Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group
Diabetes in Asia Study Group









 

Preliminary Programme

DASG Conference in Collaboration with IDF

Theme: Implementation of Primary Prevention Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes

Kathmandu – Nepal

16 – 18 October, 2008

 

Thursday 16 October

 

 

14.00 - 18: 00       Registration

 

 

16:00 – 18:00  Regional meetings

 

 

18: 00 – 19: 30      Inaugural Ceremony

 

Addresses:

  • Chairman Organising Committee  – Dr D.L.Singh                           (Nepal)
  • Chairman DASG                         – Prof Samad Shera                    (Pakistan)
  • Chairman IDF SEA Region           – Dr Mahen Wijesuriya                (Sri Lanka)
  • Chairman IDF EMME Region        – Prof Morsi Arab                       (Eqypt)
  • Chairman IDF WPR                     – Mr Gordon Bunyan                   (Australia)
  • Guest of Honour - IDF President  – Prof Martin Silink                     (Australia)
  • Chief Guest                                   Nepal
  • Vote of thanks                            VP Nepal Diabetes Association (Nepal)

 

 

20: 00  Onwards:

 

Welcome Reception and Cultural programme

 

 

 

Friday 17 October

 

8: 00 – 8: 30

Inaugural Lecture: Chairperson – Prof Samad Shera (Pakistan)

 

Speaker:         

 

  • Mobilising the Resources to Address the Diabetes Epidemic  -  Prof Martin Silink - IDF President

 

 

 

8: 30 – 10: 00

Plenary Lectures: Chairperson - Prof Martin Silink (Australia)

 

Speakers:

  • Dr Mahen Wijesuryia – Chairman IDF SEA Region
  • Prof Morsi Arab         – Chairman IDF EMME Region
  • Mr Gordon Bunyan    – Chairman IDF WP Region
  • Prof Rhys Williams   (UK)

10: 00 – 10: 30   Tea

 

10: 30 – 12: 00 

Session 1 Chairpersons - Prof Hajera Mahtab   (Bangladesh)

                                        Dr Abdulla Al Hamaq (Qatar)

Speakers: (20 minutes each)

 

  • …………………………………………..              Dr Shaukat Sadikot           (India)
  • …………………………………………..              Dr Naoko Tajima               (Japan) 
  • …………………………………………..              Dr Arun Baksi                   (UK / India )
  • …………………………………………..              Prof Adel El – Sayed          (Egypt)

 

 

12: 00 – 13: 30

Prevention of Vascular Disease

Session 2   Chairpersons: -     Prof A K Azad Khan (Bangladesh)

                                                Prof Adel El-Sayed  (Egypt)

Speakers:  (20 minutes each)

 

·                                 Prevention of Blindness               -        Prof Saleh Memon   (Pakistan)

·                                 Prevention of Kidney Disease       -        Dr Chula Herath      (Sri Lanka)

·                                 Prevention of CVD                      -        Prof Srinath Reddy  (India)

·                                 Put feet first- Prevent amputation -        Prof. A Basit           (Pakistan)

 

13: 30 – 14: 30   Lunch

 

 

14: 30 – 16: 00   

Session 3    Chairpersons:    Dr Sathe                (India)

                                               Prof Akhtar Hussain (Norway/ Bangladesh )

Speakers:  (20 minutes each)

  • Insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in Asian
    type 2 diabetes                                   -       Prof  Chaicharn Deerochanawong (Thailand)
  • Cardio-metabolic risk in Asian Indians    -       Prof Anoop Misra      (India)
  • …………………………………………..              -       Prof Liaquat Ali         (Bangladesh)
  • …………………………………………..              -       Prof N. Islam            (Pakistan)

 

 

16: 00  – 16: 30   Tea

 

 

16: 30 – 18: 00    

Session 4   

Young Researchers (15 mins)

Chairpersons:       Dr Amir Kamran Nikousokhan (Iran)   

                           Prof Zaman Sheikh                (Pakistan)                    

Speakers:

  • ……………………………………              Tofail Ahmed                   (Bangladesh)
  • ……………………………………              Nihal Thomas                  (India)
  • ……………………………………              M Zafar Iqbal Hyderi        (Pakistan)
  • Risk factors in young persons in SL Thilinie Jayasekera           (Sri Lanka)

 

19: 00    Dinner

 

 

Saturday 18 October

 

8: 00 – 09: 30

Session 5     Chairpersons:   Prof A Ramachandran        (India)

                                               Prof Masood Hameed Khan (Pakistan)

 

Speakers:   (20 minutes each)

 

  • Type 2 diabetes in the UK-resident South            -       Dr Ann Kelly                   (UK)

Asian population; the UKAD Study

  • Surveillance of noncommunicable chronic
    disease in Zhejiang Province China                     -       Prof Gangqian Ding         (China)
  • The importance of the development of

worldwide Consensus Guidelines on the

management and prevention of the Diabetic Foot -       Prof Karel Bakker  (Netherlands)

  • Preventing end stage renal disease due to

diabetes in the developing world                         -       Dr Vijay Vishwanathan (India)

 

 

09: 30 – 10: 45

Session 6 Chairpersons: Dr Shaukat Sadikot  (India)

                                       Dr D. L. Singh        (Nepal)

 

Speakers:  (20 minutes each)

  • Post-CABG Glycaemic Control-Tighter The Better    -   Dr Anil Bhoraskar   (India)
  • Endo Cannabinoid system & Metabolic Syndrome -     Dr Rashid Khairi      (USA / Pakistan)
  • Genetics of Diabetes in Indians                          -     Dr V Mohan            (India)

 

10: 45 – 11: 15  Tea


11: 15 – 12: 45 

Primary Prevention of Diabetes

Session 6 a     - Interaction of Aetiological factors

Chairpersons:         Dr Mahen Wijesuriya (Sri Lanka)

                             Prof Srinath Reddy   (India)

 

Speakers:

  • Foetal Origins                                                – Prof C Yajnik                 (India)
  • Association between vegetable rich healthy      – Prof Zumin Shi               China )

food pattern and metabolic syndrome in China

  • Life Style                                                      – Prof A Ramachandran     ( India )
  • Stress                                                           – Dr Wadwa Pathik (USA / India )

12: 45 – 13: 30    Lunch

 

13: 30 – 15: 00

 

 

 

Primary Prevention Diabetes

Session 6b  -  Preventive strategies and implementation

                          Chairpersons:-  Prof Rhys Williams           (UK)

 Dr Mahen Wijesuriya        (Srilanka)

Speakers:

  • Broader Perspective                              – Prof Madhur Dev Bhattarai   (Nepal)
  • Finnish Model Practical Experience         – Ms Leena Etu-Seppala          (Finland)
  • Singapore Experience                            – Prof Lee Chung Horn           (Singapore)
  • Prevention of Diabetes in Asian Migrants – Prof Akthar Hussain   (Norway / Bangladesh )

15: 00 – 16: 00

Chairperson: Prof. Samad Shera

 

Kathmandu Declaration and Closing

Implementing Preventive Strategies for T2DM: Introduction-Dr. Mahen Wijesuriya

Consensus on Kathmandu Declaration

Closing session and Kathmandu Declaration

 

16: 00 – 16:30  Tea

 

16: 30 – 18: 30

 

 

DASG General Body Meeting

 

19: 00   Dinner

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