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IBD Today & Tomorrow                                                                    AMC, 2 & 3 April 2014

08.00 - 09.00  Registration and coffee

09.00              Welcome
                       Marcel Levi and Geert d`Haens

09.05 - 10.20  Session 1 
                       Update on IBD Pathophysiology 
                       Chairs: Gijs van den Brink and Hergen Spits

9.05                What have 20 years of genetic research taught us ? 
                       Rinse Weersma, Groningen, NL

9.25                How do bacteria matter in IBD ? 
                       Cyriel Ponsioen, AMC

9.45                Reversible versus irreversible damage in IBD: inflammation and fibrosis going hand-in-hand ? 
                       Florian Rieder, Cleveland, USA

10.10              AMC research flash 1

10.20              Keynote Lecture 1: 
                       JAK Kinase inhibitors as novel antiinflammatory targets for IBD 
                        Introduction: Geert D`Haens 
                       John O`Shea, Bethesda, USA

11.00 - 11.25  COFFEE BREAK

11.25 - 13.30   Session 2 
                        Novel Diagnostic Modalities in IBD: pitfalls and opportunities 
                        Chairs: Jaap Stoker and David Rubin

11.25               Pillcam investigation of Crohn`s disease 
                        Mark Löwenberg, AMC

11.40                MRI in IBD: sharper, better, faster 
                         Stuart Taylor, London, UK

12.00                Fecal markers in IBD: ready for prime time 
                         Patrick van Rheenen, Groningen, NL

12.15                AMC Research Flash 2

12.25                Keynote Lecture 2: 
                         Lessons from stem cell research for IBD 
                         Introduction: Gijs van den Brink 
                         Hans Clevers, Utrecht, NL

13.10 - 14.00    LUNCH

14.00 - 15.30    Session 3 
                         Getting more out of your antibodies 
                         Chairs: William Sandborn and Herma Fidder 

14.00                Understanding pharmacokinetics of therapeutic antibodies 
                         Diane Mould, Phoenixville, USA

14.30                 Improving antibody efficacy with immunomodulators 
                          Shomron Ben-Horin, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

14.50                 From biosimilars to biobetters: utopia ? 
                          Geert D‘Haens, AMC

15.10                 AMC Research Flash 3

15.20                 Discussion

15.30 - 15.50     COFFEE BREAK

15.50 - 17.00     Session 4 
                          Environmental factors in IBD 
                          Chairs: Bas Oldenburg and Rinse Weersma

15.50                 Iron and the intestine: a detrimental combination ? 
                          Dirk Haller, Freising, Germany
16.20                 AMC Research Flash 4

16.20                 Sodium is bad for your IBD 
                          David Hafler, Yale, USA

16.50                 Questions & Answers

17.00                 Cocktails

THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2014

08.30 - 10.15    Session 5 
                         Life endoscopy and Surgery 
                         Chairs: Guido Tytgat, Paul Fockens, Stephen Hanauer, Geert D`Haens 
                         Endoscopists: M. Löwenberg, C. Ponsioen, E. Dekker

10.15 -1 0.45   COFFEE BREAK

10.45 - 12.50   Session 6 
                        Timely Surgery in IBD 
                        Chairs: Willem Bemelman, Andre D`Hoore

10.45               Surgery for IBD in the era of biologicals 
                        Yves Panis, Paris, France

11.05               Ileocecal Crohn`s: surgery first, biologicals later ? 
                        Feza Remzi, Cleveland, USA

11.30               Acute colitis: how to deal with partial responders ? 
                        Andre D`Hoore, Leuven, Belgium

11.55               AMC Research Flash 5

12.05               Roundtable discussion: positioning treatments for the best 
                        towards a better medical-surgical collaboration ? 
                        Surgeons & Stephen Hanauer and William Sandborn

12.20               KEYNOTE LECTURE 3 
                        High quality IBD Centres: how to build and how to monitor ? 
                        David Rubin, Chicago, USA

12.50 - 13.40    LUNCH

13.40 - 15.00   Session 7 
                         LIFE SURGERY and ENDOSCOPY
                         Chairs: Guido Tytgat, Remzi Feza, Geert D`Haens 
                         Local Surgeons: W. Bemelman, P. Tanis, C. Buskens 
                         Endoscopists: M. Löwenberg, A. van Lent, S. Rietdijk

15.00 - 15.20   COFFEE BREAK

15.20 - 17.30   Session 8 
                        Treatment of IBD in the not-so-far future 
                        Chairs: Marieke Pierik, Nanne de Boer

15.20               Is there any future for thiopurine or methotrexate in IBD treatment ? 
                        Stephen Hanauer, Chicago, USA

15.50              Will adhesion blockers blow everything away ? 
                       Brian Feagan, London, Ontario, USA

16.20              Novel molecules knocking on the door 
                       William Sandborn, La Jolla, USA

16.50              AMC Research Flash 6

17.00              Keynote lecture 4 
                       What have we achieved in 20 years of intensive IBD research ? 
                       Suggestions for the future 
                       Stephan Targan, Los Angeles, USA

17.30              ADJOURN

 IBD Today & Tomorrow 2014