Programme 2026

Nordic HPB - NOLCA Conference

AARHUS, DENMARK

SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2026

Thursday, September 24

08.30 - 09.00 Registration and coffee

09.00 - 09.10 Welcome

Nordic HPB President Roland Andersson and Local Organizing Committee

SESSION 1: PANCREAS

Chair: Stefan Burgdorf (Copenhagen) & Dyre Kleive (Oslo)

09.10 - 09.25 Pancreatic cysts – a less restrictive approach, Martin Graversen, Aarhus

09.25 - 09.40 Chemotherapy for (borderline) resectable pancreatic cancer, Knut Jørgen Labori, Oslo

09.40 - 09.55 Arterial resections in pancreatic cancer surgery – a nationwide perspective, Claus Fristrup, Odense

09.55 - 10.05 Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in new-onset diabetes, Anna Brodén, Lund

10.05 - 10.15 Upfron surgery for jaundiced pancreatic cancer patients, Dominique Lisa Birrer, Stockholm

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break and exhibition

SESSION 2

PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT IN HPB SURGERY

Chair and moderator: Frank Mortensen(Aarhus) & Roland Andersson (Lund)

10.45 - 11.15 State-of-the-art presentation: ERAS, Henrik Kehlet, Copenhagen

11.15 - 11.45 How to achieve textbook outcome in HPB surgery? Flavio Rocha, USA

11.45 - 12.00 Perioperative management from a nursing perspective, Ida Hovdenak, Aarhus

12.00 - 12.15 Timing of surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in HPB cancers, Arne Westgaard, Oslo

12.15 - 12.30 Panel discussion. How can we further improve perioperative outcomes?, All speakers from Session 2

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and exhibition

SESSION 3

STATE-OF-THE-ART ERCP – HOW TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL OUTCOMES?

Chair: Anja Bjørnskov (Aarhus) & Jenny Rystedt (Lund)

13.30 - 13.40 Volume-outcomes associations, Nikolaj Sølvsten, Aarhus

13.40 - 13.50 ERCP: A Danish perspective, John Karstensen, Hvidovre

13.50 - 14.00 ERCP: A Norwegian perspective, Kim Vidar Ånonsen, Oslo

14.00 - 14.10 ERCP: A Swedish perspective, Fredrik Swahn, Stockholm

14.10 - 14.20 ERCP: A Finnish perspective, Reea Ahola, Tampere

14.20 - 14.30 Panel discussion, All Speakers from Session 3

GENERAL SESSION

Chair: Anders Knudsen (Aarhus) & Aiste Kielaite-Gulla (Lithuania)

14.30 - 15.00 Poster walk and networking

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break and exhibition

FREE PAPERS

Chair: Oskar Franklin (Umeå) & Hanna Seppänen (Helsinki)

15.30 - 15.50 Free papers (3-4 presentations)

15.50 - 16.00 ASAc study results, Sheraz Yaqub, Oslo

GENERAL SESSION

Chair: Jakob Kirkegård (Aarhus) & Sheraz Yaqub (Oslo)

16.00 - 16.10 Presidential address, Roland Andersson, Lund

16.10 - 16.20. The Nordic-Baltic collaboration: status and future perspectives, Aiste Kielaite-Gulla, Lithuania

16.20 - 16.45 Ideas for collaboration

16.45 - 17.00 Most important HPB papers 2025-2026, Kjetil Søreide, Gothenburg

17.00 - 17.15 General Assembly, Nordic HPB, All Nordic HPB members

Friday, September 25 - NOLCA& NORDIC HPB

08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee

NOLCA

Chair: Merete Krogh (Odense) & Peter Jepsen (Aarhus)

08.30-08.35 Welcome by NOLCA President Pia Österlund, Espo

08.35-09.20 The BCLC is for HCC experts what Camp Nou is for football experts: decades of world-class performance, Maria Reig, Barcelona introduced by Gerda E. Villadsen

09.20-09.35 Two oral presentations selected among submitted abstracts

09.35-10.00 Coffee break and exhibition

Chair: Per Stål (Stockholm) & Bård Røsok (Oslo)

10.00-10.45 State of the art of liver tumor ablation, Ingrid Schrøder Hansen and Daniel Östergaard, Oslo

10.45-11.30 Liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, Andreas Schult, Gothenburg

11.30-11.45 General Assembly, NOLCA members

11.45-12.45 Lunch and exhibition

SESSION 4

LIVER

Chair: Gerda E. Villadsen (Aarhus) & Kirsten Vistisen (Herlev)

12.45-13.05 Functional assessment before resection in cirrhotic patients, Christoph Tschour, Copenhagen

13.05-13.25 Oncologic criteria for resectability in cirrhotic patients, Anders Knudsen, Aarhus

13.25-13.45 Future liver remnant and surgical planning in cirrhotic patients, Minna Nortunen, Oulu

13.45 -14.05 Borderline cases and downstaging strategies in cirrhotic patients, Sherax Yaqub, Oslo

14.05 - 14.20 Panel discussion, All speakers

14.20-14.30 Prize session

14.30-14.45 Closing remarks, President Roland Andersson & Local Organizing Committee

Friday, September 25 – Nurses’ session

08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee

08.30 - 08.35 Welcome, Local Organizing Committee

SESSION 1: Treatment and care of patients with pancreatic disease

Chair: Sofie Møller Nielsen (Aarhus) & Ida Hovedenak (Aarhus)

08.35-09.45

Patients’ and Nurses’ Perspectives on Goals for High-quality Surgical Care, Fathia Yousef and Anja Geisler, Copenhagen

Palliative care to patients with pancreatic cancer, Christina Biörserud, Gothenburg

Fulfillment of patients' preoperative expectations after hepatic and pancreatic procedures, Anja Geisler, Copenhagen

The nurse’s role in involving patients in long-term admissions for severe pancreatitis, Anne Theede, Hvidovre

09.45-10.15 Coffee break and exhibition

SESSION 2

Chair: Palle Bager (Aarhus) & Nina Grønvald Nielsen (Aarhus)

10.15-10.50 Coping with cancer disease and treatment -from a patient perspective, Poul Ejby Rasmussen (Patient representative from the Danish Pancreas Network)

10.50 - 11.45 Treatment and care of HCC patients, Neus Llarch Alfonso, Barcelona

11.45-12.45 Lunch and exhibition

SESSION 3: Management of gastrointestinal dysfunction following surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer - treatment and counseling

Chair: Mia Helton Jensen (Aarhus) & Ida Hovedenak (Aarhus)

12.45-14.15

Part 1: Management of gastrointestinal dysfunction following surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer – treatment and counseling

Part 2: Patient information before, during and after treatment

Panelists:

- Sofie Møller Nielsen, specialist nurse, Aarhus

- Clinical dietician, Copenhagen (TBC)

- Malene Larsen, specialist nurse, Odense

- Jessica Komi, specialist nurse, Gothenburg