#IDDF2025

Programme

5 July 2025 (Saturday)
HKT
Room N101A
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Room N102 & 3
Room N111 & 12
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Room N101A
  • 09:00-10:30
    09:00-10:30
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (1)
    By: Akio KATANUMA, Anthony TEOH, Hon-chi YIP, Louis LAU, Marc WONG, Raymond TANG
    Room N101A
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (1)
    Chair: Yuk-tong LEE and Rashid LUI
    09:00-10:30
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (1)
    Full Bio
    Akio KATANUMA
    Sapporo Medical University
    • Associate Professor, Department of Digestive Cancer of Telemedicine and Department of Gastroenterology
    Full Bio
    Anthony TEOH
    Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital
    • Honorary Consultant Surgeon
    WEO Research Subcommittee
    • Chairman
    Full Bio
    Hon-chi YIP
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Deputy Director of the Shaw Combined Endoscopy Center
    • Honorary Associate Consultant
    Full Bio
    Louis LAU
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
    Full Bio
    Marc WONG
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Associate Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
    Full Bio
    Raymond TANG
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Director, S.H. Ho Center for Digestive Health
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Deputy Director, Endoscopy Center
  • 10:30-11:00
    10:30-11:00
    Tea Break
    Room N101A
    Tea Break
    10:30-11:00
    Tea Break
  • 11:00-12:30
    11:00-12:30
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (2)
    By: Akio KATANUMA, Anthony TEOH, Hon-chi YIP, Louis LAU, Marc WONG, Raymond TANG
    Room N101A
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (2)
    Chair: Yuk-tong LEE and Rashid LUI
    11:00-12:30
    Endoscopy Live Demonstration (2)
    Full Bio
    Akio KATANUMA
    Sapporo Medical University
    • Associate Professor, Department of Digestive Cancer of Telemedicine and Department of Gastroenterology
    Full Bio
    Anthony TEOH
    Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital
    • Honorary Consultant Surgeon
    WEO Research Subcommittee
    • Chairman
    Full Bio
    Hon-chi YIP
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Deputy Director of the Shaw Combined Endoscopy Center
    • Honorary Associate Consultant
    Full Bio
    Louis LAU
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
    Full Bio
    Marc WONG
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Associate Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
    Full Bio
    Raymond TANG
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Director, S.H. Ho Center for Digestive Health
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Deputy Director, Endoscopy Center
  • 12:30-14:00
    12:30-14:00
    Lunch Symposium (A)
    By: Akio KATANUMA, Louis LAU
    Room N101A
    Lunch Symposium (A)
    Chair: Hanson KWOK, Yuk-tong LEE
    12:30-13:00
    Lunch Symposium
    13:00-13:25
    Breakthroughs in EUS diagnosis: Insights into clinical experience with new technology
    Full Bio
    Akio KATANUMA
    Sapporo Medical University
    • Associate Professor, Department of Digestive Cancer of Telemedicine and Department of Gastroenterology
    13:25-13:50
    The game changer - artificial intelligence and next generation endoscopy
    Full Bio
    Louis LAU
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
    13:50-14:00
    Q&A
  • 15:20-15:50
    15:20-15:50
    Tea Break
    Room N101A
    Tea Break
    15:20-15:50
    Tea Break
  • 15:50-17:20
    15:50-17:20
    IBD Session (1): Advancements in IBD Management
    By: Johan BURISCH, Eun-soo KIM, Fernando MAGRO
    Room N101A
    IBD Session (1): Advancements in IBD Management
    Chair: Hanson KWOK, Joyce MAK
    15:50-16:15
    Novel disease monitoring tool in IBD
    Full Bio
    Johan BURISCH
    Copenhagen University Hospital
    • Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology
    16:15-16:40
    The era of small molecules in IBD
    Full Bio
    Eun-soo KIM
    Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University
    • Professor
    Publication Committee for KASID
    • Director
    16:40-17:05
    Is disease clearance a realistic treatment goal in ulcerative colitis (UC)?
