Saturday, 20th September The Pancreas Summit 2025

More than just a coffee and croissant – the IAP Young Investigator Breakfast is your chance to forge lasting connections with fellow emerging researchers and engage in relaxed, insightful conversations with leading mentors in the field.

• Career Overviews - Zaklina Kovacevic and Tony Pang
• Meet the Editor-in-Chief of United European Gastroenterology Journal - Albrecht Neesse

• Mechanisms of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis - Minoti Apte
• Medical and Endoscopic Insights - Andrew Metz
• Surgical Insights - Brett Knowles

• Nutrition Management of Acute and Necrositing Pancreatitis - Rebecca Gallo
• The Rate of Nutritional and Metabolic Derangements After Pancreatic Resection - Yuexian (Selena) Schultz
• Dietitian Prescribing – Prescribing PERT - Helen Brown
• Panel Discussion - Panel Members

• Molecular and Actionability Landscape of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in Australia: Update from the MoST and CaSP Programs - Frank Lin
• Genetic Insights into Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis in India - Sudipta Dhar Chowdhury
• An Update on TRPV6-Related Pancreatitis - Atsushi Masamune
• The Multifaceted Role of PDX1 Haploinsufficiency in Metabolic Dysfunction and PDAC Development - Ulrike Büttner
• Bupleurum and Scutellaria Purgative Decoction Mitigates Obesity-Related Acute Pancreatitis by Regulating Fatty Acid Metabolism - Yuying Li

• Paediatric Pancreatitis – Mini Version of Adult Pancreatitis? - Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg
• The Evolving Landscape of Cystic Fibrosis and CFTR-Related Pancreatitis - Keith Chee Ooi
• Nutritional Essentials for Managing Childhood Pancreatitis/Pancreatic Diseases - Caitlin Miles
• The TPIAT in Children with ARP/CP – The Minneapolis Experience - Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg
• Challenging TPIAT Cases in Paediatric Chronic Pancreatitis - Toby Coates
• Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A - Toby Coates, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Henry Pleass and Mark Oliver

• Neoadjuvant Nutrition - Sarah Shaw
• Surgical Nutrition - Emma Bidgood
• Palliative Nutrition - Kate Furness
• Timeliness of Malnutrition Screening and Dietitian Referrals for UGI Cancer Patients in a Regional Health Service - Caroline Lasry
• Reflections on Living with Pancreatic Cancer: Appetite, Weight Loss, and Enzyme Therapy - Cherie Dear
• Panel Discussion - Panel Members

• Targeting Copper in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy reduces fibrosis and metastasis in PDAC - Ellie TY Mok
• Validating CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis as a Novel Target for Pain in Pancreatic Cancer - Joseph Cheung
• EUS-Guided Pancreatic Duct Drainage for Obstructive Pancreatitis Associated with Pancreatic Cancer: Report of Two Cases - Hiroyuki Hisai
• Enhancing Biliary Tract Cancer Diagnosis Using AI-Driven 3D Optical Diffraction Tomography - Dong Hee DHK Koh
• Central Pancreatectomy Combined with Sub-adventitial Divestment and Triangle Operation for Early-stage Pancreatic Neck Ductal Adenocarcinoma, A Case Report with Surgical Video Presentation - Han Yan
• Sarcopenia and frailty as prognostic indicators in patients undergoing resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma - Mukund Karthik
• Clinical Significance of Increased Skeletal Muscle Mass during Nab-paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine Treatment in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - Kiyotsugu Iede
• Total Superior Mesenteric Artery Nerve Plexus Preservation During Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer - Yoshihiro Miyazaki
• Short-Term Outcomes of A Novel Posterior Approach for Retrograde Spleen and Splenic Vessels Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy: a Single Center Experience - Yi Miao
• Associations of Intra-pancreatic Fat Deposition with Incident Pancreatic Neoplasms Differ According to Carcinoma Types: A Study in Non-obese Individuals With Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms - Hiroki Oyama
• Beyond case reports: defining prognosis, biomarkers, and genomic patterns in pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma - Aiste Gulla
• Burden of Pancreatic Cancer Mortality in Australia: Epidemiological Trends and Clinical Implications - Andrew Metz
• Immunological outcomes after distal pancreatectomy - Prue E Ashton
• The Significance of pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer in Patients Aged Over 80 in the era of multidisciplinary treatment: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis - Takuji Noro
• Simple prognostic markers for optimal treatment of patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer - Teru Kumagi
• ABO blood type and the long-term outcomes of pancreatic cancer - Teru Kumagi
• MZB1 Deficiency Enhances Macrophage and Neutrophil Chemotaxis to Accelerate Acute Pancreatitis Progression - cong chen
• ER stress-mediated PSC-macrophage interactions accelerate the progression of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. - Parvathy Rajan
• Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of peripheral blood reveals B cell-driven signature predictive of acute pancreatitis severity - Dan Xu
• Foreseeing Necrosectomy: clinical predictors of direct endoscopic debridement following endoscopic cysto-gastrostomy in pancreatic walled-off necrosis - Deep Patel
• Pleuropancreatic Fistula Resolution Despite Unseen Duct Disruption: A Case for Pancreatic Stenting - Min Kyu Jung
• Tracking the ENCapsulation of pancreatic collections in acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Preliminary results of a serial MRI-based prospective study (MRI-ENCAP study) - NIHARIKA DUTTA
• Predicting Infected Pancreatic Necrosis in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis Using CT-based Radiomics: A Machine Learning Approach - Niharika Dutta
• Pancreatic pseudocysts in chronic pancreatitis: when should we intervene? - Stephanie M Macfarlane
• High readmission following Complicated Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis( RECAP Cohort) mandates close follow-up of patients - Pranjal Singh
• Evaluating reliability of structured computed tomography scan reporting in pancreatic cancer staging: Insights from a quality assurance study exploring inter- and intra-observer agreement and variability. - Faizah Alam

