European Congress on Obesity

Day 1 Programme, 09-May-2012

Summary : The pre congress workshop is the first agenda of the day after that the oral session starts on the obesity management, prevention and treatment, methodological and ethical challenges, foundation of family based treatment, and the conference ends on opening ceremony and welcome reception.

09:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
Pre Congress Workshops

13:00 PM  -  14:00 PM
Four parallel Oral Sessions will be developed by the ECO2012 International Scientific Committee after the close of abstract submission.

14:00 PM  -  15:30 PM
EASO Obesity Management Task Force (OMTF) developed Workshop

14:00 PM  -  15:30 PM
EASO Prevention and Public Health Task Force (PPHTF) develped Workshop

14:00 PM  -  14:20 PM
Genetics and extreme obesity
S Farooqi

14:20 PM  -  14:40 PM
Healthy obesity
E Bobbioni-Harsch

14:40 PM  -  15:00 PM
Conservative (medical) treatment of severe obesity
A Sharma

15:00 PM  -  15:20 PM
Surgical treatment of severe obesity
M Suter

14:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
EASO Task Force Workshop

14:00 PM  -  14:20 PM
Parents, the Gatekeepers: Introduction to Family Therapy in Obesity
P Nowicka (Sweden)

14:20 PM  -  14:40 PM
Putting Parents in Charge: Practical Tips for Care Providers
N Farpour-Lambert (Switzerland)

14:40 PM  -  15:00 PM
A Chronic Care Treatment Model in a Multidisciplinary Paediatric Clinic: How to Keep the Family Involved?
J-C Holm (Denmark)

15:00 PM  -  15:20 PM
Prader Wili Syndrome: The Familys Role in Multidisciplinary Care
M Tauber (France)

15:20 PM  -  15:40 PM
Methodological and Ethical Challenges in Evaluations of Family-based Approaches
J Baker (Denmark)

15:40 PM  -  15:50 PM
Coffee Break

15:50 PM  -  16:10 PM
The WHO Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in Greece: Results from the Family Questionnaire
M Hassapidou (Greece)

16:10 PM  -  16:30 PM
Establishing a Family-based Outpatient Treatment: An Irish Experience
G O'Malley (Ireland)

16:30 PM  -  16:50 PM
A Child is not a Small Adult: Development of Pediatric Obesity Interventions in Italy
A Pietrobelli (Italy)

16:50 PM  -  17:10 PM
Foundations of Family-based Treatments: Perspectives from France
H Thibault (France)

17:10 PM  -  17:25 PM
Roundtable Discussion
Panel

17:25 PM  -  17:30 PM
Concluding Remarks: The European Perspective
R Weiss (Israel)

17:30 PM  -  0-1:0-1 AM
Coffee with culinary surprises

15:30 PM  -  16:00 PM
Coffee Break/Exhibition

16:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Industry Supported Satellite Session

16:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Basic Science Session

16:00 PM  -  16:20 PM
Omega 3 and obesity
J Kopecky (Czech Republic)

16:20 PM  -  16:40 PM
Fatty acid and adiposity
R Nogueiras (Spain)

16:40 PM  -  17:00 PM
Diet, obesity and genes
W Saris (Netherlands)

17:00 PM  -  17:20 PM
Food characteristics in relation to appetite regulation
I Bjrck (Sweden)

17:20 PM  -  17:30 PM
Discussion
Panel

17:30 PM  -  19:45 PM
Plenary Session/Opening Ceremony

17:30 PM  -  18:15 PM
Future trends in clinical research and management
A Basdevant (France)

18:15 PM  -  19:45 PM
Main AuditoriumOpening Ceremony
J-M Oppert (France)

19:45 PM  -  21:30 PM
Social Programme

19:45 PM  -  21:30 PM
Exhibition Hall ECO2012 Welcome Reception

Day 2 Programme, 10-May-2012

Summary : The conference begins with plenary lecture on economic evaluation, microcirculation and obesity,then association session and exploring extreme indications, novel session and it ends with discussion on scientific session.

08:30 AM  -  09:15 AM
Plenary Lecture

08:30 AM  -  09:15 AM
Economic evaluation of health policy in the primary prevention of obesity
M Suhrcke (Germany)

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
Review Sessions

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T1:RS1 - Built and social environment as instruments for nudging behaviour,Social Networks
R Pretlow (US)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
Built Environment
D Ogilvie (UK)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
Selected from abstracts

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T2:RS1 - Microcirculation and obesity, T2:RS1.1 - Do retinal vessels predict cardiovascular risk in the obese?
S Zoungas (Australia)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T2:RS1.2 - Microcirculatory dysfunction links obesity to hypertension and insulin resistance
C Stehouwer (Netherlands)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
T2:RS1.3 - Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
T2:RS1.4 - Selected from abstracts

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T3:RS1 - Adipose tissue-driven insulin resistance, T3:RS1.1 - Metabolic insights learned from patients with lipodystrophy
D Savage (UK)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T3:RS1.2 - Characterisation of the ealry steps of adipose tissue development and expansion during weight gain
H Vidal (France)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
T3:RS1.3 - Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
T3:RS1.4 - Selected from abstracts

