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  Sunday, September 26, 2010 Monday, September 27, 2010 Tuesday, September 28, 2010
08.00   Registrationlounge forum Registrationlounge forum
08.30    State of the art of postmenopausal Hormoneforum room Therapy
Chairs: Peter Kenemans, Leon Speroff
1. David Barlow (GB) - The Position of EMAS
2. Amos Pines (IL) - The Position of IMS
3. Wulf Utian (US) - The Position of NAMS
Female cardiovascular health forum room

Chairs: Diederick E. Grobbee, Roger Lobo
1. Diederick E. Grobbee (NL) - Female cardiovascular health today
2. Roger Lobo (US) - Estrogens and progestagens
3. Fred Naftolin (US) - Estrogens induced cardioprotection
    Alternatives to Conventional Hormoneroom E102 Therapy

Chairs: Andrea Genazzani, David Archer
1. David Archer (US) - Tibolone, an update
2. Santiago Palacios (ES) – SERMs, an update
3. Roger Lobo (US) - SERM plus CE: TSEC
New developments in benignroom E102 gynaecology

Chairs: Bart Fauser, David Barlow
1. Peter Hompes (NL) - Endometriosis
2. David Barlow (GB) - Myomas complexities and future directions
3. Philippe Bouchard (FR) - Designer steroids
This session is organised with un unrestricted educational grant of PregLem
10.15 Registration (10.00 – 11.00) lounge forum Break lounge forum Break lounge forum
10:45 IMS Workshop Osteoporosis in Gynaecology
Room E102 (11.00-18.00)

Role of gynaecologist in the management and postmenopausal osteoporosis

Peyman Hadji (DE)
Marco Gambacciani (IT)
John Stevenson (GB)

Registration is necessary for the workshop.
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PLENARY SESSION forum room

Keynote Lecture 1:
Chair: Bart Fauser
Geeta Nargund (GB) - Female quality of life today

Keynote Lecture 2:
Chair: Philippe Bouchard
Zephne van der Spuy (ZA) - Challenges in Women’s Health in developing countries
PLENARY SESSION forum room

Keynote Lecture 1:
Chair: John Studd
Linda Cardozo (GB) - An update on incontinence in women

Keynote Lecture 2:
Chair: Santiago Palacios
Anneliese Schwenkhagen (DE) - Women, Sex and Androgens
12.15   Tea & poster session lounge forum Tea & poster session lounge forum
13.00   ABBOTT LUNCH SYMPOSIUM forum room
HRT - The Challenge of Individualising Therapy

Chair: Adolf Schindler
1. Peter Kenemans (NL) - Femoston and the Breast
2. Peter van de Weijer (NL) – Femoston low dose - the first oral ultra-low dose HRT continuously combined with dydrogesterone
3. Katrin Schaudig (DE) - Coping with Menopause - Individual Approaches According to Women's Needs
Novo Nordisk lunch symposium forum room
Ultra low dose Vagifem® 10µg: Setting a new standard in the treatment of vaginal atrophy

Chair: Raquel Arias
1. Rosella Nappi (IT) - Ultra low dose: Overcoming treatment barriers?
2. James Simon (US) - Ultra low dose: All you need?
3. Petra Stute (CH) - Ultra low dose: Minimized estrogen exposure?
4. Lian Ulrich (DK) - Ultra low dose: Resolving the endometrial challenge?
5. Panel discussion
14.30   Tea & poster session lounge forum Tea & poster session lounge forum
15.00   MERCK SYMPOSIUM forum room
Tibolone, an update on observational studies and clinical trials including 13.000 patients

Chair: Leon Speroff
1. Chiara Benedetto (IT) - Update on Randomized Controlled Clinical trial data
2. Samy Suissa (CA) - Update on Observational Study data
3. Leon Speroff (US) - Update on Clinical Recommendations and Practical Guidelines
forum room
    Risks of early menopause room E102
Chairs: David Archer, Martin Birkhäuser
1. Angelique Goverde (NL) - Premature ovarian failure
2. David Archer (US) - Surgical menopause
3. Alessandra Graziottin (IT) - Cancer patients
Debate room E102
Postmenopausal HT is obsolete

Chairs: Peter Kenemans, John Studd
Pro: John Stevenson (GB)
Con: Malcolm Whitehead (GB)
    Good counselling techniques room E105 - 106
Chairs: Andrea Genazzani, Santiago Palacios
1. Manuel Neves-e-Castro (PT) - The "stay-in-good-health" issue
2. Peter van de Weijer (NL) - The "risk" issue
3. Wulf Utian (US) - The "quality-of-life" issue
The basics of sex hormones room E105 - 106