    Full Bio
    Fernando MAGRO
    São João University Hospital, Porto
    • Consultant in Gastroenterology and Director of the Clinical Pharmacology Unit
    Portuguese IBD Study Group (GEDII)
    • Founder, Board member, and Research Head
    17:05-17:20
    Q & A
  • 17:20-18:20
    17:20-18:20
    IBD Session (2): Cutting-Edge Issues in IBD: Advances in Imaging and Microbiome Insights
    By: Shintaro SAGAMI, Joyce MAK
    Room N101A
    IBD Session (2): Cutting-Edge Issues in IBD: Advances in Imaging and Microbiome Insights
    Chair: Agnes HO, Eun-soo KIM
    17:20-17:45
    Advancements in perianal crohn's disease management: The role of ultrasound in disease monitoring and treatment efficacy
    Full Bio
    Shintaro SAGAMI
    International Bowel Ultrasound (IBUS) Group
    • Scientific Committee (SciCom)
    IUS Working Group of the Asian Organization for Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC)
    • Governing Board Member
    17:45-18:10
    Role of gut microbiome in diagnosis and disease characterisation in IBD
    Full Bio
    Joyce MAK
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
    • Consultant at Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
    18:10-18:20
    Q & A
Room N101B
Room N102 & 3
Room N111 & 12
  • 09:00-09:20
    09:00-09:20
    Opening of the Conference
    Room N111 & 12
    Opening of the Conference
    09:00-09:20
    Opening of the Conference
    Hong-zhi Xu (China)
  • 09:20-10:30
    09:20-10:30
    Session (1)
    By: Cheng-wei TANG, Cheng-tang CHIU, Philip CHIU
    Room N111 & 12
    Session (1)
    Chair: Bing HU, Yun-wong LAU, Yu-lan LIU
    09:20-09:40
    Portal hypertensive enteropathy - Translational medicine research
    Full Bio
    Cheng-wei TANG
    China Society of Gastroenterology
    • President
    APAGE
    • Council Member
    09:40-10:00
    Decolonization of gut pathobiome by FMT
    Full Bio
    Cheng-tang CHIU
    Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    • Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    10:00-10:20
    Flexible robotics for endoluminal surgery - Current and future development
    Full Bio
    Philip CHIU
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery
    • Director of Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center
    • Director of Endoscopy Center and Institute of Digestive Disease
    Health Bureau of HKSAR Government, Hong Kong
    • Member of the Steering Committee of Health and Medical Innovation Development
    10:20-10:30
    Discussion Session
    Panelist:
    Hsiu-po WANG, Xiao-lan ZHANG
  • 10:30-11:40
    10:30-11:40
    Session (2)
    By: Ping-hong ZHOU, Hsiu-po WANG, Khek-yu HO
    Room N111 & 12
    Session (2)
    Chair: Wei-chang CHEN, Wei-guo DONG
    10:30-10:50
    Application of surgical drainage concept in the endoscopic minimally invasive treatment
    Full Bio
    Ping-hong ZHOU
    Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai
    • Professor of Surgery
    • Director & Chief of Endoscopy
    Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (CSDE)
    • Vice President
    10:50-11:10
    Biliary pancreatic diseases
    Full Bio
    Hsiu-po WANG
    Taiwan Interventional Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Society (TIPES)
    • President
    Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
    • Professor
    11:10-11:30
    Beyond image-based endoscopy AI: What’s next?
    Full Bio
    Khek-yu HO
    National University of Singapore (NUS)
    • Professor of Medicine
    Senior Consultant
    • National University Hospital (NUH)
    11:30-11:40
    Discussion Session
    Panelist:
    Yun-wong LAU, Le XU
  • 11:40-12:50
    11:40-12:50
    Session (3)
    By: Peng LI, Gui-qi WANG, Jian-lin REN
    Room N111 & 12
    Session (3)
    Chair: Fei-hu BAI,Fei DAI, Hong XU
    11:40-12:00
    Interventional EUS, our experiences
    Full Bio
    Peng LI
    Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University
    • Vice President
    National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases
    • Deputy Director
    • Deputy Director of the Digestive Department
    12:00-12:20
    Gastrointestinal endoscopy
    Full Bio
    Gui-qi WANG
    Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Science
    • Professor, Endoscopy Department
    Expert Committee of the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Project (Rural Areas) of the National Major Program for Public Health
    • Member
    12:20-12:40
    Gut microecology and major diseases of the digestive system
    Full Bio
    Jian-lin REN
    Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University
    • Deputy Director
    Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xiamen University
    • Director
    12:40-12:50
    Discussion Session
    Panelist:
    Zhen DING, Chun-ying WU
  • 14:00-15:30
    14:00-15:30
    IDDF Opening Ceremony
    Room N111 & 12
    IDDF Opening Ceremony
    14:00-15:30
    Opening Ceremony
  • 15:30-16:40
    15:30-16:40
    Session (4)
    By: Chun-ying WU, Zhe-chuan MEI, Hong-gang YU
    Room N111 & 12
    Session (4)
    Chair: Mei LIU and Xiao-wei LIU
    15:30-15:50
    Ethical and legal issues of GI endoscopy
    Full Bio
    Chun-ying WU
    Taipei Veterans General Hospital
    • Chair Professor, Department of Gastroenterology
    National Ying Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
    • Director, Institute Biomedical Informatics
    • Director, Health Innovation Center and Microbiota Research Center
    15:50-16:10
    Advances in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of superficial pharyngeal carcinoma
    Full Bio
    Zhe-chuan MEI
    Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
    • Professor, Chief Physician and PhD Supervisor
    National Key R&D Program of China (Ministry of Science and Technology)
    • Principal Investigator
    16:10-16:30
    AI in GI
    Full Bio
    Hong-gang YU
    Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
    • Chief of Gastroenterology Department; Professor, M.D. Tutor
    16:30-16:40
    Discussion Session
    Panelists:
    Li-juan SI and Raymond TANG
  • 16:40-18:10
    16:40-18:10
    Session (5)
    By: Jun YU, Yin ZHU, Dong WU
    Room N111 & 12
    Session (5)
    Chair: Ping CHEN, Rui LI, Ying-liao XIAO
    16:40-17:05
    Intestinal microecology and gastrointestinal tumors
    Full Bio
    Jun YU
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics
    • Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine
    • Director, Institute of Digestive Disease
    • Director, State Key Laboratory Digestive Disease
    17:05-17:30
    Endoscopic management strategies for infected pancreatic necrosis
    Full Bio
    Yin ZHU
    The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
    • Vice President
    • Chief Physician in Gastroenterology
    • Second-Class Professor
    • PhD Supervisor
    Jiangxi Provincial Quality Control Center for Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy
    • Director
    17:30-17:55
    The Lung-Gut-Microbiome axis in the treatment of SAP
    Full Bio
    Dong WU
    Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    • Vice President
    17:55-18:10
    Discussion Session
    Panelist:
    Chao-qun HAN, Zhi-hang ZHOU
  • 18:10-18:30
    18:10-18:30
    Menarini Thematic Meeting
    By: Shun-tian CAI
    Room N111 & 12
    Menarini Thematic Meeting
    18:10-18:30
    Colonoscopy quality control, the opening of the new era of intestinal examination “security check”
    Full Bio
    Shun-tian CAI
    Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University
    • Deputy Director
    Vice Chairman
    • Youth Committee, Gastroenterology Branch, Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association
Day 1
5 Jul 2025
Day 2
6 Jul 2025
Endoscopy Live Demonstration (1)
Room N101A
09:00-10:30
Chair : Yuk-tong LEE and Rashid LUI
09:00
Endoscopy Live Demonstration (1)
State Key Lab Meeting (1): Microbiome and Cancer
Room N101B
09:00-10:30
Chair : Markus GERHARD, Liang-jing WANG
09:00
The role of microbiome in cancer therapy
09:25
Using genetics to explore microbe-host interactions at the molecular level
09:50
Microbiome and HCC
10:15
Q & A
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation I
Room N102 & 3
09:00-10:30
Chair : Jun YU
09:00
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation I
Opening of the Conference
Room N111 & 12
09:00-09:20
09:00
Opening of the Conference
Session (1)
Room N111 & 12
09:20-10:30
Chair : Bing HU, Yun-wong LAU, Yu-lan LIU
09:20
Portal hypertensive enteropathy - Translational medicine research
09:40
Decolonization of gut pathobiome by FMT
10:00
Flexible robotics for endoluminal surgery - Current and future development
10:20
Discussion Session
Tea Break
Room N101A
10:30-11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N101B
10:30-11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N102 & 3
10:30-11:00
10:30
Tea Break
Session (2)
Room N111 & 12
10:30-11:40
Chair : Wei-chang CHEN, Wei-guo DONG
10:30
Application of surgical drainage concept in the endoscopic minimally invasive treatment
10:50
Biliary pancreatic diseases
11:10
Beyond image-based endoscopy AI: What’s next?
