Sponsored by:

abbott


centocor
centocor

novartis


novartis

Program at a Glance

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

12.00 Registration Poster mounting Light lunch
13.00 Welcome Address and Opening
13.15-14.30 Educational overview of IMIDs
13.15 Keynote Lecture I Immunology of IMID: Educational overview 1
13.50 Keynote Lecture II Educational overview 2: What can clinical research teach us about the biology of IMID
14.30 Sponsored Symposium 1
16.00 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
16.30 Oral Abstracts
17.00 Special Guest Lecture
18.30 Welcome Reception

Thursday, October 9, 2008

09.00 Review Course 1: Biology of tissue tropisms of disease
10.30 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11.00 Review Course 2: IMIDs and immunoprivileged sites
12.30 Oral Abstracts
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Systemic complications of IMIDs
15.30 Tea and Poster Tour
17.00 Special Guest Lecture
18.00 Sponsored Symposium 2 by Centocor
20.00 IMID Workshop Dinner

Friday, October 10, 2008

08.30 Special Symposium: Inflammation and pain
09.30 Oral Abstracts
10.00 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
10.30 Sponsored Symposium 3
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Poster prize presentations
14.15 Keynote Lecture: The future for IMIDs: Will there still be a place for biologic therapies?
15.00 Closing discussion IMID workshop 2008 Round table discussion