5th Minkowski EASD Advanced Postgraduate Course in Clinical Diabetes

8-10 March 2012, Wrocław, Poland

Venue: Art Hotel, Kiełbaśnicza St 20, Wrocław (Breslau) 50-110, Poland

website: www.en.arthotel.pl

Programme

Thursday, 8 March

Session 1 Diabetes care – combining research and practice

Chair: Leszek Czupryniak, Cees J. Tack

18.00-18.15 Welcome address

18.15-18.45 The last 12 months in diabetes care & research – what we did and did not learn – Cees J. Tack (The Netherlands)

18.45-19.20 Molecular biology of diabetes in the hands of a clinician – mission impossible? - Maciej Małecki (Poland)

19.20-20.00 Lessons in Evidence Based Medicine – can a single study change our daily practice? – Ewa Płaczkiewicz-Jankowska (Poland)

20.00 Welcome Dinner

Friday, 9 March

06.30-08.30 Breakfast

Session 2 Type 1 diabetes – current challenges

Chair: Tadej Battelino, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz

08.30-09.00 Type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents – Johnny Ludvigsson (Sweden)

09.00-09.30 Type 1 diabetes in adults – Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz (Poland)

09.30-10.00 Pumps and sensors in diabetes therapy - Tadej Battelino (Slovenia)

10.00-10.30 Patient with diabetes in hospital – Leszek Czupryniak (Poland)

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

Session 3 Type 2 diabetes – the big picture

Chair: Elisabeth Mathiesen, Mina Mitrakou

10.45-11.15 Successful lifestyle modification in type 2 diabetes – Mina Mitrakou (Greece)

11.15-11.45 Comprehensive pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes – Martin Haluzik (Czech Republic)

11.45-12.15 Surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes – Dimitri Pournaras (UK)

12.15-12.45 Diabetes in women – Elisabeth Mathiesen (Denmark)

12.45-13.45 Lunch

Workshops 1 How to…

(Each 50-min workshop repeated twice, participants attend 2 out of 3 workshops)

13.45–15.45 … execute lifestyle modification with or without oral agents in diabetes patients (M. Mitrakou, M. Haluzik)

… treat a patient in a coma (D. Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, C. J. Tack)

… safely and effectively use pumps and CGMS (T. Battelino, T. Klupa)

15.45-16.00 Coffee break

Workshops 2 How to …

(Each 50-min workshop repeated twice, participants attend 2 out of 3 workshops)

16.00–18.00 … diagnose chronic complications at their earliest? (B. Mankovsky, K. Strojek)

… treat diabetes in pregnancy and in the elderly subjects with multiple complications (E. Mathiesen, B. Katra)

… initiate and adjust insulin (J. Ludvigsson, T. Klupa)

20.00 - 22.00 Dinner

Saturday, 10 March

06.30-08.30 Breakfast

Session 4 Diabetes complications in the nervous system

Chair: Andrew J. M. Boulton, Peter Kempler

08.30-09.00 Diabetic neuropathy – Peter Kempler (Hungary)

09.00-09.30 Diabetic foot – the view of a diabetologist – Andrew J. M. Boulton (UK)

09.30-10.00 Diabetic foot – the view of a surgeon – Karin Schara (Slovenia)

10.00-10.30 Diabetes and the brain – Boris Mankovsky (Ukraine)

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

Session 5 Diabetes complications in the vasculature

Chair: Per-Henrik Groop, Krzysztof Strojek

10.45-11.15 Diabetes and the kidney – Per-Henrik Groop (Finland)

11.15-11.45 Diabetes and the eye – Massimo Porta (Italy)

11.45-12.15 Diabetes and the heart – Krzysztof Strojek (Poland)

12.45-13.45 Lunch

Workshops 3 How to treat a patient with…

(Each 50-min workshop repeated twice, participants attend 2 out of 3 workshops)

13.45–15.45 … diabetic foot syndrome (A. Boulton, K. Schara & patients)

… heart disease (K. Strojek, B. Mankovsky)

… elevated serum creatinine (P-H. Groop, L. Czupryniak)

Session 6 Summary

15.45-16.15 The next 12 months in diabetes care & research – any expectations? – Cees J. Tack (the Netherlands)

16.15–16.30 Closing remarks