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This program will be updated over the coming months. Last updated: 20 October 2006

Sunday, 22 October 2006
1300 Registration Desk Opens
1500 ANZBMS Symposium

Non-invasive methods of measuring bone morphology

Chairs: Roger Price (Australia) and Nick Pocock (Australia)

  • Non BMD measurements of bone structure with a densitometer
    Tom Kelly (USA)
  • Beyond BMD: DXA for more than just bone density
    Jonty Monopoli (USA)
  • Skycan can
    Karen Callon (New Zealand)
  • Micro-architecture assessed using non-invasive p-QCT in vivo
    Mary Bouxsein (USA)
1730 Industry Symposium 1 - sponsored by Anlene

Nutrition, Bone Health in Asia and Australia

Chair: John Wark (Australia)

  • Overview: The role of nutrition in bone health
    Caryl Nowson (Australia)
  • The role of calcium and vitamin D in bone health
    Ian Reid (New Zealand)
  • The nutrition of Vitamin D and calcium in adults: a cause for concern?
    Murray Skeaff (New Zealand)
  • Intervention studies using milk in adults
    Edith Lau (Hong Kong, PR China)
1900 - 2030 Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Osteoporosis Australia

Monday, 23 October 2006
0745 Welcome
Jill Cornish, President ANZBMS
Pierre Delmas, President IOF
0755 International Osteoporosis Foundation - its role in the Asia Pacific Region
Dan Navid, CEO, IOF
0810 Invited Plenary Lectures 1

Cellular Symphony of Osteoclastogenesis

Chairs: Jill Cornish (New Zealand) and Pierre Delmas (France)
0950 Refreshment break
1030 PDF file The Roger Mellick Young Investigator Award Entrants (126KB)
Chairs: Tim Cundy (Australia) and Toshio Matsumoto (Japan)
1200 Lunch
1230 Industry Symposium 2 - sponsored by Servier

The forgotten burden of non-vertebral fractures

Chair: Pierre Delmas (France)

  • The neglected burden of non-vertebral fractures
    Cyrus Cooper (UK)
  • Fracture protection with strontium ranelate
    Graeme Jones (Australia)
  • What's new?
    Ego Seeman (Australia)
1400 Attended Poster Discussions (coffee available)
PDF file President’s Posters attended on Monday (103KB)
PDF file General Posters attended on Monday (352KB)
1500 Parallel Sessions:
Workshop A.

East is not always West: Osteoporosis challenges in East Asia

Chairs: S.K. Lim (Korea) and T. Nakamura (Japan)

 Invited Plenary Lectures 2

Growth

Chairs: Yosiki Seino (Japan) and Graeme Jones (Australia)
1640 Parallel Sessions:
PDF file Oral Presentations:
2B (Basic) - Osteoclast formation and function (168KB)

Chairs: David Findlay (Australia) and Rebecca Mason (Australia)

 PDF file Oral Presentations:
2C (Clinical) - Fracture risk, bone mass, nutrient intake (162KB)

Chairs: Paul Baldock (Australia) and Roger Zebaze (Australia)
1810 Happy Hour in Exhibition Area and Student Barbecue
1900 - 2030 Industry symposium 3 - sponsored by Amgen

Evolving concepts in bone health: RANK/RANKL/OPG as a therapeutic target

Chair: Geoff Nicholson (Australia)

  • The critical role of the RANK/RANKL/OPG pathway in bone biology
    T. Jack Martin (Australia)
  • New clinical insights with RANKL inhibition
    Pierre Delmas (France)

Tuesday, 24 October 2006
0700 IOF Asia Pacific Societies Meeting
This breakfast session is open to all societies from the Asia Pacific region, and their representatives. In particular representatives from the Patient Societies, members of the CNS and interested physicians and scientists from the region. It will be an opportunity to meet Dan Navid, CEO of the IOF, to hear about the latest IOF activities and discuss ideas and opportunities for the Asia -Pacific region.