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T5:RS1 - Preventing weight regain, T5:RS1.1 - Weight regain in lifestyle modification
A Golay (Switzerland)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T5:RS1.2 - Preventing weight regain: A pharmacological target
M Rosenbaum (US)

10:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
T5:RS1.3 - Weight regain after bariatric surgery in adults and adolescents
C Marcus (Sweden

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee Break/Exhibition

11:30 AM  -  13:00 PM
Association Session

11:30 AM  -  12:00 PM
EASD - BCA evaluation as a marker of risk in obese subjects, Studies with twins
K Pietilinen (Finland)

12:00 PM  -  12:30 PM
Data on bariatric surgery
B Laferrre (US)

12:30 PM  -  13:00 PM
Metabolomic approach in the EGIR cohort
E Ferannini (Italy)

11:30 AM  -  13:00 PM
Three parallel Oral Sessions will be developed by the ECO2012 International Scientific Committee after the close of abstract submission.

13:00 PM  -  15:00 PM
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

13:15 PM  -  14:45 PM
Roquette: Prebiotics, microbiota and obesity

13:30 PM  -  14:30 PM
Lunchtime Workshops

15:00 PM  -  15:45 PM
T2:PL - Track 2 Plenary Lecture Epidemiologic evidence on the long term harms and benefits of bariatric surgery
E Nslund (Sweden)

16:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Association Session

16:00 PM  -  06:15 AM
Structure of care in bariatric surgery: requirements for safe and effective management
J Melissas (Greece)

16:15 PM  -  16:30 PM
Structure of care in bariatric surgery: procedures specific requirements
L Lemmens (Belgium)

16:30 PM  -  16:45 PM
Exploring extreme indications: age, low BMI, chronic diseases
M De Luca (Italy)

16:45 PM  -  17:00 PM
Novel restrictive procedures
K Dolezalova (Czech Republic)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
Novel derivative procedures
J W Greve (Netherlands)

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
Discussion
panel

16:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Review Sessions

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T2:RS2 - Obesity in women and risk of obesity in their offspring, T2:RS2.1 - Obesity in pregnancy. Outcomes in the mother and child
E Aagaard (Denmark)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T2:RS2.2 - Early maternal and paternal influences on the risk of obesity in offspring
M-A Charles (France)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T2:RS2.3 - Selected from abstracts

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T2:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T3:RS2 - Functional imaging, T3:RS2.1 - CNS Imaging and obesity
U Pagotto (Italy)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T3:RS2.2 - Imaging of peripheral metabolic organs
P Nuutila (Finland)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T3:RS2.3 - Selected from abstract

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T3:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T4:RS1 - Mitochondrial biogenesis as a target for obesity , T4:RS1.1 - Muscle and adipose tissue mitochondria in starvation and obesity
A Suomalainen (Finland)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T4:RS1.2 - Branched chain amino acid supplementation and mitochondrial biogenesis
M-A Charles (France)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T2:RS2.3 - Selected from abstracts

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T2:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T3:RS2 - Functional imaging , T3:RS2.1 - CNS Imaging and obesity
U Pagotto (Italy)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T3:RS2.2 - Imaging of peripheral metabolic organs
P Nuutila (Finland)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T3:RS2.3 - Selected from abstracts

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T3:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T4:RS1 - Mitochondrial biogenesis as a target for obesity , T4:RS1.1 - Muscle and adipose tissue mitochondria in starvation and obesity
A Suomalainen (Finland)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T4:RS1.2 - Branched chain amino acid supplementation and mitochondrial biogenesis
E Nisoli (Italy)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T4:RS1.3 - Selected from abstracts

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T4:RS1.4 - Selected from abstracts

17:30 PM  -  19:00 PM
Industry Supported Satellite Session

17:30 PM  -  20:30 PM
Scientific session (to include the 2012 YIU Best Thesis Award presentations), followed by social event.

Day 3 Programme, 11-May-2012

Summary : Today the conference starts with plenary session discussing obesity and hypertension and after that proceeds towards the oral and association session and at last ends on the nordic research speech and dinner.

08:30 AM  -  09:15 AM
T3:PL - Track 3 Plenary Lecture
JJ Holst (Denmark)

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
ESH - Obesity and Hypertension

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T1:RS2 - How can we learn about determinants of health behaviours and strategies in health promotion from qualitative research, T1:RS2.1 - Using qualitative material to understand quantitat
J-P Poulain (France)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T1:RS2.2 - How to improve the design of population and family-based intervention studies on obesity
T Robinson (US)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
T1:RS2.3 - Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
T1:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T3:RS3 - Liver driven metabolic complications, T3:RS3.1 - Liver, bile salts and insulin sensitivity
F Kuipers (Netherlands)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T3:RS3.2 - NAFLD and obesity
L van Gaal (Belgium)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
T3:RS3.3 - Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
T3:RS3.4 - Selected from abstracts

09:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
T5:RS2 - Psychological perspectives in obesity management, T5:RS2.1 - Impact of obesity treatments on psychological functioning
R Dalle Grave (Itlay)

10:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
T5:RS2.2 - Disordered Eating in Obesity: Cause or Consequence?
C Braet (Belgium)

10:30 AM  -  10:45 AM
T5:RS2.3 - Selected from abstracts

10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
T5:RS2.4 - Selected from abstracts

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee Break/Exhibition

11:30 AM  -  13:00 PM
Association Session

11:30 AM  -  13:00 PM
Oral Sessions:Three parallel Oral Sessions will be developed by the ECO2012 International Scientific Committee after the close of abstract submission.

