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You are invited to submit abstracts for poster and/or oral presentation at the ISLS 2025 Congress, hosted by the International Society of Liver Surgeons (ISLS) and organized by the ISLS 2025 Organizing Committee on October 22-25, 2025, in Toronto, Canada. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentation.

ABSTRACT TOPICS
Minimally Invasive Surgery • Liver General • Liver Transplantation • Pancreatic Disease
• Biliary Disease • Basic/Others • Transplant Oncology

TRAVEL GRANT AWARD
Qualifying first authors of abstracts submitted to the ISLS 2025 may apply for a Travel Grant Award. For those attending onsite, the award consists of:

• one complimentary congress registration
• three nights" accommodation at the congress hotel, and 
• reimbursement of travel expenses up to 750 USD - conditions apply. 

*Reimbursement will be made after the meeting by bank transfer. 

Candidates must have submitted an abstract as the first author that has been accepted for oral or E-poster presentation at the ISLS 2025 Congress. Candidates must be an ISLS member. Award applicants will be notified in June 2025.

PUBLICATION
A selection of the top scoring abstracts will be chosen for publication in the International Journal of Surgery.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstracts Submission Deadline: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• Early-bird Registration Deadline – End of May, 2025

• Acceptance Notification: End of June​​​, 2025

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Day 1: Wednesday, October 22, 2025

SESSION 1: General Principles
SESSION 2: How I Do It – General Principles
SESSION 3: Liver Transplantation
SESSION 4: How I Do It – Pancreas

Day 2: Thursday, October 23, 2025

SESSION 5: Innovations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Care
SESSION 6: Tumor Board Presentations
SESSION 7: Early-Stage HCC – Maximizing Outcomes with Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy
SESSION 8: Intermediate-Stage HCC – Resection vs. Transplantation
SESSION 9: Macrovascular Invasion: Balancing Systemic and Curative Options & Biomarkers, Liquid Biopsy: Guiding Precision Medicine in HCC

Day 3: Friday, October 24, 2025

SESSION 10: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
SESSION 11: Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
SESSION 12: Pancreatic Cancer
SESSION 13: Controversies in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer SESSION 14: Pancreas Tumor Boards

Day 4: Saturday, October 25, 202

SESSION 15: Management of Initially Unresectable Liver Metastases
SESSION 16: Joint ISLS & DEI in Transplant Session & ISLS Closing

Opening: DEI in Transplantation Conference

•Saturday, October 25 – Sunday, October 26, 2025

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

For inquiries, please contact:

Karen Seto, Manager, Strategic Partnerships

karen.seto@wearemci.com

ISLS 2025 Conference Secretariat
c/o MCI Canada Group
islscongress@mci-agency.com

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