Programme

Programme

As of June 25, 2012, subject to change

• Thursday September 27, 2012
• Friday September 28, 2012
• Saturday September 29, 2012
• Sunday September 30, 2012

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See Overview of Scientific Programme
Read about CME Accreditation
 

Thursday September 27, 2012

Friday September 28, 2012

Saturday September 29, 2012

Sunday September 30, 2012

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Overview of Scientific Programme

Plenary Sessions/Topics

Epidemiology
The Middle East & Africa Regional Audit – one year after
FRAX® -  What is New?

Burden & Pathophysiology
Economics in Osteoporosis: How can we reconciliate the prescribers and the payers?
Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis
The Material and Structural Basis of Bone Fragility

Other Diseases & Bone
Rheumatic Diseases, Inflammation and Osteoporosis
How Long Should we Treat?

Nutritional Aspects
Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis (without vitamin D)
Is There a Real Vitamin D Problem in the Middle East & Africa Region?

Secondary Osteoporosis
Diabetic Bone Disease
Hyperparathrodism

HRT (and Award Presentations)
Place of HRT in Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment
Young Investigator Awards: Oral Presentations of Selected Abstracts

Rheumatic Diseases & How Long to Treat Patients with Osteoporosis
Sarcopenia and Fragility Fractures (or Osteoporosis)
New Perspectives in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
Treatment of Osteoporosis in Men

Scientific Roundtables

• Orthopaedic Roundtable
• Markers of Bone Turnover Roundtable

Meet-the-Expert Sessions

Specialists will lead exchanges on five key topics. Small groups on a “first-come, first-served” pre-registered basis will be encouraged to not only ask questions but to also provide feedback about their own experiences. The sessions are repeated twice, on Friday and Saturday.

Friday September 28, 2012 & Saturday September 29, 2012
08:30–09:20

• Osteoporosis and Orthopaedics - Ziad Al-Zoubi (Jordan) & Mohamed Al Shaker (Saudi Arabia)
• Do We Need Vitamin D Supplementation and How Much? - Peter Burckhardt (Switzerland)
  This Meet-the-Expert Session has an unrestricted educational grant from Nestlé
• Secondary Fracture Prevention - Cyrus Cooper (UK) & Ghassan Maalouf (Lebanon)
  This Meet-the-Expert Session has an unrestricted educational grant from GE
• Premenopausal Women and Low BMD - Aliya Khan (Canada)
  This Meet-the-Expert Session has an unrestricted educational grant from Hologic 
• How to Write a Scientific Paper (Sept 28) / How to Prepare a 10-minute Lecture (Sept 29) - Ego Seeman (Australia)
• Principles of Rehabilitation in Osteoporosis  - Sansin Tuzun (Turkey)
   

Poster Sessions

There will be five poster viewing/discussions with coffee breaks.

Oral presentations

There will be an opportunity for at least 9 oral presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. These will be in three sessions, 30 minutes each.

IOF Young Investigator Awards

IOF is dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge on osteoporosis, and in particular to encouraging young researchers in all parts of the world to focus on this important area of research. As a sign of this commitment, IOF is offering the presenting authors (40 years old or younger at the time of the Meeting) of the top five ranking abstracts submitted to the IOF Regionals 2nd Middle East & Africa Osteoporosis Meeting an IOF Young Investigator Award. The recipients will be awarded US $1000 and will be invited to present their work at a special session on Sunday September 30, 2012.

IOF Young Investigator Mentoring Programme

A select number of young scientists (40 years of age or under) will be invited to attend an exclusive hands-on course which focuses on research, writing publications and delivering presentations. The course, led by renowned osteoporosis experts, will be organized on Sunday, September 30, 2012 from 13:30-20:00. A small travel grant and accommodation will be provided for winners to help defray the cost of attendance.
FACULTY: Prof. John Kanis, Prof Cyrus Cooper, Prof. René Rizzoli, and Prof. Ego Seeman (tbc)

Satellite Symposia

There will be four Satellite Symposia.

Abstracts

Abstracts of the meeting will be published as a supplement to Osteoporosis International
Abstract deadline was Friday, May 18, 2012
Poster and oral instructions can be found here

CME Accreditation

The 'International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)' (or) 'IOF Regionals – 2nd Middle East & Africa Osteoporosis Meeting & 6th Pan Arab Osteoporosis Congress PAOC’6' is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the
following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.

The 'IOF Regionals – 2nd Middle East & Africa Osteoporosis Meeting & 6th Pan Arab Osteoporosis Congress PAOC’6' is designated for a maximum of (or 'for up to') 14 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME for ECMEC credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

In addition:
16 CME from the Jordanian Medical Council