL To be announced.

APASL STC 2027 Chongqing

Theme Clinical Application of Liver Imaging in A.I. Era
Dates October 8-10, 2027
City Chongqing, China
President Dr. Jinjun Chen
URL To be announced.

APASL STC 2027 Karachi

Theme Viral Hepatitis–MAFLD Overlap: Defining Pathways for Integrated Management
Dates December, 2027
City Karachi, Pakistan
President Dr. Amna Subhan Butt
URL To be announced.

APASL Annual Meeting 2028 Seoul

Theme Harmony and Global Synergy in Hepatology
Dates April 13-16, 2028
City Seoul, Korea
President Dr. Yoon Jun Kim
URL To be announced.

Annual Meetings

Year City President
1978 (1st) Singapore Inaugural Meeting
1980 (2nd) Auckland (NZ) Dr. L Powell
1982 (3rd) Hong Kong Dr. K Okuda
1984 (4th) Bangkok Dr. V Viranuvatti
1986 (5th) Singapore Dr. SC Siang
1988 (6th) New Delhi Dr. B Tandon
1990 (7th) Jakarta Dr. S Noer
1992 (8th) Seoul Dr. WK Chung
1994 (9th) Kuala Lumpur Dr. M Balasegaram
1996 (10th) Rawalpindi Dr. SJ Zuberi
1998 (11th) Perth Dr. W Reed
2000 (12th) Fukuoka Dr. M Yano
2002 (13th) Taipei Dr. Yun-Fan Liaw
2004 (14th) New Delhi Dr. SK Sarin
2005 (15th) Bali Dr. L Lesmana
2006 (16th) Manila Dr. J Sollano
2007 (17th) Kyoto Dr. M Omata
2008 (18th) Seoul Dr. DJ Suh
2009 (19th) Hong Kong Dr. GKK Lau
2010 (20th) Beijing Dr. JD Jia
2011 (21st) Bangkok Dr.T Piratvisuth
2012 (22nd) Taipei Dr. JH Kao
2014 (23rd) Brisbane Dr. D Crawford
2015 (24th) Istanbul Dr. AK Dokmeci
2016 (25th) Tokyo Dr. O Yokosuka
2017 (26th) Shanghai Dr. JL Hou
2018 (27th) New Delhi Dr. BC Sharma
2019 (28th) Manila Dr. DA Payawal
2020 (29th) Bali Dr. Rino Gani
2021 (30th) Bangkok Dr. Tawesak Tanwandee
2022 (31st) Seoul Dr. Ji Mo Yang
2023 (32nd) Taipei Dr. Han Chieh Lin
2024 (33rd) Kyoto Dr. Shuichiro Shiina
2025 (34th) Beijing Dr. Lai Wei
2026 (35th) Istanbul Dr. Necati Ormeci
2027 (36th) Sydney Dr. Jacob George
2028 (37th) Seoul Dr. Yoon Jun Kim

