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19th Belgian Congress
on Rheumatology
Organised by the
Belgian Royal Society for Rheumatology
23 – 25 September 2015
C-Mine, Genk
Scientific Organiser
Béatrice André
Local Organising Committee
Piet Geusens
Pascale Volders
Second Announcement
& Call for Abstracts
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Scientific Organiser
Call for Abstracts
Béatrice André
C.H.U. Sart Tilman
4000 Liège
Email: bandre@chu.ulg.ac.be
Dear colleagues,
Local Organising Committee
Piet Geusens
Maastricht UMC
UHasselt
ReumaClinic Genk
Bretheistraat 149
3600 Genk
Email: piet.geusens@scarlet.be
The Royal Belgian Society for Rheumatology invites you to present your work
and submit your abstract to the 19th Belgian Congress on Rheumatology.
All topics in the area of rheumatologic research are welcomed. We would be
pleased to receive proposals representing every field of participants’ interest.
Your abstract should be submitted as a word document (max 3/4 page A4,
font: Calibri 11) only by email to: bandre@chu.ulg.ac.be.
Pascale Volders
ReumaClinic Genk
Jaarbeurslaan 21-23
3600 Genk
The deadline for abstract submission is May 20, 2015.
Venue
The scientific committee will further select a limited number of abstracts for oral
presentation.
C-Mine
Evence Coppéelaan 91
3600 Genk
Web: www.c-mine.be
All abstracts will be displayed as posters with reviewers tours hosted during the
congress. Accordingly, we remind that the presence of the author is required for
their kind contribution to discussions during these tours.
For the first time, we are delighted to announce the organisation of a ‘thieves’
market’, dedicated to assistants and young rheumatologists: feel free to send
your most remarkable clinical cases! Best cases will be the core of a special
session during the meeting.
Congress Secretariat
Medicongress Services
Noorwegenstraat 49
B-9940 Evergem, Belgium
Phone: +32 (0)9 218 85 81
Fax: +32 (0)9 344 40 10
Email: reumato@medicongress.com
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Yours sincerely,
Béatrice André
Scientific Organiser
bandre@chu.ulg.ac.be
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Wednesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 23
09.30 Pre-Congress Meetings
SESSION 3 - Ethics & Economy (Part I)
10.00
18.00
The future of health care in Belgium
Minister Jo Vandeurzen
Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family
19.00
Walking Dinner
SESSION 3 - Ethics & Economy (Part II)
20.00
Reimbursement of medications: Issues and solutions
Prof.Dr. Katelijne De Nys
Head Clinical Trial Center UZ Leuven & Chair of the
Commissie Tegemoetkoming Geneesmiddelen (CTG) van het RIZIV /
Commission de Remboursement des Médicaments (CRM) de l’INAMI
Young Investigator Meeting
Chairs: Dominique De Seny, ULG, Julie Ducreux, UCL and
Ellen De Langhe, KUL
12.00 Welcome Lunch
12.30 Opening Ceremony and Award Presentation
13.00
SESSION 1
Introduction to the Vesalius lecture
Piet Geusens, Maastricht UMC, UHasselt and ReumaClinic Genk
13.15 Vesalius lecture
From anti resorptive to osteo-anabolic therapy in preventing fractures
Socrates Papapoulos, Leiden, The Netherlands
14.00 Abstract Presentations
14.30
Quiz
Quizmasters: Laurent Méric de Bellefon, UCL and
Isabelle Peene, AZ Sint-Jan
15.00 Coffee Break
SESSION 2
15.30 Epigenetics in RA
Steffen Gay, Zurich, Switzerland
16.10 Belgian Rheumatology in Review / Basic and Translational Science
Philip Remans, Reumacentrum Genk
16.30 Update in Therapeutics – Pfizer
17.00 Update in Therapeutics – Roche
17.30 Coffee Break
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Thursday, September 24
Thursday, September 24
WORKSHOPS
07.30 Workshop 1: Sicca Syndrome
Muhammad Sooyfo, ULB
07.30
Workshop 2: Communication of diagnosis and therapy
Kristien Van der Elst, KUL and Nele Caeyers, ReumaNet
SESSION 6
14.00 General Assembly (Part I)
14.30 Update in Therapeutics - MSD
15.00 Surgery of the knee for rheumatologists
Jan Victor, UZ Gent
15.30 Coffee Break
SESSION 4
08.30
Microbiome
Dirk Elewaut, UZ Gent
09.00
Abstract Presentations
09.30
Traveller arthritis: Chikungunya
Fabrice Simon, Marseille, France
16.30 Abstract Presentations
10.00
Coffee Break
17.00
SESSION 5
SESSION 7
16.00 Therapeutic strategies in RA
Patrick Verschueren, KUL
Update in Therapeutics - UCB
17.30 General Assembly (Part II)
10.40 Belgian Rheumatology in Review (clinical)
Anne Durnez, UCL, CHIREC, AZ Jan Portaels and Marie Vanthuyne, UCL
11.00 Update in Therapeutics – Abbvie
11.30 Update in Therapeutics – Amgen
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Poster Tour
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Friday, September 25
Major Sponsors
WORKSHOPS
07.30 Workshop 3: Imaging
Bruno Vande Berg, UCL
07.30
Workshop 4: Functional evaluation of the spine
Bernard Poortmans, ULB and Stephanie Grodent, Ulg
SESSION 8
08.30 Dermatology for the rheumatologists
Petra De Haes, KUL
09.00 Abstract Presentations
09.30
Bone and Joint lecture
Fibrosis
Jean Baptiste Demoulin, UCL
10.00 Coffee Break
SESSION 9
10.30 Thieves Market
Béatrice André, Ulg
11.00 Update in Therapeutics – Janssen-Cilag
11.30 Update in Therapeutics
12.00 Closure of the Congress
12.30 Lunch
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