11:30
Discussion Session
Endoscopy Live Demonstration (2)
Room N101A
11:00-12:30
Chair : Yuk-tong LEE and Rashid LUI
11:00
Endoscopy Live Demonstration (2)
State Key Lab Meeting (2): Microbiome/Metabolites, Gut-liver Axis and Liver Diseases
Room N101B
11:00-12:30
Chair : Kwan MAN, Nathalie WONG
11:00
Portal hypertensive enteropathy – From bench to bedside
11:25
Novel agents to treat MASLD
11:50
Bridging the gap: The future of cancer research and clinical oncology
12:15
Q&A
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation II
Room N102 & 3
11:00-12:30
Chair : Jun YU
11:00
GUT-IDDF Young Investigator Award: Oral Presentation II
Session (3)
Room N111 & 12
11:40-12:50
Chair : Fei-hu BAI,Fei DAI, Hong XU
11:40
Interventional EUS, our experiences
12:00
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
12:20
Gut microecology and major diseases of the digestive system
12:40
Discussion Session
Lunch Symposium (A)
Room N101A
12:30-14:00
Chair : Hanson KWOK, Yuk-tong LEE
12:30
Lunch Symposium
13:00
Breakthroughs in EUS diagnosis: Insights into clinical experience with new technology
13:25
The game changer - artificial intelligence and next generation endoscopy
13:50
Q&A
Lunch Symposium (B)
Room N101B
12:30-14:00
Chair : Joyce MAK, Shintaro SAGAMI
12:30
Lunch Symposium
13:00
Personalized treatment of Crohn's Disease (CD) – How to optimize the use of biologics?
13:50
Q&A
Opening Ceremony
Room N101B
14:00-14:20
14:00
Opening Ceremony
IDDF Opening Ceremony
Room N111 & 12
14:00-15:30
14:00
Opening Ceremony
Dr S H Ho Memorial Lecture
Room N101B
14:20-14:50
14:20
The Obesity-GERD connection
Joseph Sung Distinguished Lecture
Room N101B
14:50-15:20
14:50
Morphogens, metabolism and MASLD
Tea Break
Room N101A
15:20-15:50
15:20
Tea Break
Tea Break
Room N101B
15:20-15:50
15:20
Tea Break
Session (4)
Room N111 & 12
15:30-16:40
Chair : Mei LIU and Xiao-wei LIU
15:30
Ethical and legal issues of GI endoscopy
15:50
Advances in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of superficial pharyngeal carcinoma
16:10
AI in GI
16:30
Discussion Session
IBD Session (1): Advancements in IBD Management
Room N101A
15:50-17:20
Chair : Hanson KWOK, Joyce MAK
15:50
Novel disease monitoring tool in IBD
16:15
The era of small molecules in IBD
16:40
Is disease clearance a realistic treatment goal in ulcerative colitis (UC)?
17:05
Q & A
Hepatology Session (1): Viral Hepatitis
Room N101B
15:50-17:20
Chair : Henry CHAN, Grace WONG
15:50
From hepatic steatosis to cancer: The role of metabolism in chronic hepatitis B
16:15
Long-term safety of oral nucleos(t)ide analogues
16:40
The road to 2030: Can Asia achieve viral hepatitis elimination?
17:05
Q & A
JGH-IDDF Case / Video Champion: Oral Presentation
Room N102 & 3
15:50-18:20
Chair : Yuk-tong LEE
15:50
JGH-IDDF Case / Video Champion: Oral Presentation
Session (5)
Room N111 & 12
16:40-18:10
Chair : Ping CHEN, Rui LI, Ying-liao XIAO
16:40
Intestinal microecology and gastrointestinal tumors
17:05
Endoscopic management strategies for infected pancreatic necrosis
17:30
The Lung-Gut-Microbiome axis in the treatment of SAP
17:55
Discussion Session
IBD Session (2): Cutting-Edge Issues in IBD: Advances in Imaging and Microbiome Insights
Room N101A
17:20-18:20
Chair : Agnes HO, Eun-soo KIM
17:20
Advancements in perianal crohn's disease management: The role of ultrasound in disease monitoring and treatment efficacy
17:45
Role of gut microbiome in diagnosis and disease characterisation in IBD
18:10
Q & A
Hepatology Session (2): Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Room N101B
17:20-18:20
Chair : Jian-gao FAN, Vincent WONG
17:20
New perspectives on emerging therapies and clinical trials in steatotic liver disease
17:45
Are incretin therapies the definitive solution for MASH?
18:10
Q & A
Menarini Thematic Meeting
Room N111 & 12
18:10-18:30
18:10
Colonoscopy quality control, the opening of the new era of intestinal examination “security check”
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