ICE/ECE Congress

Day 1 Programme, 05-May-2012

Summary : Welcome to all attendees and registration will be done this day followed by topics in the field of Endocrinology by the eminent personalities.

08:00 AM  -  17:00 PM
Pre-Congress Course: Proper Medical Writing

09:00 AM  -  17:00 PM
Pre-Congress Course: Thyroid Ultrasound

12:00 PM  -  20:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN

15:00 PM  -  17:00 PM
Pre-Congress Satellite Symposia - SANDOZ

17:30 PM  -  17:55 PM
ICE/ECE 2012 Opening Ceremony: Welcome & Introduction
, F. Casanueva, ISE President (Spain) & P. Bouchard, ESE President (France)

17:30 PM  -  17:45 PM
Welcome to Florence & ICE/ECE 2012
M. Reincke, Germany

17:45 PM  -  17:55 PM
Welcoming Addresses Invited Guests,

17:55 PM  -  18:40 PM
Opening Ceremony: Geoffrey Harris Prize Lecture
P. Bouchard

17:55 PM  -  18:40 PM
Glucocorticoid metabolism and the brain, from fetal programming to senescence

18:45 PM  -  19:30 PM
Opening Ceremony: European Journal of Endocrinology Prize Lecture

19:30 PM  -  21:00 PM
ICE/ECE 2012 Welcome Reception Exhibition Hall

Day 2 Programme, 06-May-2012

Summary : The day will help to shine a spotlight on researchers and science educators who are working in the field of Endocrinology and technology.

07:00 AM  -  20:00 PM
Registration

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
Symposium 1: Molecular mechanisms of differentiated thyroid cancer

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition Exhibition Hall & Poster Hall

11:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
Debate 1: This house believes that metabolic (bariatric) surgery should be offered to every diabetic with a BMI over 30

11:30 AM  -  12:15 PM
Meet the Expert 1

12:25 PM  -  13:10 PM
Meet the Expert 9

12:30 PM  -  13:15 PM
Lunch, Posters & Exhibition

13:15 PM  -  14:45 PM
Symposium 10: Thyroid: From fetal life to adulthood

14:45 PM  -  15:15 PM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition Exhibition Hall & Poster Hall

15:15 PM  -  16:45 PM
Symposium 18: Molecular mechanisms in autoimmune thyroid disease

17:00 PM  -  17:45 PM
Plenary Lecture 2 Chair: G. Forti (Italy)

17:45 PM  -  19:30 PM
Poster Reception Attended poster session, refreshments available Poster Hall

18:30 PM  -  20:00 PM
Satellite Symposia - DUOCORT Programme details to be announced

20:30 PM  -  00:00 AM
ICE/ECE 2012 Congress Dinner

Day 3 Programme, 07-May-2012

Summary : The day will provide an excellent opportunity for participants to meet and network with colleagues from across the globe to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of endocrinology information exchange at national and international level.

07:00 AM  -  20:00 PM
Registration

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
Oral Communication Sessions

09:30 AM  -  11:30 AM
ISE General Council Meeting (Invitation Only)

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition

11:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
Debate 2: This house believes that calcium supplementation causes heart attacks

12:25 PM  -  13:10 PM
Meet the Expert 9 - Repeated

12:30 PM  -  13:15 PM
Meet the Expert 9 - Repeated

13:15 PM  -  14:45 PM
Symposium 26: TSH Receptor

14:45 PM  -  15:15 PM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition

15:15 PM  -  16:45 PM
Symposium 34: Effects of thyroid hormone derivatives

16:35 PM  -  17:10 PM
JOE / JME Prize

17:10 PM  -  17:55 PM
IPSEN Foundation Prize Lecture

17:55 PM  -  19:30 PM
Poster Reception

18:30 PM  -  20:00 PM
Satellite Symposia - IPSEN

20:30 PM  -  21:00 PM
ICE/ECE Congress Concert

Day 4 Programme, 08-May-2012

Summary : The day will advances global awareness of Endocrinology, and its importance to the expansion of science, visualization and innovation.

07:00 AM  -  20:00 PM
Registration

07:00 AM  -  08:30 AM
Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposia

08:30 AM  -  09:30 AM
Plenary Lecture 4

09:30 AM  -  11:00 AM
Oral Communication Sessions

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition

11:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
Debate 3: This house believes that PCOS needs a new name

11:30 AM  -  12:15 PM
Meet the Expert 17

12:25 PM  -  13:10 PM
Meet the Expert 25

12:30 PM  -  13:15 PM
Lunch, Posters & Exhibition Exhibition Hall & Poster Hall

13:15 PM  -  14:45 PM
Symposium 43: Graves' orbitopathy (GO)

14:45 PM  -  15:15 PM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition Exhibition Hall & Poster Hall

15:15 PM  -  16:45 PM
Symposium 52: Thyroid & Pregnancy

17:00 PM  -  17:15 PM
ESE Young Investigators Awards & Poster Prizes Generously supported by Novartis

17:15 PM  -  18:00 PM
Plenary Lecture 5

18:00 PM  -  19:45 PM
Poster Reception

18:30 PM  -  20:00 PM
Satellite Symposia - ELI LILLY

20:30 PM  -  23:00 PM
ESE President's Dinner (Invitation Only)

Day 5 Programme, 09-May-2012

Summary : All the attendees will get the knowledge that how to promote for the public benefit research, education and clinical practice in endocrinology.

07:30 AM  -  20:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

08:00 AM  -  08:45 AM
Plenary Lecture 6

09:00 AM  -  10:30 AM
Symposium 61: New insights in thyroid cancer diagnosis

10:45 AM  -  11:30 AM
Plenary Lecture 7

11:30 AM  -  11:45 AM
Coffee, Posters & Exhibition

11:45 AM  -  12:45 PM
Debate 4: This house believes that we do more harm than good in the treatment of thyroid low risk carcinoma

11:45 AM  -  12:30 PM
Meet the Expert 17 - Repeated

12:45 PM  -  13:30 PM
Meet the Expert 25 - Repeated

13:40 PM  -  14:25 PM
Plenary Lecture 8

14:25 PM  -  14:30 PM
Farewell & Invitation to Copenhagen

14:30 PM  -  00:00 AM
Post Congress Courses / Post Congress Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposia