8th International Symposium of Obesity and Related Diseases

Dates: 21st - 23d of May 2009
Venue: Flamingo Grand Hotel, Albena, Bulgaria
Deadline for abstract submission: 20 of March 2009

Registration fee:

• Till 15 April - 240 €
• Upon arrival - 320 €
• Acc. Person - 190 €
• Students - 150 €

* Registration fee includes: participation in the congress; get-together-party; congress bag and congress materials; satellite symposium, including a satellite cocktail.

Bank account

BASORD
Unicredit BulBank
Office Europe, 58 Alabin Str.,
Sofia 1000
IBAN: BG30 UNCR 9660 1488 164828
BIC code: UNCRBGSF

Main topics

1. Current pharmacotherapy of obesity and related disorders (diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemias, IHD).
2. Obesity - metabolic syndrome-atherogenesis. Diobesity.
3. Genetics of obesity and related disorders.
4. Adipose tissue and gastrointestinal tract - regulatory endocrine organs.
5. Nutritional problems of obesity and related disorders-nutrient-gene interactions.
6. Childhood obesity.
7. Varia.

Invited lecturers

Alfredo Martinez, Spain

Arne Astrup, Denmark, President of IASO

Luka Krustev, Bulgaria

Lazlo Halmi, Hungary

Maria Babajimopoulos, Greece

Maria Kunesova, Czech Republic

Marleen van Baak, The Netherlands

Max Maislos, Israel

Nadka Boyadjieva, Bulgaria

Phil James, UK, President-elect of IASO

Stephan Rossner, Sweden

Susan Jebb, UK

Vojtech Hainer, Czech Republic, President of EASO

Volkan Yumuk, Turkey

Wim Saris, The Netherlands

Congress venue

Flamingo Grand Hotel - 5 stars, Albena resort