Outstanding Scientific Programme At World Congress On Osteoporosis 2010

Joint IOF and ESCEO Congress, to be held in Florence Italy, expected to be premiere bone health meeting of 2010



The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) have joined forces to present an outstanding scientific programme for the upcoming IOF WCO- ECCEO10, a global congress to be held in Florence, Italy from May 5-8, 2010.



Complete programme information, online registration and abstract submission will be available on iofwco-ecceo10.



IOF WCO-ECCEO10 will offer an overview of the most recent developments and cutting-edge research in the pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, as well as policy related issues such as health economics. With its global perspective, the Congress will be an excellent forum for interaction and the exchange of ideas among researchers and clinicians as well as specialists from allied health fields.



The programme provides a mix of both stimulating plenary lectures and Meet-The-Expert sessions on twenty clinically-oriented topics, as well as poster presentations, late breaking news, and satellite symposia.



Renowned plenary speakers will lecture on these 12 thought-provoking issues and 'hot' topics in the field:
Cellular Control of Bone Mass, R. Baron (USA)


Osteoporosis and Biological Aging, S. Cummings (USA)


Why does a bone break, do cortical or cancellous matter? M. Bouxsein (USA)


Do men and women fracture at the same BMD? J.A. Kanis (UK)


Region specific fracture risk and response to therapy, E. Seeman (Australia)


What did we learn from genome-wide association studies? T. Spector (UK)


Interaction between bone and joints in physiology and disease,
G. Schett (Germany)


Glitazone and bone: a paradigm to better understand bone physiology,
C. Rosen (USA)


Extra skeletal effects of vitamin D, B. Dawson-Hughes (USA)


Stimulators /inhibitors of bone turnover, together or one after the other?
J.P. Bilezikian (USA)


Developmental plasticity and later osteoporosis, M. Hanson (UK)


Emerging therapies, S. Papapoulos (NL)

Don't miss the premiere global skeletal health meeting of 2010 - reserve May 5- 8, 2010 on your calendar.



Complete information is available on the Congress website iofwco-ecceo10



ABOUT IOF


The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is a nongovernmental
umbrella organization dedicated to the worldwide
fight against osteoporosis, the disease known as "the silent
epidemic". IOF's members - committees of scientific researchers,
patient, medical and research societies and industry representatives
from around the world - share a common vision of a world without
osteoporotic fractures. Launched in 1998 with the merger of the
European Foundation for Osteoporosis (EFFO, founded in 1987) and
the International Federation of Societies on Skeletal Diseases, IOF
now represents 191 societies in 91 locations. iofbonehealth



ABOUT ESCEO



The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of
Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) is a non-profit organization,
dedicated to a close interaction between clinical scientists dealing
with rheumatic disorders, pharmaceutical industry developing new
compounds in this field, regulators responsible for the registration of
such drugs and health policy makers, to integrate the management of
osteoporosis and osteoarthritis within the comprehensive perspective
of health resources utilization. The objective of ESCEO is to provide
practitioners with the latest clinical and economic information,
allowing them to organize their daily practice, in an evidence-based
medicine perspective, with a cost-conscious perception.



Source: P. Chanavat


International Osteoporosis Foundation