23–25 MAY 2018 IN MALMÖ,
Diabetes and the cardiovascular risk challenge – mechanisms, epidemiology and treatment aspects
 
More information and registration:
http://www.sls.se
 
Berzelius symposium no 96
WELCOME TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON
Diabetes and the cardiovascular risk challenge
– mechanisms, epidemiology and treatment aspects
he Berzelius symposia are the most prestigious sci- entiic meetings organised by the Swedish Society for Medicine (SSM), this time in collaboration with Lunds Universitet (LU) and Karolinska Institutet (KI). he symposium will focus on mechanisms and clinical aspects of the relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the light of new studies and trial data that expand our understanding of this relationship and new treatment possibilities. An ab- stract book and proceedings will be published.
he conference is open to all clinicians and basic science representatives from the Nordic area, interna- tional guests and lecturers, as well as representatives from pharma and device manufacturers.
We hope that you will join us for the Berzelius symposium on 23–24th May 2018 and look forward to your active participation. here will be a number of oral presentations but also a possibility to submit abstracts for poster presentation.
Welcome to Malmö in May 2018!
 
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY MAY 23RD, 2018
11.00–13.00 Registration at Jubileumsaulan, Malmö 13.00 Opening of symposium
Stefan Lindgren, President, the Swedish Society of Medicine Jan Nilsson, President, HLF Foundation Mona Landin-Olsson, President SFD, Lund Peter M Nilsson, Chair, Organizing committee, Malmö
Session 1 Deinition of diabetes and origins of car- diovascular complications
Chair: Lena Jonasson, Linköping
13.10–13.30 Diabetes – a disease with many faces.
Leif Groop, Malmö
13.30–13.50 Lifestyle interventions in the context
of precision medicine. Paul Franks,
Malmö
13.50–14.10 he red blood cell in diabetes. John
Pernow, Stockholm
14.10–14.30 he gene-diet-microbiota-metabolism
link. Marju Orho-Melander, Malmö 14.30–15.00 Cofee, Posters
Session 2 Epidemiology and trends
Chair: Annika Rosengren, Göteborg
15.00–15.20 Life course perspectives. he Finnish
experience. Johan Eriksson, Helsinki,
Finland
15.20–15.40 Early life programming of cardiome-
tabolic disease – Global perspectives.
Chittaranjan Yajnik, Pune, India 15.40–16.00 Global trends in diabetes and prediabe-
tes – A threatening scenario. William
Knowler, Phoenix, USA 16.00–16.20 Global trends in cardiovascular di-
sease – increased disease burden, but not everywhere. Helena Nordenstedt, Stockholm
Session 3 State-of-the-Art 1
Chair: Leif Groop, Malmö
16.20–16.50 Personalized medicine to treat patients
with diabetes. Andrew Hattersley, Exe-
ter, UK
16.50–17.00 Best poster abstract 1.
19.00 Welcome Reception at Malmö Town Hall (“Rådhus”)hosted by the Malmö
City Council.
 
THURSDAY MAY 24RD, 2018
Session 4 Diabetes – the clinical spectrum
Chair: Anna Norhammar, Stockholm
Session 8 The role of guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular complications
Chair: Lars Rydén, Stockholm
08.30–08.50 08.50–09.10 09.10–09.30 09.30–09.50 09.50–10.20
Micro- and macrovascular complica- tions. John Petrie, Glasgow Importanceofpostprandialhyperglyca- emia. Antonio Ceriello, Milano Riskfactors,omicsandtheheartin diabetes. Martin Magnusson, Malmö Lipiddisordersindiabetes.OlleMelan- der, Malmö
Cofee,Posters
15.10–15.30 15.30–15.50 15.50–16.10
European perspective. Francesco Co- sentino, Stockholm
Transatlantic perspective. William M Herman, USA
Swedish perspective. Carl Johan Öst- gren, Linköping
Session 5 State-of-the-Art 2
Chair: Marju Orho-Melander, Malmö
16.10–16.40
16.40–17.00 19.00
Integration of basic and clinical science for prevention of diabetes complications – focus on the incretin system. Eber- hard Standl, Germany
Best poster abstract 2 and 3
Symposium Dinner in Malmö (pre-registration is necessary).
10.20–10.50
Lifestyle as the irst step for prevention and treatment of diabetes. Mai-Lis Hellenius, Stockholm
Session 6 Primary prevention of CVD complications in diabetes
Chair: Peter Rossing, Copenhagen
10.50–11.10 Glycaemic control.
Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Göteborg 11.10–11.30 Lipid control.
Mats Eriksson, Stockholm 11.30–11.50 Blood pressure control.
Karin Manhem, Göteborg 11.50–12.10 Cardio-renal protection. Per-Henrik
Groop, Helsinki, Finland 12.10–13.00 Lunch, Posters
Session 7 Secondary prevention of CVD complica- tions in diabetes
 
