| 2008 Osteoporosis Expert Meeting (preliminary program) |
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☞ Date: Feb. 16-17 (Sat-Sun), 2008 |
| ☞ Venue: Incheon Hyatt Hotel (near the Incheon International Airport) |
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☞ Official Language: English (1st day) and Korean (2nd day) |
| 1st day (Feb. 16th, Saturday) Official Language: English |
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| Registration | 08:30-08:50 |
| Opening remarks | 08:50-09:00 |
| I. Risk Factors (Chairmen: Jung Gu Kim and Robert Wen-Wei Hsu) | 09:00-10:40 |
| 1. Epidemiology and socio-economic burden of osteoporosis and fracture. Nam H. Cho (Korea) |
09:00-09:30 |
| 2. Genetics and SNP analysis of osteoporosis. Dong Ock Lee (Korea) |
09:30-09:50 |
| 3. Nutrition and prevention of osteoporosis. Takako Hirota (Japan) |
09:50-10:20 |
| 4. Discussion. | 10:20-10:40 |
| Coffee Break | 10:40-11:00 |
| II. Pathophysiology (Chairperson: Ghi Su Kim ) | 11:00-12:00 |
| 1. Primary osteoporosis. Yoo Mee Kim (Korea) | 11:00-11:20 |
| 2. Secondary osteoporosis. Chan Soo Shin (Korea) | 11:20-11:40 |
| 3. Discussion | 11:40-12:00 |
| Plenary Lecture: Chairman: Woong Hwan Choi | |
| Osteoclastogenesis and vitamin D. Tatsuo Suda (Japan) | 12:00-12:40 |
| Luncheon | 12:40-13:40 |
| III. Bone Biology (Chairmen: Toshiyuki Yoneda , Hyun-Mo Ryoo) | 13:40-15:00 |
| 1. Regulation of osteoblast differentiation by BMP and Notch signaling. Akira Yamaguchi (Japan) |
13:40-14:10 |
| 2. Role of chondrocyte in bone. Ung-il Chung (Japan) | 14:10-14:40 |
| 3. Discussion | 14:40-15:00 |
| Coffee Break | 15:00-15:20 |
| IV. Diagnostic Methods (Chairmen: Seoung-Oh Yang accepted, Deog Yoon Kim ) |
15:20-18:00 |
| 1. The future of DXA – more than just BMD. Kevin Wilson (USA) | 15:20-15:50 |
| 2. QCT and biomechanics. Keenan (USA) | 15:50-16:20 |
| 3. Biochemical bone markers. Yoon-Sok Chung (Korea) | 16:20-16:40 |
| 4. Histomorphometric analysis. Satoshi Mori (Japan) | 16:40-17:10 |
| 5. Role of chondrocyte in bone. Ung-il Chung (Japan) | 17:10-17:40 |
| 6. Discussion | 17:40-18:00 |
| Dinner | 18:00-20:00 |
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2nd day (Feb. 17th, Sunday) |
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| Registration | 08:00-08:30 |
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Plenary Lecture: Chairman: Sung-Kil Lim |
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| Role of vitamin D in osteoporosis treatment. Hajime Orimo (Japan) | 08:30-09:10 |
| V. Treatments, new trends and perspectives | 09:10-13:00 |
| A) Estrogen & SERM (Chairman: Hoon Choi ) | 09:10-10:00 |
| 1. Clinical & low dose estrogen. Hong-Yuan Huang (Taiwan) | 09:10-09:30 |
| 2. Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator. Byung Koo Yoon (Korea) | 09:30-09:50 |
| 3. Discussion | 09:50-10:00 |
| B) Bisphosphonates (Chairman: Ye Yeon Won ) | 10:00-11:00 |
| 1. Daily or weekly bisphosphonates. Takayuki Hosoi (Japan) | 10:00-10:25 |
| 2. Monthly or yearly bisphosphonates. Dong Won Byun (Korea) | 10:25-10:50 |
| 3. Discussion | 10:50-11:00 |
| Coffee Break | 11:00-11:20 |
| C) Anabolic agents (Chairman: Moo Il Kang ) | 11:20-12:10 |
| 1. Parathyroid hormone. Yumie Rhee | 11:20-11:40 |
| 2. Strontium ranelate. Ho-Yeon Chung (Korea) | 11:40-12:00 |
| 3. Discussion | 12:00-12:10 |
| D) Surgery for osteoporotic fractures (Chairman: JM Lee ) | 12:10-13:00 |
| 1. Spine fractures. Hak Sun Kim (Korea) | 12:10-12:30 |
| 2. Hip fractures. Robert Wen-Wei Hsu (Taiwan) | 12:30-12:50 |
| 3. Discussion | 12:50-13:00 |
| Luncheon | 13:00-14:00 |
| Closing remarks | 14:00-14:20 |