**Bookings essential** - contact the Meeting Manager to book a seat.
0815 Invited Plenary Lectures 3

Epidemiology and Genetics

Chairs: John. Eisman (Australia) and Natalie Sims (Australia)
0930 Parallel Sessions:
PDF file Oral Presentations:
3B (Basic) - Osteoblast formation and function (152KB)

Chairs: Rory Clifton Bligh (Australia) and Geoff Nicholson (Australia)

 PDF file Oral Presentations:
3C (Clinical) - Epidemiology and human genetics (155KB)

Chairs: Jacqueline Center (Australia) and Shona Bass (Australia)
1030 Refreshment break
1100 Invited Plenary Lectures 4

Biomechanics

Chairs: John Wark (Australia) and Mary Bouxsein (USA)
1150 Lunch
1230 Industry Symposium 4 - sponsored by Eli Lilly

FORTEO - a paradigm shift in osteoporosis management

Chair: T Jack Martin (Australia)

  • Bone Quality - the structural basis of bone fragility
    Satoshi Mori (Japan)
  • A review of the skeletal and non-skeletal efficacy of EVISTA
    Pierre Delmas (France)
  • Reconstructing the skeleton with the anabolic agent
    Ego Seeman (Australia)
1400 Author Attended Poster Discussion (coffee available)
PDF file President’s Posters attended on Tuesday (104KB)
PDF file General Posters attended on Tuesday (427KB)
1500 Parallel Sessions:
Workshop B.

Inter and intracellular signalling

Chair: T.J. Martin (Australia)

 Workshop C.

Bone Quality: what is it, can it be measured and applied clinically?

Chair: M. Forwood (Australia)
1630 Parallel Sessions:
PDF file Oral Presentations:
4B (Basic) - Mechanisms of bone cell function and regulation I (132KB)

Chairs: Edith Gardiner (Australia) and Arthur Conigrave (Australia)

 PDF file Oral Presentations:
4C (Clinical) - Clinical studies, bone mass, density, and quality (129KB)

Chairs: Tuan Nguyen (Australia) and Ambrish Mithal (India)
1800 Happy Hour in Exhibition Area
1900 - 2030 Industry Symposium 5 - sponsored by Novartis

Osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease: pathophysiology and intervention with zoledronic acid

Chair: John Eisman (Australia)

  • Conflicting concepts in the pathogeneosis of osteoporosis
    Larry Raisz (USA)
  • What zoledronic acid and earlier bisphosphonates have taught us about bone disease in cancer
    Greg Mundy (USA)
  • New fracture prevention data for once yearly zoledronic acid
    Ian Reid (New Zealand)

Wednesday, 25 October 2006
0700 Inaugural Women's Breakfast
The aim of this event to help establish mentoring and networking opportunities for women in the ANZBMS with respect to career advancement, academic promotion and combining careers with family. Our speaker will be Dr Larry Raisz talking about "Challenges facing Women in Research". Breakfast can be purchased at the Lagoons Restaurant at the Sheraton for $22.00 - all welcome.
0815 Invited Plenary Lectures 5

Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Cancer

Chairs: Cyrus Cooper (UK) and Jeff Zajac (Australia)
1000 Refreshment break
1030 Parallel Sessions:
PDF file Oral Presentations:
5B (Basic) - Cell Biology (120KB)

Chairs: Mark Kotowicz (Australia) and Naoyuki Takahashi (Japan)

 PDF file Oral Presentations:
5C (Clinical) - Clinical osteoporosis (150KB)

Chairs: Terry Diamond (Australia) and Satoshi Mori (Japan)
1200 Lunch
1230 Industry Symposium 6 - sponsored by sanofi-aventis and Procter & Gamble

Nonvertebral fractures: impact and implications for the management of osteoporosis

Chair: Ego Seeman (Australia)

  • The burden of nonvertebral fractures
    John Kanis (UK)
  • Nonvertebral fracture protection - emerging evidence
    Pierre Delmas (France)
1400 Parallel Sessions:
PDF file Oral Presentations:
6B (Basic) - Mechanisms of bone cell function and regulation II (155KB)

Chairs: Akira Yamaguchi (Japan) and Matt Gillespie (Australia)

 PDF file Oral Presentations:
6C (Clinical) - Other clinical issues (148KB)

Chairs: Peter Nash (Australia) and Kong Wah Ng (Australia)
1530 Refreshment break
1600 Invited Plenary Lectures 6

Metabolic Bone Disease

Chairs: Sung Kil Lim (Korea) and Peter Ebeling (Australia)
1805 ANZBMS Annual General Meeting
1915 Conference Dinner

Thursday, 26 October 2006
0815 PDF file Oral Presentations: 7 - Emerging therapies (119KB)
Chairs: Neil Kent (Australia) and Suthorn Bavonratanavech (Thailand)
0930 Workshop D.

Treatment - why, whom, when, what drug, how long?

Chair: Pierre Delmas (France)
1100 Refreshment break
1115 Invited Plenary Lectures 7

Therapeutics

Chairs: Jill Cornish (New Zealand) and Ego Seeman (Australia)
1230 Close of meeting
Ego Seeman
1245 Lunch

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