13:00 PM  -  15:00 PM
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

13:15 PM  -  14:45 PM
Industry Supported Satellite Sessions

13:30 PM  -  14:30 PM
Lunchtime Workshop: EASO Childhood Obesity Task Force How to involve and motivate parents the exclusive agents of change
M Golan (Israel)

15:00 PM  -  15:45 PM
T4:PL - Plenary Lecture Uncovering the mechanisms of the homeostatic control of energy intake
JM Friedman (US)

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
EAS - Atherosclerosis and Obesity: Lipids profile and obesity
J Chapman (France)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
HDL and obesity: new insights
A. von Eckardstein (Switreland)

17:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Lipid treatment in obesity: is there any specificity
Ph Moulin (France)

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
ESPEN - Sarcopenic Obesity : Definition of sarcopenic obesity: too much fat or not enough muscle?
M Zamboni (Italy)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
Lipotoxicity induces muscle anabolic resistance in elderly
S Walrand (France)

17:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Functional consequences of sarcopenic obesity on mobility
M Visser (Netherlands)

16:00 PM  -  16:30 PM
T3:RS4 - Sleep and circadian rhythm : T3:RS4.1 - Sleep and metabolism: implications for obesity
K Spiegel (France)

16:30 PM  -  17:00 PM
T3:RS4.2 - Circadian rhythm and metabolism: implications for obesity
O Froy (Israel)

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
T3:RS4.3 - Selected from abstracts

17:15 PM  -  17:30 PM
T3:RS4.4 - Selected from abstracts

16:00 PM  -  17:30 PM
Combined track session - Epigenetics

17:30 PM  -  19:00 PM
Industry Supported Satellite Session

17:30 PM  -  19:00 PM
EASO Nordic Regional Session

20:00 PM  -  23:30 PM
Congress Gala Dinner

Day 4 Programme, 12-May-2012

Summary : The congress starts with the discussion on the general plenary lecture in obesity then oral session begins drug and regulatory agencies and ends with closing ceremony and poster award ceremony.

08:30 AM  -  09:15 AM
General Plenary Lecture Standing up for sedentary behaviour in obesity research
P Katzmarzyk (US), Chairman

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
Four parallel Oral Sessions will be developed by the ECO2012 International Scientific Committee after the close of abstract submission.

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee Break/Exhibition

11:30 AM  -  13:00 PM
IAGG European Region - Obesity in the elderly: an emerging clinical problem Epidemiology of obesity in the aging population: effects on mortality and disability
S Maggi (Italy)

11:30 AM  -  12:00 PM
T2:RS3 - Does excessive consumption of high fat food really matter? ,T2:RS3.1 - Epidemiologic studies of dietary intake
A Snchez-Villegas (Spain)

12:00 PM  -  12:30 PM
T2:RS3.2 - Interventions with lipid supplements
B Hammer Bech (Denmark)

12:30 PM  -  12:45 PM
T2:RS3.3 - Selected from abstracts

12:45 PM  -  13:00 PM
T2:RS3.4 - Selected from abstracts

11:30 AM  -  12:00 PM
T4:RS2 - Obesomics and biomarkers ; T4:RS3.1 - Metabolomic foot-prints predict obesity-related complications?
M Oresic (Finland)

12:00 PM  -  12:30 PM
T4:RS3.2 - Is there a need for metagenomic assessment of human gut microbiome?
D Ehrlich (France)

12:30 PM  -  12:45 PM
T4:RS3.3 - Selected from abstracts

12:45 PM  -  13:00 PM
T4:RS3.4 - Selected from abstracts

11:30 AM  -  12:00 PM
T5:RS3 - New ways of testing novel treatment approaches ;T5:RS3.1 - Energy expenditure and appetite control; a new perspective
J Blundell (UK)

12:00 PM  -  12:30 PM
T5:RS3.2 - Responsivity of reward, gustatory, somatosensory, and inhibitory regions to food predicts future overeating: Novel intervention targets
E Stice (US)

12:30 PM  -  12:45 PM
T5:RS3.3 - Selected from abstracts

12:45 PM  -  13:00 PM
T5:RS3.4 - Selected from abstracts

13:15 PM  -  14:00 PM
T5:PL - Track 5 Plenary Lecture Obesity drugs and regulatory agencies - is the current system working?
A Astrup (Denmark)

14:00 PM  -  14:30 PM
Closing Ceremony and Abstract/Poster Award Ceremony
J-M Oppert (France)