Thursday, 23 September
07:30 - 08:30 Meet the Expert 1:2 - Central Diabetes Insipidus
Mohamad Maghnie, Genova, Italy
This session is interactive and located in a smaller room. Seats are limited and will therefore be allocated on a “first-come-first-served” basis.
07:30 - 08:30 Meet the Expert 2:2 - Long Term Follow-Up of Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Marek Niedziela, Poznan, Poland
07:30 - 08:30 Meet the Expert 3:2 - Precocious Puberty - When to Start and Stop Treatment
Lucia Ghizzoni, Parma, Italy
07:30 - 08:30 Meet the Expert 4:2 - Type 2 Diabetes
Silva Arslanian, Pittsburgh, United States
08:30 – 08:45 Break
08:45 - 09:45 Free Communication 1 - Adrenals Moderator(s): Alessandro Cicognani, Bologna, Italy John Achermann, London, United Kingdom
08:45 - 09:45 Free Communication 2 - Genetics and Proteomics of Obesity Moderator(s): Jesús Argente, Madrid, Spain Maité Tauber, Toulouse, France 08:45 - 09:45 Free Communication 3 - Growth Promoting Therapies Moderator(s): Anita Hokken-Koelega, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Catherine Dacou-Voutetakis, Athens, Greece 08:45 - 09:45 Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 1 Moderator(s): Stefan Wudy, Giessen, Germany Pituitary Mehul Dattani, London, United Kingdom Neuroendocrinology Nicolas de Roux, Paris, France Thyroid Michel Polak, Paris, France Growth plate, bone, calcium Lars Sävendahl, Stockholm, Sweden The year in science and medicine Ze'ev Hochberg, Haifa, Israel 08:45 - 09:45 New Perspectives 1 - Towards the Future Cure of Diabetes Moderator(s): David Dunger, Cambridge, United Kingdom Wieland Kiess, Leipzig, Germany Session Aim: This new perspective series will provide current information on technological advances towards the future cure of diabetes. The first talk will cover novel achievements in the closed-loop system (technical approach to the cure of diabetes), the second talk will update the biological approach - manipulations of beta-cells to prevent cell damage following beta-cell transplantation.
Closing the loop - where are we today? Moshe Phillip, Petah Tikva, Israel
Coated beta cells for islet transplantation To be announced
09:45 – 10:15 Coffee Break, Visit to the Posters and Exhibition
10:15 – 11:15 Plenary Session 2 - Novel Avenues in Energy Metabolism Moderator(s): Ze'ev Hochberg, Haifa, Israel Feyza Darendeliler, Istanbul, Turkey How the fetal hypothalamus senses maternal glucose metabolism Jens C. Brüning, Köln, Germany A paradigm of integrative physiology, the crosstalk between bone and energy metabolisms Gerard Karsenty, New York, United States
11:15 - 12:30 Plenary Session 3 - ESPE Award Session and Activities 1 Moderator(s): Chris Kelnar, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Jean-Claude Carel, Paris, France Young Investigator Award and Lecture – Sponsored by Pfizer ESPE Hormone Research Prize – Sponsored by S. Karger AG ESPE Clinical Fellowship – Sponsored by Merck Serono ESPE Research Fellowship – Sponsored by Novo Nordisk ESPE Research Unit ESPE Research Award and Lecture – Sponsored by Pfizer 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break, Visit to the Posters and Exhibition 14:00 - 15:30 Symposium 4 - "Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Research" - Adrenals – ESPE/SLEP Moderator(s): Raimo Voutilainen, Kuopio, Finland Yves Morel, Lyon, France Session Aim: This symposium is part of a series of symposia "Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Science". The aim of the series is to emphasize the impact of patient observation on the understanding of basic biological mechanisms. Each presentation starts with a seminal case presentation, that has led to such development. This symposium is to discuss the pathways involved in ovarian development through gene defects.
