International HBV Meeting Program

Welcome Remarks and Distinguished Award in Hepatitis B Research Presentations

Welcome Reception 

Coffee 

Session I: Preclinical Targets & Therapies for Chronic Hepatitis B 

Session Chairs: 
Stephan Urban (Germany) and Fabien Zoulim (France) 

Foundations: HBF/ICE-HBV Updates with Tim Block and Fabien Zoulim

Poster Gallery: Virology A 

Poster Session I - Viral Replication and cccDNA 

Midday Break 

Symposium: New Technologies for Liver Research 

Session Chairs:
Adam Gehring (Canada) and Ourania Andrisani (USA)

Session II: Application of New Technologies and Advances in Models for the Study of HBV

Session Chairs: 
Helen Strick-Marchand (France) and Alex Ploss (USA)

Coffee

Session III: HBV Replication, Gene Expression and Egress 

Session Chairs:
Michael Bouchard (USA) and Christine Neuveut (France)

Keynote Lecture I: Xin Wei Wang, NIH

Session Chair:
Ourania Andrisani (USA)

Session IV: HBV Integration, Genotypes, and HCC

Session Chairs:
Thomas Tu (Australia) and Massimo Levrero (France)

Session V: Viral Entry, cccDNA Biogenesis and Homeostasis 

Session Chairs:
Lena Allweiss (Germany) and Haitao Guo (USA)

Coffee

Session VI: Innate Immunity to HBV Infection

Session Chairs:
Ulrike Protzer (Germany) and Andre Boonstra (Netherlands)  

Keynote Lecture II: Matteo Iannacone 

Session Chair:
Adam Gehring (Canada) 

Session VII: Adaptive Immunity to HBV Infection 

Session Chairs:
Robert Thimme (Germany) and Laura Pallett (UK)

Session VIII: Co-Infection (SARS-CoV-2/HDV/HIV) and Pathogenesis 

Session Chairs:
David Durantel (France) and Marc Lutgehetmann (Germany) 

ICE-HBV Forum
HBV Cure: The Mechanisms Behind Combination Therapies