FRIDAY MAY 25TH, 2018
Session 10 Quality Assessment and Developments, Registers
Chair: Emil Hagström, Uppsala
Chair: Linda 13.00–13.20
13.20–13.40 13.40–14.00
14.00–14.40
14.40–15.10
Mellbin, Stockholm
he importance of a target driven multifactorial approach. Lars Rydén, Stockholm
New lipid-lowering treatment and goals. Olov Wiklund, Göteborg Arterial stifness – A new treatment target? Peter M Nilsson, Malmö
Pro-Pro debate
Second-line treatment for type 2 dia- betes – incretin active drugs or SGLT2 inhibitors as irst choice?! Pro incretin drugs: Jens Juul Holst, Copenhagen Pro SGLT2 drugs: Jan Eriksson, Uppsala Cofee, Posters
09.50–10.20 Cofee,Posters
Session 11 The role of Patients, Relatives and the Health Care Organisation
Chair: Mona Landin-Olsson, Lund
Session 9 State-of-the Art 3
Chair: Martin Ridderstråle, Malmö
08.30–08.50
08.50–09.10
09.10–09.30
09.30–09.50
he National Diabetes Register, Sweden. Soia Gudbjörnsdottir, Göte- borg
SWEDEHEART, Sweden. Tomas Jernberg, Stockholm
SEPHIA Register, Sweden. Margrét Leosdottir, Malmö EUROASPIRE.VivecaGyberg,Stock- holm
10.20–10.40 10.40–11.00 11.00–11.20 11.20–11.40
11.40–12.30
12.30–12.40
Swedish Diabetes Association. Fredrik Löndahl, Helsingborg
Patient centered health care. Åsa Hörn- sten, Umeå
Primary Health Care. Carl Johan Öst- gren, Linköping
he Steno Diabetes Centre Concept. Allan Flyvbjerg, Copenhagen, Den- mark Panel debate: Quality of diabetes care – New challenges for 2020! Chair: Anders Frid, Malmö
 
Panelists: Karin Wikblad, Fredrik Löndahl, Carl Johan Östgren, Allan Flyvbjerg, Soia Gudbjörnsdottir, Vive- ca Gyberg, Stig Attvall Closingremarks.LarsRydénandPeter M Nilsson
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POSTERS
You are most welcome to submit a poster abstract to the meeting! Please register for the meeting before you send in the abstract! Max length 44 lines with Ti- mes New Roman 12 p. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for an oral presentation in the poster sessions. Please send your abstract to annie.melin@ sls.se, no later than 15 April, 2018. Poster boards at the meeting: approx size of 90 cm wide x 120 cm. If you already have a poster in larger size, two boards can be used.
WHEN & WHERE, PAYMENT?
Venue
23–25 May 2018 at the Jubileumsaulan, Medicinskt forskningscentrum, SUS Malmö at Jan Waldenströms gata 1 in Malmö, Sweden. Registration 10 April 2018, is deadline for registration.
When & Where, Payment?
Registration for the meeting will start on Wednesday 23rd May 2018 at 11.00.
Registration fees
SEK 2 500 (members of the SSM)
SEK 3 000 (non-member)
SEK 1 000, students
After 10 April, 2018: Late registration: SEK 4500 Symposium dinner on hursday May 24th: SEK 500
The registration fee includes:
- Lunch, cofee (Aug 31st and Sept 1st) and the wel- come reception on Wednesday May 23rd (pre-reser- vation is necessary). he symposium dinner on hurs- day May 24th costs SEK 500/person.
Payment
he registration fee must be paid before 10 April, 2018, at the latest. Registration after this date may be possible, but at extra cost, as outlined above. Please pay via PayPal or we can send you an invoice for the fee (please state the correct invoice address, reference/ kostnadsställe).
Cancellation
Cancellation of your participation has to be made in writing and sent to Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den. before 10 April, 2018. For cancellations received before 10 April, 2018, a cancellation fee of SEK 500 will be charged. After this date, no refund will be possible.
Transfer of registration
In the event that you are unable to attend the meeting and would like to transfer your registration to a colle-
ague, this can be done at no charge, but please contact the congress secretariat no later than one week before the congress (before 16 May 2018).
Accommodation
Please book your room through this on-line service: http://bookskane.malmotown.com/en/accommodation Your hotel costs are to be settled directly with the ho- tel. All major credit cards are accepted.
To and from the airport
International lights: Copenhagen (Kastrup) Airport is located 10 km west of Malmö. here are trains re- gularly from the airport and the trip to Malmö takes 20 minutes by train. Step of the train at the second stop from Copenhagen Airport ”Triangeln”, and take the escalators located at the end of the platform that your train arrived at, and you will be 200 m from the entrance to Jubileumsaulan.
Domestic lights: Malmö Airport is located nearly 30 km east of Malmö and the Airport bus takes just over a half an hour to get to the heart of Malmö. http:// www.malmotown.com/en/travel/
Jubileumsaulan – the conference hall
Malmö University Hospital Emergency centre
 
Organising Committee:
Peter M Nilsson, Professor, MD, PhD, Lund Univer- sity (chair)
Margrét Leosdottir, MD, PhD, Lund University Lars Rydén, Senior Professor, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institute (co-chair)
Linda Mellbin, MD PhD, Karolinska Institute
Carl Johan Östgren, Professor, MD, PhD, Linköping University
Stig Attvall, Associate Professor, MD, PhD, Sahl-grenska Academy
 
Contact information:
Peter M Nilsson (chair), Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den., phone +46-40-33 24 15
Lars Rydén (co-chair), Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den., phone +46- 70-7292171
Camilla Key, Symposium secretariat, camilla.key@ med.lu.se, phone +46-40-33 23 01
Annie Melin, Symposium secretariat, annie.melin@ sls.se, phone: +46-8-440 88 78
 
WARM WELCOME!
 
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