GENERAL INFORMATION

Accommodations

The conference participants will be staying at the Hilton Hotel (A' class), which is located in Ixia, 9 km from the airport. Participants are asked to take a taxi from the airport to the hotel.

 

Conference Venue

The Hilton Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

 

Oral Presentations

An LCD projector will be available for the oral presentations. Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive or CD to the conference reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

 

Posters

Posters should be mounted Sunday June 8 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM on the designated boards and dismounted at the end of the meeting. The dimensions of the boards are 90W x 150H cm. Adhesive tape for mounting the posters on the boards will be available at the poster area.

 

All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

 





Sunday, June 8

 

5:00 - 8:00 PM

Open Registration

8:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception/Dinner

 

 

 

Monday, June 9

 

 

 

8:40 AM

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

J Lorenzo

 

 

 

Session I.

Niche and Soil

Chair: J Lorenzo

 

 

 

9:00 AM

1

Normal and neoplastic stem cells

IL Weissman

9:30 AM

2

Gsa mediated signalling determines the success of stem cell engraftment in bone marrow

H Kronenberg

10:00 AM

3

Transforming growth factor beta (TGFb): role in cancer and bone

TA Guise

 

 

 

10:30 AM

 

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

 

 

 

Session II

Basic Concepts into osteoimmunology: Inflammatory Bone diseases

Chair: S Goldring

 

 

                                     

12:00 Noon

4

Mechanisms of inflammatory joint remodeling

G Schett

12:30 PM

5

Inflammatory arthritis: how well do rodents mimic the human disease? Lessons with RANKL inhibition

DJ Zack

1:00 PM

6

The role of bone marrow edema and lymphangiogenesis in inflammatory-erosive arthritis

EM Schwarz

1:30 PM

7

Dendritic cells and the origin of osteoclasts: implications on osteoclastogenesis and bone loss

AYT Teng

 

 

 

2:00 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a local Greek Tavern

 

 

The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 10

 

 

Session III

Basic Concepts into osteoimmunology: Osteoblasts

Chair: M Horowitz

 

 

 

9:00 AM

8

Role of EBF2 in the stromal support of hematopoiesis

M Kieslinger, G Dobreva, I Gyory, and R Grosschedl

9:30 AM

9

Regulation of bone formation and immune cell development by Schnurri proteins

DC Jones and LH Glimcher

10:00 AM

10

Role of Wnt signaling in development of adipose tissues and bone

OA MacDougald

10:30 AM

11

Regulation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts by osteocytes

T Komori

11:00 AM

12

Megakaryocyte-bone cell interactions

M Kacena

 

 

 

11:30 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

12:00 Noon

 

Poster Viewing & Poster Award Selection

 

 

 

1:30 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

3:00 PM

 

City Tour

The bus for the city tour will depart from the hotel at 3:00 PM

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at Local Greek Tavern

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 11

 

 

 

Session IV

Basic Concepts into osteoimmunology: Osteoclasts

Chair: A Zallone