Programme
| Day One | |
| 09.00 | Pre-Conference Sponsored Satellite |
| 10.00 | Pre-Conference Sponsored Satellite 2 satellite sessions available to sponsors wishing to sponsor delegates on the previous night since audience attending before 11.00 will probably be limited |
| 11.00 | EPCCS 2008: Opening session Chairs: Professor Richard Hobbs and Dr Carlos Brotons |
| 11.10 | Session 1: CVD Prevention Masterclass 11:10 Global risk for CVD disease and implications for practice Professor Richard Hobbs 11:35 CVD Prevention Guidelines - what to follow? Dr Edmond Walma 12:00 Implementation on guidelines: a European perspective Dr Luc Martinez 12:30 Controversies in CVD Prevention and Management Sponsored Lunchtime Session |
| 13.30 | Exhibition and Lunch |
| 14.00 | Session 2: Heart Failure Masterclass 14:00 Diagnosing heart failure Dr Frans Rutten 14:25 Management issues in heart failure Professor Martin Cowie |
| 14.50 | Session 3: Hypertension Masterclass 14.50 Recent evidence for hypertension guidelines and targets Dr Frans Rutten 15.15 Preventing stroke - What's new for primary care? Professor Jonathan Mant 15.40 Exhibition Teatime 16.00 Controversies in Hypertension Sponsored Teatime Sessions x 2 parallel 17.00 Renal disease - navigating eGFR and implications for therapy Dr Simon de Lusignan |
| 17.30 | Welcome Reception and Pfizer Satellite Symposium: CVD continuum from lifestyle to disease |
| 19.15 | Day 1 Close |
| Day Two | |
| 08.30 | Welcome and Introduction Chairs: Professor Arno Hoes and Dr Martin Scherer |
| 08.30 | Keynote |
| 09.00 | Session 4: Diabetes Masterclass 09.00 Diabetes - targets for management of vascular risk Professor Andrew Neil 09.30 Debate on Metabolic Disease - is it a real disease? Pre-debate vote Yes - Prof Kamlesh Khunti/Dr Eugene Hughes No - Prof Guy Rutten Post debate vote 10.15 Controlling glycaemia and avoiding complications Professor Kamlesh Khunti 10.45 Exhibition Morning Breakout & Coffee 11.15 Controversies in Diabetes Management Sponsored Sessions x 2 parallel 12.15 30 min Practical Workshops: 1. How to initiate insulin 2. How to monitor renal function |
| 12.45 | Exhibition Lunchtime |
| 13.30 | Session 5: Lipids Masterclass Chairs: Dr Edmond Walma and Bjorn Gjelsvik 13.30 Clinical debate: Should we lower lipid targets to '4 and 2'? Pre-debate vote Yes - Dr Jonathan Morrell No - Prof Richard Hobbs Post debate vote 14.15 Update on HDL - does it have a place in management? Prof Jonathan Morrell 14.45 Controversies in Lipid Management Sponsored Teatime Sessions (2) |
| 15.45 | Session 6: Lifestyle Masterclass 15.45 Smoking cessation Dr Paul Aveyard 16.15 Diet and Exercise Prof Andrew Neil |
| 17.15 | Summary Address and EPCCS 2009 |
| 17.30 | Close and departures |