Program
| FRIDAY 26 APRIL | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Arrival Tea and Coffee (Satellite Meeting Participants only) |
| 9:00 - 12:00 | ESA Advanced Trainee Course - Obesity Management |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | ESA Early Career Committee: Getting started in research - a panellist discussion on progression through a higher degree |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch (pre-bookings required) |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Welcome to Country and Opening Remarks |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Symposium 1: Update in Bone Health Chair: Prof Mark Cooper |
| 13:30 | A/Prof Nick Pocock | Bone densitometry for the Endocrinologist |
| 14:00 | Prof Belinda Beck | Role of exercise therapy in bone disease |
| 14:30 | Dr Jasna Aleksova | Use of anabolic agents - who, when, why? |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon tea |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Plenary 1: Prof Maria Fleseriu | Cushing’s Syndrome Chair: A/Prof Ann McCormack |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Symposium 2: Pituitary Care - Beyond Surgery Chair: Dr Angeline Shen |
| 16:30 | A/Prof Sunita De Sousa | Genetic considerations in pituitary adenomas |
| 17:00 | Dr Michael Huo | Radiotherapy in pituitary disease - what the endocrinologist needs to know |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Welcome Function |
| SATURDAY 27 APRIL | |
| 06:30 - 8:00 | ESA Rural and Regional Endocrinology Special Interest Group Meeting |
| 6:30 | Networking Breakfast |
| 7:00 | Practicing endocrinology in regional and rural settings - Focussed Discussions |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Arrival Tea and Coffee |
| 08:30-10:00 | Symposium 3: Innovations in Diabetes Care Delivery Chair: Prof Anthony Russell |
| 8:30 | Dr Rahul Barmanray | Use of the EMR and other technologies and strategies to improve inpatient care |
| 8:45 | Dr Anish Menon | Using mobile technology to deliver specialist care to community dwelling patients in rural/remote settings |
| 9:00 | A/Prof Shamasunder Acharya | Delivering specialist care to community dwelling patients in partnership with primary care in rural settings |
| 9:15 | Dr Anna Wood | The NT experience in delivering endocrine care |
| 9:30 | Panel Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Morning tea |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Plenary 2: Prof Maria Fleseriu | Acromegaly Chair: A/Prof Carolyn Allan |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Pituitary Clinical Cases Chair: A/Prof Shane Hamblin Panellists: Prof Maria Fleseriu, A/Prof Ann McCormack, Prof Mark McLean, A/Prof David Henley |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & Trainee Meeting |
| 14:00 - 18:30 | Afternoon Activities / Free Afternoon |
| 18:30 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner: Pee Wee's at the Point (bus transfer included) |
| SUNDAY 28 APRIL | |
| 7:00 - 7:30 | Breakfast with Tea and Coffee |
| 7:30 - 9:00 | Symposium 4: Advances in Cardiometabolic Endocrinology Chair: Dr Anna Story |
| 7:30 | Prof Bu Yeap | Cardiometabolic implications of testosterone therapy in men |
| 8:00 | Prof Elif Ekinci | Update on incretins and impact on cardiac and cerebrovascular disease |
| 8:30 | A/Prof Jun Yang | Screening for primary aldosteronism across diverse health care settings |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Morning Tea |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Symposium 5 - Evidence Base for Urgent Endocrine Management Chair: Prof Louise Maple-Brown |
| 9:30 | Prof Roderick Clifton-Bligh | Severe Hypertension |
| 10:00 | A/Prof Spiros Fourlanos | Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Closing Remarks |
| 10:40 | Lunch (takeaway boxes; pre-bookings required) |
| 10:45 | Bus to airport leaves (ETA 11:10am) for delegates departing on 12:15pm Virgin flight |
| 11:35 | Bus to airport leaves (ETA 11:55am) |
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