Scientific Program

Thursday, 29 September 2016
09:00 - 10:30 REGISTRATION
10:30 - 11:00 OPENING SESSION – WELCOME ADDRESSES

Asimina Mitrakou
, Local Chair of  EASD 2016 Postgraduate Course on Diabetes and Technology; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of the Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School

Nikolaos Papanas, President of the Hellenic Diabetes Association; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Demokritous University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandoupolis, Greece

Leszek Czupryniak
, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetology, Warsaw Medical University, Chair, EASD Postgraduate Education Committee

Georgios Zografos,Vice Rector for Health and Social Policy Issues of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor of Surgery
11:00 - 13:00 SESSION 1
Chairs: Leszek Czupryniak (Poland) - George Dimitriadis (Greece)

11:00-11:15 Asimina Mitrakou (Greece): NICE vs EASD guidelines on Technology
11:15-11:30 Nebojša Lalić (Serbia): Update on Insulin pump use in our countries (Balkans and Greece)
11:30-12:00 Pratik Choudhary (United Kingdom): Insulin Pump Therapy
12:00-12:30 Thomasz Klupa (Poland): Which device for which patient and when?
12:30-13:00 Leszek Czupryniak (Poland): Determine and Adjust Basal and Bolus insulin doses
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30 WORKSHOPS (Repeated two times with a 15- minute break between each workshop)
Workshop 1 How to use pumps and sensors – Hands on usage | Tomasz Klupa (Poland) & Pratik Choudhary (United Kingdom)
Workshop 2 Pedometer - and accelerometer-based exercise for diabetic patients | Donal O'Gorman & Ioannis Fatouros (Greece)
Workshop 3 How to extract and interpret data from pumps and sensors |John Petrie (United Kingdom), Geraldine Gallen (United Kingdom) & Petros Thomakos (Greece)
20:00 Welcome Cocktail at the “Panorama” Hall (6th floor of the Royal Olympic Hotel)
Friday, 30 September 2016
09:00 - 11:00 SESSION 2
Chairs: Thomasz Klupa (Poland) - Asimina Mitrakou (Greece)

09:00-09:30
John Petrie (United Kingdom): Blood glucose meters
09:30-10:00 Ioannis Petropoulos (United Kingdom): Diabetes and the Eyes
10:00-10:30 Roger Lehmann (Switzerland): Stem cell therapy
10:30-11:00 Patrik Choudhary (United Kingdom): Neuroimaging
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 SESSION 3
Chairs: John Petrie (United Kingdom) - Nikolaos Tentolouris (Greece)

11:30-12:00 Lorella Marselli  (Italy): Beta cell failure
12:00-12:30 Harry Heimberg (Belgium): Make new beta cells
12:30-13:00 Lalantha Leelarathna (United Kingdom): Artificial pancreas
13:00 - 14:00 
Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30 WORKSHOPS (Repeated two times with a 15-minute break between each workshop)
W orkshop 4 How to setup insulin infusions and evaluate the results | Lalantha Leelarathna (United Kingdom) & Andriani Gerasimidi-Vazeou (Greece)
Workshop 5 Special shoes for the diabetic foot | Michael Möller (Germany) & Nikolaos Papanas (Greece)
Workshop 6 Diabetes and the Eye | Ioannnis Petropoulos (United Kingdom), Apostolos Maniateas (Greece) & George Giagkou (Greece)
20:30 Outside Dinner at Balux Prive
Saturday, 1 October 2016
09:00 - 10:30 SESSION 4
Chairs: Harry Heimberg (Belgium) - Polyzois Makras (Greece)
09:00-09:30 Francesca Porcellati: Pharmacodynamics /pharmacokinetics of new insulins
09:30-10:00 Evangelos Terpos (Greece): Bone Turnover
10:00-10:30 Dinesh Selvarajah (United Kingdom): Diabetic Neuropathy
10:30 - 11:00  
Coffee Break
11:00 - 14:00 
SESSION 5
Chairs: Lalantha Leelarathna (United Kingdom) - Marianna Benroubi (Greece)
11:00-11:30 J. Hans deVries (The Netherlands): Old and new glucagon preparations for treatment and prevention of hypoglycaemia by injection and automated infusion
11:30-12:00 Fredrik Debong (Austria): Using technology to educate the patient on diabetes management and adherence
12:00-12:30 Pratic Choudhary (United Kingdom): Virtual consultations and monitoring
12:30-13:00 Panel Discussion with all remaining faulty

13:30 - 13:45 
CLOSING REMARKS