Scientific Programme

Theme: Evidence-based Paediatric Endocrinology – its strengths and limitations

The scientific programme will start on Sunday 25 September and end on Wednesday
28 September. Plenary Lectures, Symposia, Free Communications, Poster Presentations,
Meet the Experts Sessions and Exhibitions will allow both clinicians and basic researchers to
hear the most recent developments and future perspectives of the field.

Plenary Lectures

Plenary Lectures will include:

• The research community needs to serve the information needs of patients and professionals more effectively
  Sir Iain Chalmers, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Medical measurements: what are we measuring?
  Martin Bland, York, United Kingdom
• Immune therapy in type 1 diabetes mellitus
  Åke Lernmark, Malmö, Sweden
• Is brown adipose tissue changing our metabolic world
  Barbara Cannon, Stockholm, Sweden
• Exome analysis and the future of molecular medicine
  Inês Barroso, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• The evolution of homeostasis and stress mechanisms
  George Chrousos, Athens, Greece
• Growth promoting therapies in short children at the onset of puberty: an evidence-based appraisal - ESPE/JSPE
  Toshiaki Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan