EASO COMs Summit: 10-11 October 2019
Gdansk, Poland
Thursday 10 October 2019
Conference day 1
09:00–09:30
09:30–09:45
Registration and coffee
Welcome and introductions (Luca Busetto/Local Host)
Session 1: Obesity, prediabetes and diabetes: when does the disease start?
Chair: TBC
09:45–10:15
Adipose Tissue insulin resistance
Mikael Ryden (Sweden)
10:15–10:45
Prediabetes: lessons from the SOS study
Johanna Andersson-Assarsson (Sweden)
10:45–11:15
Diabetes Remission and Relapse prediction
Judith Aron-Wisnewsky (France)
11:15-11:45
COMs Research Work: Diabetes prevention with bariatric surgery
R Golan (COM Tel Aviv – Israel) TBC
11:45-12:15
COMs Research Work: Prediabetes as a disease
Anna Belligoli (COM Padova – Italy)
12:15–13:15
lunch break
Session 2: Genes and Obesity
Chair: TBC
13:15–13:45
The genetics of obesity and thinness
TBC
13:45–14:15
Patients with Obesity Caused by Melanocortin-4 Receptor Mutations Can
Be Treated with a Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist.
Jens-Christian Holm (Denmark)
14:15–14:45
Genetics of obesity: what is relevant for paediatric practice?
Dmitri Borisevich (Denmark)
14:45–15:15
COMs Case Study or Research Work
15:15–15:45
coffee break
Session 3: Hot topics
Chair: Dror Dicker (Israel)
15:45-16:15
Obesity drugs in the management of post-surgical weight regain
Luca Busetto (Italy)
16:15–16:45
PREDIBAR Study: Obesity and cognitive function related to insulin
resistance and the evolution after bariatric surgery
Andreea Ciudin (Spain)
16:45–17:15
Fast bariatric truck: Building a Center of Excellence in Gdansk
Łukasz Kaska (Poland)
Session 4: Industry Networking
Chair: Euan Woodward (UK)
17:15-17:45
Industry Presentation: 1
17:45-18:15
Industry Presentation: 2
19:00
20:00
City Walking Tour
Networking Dinner
EASO COMs Summit: 10-11 October 2019
Gdansk, Poland
Friday 11 October 2019
Conference Day 2
Session 5: Sarcopenic Obesity a new clinical entity requiring specific management?
(PARALLEL SESSION)
Chair: Luca Busetto (Italy)
09:00–09:30
Diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity: the state of the art
Lorenzo M Donini (Italy)
09:30–10:00
Body composition changes with bariatric surgery and aging
Jean-Michel Oppert (France)
10:00–10:30
COMs Case Study: sarcopenic obesity and health outcomes
Marwan El Ghoch (Lebanon)
10:30–11:00
COMs Case Study: Screening for sarcopenia in women with obeity
Fabrizio Pasanisi (Italy)
Session 6A: Research and treatment centers: management and beyond (pediatric)
(PARALLEL SESSION)
Chair: TBD
09:00–09:30
How to define success in the treatment of children with obesity
Jennifer L Baker (Denmark)
09:30–10:00
Essential clinical assessments
Jens-Christian Holm (Denmark)
10:00–10:30
Child health status from the parents perspective - judgement accuracy
verification
Paulina Matelska (Poland)
10:30–11:00
COMs Update: Gdańsk center "6-10-14 for Health"
Michał Brzeziński (Poland)
11:00–11:30
coffee break
Session 7: Understanding obesity and its complexity
Chair: Dror Dicker (Israel)
11:30–12:00
Managing Obesity as A Chronic Disease
Elisabeth van Rossum (The Netherlands)
12:00–12:30
The ABCD of Obesity: A diagnostic term with clinical and scientific
implications
Volkan Yumuk (Turkey)
12:30–13:00
Global obesity management guidelines: new approaches and
implementation
Dror Dicker (Israel)
12:30–13:00
Recognising Obesity as a disease: Turkey’s experience
Alper Sönmez (Turkey)
13:30
Lunch and farewell