GENERAL INFORMATION
CONGRESS VENUE
Porto Antico di Genova Centro Congressi
16128 Genova • Italy
Tel. (+39) 010 2485611
Fax (+39) 010 2758929
PATRONAGE
Università degli Studi di Genova
Regione Liguria
Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e Odontoiatri della Provincia di Genova
Associazione Medici Diabetologi
Società Italiana dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa - Lega Italiana
contro l’Ipertensione Arteriosa
Società Italiana di Diabetologia
Società Italiana di Medicina Interna
Società Italiana di Nefrologia
HOW TO REACH GENOA
• By plane: "Cristoforo Colombo" Airport, Genoa
• By train: "Genova Principe" railway station
• By car: Highways A7, A10 (exit Genova Ovest and then
follow the indications to Porto Antico)
REGISTRATION FEE
150,00 Euro (VAT included) for under 30 and postgraduated students
360,00 Euro (VAT included) for others
The registration fee includes:
• Admission to all the scientific sessions
• CME accreditation
• Congress kit
• Coffee break
CME
The Meeting has been submitted for approval for continuing
education units to the Italian Health Ministry.
PRESIDENT
G. Deferrari
Di.M.I.
Università di Genova
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
G. Deferrari, C. Borghi, P. Fioretto, F. Locatelli,
R. Pontremoli, A. Salvetti, M. Volpe, C. Zoccali
GENOA MEETING
ON
HYPERTENSION,
DIABETES
AND
RENAL DISEASES
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Di.M.I.
Università di Genova
U.O. Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi e Trapianto
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria
San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10 • 16132 Genova • Italy
Tel. (+39) 010 3537972 • Fax (+39) 010 5535970
E-mail genoameeting@aristea.com
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
The official language of the Congress is English.
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
WEB SITE
The congress page is available on the web at the following
address: www.genoameeting.org
Via Roma, 10 • 16121 Genova • Italy
Tel. (+39) 010 553591 • Fax (+39) 010 5535970
E-mail genova@aristea.com • Web www.aristea.com
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
www.genoameeting.org
PORTO ANTICO DI GENOVA
CENTRO CONGRESSI, ITALY
FEBRUARY 26 -28, 2015
P r
P ROGRAM
S CIENTIFIC C OMMITTEE
o g r a m
11.00
SATELLITE LECTURE
Supported by AstraZeneca
11.30
LECTURE SESSION
Chairmen: M. Cirillo, F. Perticone
• Pentoxifylline in Diabetic
Nephropathy - G. Deferrari
• Should we look at changes
in albuminuria to predict
CV risk? - R. Pontremoli
• Market demand and social needs
in the next 10/20 years - E. Bartolini
• Schools of Medicine and other
health-related professions - E. Gaudio
• Postgraduate Schools and
general medicine - A. Stella
12.30
SATELLITE LECTURE
Supported by MSD
13.15
Working Lunch served in the foyer
14.15
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
Supported by Menarini
16.30
LECTURE
Genetics and epigenetics
of Diabetic Kidney Disease - K. Susztak
15.45
17.15
LECTURE SESSION
Chairman: F. Locatelli
Clinical management of Chronic Kidney
Disease and its complications
• Which Haemoglobin level should we aim to
in the cardiac patient? And how? - A. Santoro
• Should we treat cardiac and vascular
calcification in Chronic Kidney
Disease patients? - A. Bellasi
SYMPOSIUM
Chairmen: G. Conte, M.L. Muiesan
ISSUES IN BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSMENT
IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS:
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Giacomo Deferrari
14.30
Opening Remarks
Paola Fioretto
15.00
ROUND TABLE
Chairmen: G. Deferrari, R. Fiocca
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN 21ST CENTURY EUROPE:
Francesco Locatelli
Massimo Volpe
HOW MUCH SHOULD IT CHANGE IN ORDER TO MEET
THE CHALLENGES POSED BY SOCIAL, CULTURAL
Roberto Pontremoli
AND ECONOMIC CHANGE?
Claudio Borghi
Antonio Salvetti
Carmine Zoccali
FACULTY
Enrico Agabiti Rosei
Enrico Bartolini
Antonio Bellasi
Stefano Bianchi
Giovan Battista Capasso
Paolo Cavallo Perin
Massimo Cirillo
Giuseppe Conte
Mario Cozzolino
Giacomo Deferrari
Lucia Del Vecchio
Roberto Fiocca
Eugenio Gaudio
Francesco Locatelli
Francesca Mallamaci
Giuseppe Mancia
Sandro Mazzaferro
Piergiorgio Messa
Roberto Minutolo
Alberto Morganti
Maria Lorenza Muiesan
Sergio Pecorelli
Francesco Perticone
Roberto Pontremoli
Piero Ruggenenti
Antonio Salvetti
Antonio Santoro
Francesco Paolo Schena
Giuseppe Schillaci
Andrea Stella
Katalin Susztak
Stefano Taddei
Brescia
Genova
Como
Livorno
Napoli
Torino
Salerno
Napoli
Milano
Genova
Lecco
Genova
Roma
Lecco
Reggio Calabria
Milano
Roma
Milano
Napoli
Milano
Brescia
Brescia
Catanzaro
Genova
Bergamo
Pisa
Bologna
Bari
Perugia
Monza
Philadelphia (USA)
Pisa
18.15
18.45
LECTURE
Chairmen: A. Morganti, S. Taddei
Dual Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone
System Inhibitor, should it really
be avoided in clinical practice? - S. Bianchi
WHICH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD WE MEASURE?
• ABPM, home or clinic
blood pressure - R. Minutolo
• Central vs peripheral
blood pressure - G. Schillaci
17.00
P ROGRAM
P r
09.00
LECTURE SESSION
Chairmen: E. Agabiti Rosei, A. Salvetti
Individualised blood pressure target
and how to achieve it in clinical practice
• Diabetic patient - P. Cavallo Perin
• Chronic Kidney Disease
patient - L. Del Vecchio
• The elderly patient - G. Mancia
10.30
LECTURE SESSION
Chairmen: G.B. Capasso, F.P. Schena
New drugs for CV and renal protection:
what we have and a look ahead
• Novel treatment for Adult Polycystic
Kidney Disease in 2015:
where do we stand? - P. Ruggenenti
• Can we afford a wide scale use
of new drugs in patients with
chronic (Kidney) disease? - S. Pecorelli
11.30
End of Sessions
P ROGRAM
P r o g r a m
09.00
ROUND TABLE
Chairmen: S. Mazzaferro, P. Messa
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AS A SYSTEMIC DISEASE:
THE CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
CROSS-TALK BETWEEN THE KIDNEY AND OTHER ORGANS
• The kidney and the
cardiovascular system - F. Mallamaci
• The kidney-Bone cross-talk
and Mineral Bone Disease - M. Cozzolino
10.30
Coffee Break
o g r a m
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Welcome Cocktail
Friday, February 27, 2015
End of Sessions