The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) invites you to attend the first of a new series of meetings - the IOF Regionals: Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, to be held in Singapore from December 10-13, 2010.
Mark your calendar: Online registration and abstract submission opens April 20, 2010
An exciting programme has been developed to provide clinicians, orthopaedists, and other health professionals with the latest information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related fractures. Delegates are invited to showcase their research by submitting abstracts for publication in Osteoporosis International. This is a unique opportunity to provide international visibility for regional research in one of the field’s most cited bone journals. Abstract submission deadline is August 31, 2010.
Highlights from scientific program include:
Plenary sessions
•Epidemiology of Fractures: East vs. West
•The Asian Audit
• Bone Quality and Architecture
• Identifying Gaps in Osteoporosis Management & Strategies to Overcome Them
• FRAX® and Its Clinical Implications
• Corticosteroid Induced Osteoporosis: Practical approaches
• Exercise and Bone
• Calcium, Other Nutrients and Bone
• Who to Treat, When to Start, What Drug and How Long?
• Vitamin D Deficiency Across Asia
• What’s New on the Horizon in Therapy?
• Fracture Prevention in Asia: Where Do We Go from Here?
Scientific Roundtables
• Orthopaedic Roundtable
• Diagnostic Roundtable
Meet-The-Experts Sessions
•Oestrogens & bone in women & men
•Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty
•Vitamin D analogues for fracture prevention
•Developing osteoporosis Guidelines in Asia
•Bone markers in clinical practice
•Putting the research together - how to write a paper and prepare a 10-minute oral
Oral Presentations
There will be an opportunity for 30 oral presentations, selected from the best submitted abstracts.
Satellite Symposia
A certain number of slots will be reserved for industry-sponsored symposia.
Patient Forum and Bone Health Exercise Event
IOF, in conjunction with the Osteoporosis Society of Singapore, will hold a Patient Forum, just prior the opening of the meeting. This will be an excellent opportunity for patients and their families to interact with bone experts form the region. On Sunday morning a bone health exercise event will be held, finishing with a bone-friendly breakfast.
We look forward to welcoming you to Singapore!
Key Dates
• Registration and Abstracts Submission Open: April 20, 2010
• Abstract Submission Deadline: August 31, 2010
• Early Bird Registrations Deadline: October 10, 2010
If you would like to be put on the mailing list for further information about this meeting, please write to singapore2010@iofbonehealth.org
