Short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Travel grants and abstract prizes will be awarded to top-scoring abstracts.
Day 1 – Thursday 10th September
08:30–09:00
Registration and welcome
09:00–09:15
Welcome - Introduction
Speaker(s): Local organising committee
SESSION 1: Dietary and environmental regulation of BMA
(Plenary)
09:15–09:45
Invited Lecture 1: Adipogenic phenotype from the inside and outside, the impact of cell identity and diet
Speaker: Alexander Rauch (University of Southern Denmark)
09:45–10:15
Invited Lecture 2: Dietary impact on BMAT and bone
Speaker: Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy (University of Oklahoma Health Campus, USA)
10:15–11:00
Short talks
Selected from abstracts
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
Posters
SESSION 2: BMAT, haematopoiesis and malignancies
(Plenary)
11:30–12:00
Invited Lecture 3: BMAT and acute myeloid leukaemia
Speaker: Paolo Gallipoli (Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
12:00–12:30
Invited Lecture 4: BMAT and multiple myeloma
Speaker: Michaela Reagan (MaineHealth Institute for Research)
12:30–13:30
Short talks and poster pitching
Selected from abstracts
13:30–14:30
Lunch break and posters
SESSION 3: Interactions between BMAT, bone and metabolism
(Plenary)
14:30–15:00
Invited Lecture 5: Novel mechanisms of lipolysis in BMAT
Speaker: Erica Scheller (Washington University, St Louis, USA)
15:00–15:30
Invited Lecture 6: Defining the role of adipose tissue in osteoarthritis
Speaker: Kelsey Collins (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco)
15:30–16:15
Short talks
Selected from abstracts
16:15–16:45
Coffee Break
Posters
16:50–17:15
BMAS General Assembly
Organiser: BMAS
Speaker: Bram van der Eerden (BMAS President)
17:20–18:20
Trainee Session - Round-table Networking and Skills Development with invited speakers
Gala dinner
19:00–21:30 (150 min)
Type: Social/General
21:30–23:00
Day 2 – Friday 11th September
SESSION 4: New methods and models for BMA analysis
(Plenary)
09:00–09:30
Invited Lecture 7: Body composition analyses in UK Biobank
Speaker: Louise Thomas (University of Westminster, London, UK)
09:30–10:00
Invited Lecture 8: Mouse models for studying BMA – Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Ormond MacDougald (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
10:00–10:45
Short talks
10:45–11:15
Coffee Break
Posters
SESSION 5: Pharmacological modulators of BMAT and bone
(Plenary)
11:15–11:45
Invited Lecture 9: GLP-1R agonists and bone health
Speaker: Morten Frost Nielsen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
11:45–12:15
Invited Lecture 10: GLP-1R agonists in rheumatology
Speaker: Francis Berenbaum (CRSA-Sorbonne Université-Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris)
12:15–13:00
Short talks
Selected from absracts
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
Refreshments/Posters
SESSION 6: Worldwide Voices
14:00–15:00
Short talks from virtual speakers
SESSION 7: Future directions for BMA research
KEYNOTE/CLOSING ADDRESS & EXTENDED INTERACTIVE SESSION
15:00–15:20
Keynote – Recent advances in the BMA field
Speakers: Next Gen BMAS members
15:20–15:45
Open Discussion – Where next for BMA in research and clinical practice?
Moderator: William Cawthorn (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Awards and Closing remarks
15:45–16:30
Speaker: Bram van der Eerden (BMAS President)