Kentaro Sugano Jichi Medical UniversityJapan

Kentaro Sugano is a professor emeritus at Jichi Medical University since 2014. He served as the president of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE, 2009-2014), the president of the Organization of Japanese Digestive Disease Week (JDDW, 2013-2019) and the President of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE, 2014-2018). Currently he has been appointed to be the president of Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDW) since 2018. His major research interest is upper gastrointestinal diseases including gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori. He has been serving as an editorial board member/consultant in a number of international journals such as Gut and Gastroenterology. He was awarded Boas Medal from the German Society of Gastroenterology, Marshall and Warren Award from the JGHF/APAGE and also from the EHMSG. He was given WGO distinguished global lecture award from WGO. He is an honorary member of Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, JSGE, and the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

19 August 2021

Time	Session

17:00 18:00	Opening Ceremony Chan Wah-Kheong Invisible Role Chu Kent-Man Invisible Role Fan Dai-Ming Invisible Role Goh Khean-Lee Invisible Role Ho Shiaw-Hooi Invisible Role Ida Normiha Hilmi Invisible Role JinMo Yang Invisible Role Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Invisible Role Kentaro Sugano Invisible Role Molly Kong Invisible Role Raman Muthukaruppan Invisible Role Ramesh Gurunathan Invisible Role Seigo Kitano Invisible Role Tan Soek-Siam Invisible Role Tee Hoi-Poh Invisible Role Welcome Performance Welcome Speech by the President, APDW 2021 Raja Affendi Raja Ali Speaker Address by President of Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF) Kentaro Sugano Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Fan Dai-Ming Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) JinMo Yang Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE) Seigo Kitano Speaker Speech by President, International Society for Digestive Surgery – Asian Pacific (ISDS-AP) Chu Kent-Man Speaker Join Now

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Session

17:00

18:00

Opening Ceremony

Chan Wah-Kheong Invisible Role

Chu Kent-Man Invisible Role

Fan Dai-Ming Invisible Role

Goh Khean-Lee Invisible Role

Ho Shiaw-Hooi Invisible Role

Ida Normiha Hilmi Invisible Role

JinMo Yang Invisible Role

Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Invisible Role

Kentaro Sugano Invisible Role

Molly Kong Invisible Role

Raman Muthukaruppan Invisible Role

Ramesh Gurunathan Invisible Role

Seigo Kitano Invisible Role

Tan Soek-Siam Invisible Role

Tee Hoi-Poh Invisible Role

Welcome Performance
Welcome Speech by the President, APDW 2021

Raja Affendi Raja Ali Speaker
Address by President of Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF)

Kentaro Sugano Speaker
Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE)

Fan Dai-Ming Speaker
Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)

JinMo Yang Speaker
Speech by President, Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE)

Seigo Kitano Speaker
Speech by President, International Society for Digestive Surgery – Asian Pacific (ISDS-AP)

Chu Kent-Man Speaker

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20 August 2021

Time	Session

10:20 11:20	Symposium G1: AGA-APAGE Joint Session Emad El-Omar Chair Kentaro Sugano Chair The Changing Microbial Landscape and New-Age Diseases - A Focus on Metabolic Health (12mins) Suzanne Devkota Speaker The Role of the Microbiome in Obesity and Diabetes (12mins) Wu Chun-Ying Speaker The Role of the Microbiome in NAFLD and HCC (12mins) Yu Jun Speaker Can We Manipulate the Microbiome to Prevent or Treat Metabolic Disease? (12mins) Gary Wu Speaker Q&A (12mins) Join Now

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Session

10:20

11:20

Symposium G1: AGA-APAGE Joint Session

Emad El-Omar Chair

Kentaro Sugano Chair

The Changing Microbial Landscape and New-Age Diseases - A Focus on Metabolic Health

(12mins)

Suzanne Devkota Speaker
The Role of the Microbiome in Obesity and Diabetes

(12mins)

Wu Chun-Ying Speaker
The Role of the Microbiome in NAFLD and HCC

(12mins)

Yu Jun Speaker
Can We Manipulate the Microbiome to Prevent or Treat Metabolic Disease?

(12mins)

Gary Wu Speaker
Q&A

(12mins)

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21 August 2021

Time	Session

17:40 18:40	Symposium G9: H pylori Ari Fahrial Syam Chair Kew Siang-Tong Chair Varocha Mahachai Chair Impact of H. Pylori Eradication on Human Health (12 mins) Yoshio Yamaoka Speaker H. Pylori Eradication Strategy – East vs. West (12 mins) David Graham Speaker What to Do With Antibiotic Resistant H. Pylori Infection? (12 mins) Chuah Seng-Kee Speaker Future Directions in Eradication Strategy (12 mins) Kentaro Sugano Speaker Q&A (12 mins) Join Now

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Session

17:40

18:40

Symposium G9: H pylori

Ari Fahrial Syam Chair

Kew Siang-Tong Chair

Varocha Mahachai Chair