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20 MAY 2025 |
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ARRIVAL DAY |
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6:00-8:00 pm |
Conference Registration |
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7:30-10:00 pm |
Welcome Reception and Dinner |
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21 MAY 2025 |
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OBESITY AND METABOLISM |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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8:35-11:00 am |
Session I Plenary: Tissue crosstalk in energy balance and glucoregulation |
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8.35- 9.00 am |
Greg Steinberg (McMaster University, Canada) |
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Title: Cellular energy sensing & implications for obesity |
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9.00-9.25 am |
Andrea Hevener (UCLA, USA) |
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Title: Impact of Esr1 expression and biological sex on exercise-induced adipose tissue weight loss |
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9.25-9.50 am |
Mark Febbraio (Monash University, Australia) |
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Title: Inter-organ communication of active kinases: Implications for metabolic obesity related diseases |
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9.50-10.15 am |
Philipp Scherer (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
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Title: Weight Loss & Systemic Improvements in the Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome: The Central Role of the Adipocyte |
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10.15-10.30 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.30-10.45 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.45-11.00 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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11 am |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
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12:00-2:05 pm |
Session II Plenary: Genetics, ageing & mitochondria in obesity & metabolic disease |
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12.00-12.25 pm |
TBD |
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12.25-12.50 pm |
Deborah Muoio (Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, USA) |
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Title: Fueling metabolic flexibility & mitochondrial lipid tolerance |
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12.50-1.15 pm |
David James (University of Sydney, Australia) |
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Title: Systems Genetics of Metabolic Disease |
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1.15-1.40 pm |
Tony Tiganis (Monash University, Australia) |
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Title: Adaptive homeostasis & ageing in metabolic disease |
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1.40-1.55 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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1.55-2.10 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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2:10 pm |
Lunch and Informal Discussions |
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3:00 PM |
Informal Discussions |
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7:30 PM |
Dinner at local Greek Taverna and Informal Discussions (buses depart hotel lobby) |
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22 MAY 2025 |
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ADIPOCYTE FUNCTION/LIPIDS/THERMOGENESIS |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30-2.05 am |
Session III Plenary: Adipose Tissue Crosstalk |
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8.30-8.55 am |
Paul Cohen (The Rockefeller University, USA) |
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Title: Role of adipose tissue in interorgan crosstalk |
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8.55-9.20 am |
Zach Gerhart-Hines (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) |
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Title: TBD |
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9.20-9.45 am |
Camilla Schéele (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) |
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Title: Novel secreted peptides from human thermogenic adipocytes |
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9.45-10.10 am |
Evan Rosen (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA) |
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Title: Oxytocin: New metabolic roles for an ancient hormone |
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10.10-10.25 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.25-10.40 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.40-10.55 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.55 am |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
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11:55-2:00 pm |
Session IV Plenary: Adipocyte Growth, Differentiation & Subtypes |
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11.55-12.20 pm |
Kirsty Spalding (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) |
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Title: The regulation of adipocyte growth in obesity and during the lifespan |
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12.20-12.45 pm |
Søren Nielsen (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) |
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Title: Long non-coding RNAs regulating thermogenic function of human adipocytes |
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12.45-1.10 pm |
Christian Wolfrum (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) |
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Title: Novel thermogenic adipocyte subtypes and their role in metabolic homeostasis |
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1.10-1.35 pm |
Silvia Corvera (University of Massachusetts, USA) |
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Title: TBD |
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1.35-1.50 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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1.50-2.05 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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2:05 pm |
Lunch and Informal Discussions |
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3:00 PM |
Informal Discussions |
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7:30 PM |
Dinner at local Greek Taverna and Informal Discussions (buses depart hotel lobby) |
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23 MAY 2025 |
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CNS AND ENERGY BALANCE |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30-2.05 am |
Session V Plenary: Hypothalamic and brainstem modulators of energy homeostasis |
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8.30-8.55 am |
Johan Fernø (University of Bergen, Norway) |
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Title: Targeting the hypothalamus with small extracellular vesicles to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain |
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8.55-9.20 am |
Zane Andrews (Monash University, Australia) |
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Title: Cortical-hypothalamic circuit mediating body weight |
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9.20-9.45 am |
Marie Holt (Warwick University, UK) |
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Title: Stress and appetite: a role for corticotropin-releasing hormone inputs to the cNTS |
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9.45-10.10 am |
Giles Yeo (University of Cambridge, UK) |
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Title: Mapping the feeding circuitry in the human brain. |
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10.10-10.25 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.25-10.40 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.40-10.55 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.55 am |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
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11:55-2:00 pm |
Session VI Plenary: GPCRs modulating ingestive behavior, energy expenditure & adiposity accumulation |
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11.55-12.20 pm |
Joel Elmquist (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
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Title: TBC |
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12.20-12.45 pm |
Lora Heisler (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) |
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Title: Brain GPCR Circuits Controlling Physical Activity |
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12.45-1.10 pm |
Jeffrey Zigman (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
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Title: Ghrelin receptor antagonist LEAP2 induced improvements in obesity & MAFLD |
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1.10-1.35 pm |
Matthias Tschop (Helmholtz, Germany) |
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Title: DualandTriple Gut Hormone Co-Agonists:Past,Present and Future |
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1.35-1.50 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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1.50-2.05 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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2:05 pm |
Lunch and Informal Discussions |
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3:00 pm |
Cultural Tour of Knossos Archaeological Site and Archaeological Museum (buses depart hotel lobby) |
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7:30 pm |
Dinner at local Greek Taverna and Informal Discussions (buses do not pickup from hotel prior to dinner) |
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24 MAY 2025 |
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OBESITY THERAPEUTICS |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30-2.05 am |
Session VII Plenary: GLP-1, amylin & emerging energy expending therapies |
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8.30-8.55 am |
Michael Czech (University of Massachusetts, USA) |
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Title: Therapeutic strategies targeting energy expenditure |
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8.55-9.20 am |
Jim Trevaskis (Eli Lilly, USA) |
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Title: Does it really take two to tango? GLP-1 vs. amylin therapies for obesity. |
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9.20-9.45 am |
Kirsten Raun (Novo Nordisk) |
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Title: Amylin and calcitonin agonists for treatment of obesity |
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9.45-10.10 am |
David Hornigold (AstraZeneca) |
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Title: Amylin-based therapies for treatment of obesity |
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10.10-10.25 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.25-10.40 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.40-10.55 |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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10.55 am |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
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11:55-2:00 pm |
Session VIII Plenary: Combination approaches, muscle function & future patient needs |
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11.55-12.20 pm |
Murielle Veniant-Ellison (Amgen, USA) |
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Title: Antagonism vs. agonism for GIPR added to GLP-1 for weight loss |
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12.20-12.45 pm |
Manu Chakravarthy (Roche) |
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Title: GLP-1 combinations for obesity therapy |
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12.45-1.10 pm |
Mark Sleeman (Regeneron, USA) |
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Title: Activin blockade approaches to improve muscle function during weight loss |
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1.10-1.35 pm |
Eric Ravussin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA) |
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Title: Are we there yet? Continuing innovation in obesity therapeutics |
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1.35-1.50 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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1.50-2.05 pm |
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts |
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2:05 pm |
Lunch and Informal Discussions |
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3:00 pm |
Informal Discussions |
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7:30 pm |
Farewell Dinner |
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25 MAY 2025 |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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11:00 am |
Departure |