• IAP Palade Prize Winner 2025 - Anna Gukovskaya

• IAP Clinician Lifetime Achievement Award Winner - Santhi Swaroop Vege

• Comprehensive Profiling of B7 Checkpoint Inhibitors and Associated Immune Response in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (PanNENs) - Han Yan
• Targeting the NPY/NPY1R Signaling Axis Impairs Metastasis in Pancreatic Cancer - David Herrmann
• Stopping Pancreatic Cancer in Its Tracks: Anti-Metastatic and Immunomodulatory Effects of a Selective Urokinase Inhibitor - Marie Ranson
• Selective Urokinase Inhibition plus Chemotherapy: A Novel Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Treatment via Enhanced Anti-Tumour Immunity and Decreased Metastasis - S M Zahid Hosen
• Pulsed Priming with Narmafotinib Reduces Fibrosis and Enhances Both Gemcitabine/Abraxane & FOLFIRINOX Response in Pancreatic Cancer - Kendelle J Murphy
• Silencing the Signal: NDRG1 Disrupts Exosome-Mediated Crosstalk in Pancreatic Cancer - Jiawei JC Chang
• Overcoming Hepatic Metastasis-Induced Suppression of Adoptive Cell Transfer Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer - Guiyuan Yang

• Brief Introduction - Timothy Gardner
• Diagnosing IPMNs and High-Grade Dysplasia – Challenges and Opportunities - Anne Marie Lennon
• Emerging Tools for Detection of Advanced Neoplasia in Pancreatic Cysts - Shounak Majumder
• Panel Debate – IPMN Guidelines Kyoto vs AGA - Santhi Swaroop Vege, Guilherme Macedo and Stephen Pereira

• Multiphase Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Before Digital Subtraction Angiography in Grade C Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study - Han Yan
• Long-term Outcomes and Hepatic Metastasis Prevention Effect of Adjuvant Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Multimodal Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer - Satoshi Yasuda
• Combined Chemotherapy and Phosphorus-32 Microparticle Intra-Tumoural Implantation Is Better Than Combined Chemotherapy and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma - Nam Nguyen

• Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) in Pancreatic Cancer: Closing the Gaps in Care - Amanda Landers
• PERT Workshop - Lauren Atkins

• Mechanisms of Lipotoxicity in the Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas - Ahmad Al-Mrabeh
• Lipid Profile in Human Fatty Pancreas - Yutong Liu
• Fatty Pancreas and Diseases of the Exocrine Pancreas - Tsuyoshi Hamada
• Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas - Spiros Fourlanos
• Towards Uniform Diagnostic Criteria for Fatty Pancreas - Hajime Yamazaki
• Panel Discussion - Panel Members

Location

Arial South Wharf
17 Dukes Walk, South Wharf VIC 3006

Details

Arrival canapes, 2 course meal & drinks

Cost

$135 per person