We are pleased to announce the 2nd Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Liver Metabolism, Diseases and Cancer which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday May 19, and will conclude after lunch on May 23, 2014. The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in Liver Research. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.