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Scientific Programme

1 October 2010 (Friday)

09:00 – 10:00

Registration for Lay Programme and Research Workshop

10:00 – 11:30

Lay Programme for Patients (conducted in Cantonese)
Chairpersons: Maisy Mok and Vincent Mok

The use of nutrition labelling in diabetes management
Sylvia Lam (Hong Kong SAR)

Practical issues in daily management
Rebecca Wong (Hong Kong SAR)

 

Research Workshop for Trainees: clinical epidemiology with specific application to diabetes
Chairperson: Andrea Luk

09:30 – 10:15

Descriptive epidemiology

Aetiological epidemiology
Nick Wareham (UK)

10:15 – 10:45

Disease prediction
Gary Ko (Hong Kong SAR)

10:45 – 11:15

Critical appraisal of clinical trials
Wing-sun Chow (Hong Kong SAR)

12:00 – 12:45

Registration for 12th EMW

12:45 – 13:30

Mini-buffet Lunch and Exhibition

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch Symposium: Lipo-gluctoxicity - from molecular mechanisms to clinical implications
PPAR agonists and fat metabolism
Aimin Xu (Hong Kong SAR)
PPAR agonists - balancing risk versus benefits
Juliana Chan (Hong Kong SAR)

14:30 – 15:00

Opening Remarks
Ronald Ma, Chairman of Organizing Committee

15:00 – 16:30

HKFRDD Symposium
Chairpersons: Juliana Chan and Samuel Wong

Cardiovascular risk factors - a local landscape
Bernard Cheung (Hong Kong SAR)

Chronic disease management and shared care - from research to policies
Linda Yu (Hong Kong SAR)

The cost effectiveness of interventions and willingness to pay for preventing diabetes
Ping Zhang (USA)

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee Break and Exhibition

17:00 – 18:00

HKFRDD Plenary Lecture
Chairperson: Clive Cockram

How good is HbA1c for diagnosing diabetes
Nick Wareham (UK)

18:00 – 19:30

Satellite Evening Symposium: Advances in the management of diabetes & its complication
Chairperson: Francis Chow
Improving glycemic control and minimizing the risk by islet enhancement
Daniel Wai (Singapore)
Direct renin inhibitor, a novel therapeutic approach for diabetic nephropathy
Sydney Tang (Hong Kong SAR)

19:30 – 20:30

Mini-buffet Dinner and Exhibition

2 October 2010 (Saturday)

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:00

Oral Presentation - Young Investigator Awards
Chairpersons: Yu Huang and Ronald Ma

10:00 – 11:00

HKASO Plenary Lecture
Chairperson: Francis Chow

Obesity and metabolic syndrome in developing countries
Anoop Misra (India)

11:00 – 11:05

Presentation of Young Investigator Awards

11:05 – 11:35

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11:35 – 13:05

HKASO Symposium
Chairpersons: Peter Tong and Aimin Xu

The role of psychosocial factors in the pathogenesis of obesity
Gary Ko (Hong Kong SAR)

Types of fat and energy homeostasis
Peng Li (China)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Vincent Wong (Hong Kong SAR)

13:05 – 13:50

Mini-buffet Lunch and Exhibition

13:50 – 14:50

Lunch Symposium
Chairperson: Ronald Ma

The role of thiazolidinediones in the management of Type 2 Diabetes
Patrick Boyle (USA)

14:50 – 15:50

HKAS Plenary Lecture
Chairperson: Brian Tomlinson 

The evidence of comprehensive lipid management - reducing cardiovascular risk in diabetes
John Betteridge (UK)

15:50 – 16:20

Coffee Break and Exhibition

16:20 – 17:50

HKAS Symposium
Chairpersons: Chung-seung Chiang and Paul Lam

The role of ARBs - what are the pros and cons?
Herman Haller (Germany)

Effects of drugs on postprandial hyperlipidaemia
Shizuya Yamashita (Japan)

Reducing cardiovascular risk: what foods are really functional?
June Chan (Hong Kong)

17:50 – 18:00

Closing Remarks
Thomas Chan, Chairman of Scientific Committee

 


   
   

 
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