17th October 2014, Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham B4 6TB

09.45 – 10.00 Registration and arrival refreshments.

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction.

Co-Chairs: Dr Andy Ustianowski, Dr Ahmed Elsharkawy.

10:15 - 11:00 Treating Children with Hepatitis B and C.

Dr Mona Abdul-Hady, Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

11:00 - 11:45 Management of Hep B and Hep C in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis.

Dr Stuart McPherson, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals.

11:45 - 12:45 Vasculitis and Cryoglobulinaemia in Hep C.

Professor Anna Linda Zignego, University of Florence.

12:45 – 13.30 LUNCH

13.30 - 14:15 Management of Hepatitis C Post Transplant.

Professor David Mutimer, University of Birmingham.

14:15 – 15.00 Management of Hepatitis B and C in Renal Failure Patients.

Dr Ye Oo, University of Birmingham.

15.00 – 15.15 REFRESHMENTS

15.15 - 15:45 HIV Co-Infection – Is this still a special subpopulation?

Dr Andy Ustianowski, North Manchester General Hospital.

15:45 – 16.30 Treatment of Hepatitis B patients with resistance and/or multiple drug intolerances.

Dr Phaedra Tachtatzis, Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

16.30 - 16.45 Closing remarks

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