43rd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17-21 September 2007

Programme of Symposia

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SYMPOSIA ON THE OCCASION OF EASD
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

EASD NON-PROFIT SYMPOSIA
SEPTEMBER 21 – SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 32

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
08.00 – 17.00 HOURS REMBRANDT HALL

Symposium Contact:
www.lilly-easd.com
Lucy Hammond
Commonwealth House
1 New Oxford Street
London, WC1A 1NU,
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)207 759 2942
Mobile: + 44 (0)776 485 2653
Email: lucy.hammond@ask-mercury.com

OPTIMAL GLYCAEMIC CONTROL UNDER SCRUTINY: WHAT, WHY AND HOW?

Programme Chair: Professor Bruce Wolffenbuttel (The Netherlands)

08.00 – 08.05 hours

08.05 – 08.10 hours

08.10 – 08.50 hours

08.50 – 09.40 hours

09.40 – 10.00 hours

10.00 – 11.20 hours

11.20 – 11.55 hours

11.55 – 12.00 hours

BETA-CELL FAILURE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: AN INEVITABLE DECLINE?

Programme Chairs: Professor Hans Romijn (The Netherlands) and Dr Carol Wysham (United States of America)

12.00 – 13.30 hours

13.30 – 13.40 hours

13.40 – 14.15 hours

14.15 – 14.50 hours

14.50 – 15.15 hours

15.15 – 15.55 hours

15.55 – 16.30 hours

16.30 – 17.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
08.30 – 15.30 HOURS KAREL APPEL HALL

For further information
please contact:

Jesper Flethψj Bregnhψj, MD
International Medical Advisor
Medical Affairs Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S
Hummeltoftevej 49
DK-2830 Virum, Denmark
+4544430466 (direct)
+4530750466 (mobile)
JFMA@novonordisk.com

CHANGING DIABETES – NEW SOLUTIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

08.30 – 08.35 hours

08.35 – 08.50 hours

08.50 – 09.35 hours

09.35 – 10.00 hours

10.00 – 10.20 hours

10.20 – 10.40 hours

THE MODULATING EFFECTS OF GLP-1 IN TYPE 2 DIABETES

Chairman: Dr. M. Nauck (Germany) 

11.00 – 11.05 hours

11.05 – 11.25 hours

11.25 – 11.50 hours

11.50 – 12.10 hours

12.10 – 12.30 hours

12.30 – 13.00 hours

NEW INSIGHTS TO A MODERN BASAL INSULIN

Chairman: Dr. Hans de Vries (The Netherlands)

13.45 – 13.50 hours

13.50 – 14.15 hours

14.15 – 14.40 hours

14.40 – 15.05 hours

15.05 – 15.25 hours

15.25 – 15.30 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
09.30 – 15.30 HOURS LOCATION: AMSTERDAM CONVENTION FACTORY

For further information
please contact:

Paul Forsyth
(Gardiner-Caldwell London)
Tel.: +44 1628 640 657
E-mail: paul.forsyth@gcl-global.com

MORNING SESSION: “LANTUS AND APIDRA: ADVANCED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS”

Chairmen: George Alberti (United Kingdom) and Bryan Brewer (United States of America)

09.30 – 09.40 hours

09.40 – 10.10 hours

10.10 – 10.40 hours

10.40 – 11.10 hours

11.10 – 11.30 hours

11.30 – 12.00 hours

12.00 – 12.30 hours

12.30 – 13.30 hours

AFTERNOON SESSION: “RIMONABANT AND GLOBAL CMR RISK MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH T2DM: HOW, WHEN AND WHY?”

13.30 – 13.40 hours

13.40 – 14.10 hours

14.10 – 14.40 hours

14.40 – 15.10 hours

15.10 – 15.30 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
14.00 – 16.30 HOURS ROOM N

For further information
please contact:

Matthias Axel Schweitzer
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Sandhofer Strasse 116
68305 Mannheim, Germany
Phone: +49 621 759 3488
Fax: +49 621 759 5831
Email: matthias_axel.schweitzer @roche.com

INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO DIABETES MANAGEMENT HELP PATIENTS DO MORE

Chairmen: Philip Home (United Kingdom) and Frank Snoek (The Netherlands)

14.00 – 14.30 hours

14.30 – 15.00 hours

15.00 – 15.30 hours

15.30 – 16.00 hours

16.00 – 16.30 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
08.00 – 11.30 HOURS VAN GOGH HALL

For further information
please contact:

Samantha Cap
Senior Project Manager
The Center for Health Care
Education
Phone: +18 60 526 8290
ext. 215
Email: s.cap@chce.net

EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES CARE: LATEST INSIGHTS AND NOVEL PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES

08.00 – 08.30 hours

08.30 – 08.35 hours

08.35 – 09.05 hours

09.05 – 09.35 hours

09.35 – 10.05 hours

10.05 – 10.35 hours

10.35 – 11.05 hours

11.05 – 11.30 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
10.30 – 12.00 HOURS MONDRIAAN HALL

AVOIDING THE COMING CATASTROPHE IN DYSLIPIDEMIA PATIENTS WITH DIABETES THROUGH INHIBITION OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION AND PRODUCTION

Co-Chairmen: John Kastelein (The Netherlands) and Terje Pedersen (Norway)

10.30 – 10.35 hours

10.35 – 10.50 hours

10.50 – 11.20 hours

11.20 – 11.40 hours

11.40 – 11.55 hours

11.55 – 12.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
10.00 – 12.00 HOURS JAN STEEN HALL

ISLET ENHANCER VILDAGLIPTIN: MECHANISM OF ACTION AND EFFICACY IN T2DM

Chairman: Professor Burkhard Gφke (Germany)
(breakfast served outside the Jan Steen room 09.00-10.00)

10.00 – 10.05 hours

10.05 – 10.30 hours

10.30 – 10.55 hours

10.55 – 11.15 hours

11.15 – 11.45 hours

11.45 – 12.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
14.00 – 16.15 HOURS VAN GOGH HALL

For further information
please contact:

Ellie Ling, Medical Writer,
PPSI
Wicker House, High Street
Worthing, BN11 1DJ
United Kingdom
ellie.ling@ppsigroup.com

IMPROVING GLYCAEMIC CONTROL: NOVEL CONCEPTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES

Chairmen: Lawrence Blonde (United States of America) and Jacques Philippe (Switzerland)

14.00 – 14.05 hours

14.05 – 14.35 hours

14.35 – 15.00 hours

15.00 – 15.25 hours

15.25 – 15.50 hours

15.50 – 16.10 hours

16.10 – 16.15 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
16.00 – 18.00 HOURS JAN STEEN HALL

For further information
please contact:

Dr Phil Ambery
GlaxoSmithKline
Stockley Park West,
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB11 1BT, UK
Tel: +44 208 9903543
Fax: +44 208 9902939
E-mail:
phil.d.ambery@gsk.com

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN T2DM MANAGEMENT

Chairman: Giancarlo Viberti (London, United Kingdom) 

16.00 – 16.05 hours

16.05 – 16.30 hours

16.30 – 16.55 hours

16.55 – 17.20 hours

17.20 – 17.45 hours

17.45 – 18.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
13.00 – 15.00 HOURS MONDRIAAN HALL

For further information
please contact:

Kathleen Mahoney, Medical
Education Programs,
Diabetes, Merck & Co. Inc.
(MSD)
One Merck Drive
Whitehouse Station,
New Jersey 08889
United States of America
Phone: 908.423.3152
Fax: 908.735.1122
Email: kathleen_mahoney@
merck.com
Website : www.merck.com

ACHIEVING GLYCEMIC CONTROL WITHOUT THERAPEUTIC COMPROMISE: THE ROLE OF SITAGLIPTIN – A NOVEL INCRETIN ENHANCER FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

Chairman: Professor Michaela Diamant (The Netherlands)

13.00 – 13.05 hours

13.05 – 13.35 hours

13.35 – 14.05 hours

14.05 – 14.35 hours

14.35 – 14.55 hours

14.55 – 15.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
16.00 – 18.00 HOURS MONDRIAAN HALL

OBESITY IS A DISEASE – HOW CAN THE RISK BE MANAGED?

Chairman: Arne Astrup (Denmark)

16.00 – 16.05 hours

16.05 – 16.20 hours

16.20 – 16.40 hours

16.40 – 17.00 hours

17.00 – 17.20 hours

17.20 – 17.45 hours

17.45 – 18.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
13.15 – 16.00 HOURS ROOM A

For further information
please contact:

Dr Regina Thebud-Lassak
Global Scientific Affairs
Manager Glucobay
Tel: + 49 30 468 14570
Email: regina.thebudlassak@
bayerhealthcare.com

TRANSFERRING DIABETES AND CVD PREVENTION INTO DAILY PRACTICE – TIME TO ACT NOW!

