Under the sponsorship of Prof. Mustafa Kamal, president of Assiut University, Prof. Maher El-Asal, dean of faculty of Medicine, and Prof M.Adawy Nafeh, congress president, The 12th Annual Scientific Congress of Gastronterology & Liver Diseases was organized in collaboration with Egyptian association for the study of gastronterology & liver diseases from 23-24 December 2009. Prof. Kamal asserted that the conference main topic "Update Management of Liver, Gastrointestinal and Infectious Diseases" was aptly chosen, as it provides an interesting and high quality scientific discussion of the last researches in such fields and clinical presentation of important diseases. The conference also carfully included topics of special interest covering different branches of medicine and featured updated in 4 scientific sessions with participation of doctors from many Egyptian universities.