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) & Ernesto Sparrelid (Stockholm)

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, Portland

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

POSTER WALK - JOINT NORDIC HPB AND NOLCA

Chair: Anders Knudsen (Aarhus), Aiste Kielaite-Gulla (Lithuania) and Peter Jepsen (Aarhus)

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)

15.30-16.00

Each presentation is 6 minutes followed by 2 minutes of Q&A

ASAc study results, Sheraz Yaqub, Oslo

Micro-CT analysis can distinguish features of PDAC: preliminary experience, Kaisa Tyrväinen, Tampere

Adult choledochal cyst resection in Scandinavia: malignancy prevalence and morbidity in a multicentre surgical cohort, Sondre Busund, Oslo

Systematic Implementation of High-Level Evidence: Introducing a No-drain Policy after Left Pancreatectomy, Trond Kjeseth, Stavanger

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 (short presentations, 2 minutes each – 3 minutes for questions – further discussions during the coffee break or dinner)

- PanDelay: Delayed adjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer (Caroline Vilhav)

- SINISTRA: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for left-sided pancreatic cancer (Hanna Seppänen)

- NordFHPC: Nordic Familial and Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer Consortium (Sini Keskinen)

- MORIP-STAR: Arterial and multivisceral resections in pancreatic cancer (Paulina Bereza-Carlson)

- PRE-PAN: Pre-operative optimization in pancreatic cancer surgery (Emma Hyldgaard Olesen)

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: HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

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

Survival across multidisciplinary team-driven treatment plans in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, Amalie Bjørn, Aarhus

A National Phase II Study of Proton Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Short-Term Safety Data, Aneeka Deen, Copenhagen

09.35-10.00 Coffee break and exhibition

NOLCA: ABLATION AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

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)

12.45-13.00 HAI – the Portland experience, Skye C. Mayo, Portland

13.00-13.20 Borderline cases and downstaging strategies in cirrhotic patients, Sheraz Yaqub, Oslo

13.20-13.40 Augmentation in cirrhotic patients, Minna Nortunen, Oulu

13.40-14.00 Functional assessment before resection in cirrhotic patients, Christoph Tschuor, Copenhagen

14.00-14.20 Oncologic criteria for resectability in cirrhotic patients, Anders Knudsen, Aarhus

14.20-14.30 Panel discussion, All speakers

14.30-14.45 Closing remarks, prizes and goodbyes (joint session for Nordic HPB, NOLCA, and Nurses), 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: Sofie Møller Nielsen (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

-   Malene Larsen, specialist nurse, Odense

-   Jessica Komi, specialist nurse, Gothenburg

-   Ingrid Otterbom, pharmacist, Stockholm

- Frida Hovland Hordnes, specialist nurse, Bergen

14.30-14.45 Closing remarks and goodbyes, (joint session for Nordic HPB, NOLCA, and Nurses)

Nordic HPB President Roland Andersson and Local Organizing Committee