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Sunday, October 19 - Friday, October 24, 2025
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Please refer to the programme below for the detailed schedule.
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Speaker(s)

Youfei Guan
• Professor at Dalian Medical University, Shanxi Medical University, and East China Normal University.
• Co-Editor-in-Chief of M&TOD
• Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor and Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 62
Topic: HSD17B13: A New Therapeutic Target for Fatty Liver Disease
• Co-Editor-in-Chief of M&TOD
• Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor and Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 62
Topic: HSD17B13: A New Therapeutic Target for Fatty Liver Disease

Amedeo Lonardo
• Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Modena, Italy (- 2023).
• Editor-in-Chief & Founding Editor of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 67
Topic: Sex Differences in MASLD
• Editor-in-Chief & Founding Editor of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 67
Topic: Sex Differences in MASLD

Jean-François Dufour
• Centre for Digestive Discases, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Co-founder of the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 77
Topic: How to Think MASLD-HCC Management Progressively?
• Co-founder of the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 77
Topic: How to Think MASLD-HCC Management Progressively?

Lilach O. Lerman
• Director, Renovascular Disease Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic.
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 90
Topic: Obesity Attenuates Cardiovascular Protection
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist
• H-index: 90
Topic: Obesity Attenuates Cardiovascular Protection

Minghua Zheng
• Chief Physician, Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.
• Editorial Board Member of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 67
Topic: Novel Agents to Treat MASLD
• Editorial Board Member of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 67
Topic: Novel Agents to Treat MASLD

Jiangao Fan
• Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
• Editorial Board Member of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 78
Topic: Chinese guidelines for MAFLD 2025
• Editorial Board Member of M&TOD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 78
Topic: Chinese guidelines for MAFLD 2025

Christopher D Byrne
• Chair of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Southampton
• Honorary Editor-in-Chief of M&TOD
• Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 94
Topic: MASLD as a Multisystem Disease?
• Honorary Editor-in-Chief of M&TOD
• Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 94
Topic: MASLD as a Multisystem Disease?

Yan Chen
• Professor and Deputy Director, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Director, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor and Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• H-index: 54
Topic: Lactate Shuttle in Glucose Homeostasis
• Director, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor and Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• H-index: 54
Topic: Lactate Shuttle in Glucose Homeostasis

Jin Chai
• Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University; Director, Research Institute of Digestive Diseases of the PLA
• Director, Center for Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease Research and Center for Cholestatic Liver Diseases
• Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of China
Topic: Clinical Precision Subtyping of MASLD
• Director, Center for Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease Research and Center for Cholestatic Liver Diseases
• Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of China
Topic: Clinical Precision Subtyping of MASLD

Jacob George
• Robert W Storr Chair of Hepatic Medicine, Sydney Medical School Director, Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research and Head, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Westmead Hospital and Sydney West Local Health District, Australia.
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 120
Topic: Public policy and MAFLD
• The World’s Top 2% Scientist; Highly Cited Researcher
• H-index: 120
Topic: Public policy and MAFLD
Programme
Programme
| Time (EDT, New York) | Speakers | Topic |
| 10:00–10:25 PM, October 19 | Prof. Youfei Guan | HSD17B13: A New Therapeutic Target for Fatty Liver Disease |
| 3:00–3:25 AM, October 20 | Prof. Amedeo Lonardo | Sex Differences in MASLD |
| 7:00–7:25 AM, October 21 | Prof. Jean-François Dufour | How to Think MASLD-HCC Management Progressively? |
| 10:00–10:25 AM, October 21 | Prof. Lilach O. Lerman | Obesity Attentates Cardiovascular Protection |
| 10:00–10:25 PM, October 21 | Prof. Minghua Zheng | Novel Agents to Treat MASLD |
| 3:00–3:25 AM, October 22 | Prof. Jiangao Fan | Chinese guidelines for MAFLD 2025 |
| 4:00–4:25 AM, October 22 | Prof. Christopher D Byrne | MASLD as a Multisystem Disease? |
| 10:00–10:25 PM, October 22 | Prof. Yan Chen | Lactate Shuttle in Glucose Homeostasis |
| 10:00–10:25 PM, October 23 | Prof. Jin Chai | Clinical Precision Subtyping of MASLD |
| 2:00-2:25 AM, October 24 | Prof. Jacob George | Public policy and MAFLD |
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