NORDIC HPB MEETING

AARHUS, DENMARK

SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2026

Thursday, September 24 – NORDIC HPB

Time

Presentation

Speaker

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) & Dyre Kleive (Oslo)

09.10 -09.25

Pancreatic cysts – a less restrictive approach

Martin Graversen, Copenhagen

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

Daniel Ansari, Lund

10.05-10.15

Upfront 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, USA

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

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

GENERAL SESSION

14.30-15.00

Poster walk and networking

Chair: Anders Knudsen (Aarhus) & Aiste Kielaite-Gulla (Lithuania)

15.00-15.30

Coffee break and exhibition

FREE PAPERS

Chair: Oskar Franklin (Umeå) & Hanna Seppänen (Helsinki)

15.30-15.50

Free papers (3-4 presentations)

15.50-16.00

ASAc study results

Sheraz Yaqub, Oslo

GENERAL SESSION

Chair: Jakob Kirkegård (Aarhus) & Sheraz Yaqub (Oslo)

16.00-16.10

Presidential address

Nordic HPB President Roland Andersson

16.10-16.20

The Nordic-Baltic collaboration: status and future perspectives

Aiste Kielaite-Gulla, Lithuania

16.20-16.45

Ideas for collaboration

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

Time

Presentation

Speaker

08.00-08.30

Registration and coffee

NOLCA

Chair: Gerda E. Villadsen (Aarhus)

08.30-08.35

Welcome

Pia Österlund, Chairman for NOLCA

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

09.20-09.35

Two oral presentations selected
among submitted abstracts

09.35-10.00

Coffee break and exhibition

10.00-10.45

State of the art of liver tumor ablation

Ingrid Schrøder Hansen, 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)

12.45-13.05

Functional assessment before resection in cirrhotic patients

Christoph Tschour, Copenhagen

13.05-13.25

Oncologic criteria for resectability in cirrhotic patients

Anders Knudsen, Aarhus

13.25-13.45

Future liver remnant and surgical planning in cirrhotic patients

Minna Nortunen, Oulu

13.45-14.05

Borderline cases and downstaging strategies in cirrhotic patients

Sheraz Yaqub, Oslo

14.05-14.20

Panel discussion.

All speakers

14.20-14.30

Prize session

14.30-14.45

Closing remarks and goodbyes

Nordic HPB President Roland Andersson & Local Organizing Commitee

Friday, September 25 – Nurses’ session

Time

Presentation

Speaker

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 Hovdenak (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 patients with HCC

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: Mia Helton Jensen (Aarhus) & Ida Hovdenak (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

-   Clinical dietician, Copenhagen (TBC)

-   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

Nordic HPB President Roland Andersson and Local Organizing Committee