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Program at a glance
| Wednesday 14 September 2005 | ||
| 8.30-9.30 | Registration pre-congress course | Trajectum |
| 9.30-16.30 | Pre-congress course: Best practise in endometriosis: when
support groups and physicians work together Chairs: Andrew Prentice, Axel Forman, Lone Hummelshøj |
Room 0.4/0.5 |
| 16.00-20.00 | Registration | Trajectum |
| 18.30-19.15 | Opening ceremony | Auditorium 2 |
| 19.15-21.00 | Welcome reception | Expo Foyer |
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| Ipsen hall 0.4/0.5 | Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
| 8.30-10.30 | Seminar 1: Endometrium Moderator: Asgi Fazleabas (USA) Chair: Peter Bouckaert (NL) |
Seminar 2: Epidemiology Moderator: Paolo Vercellini (It) Chair: Paul van der Linden (NL) |
| 8.30 | Moderator’s lecture: |
Moderator’s lecture: The epidemiology of endometriosis P. Vercellini |
| 9.00 | Oral communications | Oral communications |
| 10.15 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee + poster viewing + exhibits Expo Foyer | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Keynote lectures Valeo Auditorium
2 Chairs: Michel Canis (F), Karl-Heinz Schweppe (D) |
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| 11.00 | Chronic pelvic pain in the community -- symptoms,
investigations, and diagnoses. Krina Zondervan (UK) |
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| 11.30 | Imaging in endometriosis Regina Beets (NL) |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Valeo Medical Symposium Valeo
Auditorium 2 This one-hour symposium supported by Valeo
Medical will review
the current progress of a new noninvasive test for the diagnosis
of endometriosis. The faculty will discuss: |
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| 13.00-14.00 | Coffee + poster viewing + exhibits Expo Foyer | |
| Ipsen hall 0.4/0.5 | Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
| 14.00-16.00 | Seminar 3: Genetics Moderator: Stephen Kennedy (UK) Chair: Peter Hompes (NL) |
Seminar 4: Pain and quality of life Moderator: Lone Hummelshøj (DK) Chair: Annemiek Nap (NL) |
| 14.00 | Moderator’s lecture: Is endometriosis a genetic disease? S. Kennedy |
Moderator’s lecture: Pain and quality of life L. Hummelshøj |
| 14.30 | Oral communications |
Oral communications |
| 15.45 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
| 16.15-17.00 | Special guest keynote lecture Valeo
Auditorium 2 A Genomics Approach to Endometrial Function and Endometriosis |
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| 17.30 | Departure of buses to the congress dinner Mecc forum/entrance NH Hotel | |
| 18.00-22.00 | Congress dinner at La Butte aux Bois, Lanaken, Belgium | |
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| Ipsen hall 0.4/0.5 | Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
| 8.30-10.30 | Seminar 5: Adhesion/Invasion Moderator: Jean-Michel Foidart (B) Chair: Hans Westphal (NL) |
Seminar 6: Medical therapy Moderator: Robert Shaw (UK) Chair: Wim Willemsen (NL) |
| 8.30 | Moderator’s lecture: Adhesion and invasion: the seed versus the soil J. Foidart |
Moderator’s lecture: Medical therapy: short and long term outcomes R. Shaw |
| 9.00 | Oral communications | Oral communications |
| 10.15 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee + poster viewing + exhibits Expo Foyer | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Keynote lectures Valeo Auditorium
2 Chairs: Gerard Dunselman (NL), Robert Greb (D) |
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| 11:00 | Endometriosis pain from pelvis to brain Thomas Lundeberg (S) |
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| 11:30 | Evidence based guidelines Andrew Prentice (UK) |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Parallel session A: Selected free communications Ipsen hall 0.4/0.5 Chairs: Thomas D’Hooghe (B) Paulo Spinola (BR) |
Parallel session B: Selected free communications Valeo Auditorium 2 Chairs: Agneta Bergqvist (S) Ali Akoum (CAN) |
| 13.00-14.00 | Coffee + poster viewing + exhibits Expo Foyer | |
| 14.00-16.00 | Seminar 7: Inflammation/Immunology Moderator: Robert Taylor (USA) Chair: Harrie van Diepen (NL) |
Seminar 8: Surgical therapy Moderator: Jacques Donnez (B) Chair : Hans van Beek (NL) |
| 14.00 | Moderator’s lecture: Is endometriosis an inflammatory disease? R. Taylor |
Moderator’s lecture: Surgical therapy : short and long term outcome J. Donnez |
| 14.30 | Oral communications |
Oral communications |
| 15.30 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
| 16.15-17.00 | Keynote lecture Valeo
Auditorium 2 Endometriosis and cancer |
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| 17.00-17.15 | Award ceremony for best abstract Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
| 17.15-18.00 | Annual General Assembly of members of the WES Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
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| Ipsen hall 0.4/0.5 | Valeo Auditorium 2 | |
| 8.30-10.30 | Seminar 9: Angiogenesis Moderator: Patrick Groothuis (NL) Chair: Christel Meuleman (B) |
Seminar 10: Fecundity and Fertility Moderator: Rodolphe Maheux (Can) Chair: Jacques Maas (NL) |
| 8.30 | Moderator’s lecture: Is the vasculature of the endometriosis lesion a target for intervention? P. Groothuis |
Moderator’s lecture: Fecundity of women with endometriosis or unexplained subfertility R. Maheux |
| 9.00 | Oral communications | Oral communications |
| 10.15 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee + poster viewing + exhibits Expo Foyer | |
| 11.00-13.15 | Seminar 11: Translating emerging therapies into clinical
practice Valeo Auditorium 2 Moderator: Serdar Bulun (USA) Chair: Hans Evers (NL) |
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| 11.00 | Moderator’s lecture: The future of endometriosis therapy S. Bulun |
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| 11.30 | Oral communications | |
| 13:00 | Moderator General discussion and summary of targets for future research |
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| 13.15-14.00 | A preview on the next World Congress on Endometriosis
in 2008 in Australia |
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| 14:00-14.15 | Closing of congress Valeo Auditorium 2 |
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