Scientific programme

12:30–13:00

General Assembly

13:00–13:25

Registration & Welcome coffee

13:25–13:30

Welcome by the president

13:30–14:30

Rethinking glucagon in T2D and Metabolic diseases  (Sponsored symposium by Boehringer Ingelheim)

• Welcome & introduction
  Prof. Robert Hilbrands (UZ Brussel)

• From simple “insulin center hormone” to master regulator of systemic metabolism
  Dr. Amalia Gastaldelli (CNR Pisa, Italy)

• Advancing glucagon receptor modulation: the new therapeutic landscape
  Prof. Roman Vangoitsenhoven (UZ Leuven)

• Panel discussion & audience questions
  Prof. Robert Hilbrands (UZ Brussel)

14:30–15:00

Coffee break

15:00–16:00

From receptors to reality: GIP signalling and its importance in ectopic fat-driven cardiometabolic disease  (Sponsored symposium by Lilly)

• Welcome & introduction
  Prof. Nathalie Esser (CHU Liège)

• Beyond GLP‑1: GIP signalling and its role in multi‑agonist incretin efficacy
  Prof. Timo Müller (Helmholtz Munich, Germany)

• From adipocyte biology to the clinic: a deep‑dive into ectopic fat‑driven disease: OSA
  Prof. Eveline Dirinck (UZA)

• Panel discussion & audience questions
  Prof. Nathalie Esser (CHU Liège)

16:00–16:30

Coffee break & Registration

16:30–17:30

Attended poster session  

17:30-18:30

Regulation of immunity by sex steroid hormones

Prof. Marcus Altfeld (University Medical Centre Hamburg, Germany)

18:30-19:30

Ketosis-Prone Diabetes: Beyond the traditional classification of diabetes 

Prof. Laura Orioli (Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc Bruxelles)

19:30–22:00

Walking dinner

08:00–08:30

Registration

08:30–09:15

BSED Lecture

Dr. Manon Lomre (CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels)

09:15–10:15

Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: from underdiagnosed complication to optimized patient journey (Sponsored symposium by Grünenthal)

• Welcome & introduction
  Prof. Christophe De Block (UZA)

• Current concepts in the management of painful diabetic polyneuropathy
  Prof. Dan Ziegler (German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany)

• Optimizing the patient journey in Belgium: a multidisciplinary and case-based approach
  Prof. Jean-Christophe Philips (CHU Liège)

• Panel discussion & audience questions
  Prof. Christophe De Block (UZA)

10:15–10:45

Coffee break

10:45–12:15

Communications by young investigators

12:15–14:00

Lunch at the hotel or guided forest tour with picnic

14:00–14:10

Selected Belgian Publication Award (Diabetes/Metabolism)

14:10-14:20

Selected Belgian Publication Award (Endocrinology)

14:20–14:50

BES Lecture Award

14:50–15:40

A critical analysis of the new ATA guidelines on differentiated thyroid cancer

Prof. Laura Fugazzola (University of Milan, Italy)

15:40–16:25

Is there still a role for surgery in the treatment of microprolactinomas?

Prof. Peter Kamenicky (Hôpital Bicêtre Paris, France)

16:25–16:30

Award ceremony of the young investigators

16:30

End of meeting