Chairman: R Holman (United Kingdom)

13.15 – 13.20 hours

13.20 – 13.40 hours

13.40 – 14.00 hours

14.00 – 14.15 hours

14.15 – 14.30 hours

14.30 – 14.45 hours

14.45 – 15.00 hours

15.00 – 15.20 hours

15.20 – 15.40 hours

15.40 – 15.55 hours

15.55 – 16.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
09.15 – 13.00 HOURS ROOM B

For further information
please contact:

Jarka Valasheek
Tel +44 (0)20 7882 2482
Fax +44 (0)20 7882 2186
j.valasheek@qmul.ac.uk

LATENT AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES IN ADULTS: PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION IN EUROPE

Chairmen: Professor RDG Leslie and Professor P Pozzilli 

09.15 – 09.30 hours

09.30 – 10.10 hours

10.10 – 10.50 hours

10.50 – 11.30 hours

11.30 – 12.10 hours

12.10 – 13.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
15.50 – 18.00 HOURS ROOM B

For further information
please contact:

Peter Robinson
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Europe Ltd.
2 Arundel Great Court,
London
WC2R 3DA
p.robinson@tgrd.com

ADDRESSING THE RESIDUAL RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

Co-chairmen: Professor John Betteridge (United Kingdom) and Professor Ralph DeFronzo (United States of America)

15.50 – 16.05 hours

16.05 – 16.30 hours

16.30 – 16.55 hours

16.55 – 17.20 hours

17.20 – 17.45 hours

17.45 – 18.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
11.00 – 13.00 HOURS ROOM A

Program Contact
and Information:

Sapana Panday
spanday@cbcbiomed.com
www.cbcbiomed.com/CIDC

CHALLENGES IN DIABETES CARE: ACHIEVING THE NEW “TARGET” GLUCOSE LEVELS

Co-Chairmen: Satish K. Garg (United States of America) & Richard M. Bergenstal (United States of America)

11.00 – 11.05 hours

11.05 – 11.40 hours

11.40 – 12.15 hours

12.15 – 12.45 hours

12.45 – 13.00 hours

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
16.00 – 18.00 HOURS MARRIOTT HOTEL

For further information
please contact:

Merck Serono
A division of Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293
Darmstadt,Germany
Global Marketing
International Convention
Management
Convention Manager in
charge: Bιatrice Blonde
Tel : +33 4 72 78 25 73
Fax : +33 4 72 78 09 46
E-Mail: beatrice.blonde@
merck.fr

METFORMIN – LIFE BEGINS AT 50

Chairmen: Gιrard Slama & Ian W. Campbell

16.00 – 16.05 hours

16.05 – 16.20 hours

16.20 – 16.35 hours

16.35 – 16.50 hours

16.50 – 17.05 hours

17.05 – 17.20 hours

17.20 – 17.35 hours

17.35 – 17.55 hours

17.55 – 18.00 hours

EASD NON-PROFIT SYMPOSIA

SEPTEMBER, 21-23, 2007

TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS IN DIABETES A CONCISE UPDATE FOR CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ZWOLLE
16.00 – 23.00 HOURS DE NIEUWE BUITENSOCIETEIT

For further information
and subscription:

www.langerhans.com

16.00 – 18.00 hours

18.00 – 18.15 hours

18.15 – 19.00 hours

20.00 – 23.00 hours

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 ZWOLLE
08.30 – 18.30 HOURS DE NIEUWE BUITENSOCIETEIT

For further information
and subscription:

www.langerhans.com

CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING

Chairman: Bolinder (Sweden)

08.30 – 09.00 hours

09.00 – 10.00

10.00 – 10.30 hours

10.30 – 11.30 hours

11.30 – 12.00 hours

12.00 – 12.30 hours

12.30 – 13.00 hours

13.00 – 14.00 hours

CLOSING THE LOOP

Chairmen: Massi Benedetti and Sandek

14.00 – 14.30 hours

PANEL DISCUSSION

Chairmen: Massi Benedetti and Sandek

14.30 – 14.45 hours

CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN INFUSION

Chairmen: Massi Benedetti and Kowalski

14.45 – 15.15 hours

15.15 – 16.00 hours

16.00 – 16.15 hours

16.15 – 18.00 hours

18.00 – 18.30 hours

19.00 hours

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 ZWOLLE
08.30 – 14.00 HOURS DE NIEUWE BUITENSOCIETEIT

For further information
and subscription:

www.langerhans.com

INHALED INSULIN

Chairman: G.Bolli

08.30 – 09.00 hours

09.00 – 11.00 hours

11.00 – 11.30 hours

CLOSING LECTURE

Chairmen: Van Ballegooie and Spijker

11.30 – 12.00 hours

12.00 – 12.15 hours

12.15 – 14.00 hours



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