Triple A syndrome Angela Hübner, Dresden, Germany
Childhood adrenocortical carcinomas and p53 mutations Ana Claudia Latronico, Sao Paolo, Brazil
PAPSS2 deficiency and adrenal hyperandrogenism Wiebke Arlt, Birmingham, United Kingdom
14:00 - 15:30 Symposium 5 - Endocrine Perspectives of Environmental Endocrine Disruption Moderator(s): Anders Juul, Copenhagen, Denmark Charles Sultan, Montpellier, France Session Aim: The hypothesis of Environmental Endocrine Disruption has been around for several decades and tremendous progress has been made in this area. The symposium is intended to present recent data in animals and humans on the impact, the mechanisms and the human implications of endocrine disrupters on testicular function.
The masculinisation programming window: setting up the reproductive system and origin of common male reproductive disorders Richard Sharpe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Transgenerational actions of endocrine disruptors on disease: epigenetic ghosts in your genome Michael Skinner, Pullman, United States
Environmental endocrine disruption: human implications Jorma Toppari, Turku, Finland
14:00 - 15:30 Symposium 6 – Diabetes in Europe - The SWEET Project - ESPE/ISPAD Moderator(s): Silva Arslanian, Pittsburgh, United States Tadej Battelino, Ljubljana, Slovenia Session Aim: The aim of this joint ISPAD/ESPE symposium is to give an update on the European collaborative project SWEET intended to map the current status of paediatric diabetes care in Europe and to set up criteria for centres of reference in participating countries to improve quality of care and the long-term outcome of diabetic children and adolescents.
Heterogeneity of paediatric diabetes care in Europe Zdeněk Šumník, Prague, Czech Republic
Elaborating standards for centres of reference for paediatric diabetes Carine De Beaufort, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Role of IT in setting up centres of reference: a model for Europe and beyond? Thomas Danne, Hannover, Germany
14:00 - 15:00 Meet the Expert 5:1 - Interpretation of Endocrine Investigations in Complex DSD
Yves Morel, Lyon, France
14:00 - 15:00 Meet the Expert 6:1 - Late Effects, Endocrinopathies after Irradiation and Chemotherapy
Chris Kelnar, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
14:00 - 15:00 Meet the Expert 7:1 - MRI in Congenital Hypopituitarism
Cheri Deal, Montreal, Canada
14:00 - 15:00 Meet the Expert 8:1 - Management of Fetal Goitre
Michel Polak, Paris, France
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break, Visit to the Posters and Exhibition
16:00 – 17:30 ESPE Business Meeting
17:30 – 17:45 Break
17:45 – 19:15 ESPE Satellite Symposium – Sponsored by Pfizer Controversial Issues in Paediatric Endocrinology Moderator(s): Michael Ranke, Tübingen, Germany Jan-Maarten Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands Individualization of growth hormone therapy in children Introduction to first session by moderator Michael Ranke, Tübingen, Germany Individualization based on differences in genotype Linda Johnston, Munich, Germany IGF-I-based dose titration Cecelia Camacho-Hübner, New York, United States KIGS GPS (KIGS Growth Prediction System) Jan-Maarten Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands Questions and answers Co-ordinated by Michael Ranke, Tübingen, Germany Treatment options for childhood hyperthyroidism Introduction to second session by moderator Jan-Maarten Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands Pharmacological approaches to treatment Heiko Krude, Berlin, Germany The role of radioactive iodine and surgery Scott Rivkees, New Haven, United States Questions and answers Co-ordinated by Jan-Maarten Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands 17:45 – 19:15 Satellite Symposium - Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company Genetics and Epigenetics in Children Born Small for Gestational Age Moderator(s): Cheri Deal, Montreal, Canada Mehul Dattani, London, United KIngdom Introduction Cheri Deal, Montreal, Canada Mehul Dattani, London, United Kingdom Genetic causes of SGA Marie Walenkamp, Leiden, The Netherlands IGF-I receptor mutations Roland Pfaeffle, Leipzig, Germany Epigenetics in Silver-Russell-syndrome Sylvie Rossignol, Paris, France Panel question and answer session All