The organizers wish to express their sincere thanks to the following organizations for their generous support of the meeting:

Bayer Italy
www.bayer.it

Gilead Sciences
www.gilead.com

Hepatitis B Foundation
www.hepb.org

Idenix Pharmaceuticals
www.idenix.com

Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
Taiwan
www.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/index.shtml

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
www.niaid.nih.gov

Oxxon Pharmaccines
www.oxxonpharmaccines.com

PRIMM
www.primm.it