Event coordinated by the Hepatitis B Foundation

Past Meeting Organizers

International HBV Meeting Organizers

2023 - Chicago

  • Matteo Iannaccone, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute & University; Director, Department of Virology II, Institute and Foundation for Biomedical Research.
  • Alexander Ploss, PhD, director, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, Princeton University

2023 - Kobe

  • Masamichi Muramatsu, MD, PhD, director, Department of Virology II, Institute and Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe.
  • Koichi Watashi, PhD, director, Division of Drug Development Research, Institute and Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe.

2022 - Paris

  • David Durantel - Director of Research, INSERM, Head of HepVir, CIRI, University of Lyon
  • Helene Strick-Marchand - Senior Scientist, Group Leader, Institut Pasteur, Paris

2021 - Toronto

  • Ourania Andrisani - Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, USA
  • Adam Gehring - Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Canada

2019 - Melbourne

  • Peter Revill - VIDRL, Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,  Australia
  • Wenhui Li - National Institute of Biological Sciences, China

2018 – Taormina, Italy

  • Teresa Pollicino – U Hospital Messina, Italy
  • Michael Bouchard – Drexel U, USA

2017 – Washington, DC, USA

  • Jake Liang – National Institutes of Health, USA
  • Anna Kramvis– U Witwatersrand, South Africa

2016 – Seoul, Korea

  • Wang-Shick Ryu – Yonsei U, Korea
  • Aleem Siddiqui – UC San Diego, USA

2015 – Bad Nauheim, Germany

  • Dieter Glebe – U of Giessen, Germany
  • Haitao Guo – Indiana U, USA

2014 – Los Angeles, Calif., USA

  • J. H. James Ou – UC Los Angeles, USA
  • Michael Kann – U Bordeaux, France

2013 – Shanghai, P.R. China

  • Shuping Tong – Brown U, USA
  • Zhenghong Yuan – Fudan University, PR China
  • Ju-Tao Guo – Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, USA

2012 – Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Mala Maini – U College of London, UK
  • John Casey – Georgetown U, USA

2011 – Orlando, FL, USA

  • Michael Robek – Yale U, USA
  • Maura Dandri – U Med Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

2010 – Taipei, Taiwan

  • Pei-Jer Chen – National Taiwan U, Taiwan
  • Adam Zlotnick – Indiana U, USA

2009 – Tours, France

  • Camille Sureau – Insitute National de la Transfusion Sanguine, France
  • Stephen Locarnini – VIDRL, Australia

2008 – San Diego, CA, USA

  • Stefan Wieland – Scripps Research Institute, USA
  • Katsuro Koike – Kitasato U, Japan

2007 – Rome, Italy

  • Massimo Levrero – U Rome, Italy
  • Thomas Michalak – Memorial U, Canada

2006 – Vancouver, Canada

  • Ben Yen – UC San Francisco, USA
  • Ulrike Protzer – U Cologne, Germany

2005 Heidelberg, Germany

  • Stephan Urban – U Heidelberg, Germany
  • Timothy Block – Drexel U, USA

2004 Woods Hole NY, USA

  • Jianming Hu – Penn State U, USA
  • Fabien Zoulim – INSERM, France

2003 Bergamo, Italy

  • Antonio Bertoletti – U College of London, UK
  • John Tavis – St. Louis U, USA

2002 Asilomar, CA, USA

  • Chiaho Shih – U Texas, USA
  • Volker Bruss – U Munich, Germany

2001 Amherst, MA, USA

  • Betty Slagle – Baylor College of Medicine, USA
  • Michael Roggendorf – U Munich, Germany

2000 Pasteur Inst, Paris, France

  • John Taylor – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Marie-Annick Buendia – Pasteur Institute, France

1999 Santa Cruz, CA, USA

  • Allison Jilbert – U Adelaide, Australia
  • Robert Schneider – New York U, USA

1998 Scripps, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Luca Guidotti – Scripps Research Institute, USA
  • Daniel Loeb – U Wisconsin, USA

1997 Pasteur Inst, Paris, France

  • Jesse Summers – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Christian Brechot – Pasteur Institute, France

1996 Cold Spring Harbor, ME, USA

  • Robert Lanford – Texas Biomedical Research Institute – USA
  • Michael Nassal – U Freiburg, Germany

1995 Scripps, San Diego, CA, USA

  • David Standring – UC San Francisco, USA
  • Carlo Ferrari – Scripps Research Institute, USA

1994 Pasteur Inst, Paris, France

  • Marie-Annick Buendia – Pasteur Institute, France
  • Alan McLachlan – U Illinois of Chicago, USA

1993 Washington, DC, USA

  • John Gerin – Georgetown U, USA
  • Charles Rogler – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA

1992 Scripps, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Francis Chisari – Scripps Research Institute, USA
  • Eric Gowans – U Adelaide, Australia

1991 Pasteur Inst, Paris, France

  • William Robinson – Stanford U, USA
  • Pierre Tiollais – Pasteur Institute, France

1990 Scripps, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Christoph Seeger – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Kenichi Matsubara – Osaka U, Japan

1989 Cold Spring Harbor, ME, USA

  • Patricia Marion – Stanford U, USA
  • Heinz Schaller – U Heidelberg, Germany

1988 Scripps, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Wolfram Gerlich – U Giessen, Germany
  • Don Ganem – UC San Francisco, USA

1987 Cold Spring Harbor, ME, USA

  • William Mason – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Will Hans – U Hamburg, Germany

1986 Cold Spring Harbor, ME, USA

  • Jesse Summers – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Pierre Tiollais – Pasteur Institute, France

1985 Cold Spring Harbor, ME, USA

  • Jesse Summers – Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
  • Harold Varmus – National Institutes of Health, USA