Single Topic Conferences

Year City President Topic APASL Designated Conference
2006 (1st) Calcutta Dr. YK Chawla Hepatic Fibrosis-Basic Science to Therapy
2007 (2nd) Pattaya Dr. C Pramoolsinsap The Innovation in Chronic Hepatitis B Treatment 1st APASL HBV Conference
2008 (3rd) Cairo Dr. G Shiha
Dr. A Ibrahim
Liver Fibrosis 1st APASL Liver Fibrosis Conference
2008 (4th) Bali Dr. L Lesmana Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1st APASL HCC Conference
2009 (5th) Istanbul Dr. AK Dökmeci Non Responders
2009 (6th) Karachi Dr. S Hamid
Dr. W Jafri
Acute Liver Failure : Asian-Pacfic Perspectives 1st APASL ACLF Conference
2010 (7th) Chiba Dr. O Yokosuka HCV 1st APASL HCV Conference
2011 (8th) Beijing Dr. FS Wang Hepatitis B Virus 2nd APASL HBV Conference
2011 (9th) Jeju Dr. BC Yoo Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2nd APASL HCC Conference
2012 (10th) Ulaan baatar Dr. A Jazag HBV & HCV Dual Infection 2nd APASL HCV Conference
2012 (11th) Dhaka Dr. S Rahman HBV 3rd APASL HBV Conference
2013 (12th) Cebu Dr. D Payawal HCC 3rd APASL HCC Conference
2013 (13th) Jakarta Dr. R Gani NASH 1st APASL NASH Conference
2014 (14th) Cairo Dr. G Shiha Liver Fibrosis 2nd APASL Liver Fibrosis Conference
2014 (15th) Karachi Dr. Z Abbas HCV 3rd APASL HCV Conference
2014 (16th) Guangzhou Dr. JL Hou HBV 4th APASL HBV Conference
2015 (17th) Yerevan Dr. H Ghazinyan HBV 5th APASL HBV Conference
2015 (18th) New Delhi Dr. BC Sharma HCV 4th APASL HCV Conference
2016 (19th) Busan Dr. KH Han Liver Cirrhosis 1st APASL Liver Cirrhosis Conference
2016 (20th) Kaohsiung Dr. WL Chuang HCV 5th APASL HCV Conference
2016 (21st) Beijing Dr. Lai Wei HBV 6th APASL HBV Conference
2017 (22nd) Nagasaki Dr. Hiroshi Yatsuhashi HCC 4th APASL HCC Conference
2017 (23rd) Ulaanbaatar Dr. Oidov Baatarkhuu HCV and coinfection 6th APASL HCV Conference
2017 (24th) Cairo Dr. Gamal Shiha HCV 7th APASL HCV Conference
2018 (25th) Yokohama Dr. Shuichiro Shiina HCC 5th APASL HCC Conference
2018 (26th) Taipei Dr. Rong-Nan Chien HBV in Asia-Pacific 7th APASL HBV Conference
2018 (27th) Kuala Lumpur Dr. Rosmawati Mohamed HCV 8th APASL HCV Conference
2018 (28th) Istanbul Dr. Necati Ormeci Non-Responder
2018 (29th) Beijing Dr. Gui-Qiang Wang Autoimmune
2019 (30th) Tokyo Dr. Atsushi Tanaka Liver Immunology and Genetics
2019 (31st) Baku Dr. Gulnara Aghayeva Hepatitis Delta
2020 (32nd) Guangzhou Dr. Xiaolong Qi Portal Hypertension
2021 (33rd) Osaka Dr. Norifumi Kawada Molecular and Cellular Biology
2021 (34th) Tokyo Dr. Mitsuhiko Moriyama Oncology 1st APASL 2021 Oncology
6th APASL HCC Conference
2022 (35th) Beijing Dr. Hong You Liver Fibrosis
2022 (36th) Taipei Dr. Chun-Jen Liu Paradigm Shift of HCC Management: Across Viral to Steatogenic Carcinogenesis 7th APASL HCC Conference
2022 (37th) Cairo Dr. Gamal Shiha Liver Fibrosis: Liver Fibrosis in the era of MAFLD
2022 (38th) Takamatsu Dr. Tsutomu Masaki HCC:Clinical and basic research 2nd APASL 2022 Oncology
8th APASL HCC Conference
2022 (39th) Wuhan Dr. Qin Ning Critical Care in Hepatology ACLF
2022 (40th) Istanbul Dr. Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu Hepatotoxicity
2022 (41st) Yerevan Dr. Hasmik Ghazinian NAFLD/NASH: Non-Infection Epidemic in XXI
2022 (42nd) Guangzhou Dr. Jinjun Chen Image-guided Interventions in Liver Diseases
2023 (43rd) Manila Dr. Ian Homer Y. Cua Liver Cirrhosis and Its Complication
2023 (44th) Busan Dr. Si Hyun Bae Viral Hepatitis
2023 (45th) Sendai Dr. Yoshiyuki Ueno Oncology 3rd APASL 2023 Oncology
9th APASL HCC Conference
2024 (46th) Kaohsiung Dr. Ming Lung Yu Metabolic Disorders
2024 (47th) Chiba Dr. Naoya Kato Genomics Meets Immunology 4th APASL 2024 Oncology
10th APASL HCC Conference
2024 (48th) Bali Dr. Cosmas Rinaldi A. Lesmana New Concept of Portal Hypertension and Hepatobiliary Malignancy related
2024 (49th) Almaty Dr. Alexander Nersesov Liver Cirrhosis: Common and Rare Complications
2025 (50th) Mumbai Dr. Akash Shukla Improving Non-transplant Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease
2025 (51st) Istanbul Dr. Vedat Goral Liver Cirrhosis: Current and New Therapies
2025 (52nd) Tashkent Dr. Musabaev Erkin Viral Hepatitis Elimination by 2030: Progress and Challenges
2025 (53rd) Taipei Dr. Yi-Hsiang Huang Oncology-Multifaceted Approach and Treatment for Liver Cancer 5th APASL 2025 Oncology
11th APASL HCC Conference
2025 (54th) Moscow Dr. Andrey Kostin Alcoholic Liver Disease 3rd APASL NASH Conference
2025 (55th) Tokyo Dr. Kenichi Ikejima New Horizons for Steatotic Liver Disease: Cutting Edge Research and Emerging Therapeutics 4th APASL NASH Conference
2025 (56th) Qingdao Dr. Jinzhen Cai Full Process Management of Liver Transplant Patients
2025 (57th) Karachi Dr. Amna Subhaan Butt MAFLD and Metabolic Complications: Applying Multidisciplinary Solutions 5th APASL NASH Conference
2025 (58th) Yangon Dr. Kyaw Soe Tun Current Management of HCC with Local Relevance 12th APASL HCC Conference
2026 (59th) New Delhi Dr. Seema Alam Wilson Disease : New Concepts in Diagnosis and Management
2026 (60th) Tokyo Dr. Shuntaro Obi Oncology: Treatment Dynamics of Liver Tumors 6th APASL 2026 Oncology
2026 (61st) Singapore Dr. Mark Muthiah Aetiology Specific Considerations in Optimizing Care of the Cirrhotic Patient
2026 (62nd) Kumamoto Dr. Yasuhito Tanaka Liver Cancer Control – Ending Hepatitis, Halting MASLD/MAFLD –
2026 (63rd) Almaty Dr. Alexander V. Nersesov Liver Diseases and Pregnancy
2027 (64th) Bishkek TBA MASLD
2027 (65th) Kaohsiung Dr. Chia-Yen Dai MASLD
2026 (64th) Dhaka Dr. Shahinul Alam MAFLD: Evidence-based, Multidisciplinary Approach in the Era of Targeted Therapy
2027 (65th) Bishkek Dr. Nurgul Toktogulova MASLD/MAFLD
2027 (66th) Istanbul Dr. Mehmet Asil Unmet Needs in Liver Diseases
2027 (67th) Kaohsiung Dr. Chia-Yen Dai MASLD/MAFLD
2027 (68th) Danang Dr. Le Trung Hai From Chronic Liver Disease to HCC
2027 (69th) Chongqing Dr. Jinjun Chen Clinical Application of Liver Imaging in A.I. Era
2027 (70th) Karachi Dr. Amna Subhan Butt Viral Hepatitis–MAFLD Overlap: Defining Pathways for Integrated Management