Conference Nordic HPB - NOLCA, AARHUS
24 – 25 September 2026
Thursday, September 24
08.30 - 09.00 Registration and coffee
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome by President Roland Andersson and Local Organizing Committee
SESSION 1: PANCREAS Chair: TBC
09.15 - 09.30 Chemotherapy for (borderline) resectable pancreatic cancer, Knut Jørgen Labori, Oslo
09.30 - 09.45 Arterial resections in pancreatic cancer surgery – a nationwide perspective, Claus Fristrup, Odense
09.45 - 10.00 Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in new-onset diabetes, Daniel Ansari, Lund
10.00 - 10.15 Pancreatic cysts – a less restrictive approach, Lars Larsen, Aarhus
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break and exhibition
SESSION 2 PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT IN HPB SURGERY
Chair: Frank Mortensen & TBC
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? Ville Sallinen, Helsinki
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, Olav Faisal Dajani, Oslo
12.15 - 12.30. Panel discussion. How to move forward? 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: TBC
13.30 - 13.40 The Danish perspective, John Karstensen, Hvidovre
13.40 - 13.50 The Norwegian perspective, Kim Vidar Ånonsen, Oslo
13.50 - 14.00 The Swedish perspective, Fredrik Swahn, Stockholm
14.00 - 14.10 The Finnish perspective, Reea Ahola, Tampere
14.10 - 14.20 Panel discussion by All speakers from Session 3
- Mitigation of complications?
- Centralization?
14.20 - 14.30 Presidential address by President Roland Andersson, Lund
14.30 - 15.00 Poster session, Chair: TBC
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break and exhibition
15.30 - 16.00 Free papers, Chair: TBC
16.00 - 16.30 Ideas for collaboration, Chair: TBC
16.30 - 16.45 Most important HPB papers 2025-2026, Kjetil Søreide, Gothenburg
16.45 - 17.00 General Assembly, Nordic HPB for All Nordic HPB members
Friday, September 25 - NOLCA
08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee
NOLCA, Chair:Gerda Villadsen, 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
Introduction by Gerda Villadsen, Aarhus
09.20 - 09.35 Two oral presentations selected among submitted abstracts
09.35-10.00 Coffee break and exhibition
Chair: Merete Krogh & Peter Jepsen
10.00-10.45 State of the art of liver tumor ablation, Ingrid Schrøder Hansen & Ida Björk, Oslo
10.45 - 11.30 Liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, Andreas Schult, Gothenburg
11.30 - 11.45 General Assembly for all NOLCA members
11.45 - 12.45 Lunch and exhibition
SESSION 4 LIVER
Chair: TBC
12.45 - 13.30 Functional assessment before resection in cirrhotic patients, TBC
13.30 - 13.45 Oncologic criteria for resectability in cirrhotic patients, Anders Knudsen, Aarhus
13.45 - 14.00 Future liver remnant and surgical planning in cirrhotic patients, TBC
14.00 - 14.15 Borderline cases and downstaging strategies in cirrhotic patients, TBC
14.15 - 14.30 Prize session
14.30 - 14.45 Closing remarks by President Roland Andersson & Local Organizing Committee
Nurses’ program
Friday 25 September
08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee
08.30 - 08.35 Welcome
8.35 - 9.45 Treatment and care of patients with pancreatic disease: Short research presentations
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 Biørserud, 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
9.45 - 10.15 Coffee Break and exhibition
10.15 - 11.45 Management of gastrointestinal dysfunction following surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer – treatment and counseling
Panel debate
11.45 - 12.45 Lunch and exhibition
12.45 - 13.45 Treatment and care of HCC patients, Neus Llarch Alfonso, Barcelona
13.45 – 14.20 Coping with cancer disease and treatment – from a patient perspective, Patient representative from the Danish Pancreas Network and Nurse from Danish Cancer Society’s counseling service
14.20 - 14.30 Summing up and future perspectives, Local Organizing Committee