1st Kolkata Liver Meeting at Science City, Kolkata on Hepatic Fibrosis. Leading researchers from across the globe participated in the event. The list included Scott L Friedman (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, USA), Massimo Pinzani (Italy), James L Boyer (USA), Ian Wanless (Canada), Vlad Ratziu (France). The meeting was sponsored by Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) and the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL). Over 250 physicians, gastroenterologists, hepatologists and students from India and Bangladesh took part in the two-and-a-half-day long meeting

Inauguration of LFWB by Prof. Amartya Sen at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. Other distinguished guests were Sri Nirupam Sen, Minister in charge, Department of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of West Bengal, Sri Mrinal Sen, legendary film director & Hon´ble Secretary, Ramkrishna Mission, Belur Math