Jan 2011

Dear member,

The board of your society was very happy to see you numerously at the 20th meeting of the BES on October 23, 2010.
Invited lectures eminently presented by Prof. J. Kanis and Prof. M. Zitzmann respectively covered the topics of “the role of FRAX in the management of osteoporosis” and “testosterone deficiency, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome”.

An interesting clinical story about ‘unusual fibromyalgia’ was discussed during the Clinical Grand Round..
The laureate of the 2010 BES Lecture Award was Dr. Miriam Cnop from ULB, presenting a state of the art lecture on ‘Stress in the ER and the development of diabetes mellitus’.

Young investigators presented results of either basic research (F. Baeke (K.U. Leuven), C. Helsen (K.U. Leuven) and C. Kriebitzsch (K.U. Leuven)
or clinical research (J. Francart (K.U. Leuven), J. Jonckheer (UZ Brussel), M. Lebbe (UCL).
First prizes were obtained by F. Baeke and M. Lebbe.
S. Neven (K.U. Leuven) and V. Preumont (UCL) were selected from numerous clinical investigators to present a case report.
First prize was awarded to V. Preumont.

Many thanks to all who made this meeting a success, by speaking, chairing sessions, welcoming participants, controlling technical aspects, not forgetting the pharmaceutical companies.

Kind regards
Dirk Vanderschueren
President