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EAS 2012

Timetable 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012

 

N. N. Anitschkow Hall

T. Miettinen Hall

S.O. Olofsson Hall

09:00

Registration Desk Opens

14:00-15:30

 

General Assembly
EAS Members Only

 

 

16:00-17:30   Educational Symposium :                                   In focus: translating HDL raising into potential clinical benefit – emerging evidence

18:00-20:00

Opening Ceremony, including the Anitschkow Lecture
Followed by a Welcome Reception


SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012

 

N. N. Anitschkow Hall

T. Miettinen Hall

S.O. Olofsson Hall

P.  Avogaro Hall

08:30-10:30

Plenary Session: Cellular and humoral factors in the arterial wall determine the course of atherogenesis and vascular function

 

 

 

10:30–11:00

Coffee break and Exhibition

11:00–12:30

Workshop:
Innate and adaptive immunity in atherosclerosis

Workshop:
Intestinal flora as regulator of lipid metabolism 

Workshop:
Genetic and genomic approaches for identifying new risk factors and therapeutic targets  

Workshop:
New molecular targets for drugs in the treatment of dyslipidemia

12:30-15:00

Poster Presentations
13:50 – 14:50 Moderated Poster Session A

 

 

12:40 – 14:10
STRATEGIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIPID MANAGEMENT IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS

EBAC-Accredited Educational Programme, supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca  

 12:45 - 13:30       The impact of  off-patent medicines on cardiovascular care: the case of statins 

Special Session Sponsored by Pfizer through a partial grant

 

 

14:10 – 15:00
NUTRACEUTICALS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LIFESTYLE THERAPEUTICAL

Workshop sponsored by Rottapharm | Madaus

15:00-16:30

Workshop: Bioactive compounds and inflammation in the arterial wall

Workshop:  HDL: New mechanisms involved in their atheroprotective role

15:00 – 15:40
Meet the Expert

15:00 – 16:30
Late-Breaking Session  

15:45 – 16:30
How To… Session

 

16:30-17:00

Coffee break and Exhibition

17:00-18:30

 

CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING PATIENTS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA

Educational Symposium sponsored by MSD

SEVERE HETEROZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY

Educational Symposium sponsored by Genzyme

 

 


SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012

 

N. N. Anitschkow Hall

T. Miettinen Hall

S.O. Olofsson Hall

P.  Avogaro Hall

08:30-10:30

Plenary Session:  Lipoproteins and atherogenesis: New insights

 

 

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee break and Exhibition

11:00-12:30

Workshop:
Role of macrophages in atherogenesis

Workshop: Joint ICCR/EAS : Adipose tissue: from dysfunction to metabolic diseases

 

 

Workshop: Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases: a changing landscape

Workshop: How should a healthy diet look like -any need for supplements?

 

12:30-15:00

Poster Presentations
12:40 – 13:40 Moderated Poster Session B
13:50 – 14:50 Moderated Poster Session C

 

12:40-14:10  NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

Educational Symposium sponsored by Aegerion

 

 

 

14:10-14:55        PCSK9 – a new target for reducing LDL Cholesterol - Special Lecture sponsored by Sanofi\Regeneron

 15:00-16:30

Workshop: Biomarkers, from association to a causative role    

Workshop:
Familial dyslipidemias: detection and therapy   

15.00-15.40

Debate

15.45-16.30

Meet the Expert

15:00 – 15:45
USE OF INFUSED HDL TO TREAT ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

Special Lecture sponsored by CSL Behring

15:45-16:30
EAS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD-WINNERS SESSION

16:30-17:00

Coffee break and Exhibition - Sponsored by KOWA

17:00-18:30

PITAVASTATIN: NEW EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR MANAGING DYSLIPIDAEMIA WITH DIABETES OR HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

Educational Symposium sponsored by KOWA

17:00 – 17:45
CETP INHIBITION WITH ANACETRAPIB - IMPACT ON ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEINS

Special Lecture sponsored by MSD

 


MONDAY, MAY 28, 2012

 

N. N. Anitschkow Hall

T. Miettinen Hall

S.O. Olofsson Hall

P.  Avogaro Hall

08:30-10:30

 

Plenary Session:  Cardiovascular treatment: Whom to treat, how to treat, and at what cost?

 

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee break and Exhibition

11:00-12:30

Workshop:  Cellular trafficking in arteries and atherosclerosis

Workshop:  Plasma lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis

Workshop:  Joint ESC/EAS  Session on the Joint Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guidelines

New therapeutic strategies for controlling production and catabolism of apolipoprotein B-100- containing lipoproteins