Information on changing the holding format (May 11, 2021)

The 33rd Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery considered the impact of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and had made preparations so that the event could be held as a hybrid format congress, mainly online and partly on-site.

However, Japanese Government requested to use our meeting venue, Osaka International Convention Center for a large scale Covid-19 Vaccination Center, we were not available to hold our meeting on-site. It was very sorry that Board of Directors of the JSHBP had to decide to change meeting format to “Virtual meeting”.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to all concerned regarding this change in the holding format.

Therefore, we would like to give you an overview as follows.

Theme sessions (Presidential Lecture, Special Session, Plenary Session, Oversea Honorable Member Nominee lecture, Oversea Observership Report, Symposium, Video Symposium, Panel Discussion, Workshop, Debate Session, Scientific Session) are to be presented as live-streaming by using Zoom Webinar, and on-demand streaming from June 18 to June 30.

Chairman's Lecture, Educational Seminar, Educational Video, Project Research, Video Session, Requested Session, Free Paper (Oral and Poster) are to be presented as on-demand streaming from June 2 to June 30.

Co-sponsored seminars are basically presented as live-streaming by using Zoom Webinar.
On-demand streaming of the seminars will be decided in coordination with sponsors.

Corporate Exhibition is to be held as “Virtual Exhibition” on general meeting website from June 18 to June 30.

Online Registration is to be open from May 17 (Monday) to June 30 (Wednesday), 2021 at noon, on the general meeting website

Further details are to be announced on the website.

We appreciate your kind understanding and we will continue to make diligent preparations for the success of this general meeting. We look forward to your support and cooperation.

Shoji Kubo, M.D.
President of the 33rd Meeting of the Japanese
Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine

Information on changing the holding format

The 33rd Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery considered the impact of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and have made preparations so that the event can be held locally after thorough infection prevention measures.

However, in view of the current situation in which the spread of infection is not likely to converge, the Board of Directors of the JSHBP decided to abandon the full-scale on-site holding and to hold it as a hybrid format congress, mainly online and partly on-site.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to all concerned regarding this change in the holding format.

Therefore, we would like to give you an overview as follows.

Theme sessions (Presidential Lecture, Special Session, Plenary Session, Project Research, Symposium, Video Symposium, Panel Discussion, Workshop, Debate Session) are to be presented as live-streaming, and on-demand streaming from June 18 to June 30.
＊Plenary session is live-streaming only.
Chairman's Lecture, Oversea Honorable Member Nominee lecture, Educational Seminar, Educational Video, Video Session, Requested Session, Free Paper (Oral and Poster) are to be presented as on-demand streaming on the official Congress website from June 2 to June 30.

Co-sponsored seminars will be decided in coordination with each sponsor.

Online participation registration is to be open from May 17 (Monday) to June 30 (Wednesday), 2021 at noon, on the general meeting website

That is all for the outline. Further details are to be announced on the website.

Please be advised that event format may have to be changed to complete online conference depending on the future situation. We appreciate your kind understanding and we will continue to make diligent preparations for the success of this general meeting. We look forward to your support and cooperation.

Shoji Kubo, M.D.
President of the 33rd Meeting of the Japanese
Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine