Online abstract submission opens
Researchers are invited to contribute their abstracts to the World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 (IOF WCO - ECCEO10), the largest global meeting devoted to all aspects of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis research and patient care. The Congress will be held in Florence, Italy from May 5-8, 2010.
Beginning today, abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.iofwco-ecceo10.org
The submission deadline is February 4, 2010.
IOF and ESCEO are pleased to announce that seven special sessions and mini-symposia will enhance the extensive scientific programme that includes 12 Plenary and 20 Meet-the-Expert sessions:
VPHOP Symposium: Assessing Fracture Risk: The Future for Designing New Therapies
Chairs: R. Rizzoli, M. Viceconti
- The Role of Technology in the Fight Against Osteoporosis - R. Rizzoli (CH)
- Clinical Prospectives on Osteoporosis: Bone and Muscle - D. Felsenberg (DE)
- New Technologies to Predict the Risk of Fracture - F. Taddei (IT)
- Cell and Tissue Based Simulation of Osteoporosis and Pharmacological Treatment - R. M-ller (CH)
- Tissue-level Imaging for Critical Risk Assessment - B. van Rietbergen (NL)
- Personalised, Predictive, and Integrative Medicine: Future Scenarios for Osteoporosis - M. Viceconti (IT)
Minisymposium - Growth and Development of the Skeleton
Chairs: R. Lorenc, R. Rizzoli
- Fetal and Neonatal Determinants of Bone Mineral Accumulation - C. Cooper (UK)
- Novel Findings in Bone Development - E. Seeman (AU)
- Celiac Disease and Bone Mass Accumulation Impairment - M.L. Bianchi (IT)
ESCEO Session: Dermatological Side Effects of Antiosteoporosis Medications
Chairs: D. Felsenberg, R. Rizzoli
- Introduction - J.Y. Reginster (BE)
- Various aspects of drug-related dermatological lesions - P. Musette (FR)
- Cutaneous side effects of antiosteoporosis treatments - P. Musette (FR)
- Discussion - All Faculty (Moderator D. Felsenberg)
- Conclusions - R. Rizzoli (CH)
ESCEO Session: Management of Osteoporosis in the Very Elderly
Chairs: J. Goldhahn, R. Rizzoli
- Welcome - J.Y. Reginster (BE)
- Specificity of the Management of Elderly Subjects -B. Vellas (FR)
- Outcomes of the ESCEO Working Group - R. Rizzoli (CH)
- Discussion - All Faculty (Moderator - J. Goldhahn)
- Adjournment - R. Rizzoli (CH)
ESCEO Session: Subtrochanteric Fractures After Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates
Speakers to be announced
ESCEO-GREES Roundtable - Relationship between Pharmaceutical Industry and Academic Scientists: Suggestions for a New Code of Conduct
Chairs: M.E. Abadie, J.Y. Reginster