Events

BASL Immune SIG Update 2026 Meeting

Registration is open!

Date: 22nd January 2026
Time: 9:30AM - 5:00PM - TBC
Location: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham B1 2NP

Agenda outline - to be confirmed:

• State-of-the Art: Management of IgG4-related hepatopancreatobiliary disease in 2026 - Emma Culver, University of Oxford
• Transition of care from paediatric to adult hepatology practice - Deepak Joshi, King’s London
• Learnings from the national genetic cholestatic disease MDT - Jeremy Shanika Nayagam, King’s London
• The EMPHATIC programme: liver transplantation for PSC and cholangiocarcinoma in the UK - James Ferguson, Birmingham / Douglas Thorburn, Royal Free London
• UK-PSC update: from clinical trials to practice guidelines - Palak Trivedi, University of Birmingham
• Current landscape of the second-line therapies for PBC; where does the UK stand? - speaker TBC
• UK-PBC: from clinical guidelines to real-world studies in PBC - George Mells, Cambridge
• Current status of the UK-PBC audit and implementation of the PBC care bundle - speaker TBC
• The UK-AIH audit and UK-AIH guidelines - Prof Dermot Gleeson, Sheffield
• Implementation of the UK-AIH bundle - Jessica Dyson, Newcastle
• Contemporary clinical trial activity in AIH - speaker TBC

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Travel information can be found here

>Register here<

Contact sigs@basl.org.uk for any questions.

BASL Portal Hypertension SIG: National Vascular Liver Disease Meeting

Meeting Date: 27th January 2026
Meeting Time: 18:00-20:00hrs

The meeting is to discuss challenging cases and is typically well attended as well as generating fascinating discussion.

Please submit any cases you would like to discuss by 5th January 2026 to oliver.tavabie@nhs.net - images will need to be transferred to Leeds Teaching Hospitals prior to the meeting.

This is a hybrid meeting:

In person - at St James's University Hospital (Bexley Wing), Leeds – to register your place to attend in person complete the Google form > HERE
NB: places are capped at 50, attendees will receive confirmation of their booking and the meeting room details

Virtually via Zoom - to register to attend virtually register via the Zoom link: HERE

Please read the BASL Disclaimer HERE

Contact: admin@basl.org.uk you have any questions.

British Liver Transplant Group (BLTG) are pleased to announce the first webinar in 2026.

Title: 'Genetic Cholestatic Liver Disease'
Time: 18:30 - 19:30pm (London)

Speaker: Professor Richard Thompson, Professor of Molecular Hepatology, Kings College, London
Professor Thompson specialises in paediatric liver disease and genetic disease, both in children and adults.

The webinar will cover:

• LT for PFIC
• Anti-BSEP antibodies post LT
• Questions regarding PFIC carriers as LT donors
• Use of ASBTi / biliary diversion post LT for PFIC1

Register > HERE 

Please read the BASL Disclaimer HERE

The BLTG webinars are bi monthly, held via Zoom and will cover a wide variety of topics during 2026 including:

Members and non-members - free to attend live on the day, catch up is only available to BASL members.

Not a BASL member? Why not consider joining > here

Contact Kim@basl.org.uk if you have any questions.

Save the Date 

BASL BVHG Meeting - London

More details to follow soon

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

HCC-UK invites delegates to register for the HCC-UK Annual Conference 2026 being held at The Bristol Hotel, Bristol on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March 2026.

This is an in-person event only which will allow for great networking opportunities, an opportunity to speak with world-leading experts delivering the programme and as well as interacting with industry to find out about the latest advancements within HCC.

Venue: Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF

Registration options:

• Consultants: £90
• Resident doctors: Thursday £20, Friday £35, both days £50
• Allied health professionals: Thursday £20, Friday £25, both days £40
• Basic scientists: Thursday £20, Friday £20, both days £35
• Industry (non-exhibitor): Thursday £100 Friday £100, both days £150

REGISTER HERE

Abstract Submission Now Open!

If you would like the chance to present your latest research on one or more of the topics below please submit an abstract for review:

• Basic Science
• Clinical Research

The quality in previous years has been outstanding and we hope to receive more top submissions for the 2026 event.

Abstracts will be judged by a selected panel of reviewers following the submission deadline and submitting authors will be notified as to whether their submitted abstract has been accepted.

Full submission guidelines can be found HERE

Submit an abstract HERE

Abstracts submissions will close Midday on Friday 23rd JANUARY 2026

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch, email: hcc-uk@execbs.com

BASL X-tra is an online educational conference.

Three afternoons of multi-professional liver learning on Tuesday 28th, Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th April 2026 from 13:00-16:30 each day (TBC).

BASL X-tra will have something for everyone - multi-professional, topic-focused education delivered online with attractive rates.

More details to follow.