The International Osteoporosis Foundation Joins ECCEO9 At Leading International Meeting In Athens

Collaboration results in enhanced scientific meeting, greater global perspective



The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) invites clinicians and researchers in the bone health field to attend ECCEO9-IOF, a joint meeting to be held from March 18-21 in Athens, Greece.



Some 4,000 participants are expected at the four-day meeting which will feature an expanded scientific scope as well as a broad spectrum of clinically-oriented 'Meet-the-Professor' sessions. The programme is also enhanced by poster sessions and satellite symposia, and offers clinical insights through special sessions on the management of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.



A highlight of the stimulating scientific programme is the series of eight plenary lectures, delivered by leading experts in the field:
Implications of improving adherence to osteoporosis treatment,
Stuart Silverman


Secular trends in osteoporosis fracture: myth or reality,
Cyrus Cooper


Imaging of bone microarchitecture and osteoporosis,
Sharmila Majumdar


Clinical and economic aspects of the management of postmenopausal women with osteopenia,
Christian Roux


Role of microdamage in bone fragility,
Clive Lee


Novelties and perspectives in the management of osteoarthritis,
Jean-Pierre Pelletier


Debate: long-term treatment of osteoporosis with bisphosphonates: good, John Bilezikian


Debate: long-term treatment of osteoporosis with bisphosphonates: bad, Socrates Papapoulos

Join us in Athens for an exciting scientific programme, and a special opportunity to meet leading experts from around the world.



Reminder: Paid registrants of the cancelled IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis in Bangkok (December 2008) are offered free registration. Please register through the ECCEO9-IOF website ecceo9/ and under 'special discount' indicate 'IOF WCO FREE'.




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: Yolande Piette


International Osteoporosis Foundation