EASD - Postgraduate Course on Clinical Diabetes and its Complications

29 – 31 October 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, Hotel Pyramida

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Please note this is a preliminary program and is therefore subject to change!

 

October 29

11:00 - 13:00 REGISTRATION

13:00 - 13:30 OPENING CEREMONY

Jan Brož, Chair of Local Organising Committee

Leszek Czupryniak, Chair of EASD PGEC

 

13:30 - 15:30 FIRST SESSION: TYPE I DIABETES UPDATE
Chairpersons: Jan Brož, Roger Lehmann

13:30 – 13:50 Etiology and differential diagnosis of type 1 diabetes - Roger Lehmann, Switzerland

13:50 – 14:20 Hypoglycaemia - Brian Frier, UK

14:20 – 14:40 Insulin pump and CGM in treatment of diabetes mellitus - Hood Thabit, UK

14:40 - 15:10 Glycaemic variability and its importance in clinical practice - Dario Rahelic, Croatia

15:10 – 15:30 Islet cell – pancreas transplantation, Stem cell - Roger Lehmann, Switzerland

 

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

16:00 - 18:10 WORKSHOPS (3 parallel sessions – each workshop conducted twice)
Workshop 1  (Hall A) Hypoglycaemia solving and prevention, Brian Frier / Jan Brož

Workshop 2  (Hall B) Self-monitoring, CGM, insulin pump therapy Kateřina Štechová

Workshop 3 (Hall C)  Hyperglycaemic crisis, acute illness, traveling with diabetes Leszek Czupryniak / Ludmila Brunerová

 

20:00 - 00:00 DINNER (hotel Pyramida - in the main congress hall)

 

October 30

09:00 - 11:00 SECOND SESSION: DIABETES and CVD
Chairpersons: Martin Haluzik, Didac Mauricio 

09:00 – 09:30 Insulin treatment in non-pump users - Leszek Czupryniak, Poland

09:30 – 10:00 Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes: conventional views and new insights - Martin Haluzík, Czech Republic

10:00 – 10:30 Cardiovascular prevention in patients with diabetes - Didac Mauricio, Spain

10:30 – 11:00 Management of Hypertension - Leszek Czupryniak, Poland

 

11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

 

11:30 - 13:00 THIRD SESSION: SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Chairpersons: Elisabeth Mathiesen, Jan Polák

11:30 – 12:00 Diabetes and driving - Jan Brož, Czech Republic

12:00 – 12:30 Diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea - Jan Polák, Czech Republic

12:30 – 13:00 Current standards for managing diabetes in pregnancy - Elisabeth Mathiesen, Denmark

 

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH (in the Bohemia restaurant 1st floor)

 

14:00 - 15:30 FORTH SESSION: THERAPY

Chairpersons: Leszek Czupryniak, Martin Haluzík 

14:00 – 14:30 Goals of the therapy and pharmacologic treatment of hyperglycemia - Martin Haluzik, Czech Republic

14:30 – 15:00 Dyslipidaemia - Leszek Czupryniak, Poland

15:00 – 15:30 Obesity – impact on an individual and society - Nicholas Finer, UK

 

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

16:00 - 18:10 WORKSHOPS (3 parallel sessions – repeated once)
Workshop 4   (Hall A) How to manage obese individuals with prediabetes and diabetes Nicholas Finer / Martin Matoulek

Workshop 5   (Hall B) Making decisions in type 2 diabetes management Leszek Czupryniak

Workshop 6   (Hall C) Multifactorial treatment Martin Prázný

 

20:00 - 00:00 DINNER (Kaiserštejnský palác - We will meet in front of the hotel at 19:00)

 

October 31

08:30 - 11:00 FINAL SESSION: COMPLICATIONS

Chairpersons: Leszek Czupryniak, Ed Jude

08:30 – 09:00 Diabetic neuropathy - Ed Jude, UK

09:00 - 09:30 Gastrointestinal autonomic neurophaty - Leszek Czupryniak, Poland

09:30 – 10:00 Diabetic retinopathy - Iwona Partyka, Poland

10:00 – 10:30 Diabetic nephropathy - Dario Rahelic, Croatia

10:30 – 11:00 Diabetic foot - Ed Jude, UK

 

11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

 

11:30 – 13:40 WORKSHOPS (3 parallel sessions – each workshop conducted twice)
Workshop 7   (Hall A) Diabetic foot – Ed Jude / Robert Bém

Workshop 8   (Hall B) Gestational diabetes and pregnant type 1 diabetes patient – Elisabeth Mathiesen

Workshop 9   (Hall C) Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes – Martin Haluzik

 

13:40 - 14:30 LUNCH (in the Bohemia restaurant 1st floor)

 

14:30 - 16:20 DIABETES TREATMENT - WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON?
Chairpersons: Jan Brož, Apostolos Tsapas

14:30 – 15:00 Future of diabetes care – dreams and possibilities - Leszek Czupryniak, Poland

15:00 – 15:45 New drugs in treatment of type II diabetes - Apostolos Tsapas, Greece

15:45 – 16:20 Bariatric surgery and diabetes - Martin Fried, Czech Republic

16:20 Discussion

CLOSING REMARKS
Leszek Czupryniak, Jan Brož