When AASLD announced that the 2021 event would be held as a purely virtual meeting, attendees and observers feared a loss of focus and the kind of amplifying energy that comes from being with colleagues.
As this episode suggests, the breadth, quality and novelty of the meeting’s presentations generated exceptional positive energy even though colleagues could not meet in person throughout the event. In particular, this group noted the many ways in which the conference format and presentation implicitly challenges some older beliefs and perspectives about NAFLD, NASH and the people who live with these diseases.
Surf on for a conversation focused largely on determining key takeaways from the 2021 meeting and predictions as to what would be the big stories in 2022.
