Princeton Workshop

Workshop Description - HBV Research Priorities 2000 - Summaries

Since 1995, the Hepatitis B Foundation sponsored the first annual Princeton Workshop to promote discussion about hepatitis B treatment among the nation's leading hepatitis scientists and clinicians. It has since become a prestigious workshop that meets every year in Princeton, NJ, to discuss therapeutic therapies for hepatitis B.

A small group of the leading thought leaders and decision makers from academia, industry and government are invited by the Hepatitis B Foundation to participate. Those who are invited make it a priority to attend the Princeton Workshop because it is such a unique meeting in the otherwise very crowded conference schedule.

The Princeton Workshop continues to be such a success because of the small group of high-caliber participants; the emphasis is on lively discussions rather than formal presentations; and an unusual freedom in the exchange of ideas since there are no written proceedings of the discussions (other than brief summaries in the HBF's B Informed newsletter).

Meetings are held in the heart of historic Princeton at the Nassau Inn, which is across the street from Princeton University. All invited participants are provided with free lodging and meals for the two-day Workshop, and there is no registration fee.

HBV Research Priorities 2000

The first National Research Priorities for Hepatitis B was generated by the workshop participants in 2000. Each year, new research ideas are generated and exciting collaborations among the participants are pursued. The Princeton Workshop continues to be highly innovative because it brings together the nation's best minds in science and medicine to focus solely on the treatment of hepatitis B.

The Hepatitis B Foundation's Research Priorities 2000 will be used in the development of the new NIH Liver Disease Research Branch's strategic action plan. For more information about the new NIH Liver Disease Branch, click here.