Meet the speakers
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Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
Keynote statement on EU health policy
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Prof. Thomas Berg
EASL Secretary General
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Prof. Patrizia Burra
EASL-Lancet Commission co-chair
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Prof. Maria Buti
EASL EU Policy Councillor
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Prof. Patrizia Carrieri
EASL-Lancet Commissioner
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Dr Michele Cecchini
OECD
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Prof. Pere Gines
EASL-Lancet Commissioner
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Rachel Halford
World Hepatitis Alliance European Board Member
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Prof. Richard Horton
The Lancet - Editor-in-Chief
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George Kalamitsis
Liver Patient International
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Prof. Tom H. Karlsen
EASL-Lancet Commission co-chair
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Sabine Kleinert
The Lancet, Senior Executive Editor
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Prof. Jeffrey Lazarus
EASL-Lancet Commissioner
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Prof. Michael Manns
EASL-Lancet Commission co-chair
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Prof. Nick Sheron
EASL Policy and Public Health Committee Member & EASL-Lancet Commissioner
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Dr Rachel Pryke
EASL-Lancet Commissioner
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Prof. Shlomo Vinker
World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA)
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Prof. Shira Zelber-Sagi
EASL Policy and Public Health Committee Member & EASL-Lancet Commissioner