Day One Monday December 9
Registration in reception and coffee and tea in the exhibition room from 08:15
Plenary Session One
Chair: Dr Adam Wheldon, University Hospitals Dorset, Poole
| 09:30 | Keynote address Advances in personalized fracture risk assessment: FRAX and beyond Professor Nicholas Harvey, Director; Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton & President, International Osteoporosis Foundation |
| 10:00 | Questions to Nick |
| 10:10 | Overview of treatment options Dr Terry Aspray, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Disease at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, Newcastle |
| 10:40 | Questions to Terry |
| 10:50 | Frailty and fragility fractures Dr Rachel Bradley, Consultant Geriatrician, University of Bristol Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol & Dr Madhavi Vindlacheruvu, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |
| 11:20 | Questions to Rachel and Madhavi |
| 11:30 | Coffee and tea break and homemade cakes in exhibition room |
Plenary Session Two
Chair: Dr Madhavi Vindlacheruvu, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
| 12:00 | Meet the experts session Case-based discussions covering clinical scenarios: Dr Terry Aspray, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Disease, Newcastle; Dr Ashok Bhalla, Consultant Rheumatologist, Bath; Professor Opinder Sahota, Professor of Ortho-Geriatric Medicine & Consultant Physician, Nottingham; Professor Peter Selby, Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Metabolic Bone Disease, Manchester |
| 13:20 | Hot lunch in exhibition room |
Plenary Session Three
Chair: Dr Fouz Rahmeh, University Hospitals Dorset, Poole
| 14:20 | Management of acute vertebral and pelvic osteoporotic fractures Professor Opinder Sahota, Professor of Ortho-Geriatric Medicine & Consultant Physician, The Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham |
| 14:50 | Questions Opinder |
| 15:00 | Clinical relevance of micronutrients on muscle and bone Professor Tom Hill, Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK |
| 15:30 | Questions to Tom |
| 15:40 | Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room |
| 16:00 | Romosozumab and cardiovascular risk Dr Sarah Hardcastle, Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath |
| 16:30 | Questions to Sarah |
| 16:40 | Artificial Intelligence: Updates in Osteoporosis Dr Nicholas Fuggle, Associate Professor in Rheumatology, University of Southampton & Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University Hospitals Southampton, Southampton |
| 17:10 | Questions to Nicholas |
| 17:20 | End of first day |
Day Two Tuesday December 10
Registration in reception and coffee and tea in the exhibition room from 08:15
Plenary Session One
Chair: Dr Marco Massarotti, University Hospitals Dorset, Christchurch
Plenary Session Two
Chair: Dr Sandeep Mukherjee, University Hospitals Dorset, Christchurch
| 12:00 | Nutrition and bone health Dr Alexandra Mavroeidi, Head of Department, Department of Occupational Therapy, and Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow |
| 12:30 | Questions to Alexandra |
| 12:40 | Understanding BMD and DXA measurements Mrs Claire Senior, Advanced Practitioner in Rheumatology, DXA Reporting Radiographer, University Hospitals Dorset, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester |
| 13:10 | Questions to Claire |
| 13:20 | Hot lunch in exhibition room |
Plenary Session Three
Chair: Dr Peter Robinson, University Hospitals Dorset, Bournemouth
| 14:20 | What’s new in falls prevention Professor Tahir Masud, Consultant Physician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), Past President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). Nottingham |
| 14:50 | Questions to Tahir |
| 15:00 | Importance of achieving peak bone mass in adolescence Professor Elaine Dennison, Professor of Musculoskeletal Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology, Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton |
| 15:30 | Questions to Elaine |
| 15:40 | Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room |
| 16:00 | The role of exercise in prevention of osteoporotic fracture Dr Alex Ireland PhD, Reader in Musculoskeletal Physiology, Orthopaedic Research UK Early Career Fellow, Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Science & Sports Medicine, Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester |
| 16:30 | Questions to Alex |
| 16:40 | Bone health in patients with learning disabilities Dr Tim Holt, Honorary Senior Clinical Researcher, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock, Oxford |
| 17:10 | Questions to Tim |
| 17:20 | End of conference |
