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MASH-TAG 2026 Agenda

January 9-10
@ The Chateaux Deer Valley

7815 Royal Street East,
Park City, Utah

(Mountain Standard Time)

Thursday, January 8th, 2026

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Course Directors' Reception

Friday, January 9th, 2026

6:45 AM - 7:30 AM

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

The Year in Review (except therapeutics)

Michael Charlton

SESSION 1: New and Emerging Data from 2025

Moderators: Rohit Loomba and Maru Rinella

8:10 AM - 8:25 AM

Semaglutide and Trizepatide

Rohit Loomba

8:25 AM - 8:40 AM

GLP-1/Glucagon Agonist Combinations: Pemvidutide and Survodutide

Phil Newsome

8:40 AM - 8:55 AM

Pegozafermin, Efimosfermin and Newer FGF-21 Agonists

Maru Rinella

8:55 AM - 9:10 AM

Resmetirom and other THR-Beta Agonists

Mazen Noureddin

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Efruxifermin

Vlad Ratziu

9:25 AM - 9:40 AM

Panel Discussion

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Break - Exhibit Hall / Poster Viewing

SESSION 2: Current Biomakers and Clinical Outcome Predictions in MASH

Moderators: Phil Newsome & Belle Van Rosmalen

10:20 AM - 10:35 AM

Recent Data in Elastography and Impact on Clinical Trials]

Samer Gawrieh

10:35 AM - 10:50 AM

ELF, Proc3 and Other Biomarkers: Better Than the Sum of Their Parts?

Emmanouil Tsochatzis

10:50 AM - 11:05 AM

Novel Perspective in PDFF+CT1 and CAP and UDFF

Veeral Ajmera

11:05 AM - 11:20 AM

2 Orals (5 mins each + 5 mins combined for both Q&A)

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM

Orals

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel Discussion

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

CME Symposium

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Meetings, Poster Viewing and Self-Directed Learning

SESSION 3: Understanding Fibrosis and its Treatment in MASH

Moderators: Taka Takebe & AM Diehl

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM

State of the Art: Hepatocyte Senescence as a Therapeutic Target

AM Diehl

4:25 PM - 4:45 PM

Immune Exhaustion and Inflammatory Regulation of Disease Progression

Frank Tacke

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Multi-Zonal Liver Organoids and MASH Modeling

Takanori Takebe

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Oral Presentations

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

WNT-Beta Catenin in Regeneration and Fibrosis Regression

Satadarshan Paul Monga

5:30 PM - 5:50 PM

Q&A or Short Panel

5:50 PM - 5:55 PM

Break

SESSION 4: Promising Pharmacological Approaches for MASH

Moderators: Veeral Ajmera & Frank Tacke

5:55 PM - 6:10 PM

Optimizing Oral Combination Therapy: Resmetirom and Other Agents

Meena Bansal

6:10 PM - 6:25 PM

Genetic Targets: (e.g., siRNA, ASO, CIEDB, GPR75, INHBE in Obesity and MASLD)

Naim Alkhouri

6:25 PM - 6:35 PM

One time FGF21 gene therapy: a viable therapeutic concept

6:35 PM - 6:45 PM

GLP + GIP: To Agonize or Antagonize

Manu Chakravarty

6:45 PM - 6:55 PM

Lanifibranor and Dapagliflozin, and Other Insulin Sensitizers

Manal Abdelmalek

6:55 PM - 7:10 PM

Top 5 Basic Science Papers in MASH

Vlad Ratziu

7:10 PM - 7:20 PM

Stephen A. Harrison Award for Excellence in MASH

Maru Rinella, Vlad Ratziu, Rohit Loomba

Saturday, January 10th, 2026

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast

SESSION 5: Lessons Learned from MASH Trials

Moderators: Arun Sanyal and Manal Abdelmalek

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Cirrhosis Trials: Pearls for Optimal Trial Design

Maru Rinella

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Efficacy and Considerations for Reducing Malo: Lessons From Recent Trials

Phil Newsome

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Clinical Trial Consideration METALD

Luis Antonio Diaz

8:40 AM - 8:45 AM

Debate: Is Resolution of Steatohepatitis a Necessary Regulatory Endpoint? YES

Arun Sanyal

8:45 AM - 8:50 AM

Debate: Is Resolution of Steatohepatitis a Necessary Regulatory Endpoint? NO

Naga Chalasani

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

Panel Discussion

SESSION 6: Case Based Journey

9:10 AM - 9:40 AM

Case Based Patient Journey

Meena Bansal

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Break - Exhibit Hall / Poster Viewing

SESSION 7: A Deep Dive Into Fibrosis Regression and Reasonably Likely Surrogate Endpoints

Moderators: Meena Bansal & Brent Tetri

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Reasonably Likely Surrogate Endpoint Update - And Implications on Trial Endpoints

Rohit Loomba

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Update in AI to Facilitate Clinical Trials

Naim Alkhouri

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Link Between Fibrosis Improvement and Outcomes - What is the Ground Truth?

Mazen Noureddin

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Is Fibrosis Regression the same as Cirrhosis Reversal : Yes/No

Arun Sanyal

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Panel Discussion

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

CME Symposium

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Meetings, Poster Viewing, and Self-Directed Learning

SESSION 8: Emerging Science

Moderators: Mazen Noureddin & Naim Alkhouri

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Lecture: Interplay Between Adipose Tissue and GLP1, FGF21 in MASLD and METALD

Matthew Potoff

4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Lecture: Sterol Sensing and Cholesterol-Bile Acid Homeostatis in MASLD

Jay Horton

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Multiparametric Screening of MASH Clinical Candidates Using Human Liver Spheroids or N-Vitro Pre-Clinical Human Models for MASH

Francisco Verdeguer

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

2 or 3 Oral Presentations

5:30 PM - 5:50 PM

Break - Exhibit Hall / Poster Viewing

SESSION 9: (Anticipated) Changes in Regulatory Landscape for MASH

Moderators: Vlad Ratziu & Mary Rinella

5:50 PM - 6:05 PM

Patient Expectation for Clinical Trials

Betel Fatty Liver Alliance

6:05 PM - 6:20 PM

Lessons from the Accelerated Approval Program

Arun Sanyal

6:20 PM - 6:35 PM

Approach to Promising Combinations and Regulatory Path

Naim Alkhouri

6:35 PM - 6:50 PM

Panel Discussion

Rohit Loomba

6:50 PM - 7:05 PM

What is an Ideal Regulatory Pathway for a Successful FDA Approval from a Pharma Viewpoint?

7:05 PM - 7:25 PM

Panel Discussion

7:25 PM

Wrap-Up

Rohit Loomba

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