Bone Symposium 2025

21/02/2025

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Bone Symposium organised by the KBVR-SRBR at the Faculty Club in Leuven on 21st February 2025.

The Bone Symposium is focused on bone and bone diseases. The programme includes lectures and discussion on bone biology, physiology, pathophysiology, calcium and phosphate metabolism, covers bone, calcium and phosphate disorders, osteoporosis, diagnosis, management and treatment.

The intention of the Bone Symposium is to provide high quality continuous education for clinicians and allied scientists interested in, seeing or treating patients with osteoporosis or bone diseases, and a specific educational opportunity for rheumatology and other bone-interested medical trainees. In this context, the lectures mainly cover up to date basic knowledge, overviews and reviews. Interactive participation is encouraged.

We look forward to meeting you at the 2025 symposium!

With our very best regards,
Prof. Rik Lories & Prof. Olivier Malaise
Chairs and Scientific Organisers of the Symposium


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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME


SESSION 1: PLENARY SESSION
Welcome
Bone scan and other nuclear medicine tools in bone diseases
Paget treatment in 2024
ECTS glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis guidelines
HRT indication in postmenopausal women: do we care about the bones?

Coffee Break
 
SESSION 2: BONE & KIDNEY 
How to estimate eGFR in 2024?
Osteoporosis screening and treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease
When to suspect adynamic bone?
 
Lunch 
 
SESSION 3: BONE & HORMONES 
Bone Health and chronobiology
Bone loss in anorexia nervosa
Gender equity in osteoporosis pharmacological treatment
Cost-effectiveness of bisphosphonates, versus surgery, in primary hyperparathyroidism
 
Coffee Break
 
SESSION 4: BONE KEYNOTE 
Auto-inflammatory disease and bone
Bone and teeth – the maxillofacial surgeon’s view
Summary & Farewell
 
Reception & Walking Dinner

An Ethics & Economy session will also be included in the final programme.


OUR SPONSORS

We would like to give a big special thank you to our sponsors for their support !

Venue & Parking Code

Faculty Club Infirmerie, Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven
Parking Code: 99543#

Accreditation and Certificate of attendance

An accreditation application will be submitted to the INAMI/RIZIV.
You will be asked to confirm your attendance by inserting your ID into an e-ID reader.
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance by email after the Symposium.

Exhibition

A medical exhibition will be held on the occasion of the Symposium. Access is free for registered participants. The exhibition is not accessible for non-MDs.

Liability

KBVR-SRBR does not accept liability for damages and/or losses of any kind which may be incurred by participants during the Symposium. Participants and exhibitors are advised to take out insurance against loss, accidents or damage which could be incurred during the Symposium

Cancellation

Kindly ensure that any cancellations are made no later than Thursday, 6th February. Cancellations received after this date will incur the full registration fee.