Chairs: Jos Thijssen, Farook Al-Azzawi
1. Paolo Mannella (IT) – Sex hormone receptors and cellular pathways
2. Jos Thijssen (NL) – Sex hormones metabolic pathways
3. Farook Al-Azzawi (GB) - The role of genetics
    Female sexual dysfunction: hormonal causes and consequences (part I)room E103

Chairs: Michèle Lachowsky, Sylvain Mimoun
1. Sylvain Mimoun (FR) - Female sexual dysfunction
2. Anneliese Schwenkhagen (DE) - Hormonal changes with age and menopause
3. Farook Al-Azzawi (GB) - Androgen action
This workshop is organised with an unrestricted educational grant of Warner Chilcott
Cross gender endocrineroom E103 treatment
Chairs: Guy T'Sjoen, Michael van Trotsenburg
1. Willem de Ronde (NL) - Differences in bone metabolism
2. Guy T'Sjoen (BE) - Androgen treatment in females
3. Michael van Trotsenburg (NL) - Estrogen treatment in males
    Depression in women room E104
Chairs: John Studd, Martin Birkhäuser

1. Martin Birkhäuser (CH) – Depression and oestrogens: a causal relation?
2. John Studd (GB) – The role of oestrogens in the treatment of depression
3. Adriana Vilarino (AR): Depression and HRT
Breaking news session room E104

Chair: Bruce Ettinger

1. Robert Langer (USA) - WHI in light of recent publications
2. Frederick Naftolin (US) - Femarelle® is active against menopausal symptoms without changing platelet activation or intravascular clotting in normal and thrombophilic Women
16.30     Wine tasting by Pantarhei Bioscience lounge Forum IMS CAMS Reception Hall in front of E102

Hosted by the Dutch Menopause Society
17.00     Pantarhei Bioscience Symposiumforum room
Estetrol - an unique estrogen

Chairs: Andrea Genazzani, Herjan Coelingh Bennink
1. Leon Speroff (US) – Estetrol - an unique estrogen
2. Peter Kenemans (NL) – Estetrol and the breast
3. Philippe Bouchard (FR) – Estetrol for contraception
4. Bart Fauser (NL) – Estetrol and HRT
Special symposium: A Woman’s Journey through the 3 phases of a woman's life: fertile period, climacteric, postmenopauseforum room
Chairs: John Stevenson, Drazen Postruznik
1. Allesanda Graziottin (IT) - Sex and wellbeing
2. John Stevenson (GB) - Bones and Joints
3. Amos Pines (IL) - Cardiovascular disease
    WHI revisited after 8 years room E102

Chairs: James Simon, Robert Langer
1. Fred Naftolin (US) - Design flaws
2. Roger Lobo (US) - Bias in reporting
3. James Simon (US) - Relevance for today's practice
IMS CAMS Meeting room E102

The current situation of the management of menopausal women

Chairs: Santiago Palacios, Julio Morfin Martin

Speakers:
Bari Kaplan (IL), Martin Birkhäuser (CH), Julio Morfin Martin (MX), Hans van der Slikke (NL) and Santiago Palacios (ES)
    Bones and joints: What's new? room E105-106

Chairs: Bruce Ettinger, Peyman Hadji
1. Peyman Hadji (DE) - HRT for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis?
2. Bruce Ettinger (US) – Osteoporosis treatment options: how to advise patients?
3. Marco Gambacciani (IT) - Osteoarthrosis and osteoarthritis
Italian Menopause symposiumroom E105-106

Healthy aging from symptoms to therapies

Chair: Marco Gambacciani
1. Rosella Nappi (IT) – Management of uro-genital symptoms
2. Marco Gambacciani (IT) – AUB (Abnormal Uterine Bliding) medical vs surgical treatment
3. Alessandra Graziottin (IT) – Genital aging: why topical hormones are women’s best friends
    Female sexual dysfunction: hormonal causes and consequences (part II) room E103

Chairs: John Studd, Farook Al-Azzawi
1. Alessandra Graziottin (IT) - Androgen effects on the female brain
2. Santiago Palacios (ES) - Physical effects on the female body
3. Rosella Nappi (IT) - Effects on the female physiology
This workshop is organised with an unrestricted educational grant of Warner Chilcott
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18.30 Drinks lounge room   Closure of the 6th Amsterdam Menopause and Women’s Health Symposium forum Room

Bart Fauser (NL)
19.00 Opening Ceremony forum room

1. Peter Kenemans (NL): short opening statement
2. John Studd (GB): the past of women's health
3. Leon Speroff (USA): the future of women's health
4. Bart Fauser (NL): short closing statement, practical messages
     
20.00 Opening reception with drinks and snacks lounge Forum