General Information 

Congress Date
November 6-9, 2025

The Language of the Congress
Turkish & English

Participation Certificate
Participation certificates will be sent by e-mail after the congress.

Invitation Letter
An invitation letter will be sent to all registered participants upon request. This letter is only intended to help participants obtain permission from their institutions.

Cancellation & Refund Terms
• All reservation cancellations must be notified to D Event Tourism in writing.
• For cancellations made after 03.10.2025, no refund will be made.

Scientific Programme

Day 1: Thursday, November 6, 2025

09:00 – 12:30 Course: Trick point of Liver Surgery
• Liver Anatomy
• Liver Pathology
Chairs: Kamil Yalçın Polat
Speaker: Gürkan Öztürk

Day 2: Friday, November 7, 2025

09:00 – 09:30  Opening Remarks    

09:30 – 10:00  Conference 1
Chair: İbrahim Astarcıoğlu
Speaker: Henri Bismuth – Pieces of History in Liver Surgery

10:00 – 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00  Panel 1: HCC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) Session 1  
Chairs: Akın Yıldız, Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu

• High-risk Hepatitis B Subgroups for HCC: Follow-up and Management – Gökhan Kabaçam
• Immunotherapy and Liver Transplantation – Sherrie Bhoori
• New Imaging Methods in HCC Diagnosis – Muşturay Karcaaltınçaba
• Nuclear Medicine Applications in the Current Treatment Algorithm of HCC – Cüneyt Türkmen

12:00 : 12:30 Satellite Symposium : Hepatitis B Immune Globulin in Liver Transplantation (and Beyond): Clinical Role of HepaGam B
Chair: Gürkan Öztürk
Speaker: Winston Ally

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch

13:00 – 14:30  Panel 2: HCC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) Session 2
Chairs: Ahmet Balık, Mahmut Gümüş

• Clinical Prognostic Factors in HCC – Leyla Özer
• Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Novel Approaches – İlgin Özden
• Downstaging and Bridging to Liver Transplantation in HCC Patients – Murat Cantaşdemir
• HCC and LT: How Far Can We Go? – Jan Lerut

14:30 – 15:00  Conference 2: The Evolution of the Milan Criteria: Implications for Modern Transplant Oncology
Chair: Davide Ghinolfi
Speaker: Vincenzo Mazzaferro

15:00 – 15:30  Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00  Panel 3: Cholangiocellular Cancer Session
Chairs: Wojciech Polak, Kezban Nur Pilancı

• New Molecular Diagnostic Methods in Cholangiocellular Carcinoma – Funda Yılmaz Barbet
• Neoadjuvant Therapy for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma – Hakan Harputluoğlu
• Surgery for Cholangiocarcinoma: Eastern Experience vs Western Experience – Haluk Morgül
• Liver Transplantation for Cholangiocarcinoma: Recent Updates – Timuçin Taner

17:00 – 18:00  Interactive Case Discussions in HCC Managing Complex Scenarios
Chair: Şuayip Yalçın, Ekrem Kaya
Discussion: Osman Köstek, Abdullah Yakupoğlu

Day 3: Saturday, November 8, 2025

08:30 – 10:00  Panel 4: Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis (CRLM) Session 1
Chairs: Serkan Keskin, Alper Uğuz

• Expectations from Systemic Therapy in CRLM – Mustafa Özdoğan
• Surgical Resection in Liver Metastases – Novel Approaches – Sedat Karademir
• Liver First Resection in CRLM – Still Valid? – Ahmet Doğrul
• How to Manage Vanishing CRLM? – Rumeysa Atabey

10:00 – 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00  Panel 5: Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis (CRLM) Session 2 – LTx
Chairs: Hugo Pinto Marques, Esat Namal

• Liver Transplantation for CRLM: Transplant Surgeon’s Perspective – René Adam
• Liver Transplantation for CRLM: Oncologic Perspective – Mahmut Gümüş
• Evaluation of Protocols – Davide Ghinolfi

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch

13:00 – 13:30  Conference 3: ILTS’s Perspective on Tx Oncology
Chair: Acar Tüzüner
Speaker: Wojciech Polak

13:30 – 14:00  Coffee Break

14:00 – 15:00  Panel 6: Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery Debate
Chair: Bülent Aydınlı, Mustafa Kerem

• Laparoscopic Liver Surgery – Acar Tüzüner
• Robotic Liver Surgery – Hugo Pinto Marques
• Robotic Liver Tx ( Donor/Recipient) – Dieter Broering

15:00 – 15:30  Conference 4: Multivisceral Transplantation in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Chair: Gürkan Öztürk
Speaker: Akın Tekin

15:30 – 15:45  Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:15  Conference 5: Pediatric Liver Tx for Liver Tumors
Chair: Çiğdem Arıkan
Speaker: Güçlü Pınarlı

16:15 – 18:00  Panel 8: Liver Surgery and Liver Tx Future Perspectives: Discussion with Senior Faculty Members
Moderator: Şükrü Emre
Faculty Members: İbrahim Astarcıoğlu, Henri Bismuth, René Adam,Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Hugo Pinto Marques, Jan Lerut, Wojciech Polak, Akın Tekin

Day 4: Sunday, November 9, 2025

09:30 – 11:00 Presentation on Rational Use of Medicines
Speaker: Gürkan Öztürk

11:00 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00 Free Papers
Chair: Kamil Yalçın Polat