08.00-09.00 Registration and coffee - FOYER

Please note that all sessions take place in the SUECIA ROOM.

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9.00-09.30 Welcome and introduction (Troels Staehelin Jensen, Director of IDNC, DK) ­

SESSION 1: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TYPE 2 DIABETES AND OBESITY. Chair: Morten Charles, DK

09.30-10.00 Epidemiological studies in the ADDITION cohort (Daniel Witte, DK)

10.00-10.30 The role of fat in diabetic neuropathy (Brian Callaghan, USA)

10.30-11.00 Coffee break - FOYER

SESSION 2: EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS IN DIABETIC NEUROPATHY. Chair: David Bennett, UK

11.00-11.30 Lipid changes in diabetic neuropathy (Eva Feldman, USA)

11.30-12.00 New molecular mechanisms in diabetic neuropathy (Douglas Zochodne, Canada)

12.00-12.15 Are Schwann cells critical for diabetic neuropathy? (Nadia Gonçalves, DK)

12.15-13.15 Lunch break - RESTAURANT SCENARIO

SESSION 3: POSTER FLASH TALKS/POSTER VIEWING Chair: Reimar Thomsen, DK

13.15-14.20 Poster flash talks - SUECIA ROOM

14.20-15.15 Poster viewing and coffee - FOYER

SESSION 4: EFFECTS OF EXERCISE IN DIABETES. Chair: Henning Andersen, DK

15.15-15.45 Anti-inflammatory effects of exercise in diabetes (Bente Klarlund Pedersen, DK)

15.45-16.15 Exercise as therapy for diabetic neuropathy (John R. Singleton, USA)

16.15-16.30 Effect of exercise in neurological disease (Ulrik Dalgas, DK)

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17.00-17.30

Pre-dinner walk & talk from Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel to Den Gamle By (The Old Town) 1.5 km/approx. 20 min.

08.00-09.00 Registration and coffee - FOYER

Please note that all sessions take place in the SUECIA ROOM.

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SESSION 5: DIABETIC NEUROPATHY STAGING AND PROGRESSION. Chair: Eva Feldman, USA

09.00-9.30 Diabetic neuropathy staging (A. Gordon Smith, USA)

09.30-10.00 The diabetic foot (Solomon Tesfaye, UK)

10.00-10.15  Imaging in peripheral diabetic neuropathy (Henning Andersen, DK)

10.15-10.30 The PiNS Study (Andreas Themistocleous, UK)

10.30-11.00 Coffee break - FOYER

SESSION 6: AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY AND HOW TO MEASURE IT. Chair: Nanna Brix Finnerup, DK

11.00-11.30 Clinical and experimental assessment of autonomic neuropathy (Roy Freeman, USA)

11.30-12.00 What is known/unknown about cardiac autonomic neuropathy? (Rodica Pop-Busui, USA)

12.00-12.15 Heart rate variability in diabetes (Jesper Fleischer, DK)

12.15-12.30 Peripheral and central autonomic disturbances (Astrid Juhl Terkelsen, DK)

12.30-13.30 Lunch break - RESTAURANT SCENARIO

SESSION 7: STENO DIABETES CENTERS DENMARK: A NEW APPROACH IN RESEARCH TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DIABETES. Chair: Troels Staehelin Jensen, DK

13.30-13.50 The Philosophy behind Steno Diabetes Centers (Jannik Hilsted, DK)

13.50-14.10  The Steno Diabetes Centers in Denmark: From traditional structures to cross-sectorial collaboration (Allan Flyvbjerg, DK)

14.10-14.30 Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus: Current status (Troels Krarup-Hansen, DK)

14.30-15.00 Panel debate (30 min) (Jannik Hilsted, Allan Flyvbjerg, Troels Krarup-Hansen)

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15.00-15.15: Closing and goodbye

(Troels S. Jensen, Nanna B. Finnerup, Henning Andersen, IDNC Steering Group)