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CORA Timetable 

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011


Thursday, March 10, 2011

  Hall A Hall B
08:30 Opening Ceremony  
09:00-10:00 Debate I
Switching anti-TNFα with another anti-TNFα in RA
10:00-10:30 Lecture I
Glucocorticoid Treatment: towards the optimum strategy
Supported by an unrestricted grant from MundiPharma
Oral Presentations
Pathogenetic clues in autoimmune rheumatic diseases
(09:00-11:00)
12 presentations
10:30-11:00 Lecture II
Target to Treat and Tight Control in RA
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Abbott
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
11:30-13:00

Scientific Session A
B cell directed therapy in SLE: lights and shadows

Scientific Session B
Early diagnosis, current and future therapies in psoriatic arthritis
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
14:00-14:30 Lecture III
UCTD vs Overlap Syndromes:
Resolving the Controversy
 
14:30-15:30 Debate II
Thromboprophylaxis in aPL carriers without previous thrombosis?
Debate III
Vaccinations in autoimmune rheumatic diseases
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
16:00-16:30 Lecture IV
Efficacy of biologics in practice; clinical and laboratory insights
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer
Oral Presentations
Spondiloarthropathies and miscellanea
(16:00-17:00)
6 presentations
16:30-17:00 Lecture V
Abatacept: its role as first line biologic agent
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Bristol-Myers-Squibb
17:00-18:40 Parallel Scientific Session C
Atherosclerosis in autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Parallel Scientific Session D
Autoantibodies: are they pathogenetic or not?
19:00 Welcome Reception  


Friday, March 11, 2011


  Hall A Hall B
09:00-10:00 Debate Session IV
High-intensity anticoagulation in prevention of arterial thrombosis recurrence
Oral Presentations
Novel aspects in traditional and biologic treatments of autoimmune disorders
(09:00-11:00)
12 presentations
10:00-10:30 Lecture VII
Current use of Methotrexate in Rheumatic Diseases
Supported  by an unrestricted grant from Alfa Wasserman
10:30-11:00 Lecture VII
Anti-TNF biologic agents: the right patient for the right therapy
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Schering-Plough
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
11:30-13:00 Scientific Session E
Old and new treatments for autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Scientific Session F
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
14:00-14:30 Lecture VIII
Potential role of  canakinumab in the treatment of autoinflammatory syndromes
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Novartis
 
14:30-15:30 Debate Session V
Does seronegative aps really exist?
Debate Session VI
Fibromyalgia: a discrete entity
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
16:00-16:30 Lecture IX
Development of Biosimilar Products
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Sandoz
Oral Presentations
Rheumatoid Arthritis
(16:00-17:30)
9 presentations
16:30-17:00 Lecture X
Early Response to TNF-Alfa-Blockers as Predictor of Long-Term Benefit in RA
Supported by an unrestricted grant from UCB
17:00-17:30 Lecture XI
Long term treatment with Tocilizumab in RA
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Roche
17:30-18:40

Scientific Session G
What is More Relevant in the Induction of Autoimmunity?

Scientific Session H
Rheumatologist Faced With Neuropsychiatric Manifestations


Saturday, March 12, 2011

  Hall A Hall B
09:00-10:00 Debate Session VII
Early Treatment in Undifferentiated Early Arthritis
Oral Presentations
Connective tissue diseases
(09:00-11:00)
12 presentations
10:00-10:30 Lecture XII
Early axial spondyloarthropathies: diagnosis and management
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Abbott
  Lecture XIII
Predictive factors for rituximab response in rheumatoid arthritis
Supported by an unrestricted grant from Roche
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition, and Poster Viewing
11:30-13:15 Scientific Session I
Autoinflammatory Syndromes
Scientific Session J
From the Joints to the Heart Involvement: To Prevent or to Cure
13:15-13:30 Closing Ceremony  
14:00-16:00 Post-Congress Satellite Symposium
Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases: Myths and Reality
Sponsored by MSD