Registration

8.45am

Opening Ceremony
Welcome Address

• Professor John Wong, Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Dr Catherine DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association
  

9.00am

Opening Address

Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for Health

Theme: The Impact of Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome

9.15am

Keynote Lecture 1 – Katherine M Flegal, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
        “Weight and the health of the population”

11.15am

Break

11.45am

Writing Workshop 1A
So you want to be an author: How to read and write an article
Catherine DeAngelis

Writing Workshop 1B
So you want to be an author: How to read and write an article (expert consultation)
Phil Fontanarosa

SIG Seminar 1
The “economics” of diabetes
Barbara V. Howard

SIG Seminar 2
Practical considerations in setting public health guidelines
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

SIG Seminar 3
What does it take to run a clinical trial in a hospital setting? - Resources, Processes , and Values
Christopher D. Saudek

SIG Seminar 4
Maximizing the utility of large cohort databases
Katherine Flegal

1.30pm

Lunch

Theme: Preventive and Early Intervention Strategies

2.30pm

Keynote Lecture 3 – Christopher D Saudek, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hopkins University School of Medicine
          “Assessing Glycemia in Diabetes ”

3.30pm

Keynote Lecture 4 – David Ludwig, Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
          “An integrative approach to childhood obesity”

4.30pm

Break

4.45pm

Keynote Lecture 5 – Tai E-Shyong, Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and Singapore Health Services
          “Identifying individuals at risk of diabetes and its complications in Asia”

5.45pm

Poster Viewing

7.00pm

End of Day 1

Registration

Theme: Novel Approaches to Diabetes, Obesity, and  the Metabolic Syndrome

9.00am

Keynote Lecture 6 – David Flum, Department of Surgery, University of Washington
          “Surgical approaches to obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome”

10.00am

Keynote Lecture 7 – Wong Tien Yin, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
          “Early retinal vascular changes as biomarkers of diabetes and its complications”

11.00am

Break

11.20am

Keynote Lecture 8 – Irl B Hirsch, University of Washington School of Medicine, Diabetes Care Center
          “Current insulin strategies for type 2 diabetes”

12.20pm

Lunch

Theme: Medical Therapeutic Approaches to Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome

1.20pm

Writing Workshop 2A
So you want to be an author: How to read and write an article (expert consultation) Catherine DeAngelis

Writing Workshop 2B
So you want to be an author: How to read and write an article
Phil Fontanarosa

SIG Seminar 5
Why diabetes goes away after bariatric surgery
David Flum

SIG Seminar 6
Strategies to reduce diabetes complications
Irl B Hirsch

SIG Seminar 7
Tackling childhood obesity – issues in designing an intervention program
David Ludwig

SIG Seminar 8
Establishing a successful business model for chronic care
Norman Chan

3.20pm

Break

3.40pm

Keynote Lecture 9 – Norman Chan, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital
          “Managing of type 2 diabetes in Asia – translating research into clinical practice”

4.40pm

Keynote Lecture 10 – F Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Obesity Research Center, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
          “The relation of fat distribution to metabolic and cardiovascular risk”

5.40pm

Closing Ceremony - Dr Catherine DeAngelis

5.45pm

End of Day 2