BES meeting 2024 (final program)

34th Meeting of the Belgian Endocrine Society
October 11 & 12, 2024

Mdeon visa: 24/V2/10413/009594 & 24/V2/10413/009695

Friday symposia 11-10-2024

Accreditation number: 24021721

13:00-13:30	General assembly Laurent Crenier (ULB), President Guy T’Sjoen (UGhent), Treasurer
13:30-14:00	Registration
14:00-15:00	Symposium 1 (sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo) Personalized approach to dyslipidemia management in diabetic patients, aligning with cardiovascular risk profiles. Welcome and introduction Prof. Dr. Laurent Crenier Lecture 1 (25 min) Assessing cardiovascular risk profile in diabetic patients: effective measurement methods and appropriate tools Prof. Dr. Olivier Descamps (Joliment hospital, La Louvière, Belgium) Lecture 2 (25 min) Managing dyslipidemia in diabetic patients: current therapeutic approaches and best practices Prof. Dr. Dirk Müller-Wieland (RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany) Audience questions and closing remarks Prof. Dr. Laurent Crenier
15:00-16:00	Symposium 2 (sponsored by Recordati) The future of personalized management in the treatment of acromegaly. Welcome and introduction Prof. Dr. Guy T’Sjoen Lecture 1 (25 min) Current guidelines and guidance for the management of acromegaly patients Prof. Dr. Christophe De Block (UZA, AntwerpBelgium) Lecture 2 (25 min) The importance of biomarker use to personalize acromegaly treatment Prof. Dr. Manuel Puig Domingo (Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital Barcelona, Spain) Audience questions and closing remarks Prof. Dr. Guy T’Sjoen

16:00-17:00	Symposium 3 (sponsored by Lilly) Exploring the dynamic nexus between obesity and diabetes. Welcome and introduction Prof. Dr. Chantal Mathieu Lecture 1 (35 min) It is all connected: exploring organ system interplay in diabetes and obesity Prof. Dr. Mikael Rydén, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden) Lecture 2 (15 min) It takes two to tango: navigating the metabolic landscape with Tirzepatide Prof. Dr. Luc Van Gaal (UZA, Antwerp, Belgium) Panel discussion and closing (5 min) Prof. Dr. Chantal Mathieu
17:00–17:50	Coffee break & registration
17:50-18:00	Welcome Laurent Crenier (ULB), President
18:00–19:30	Symposium in collaboration with the Belgian Thyroid Club (BTC) Update on (para)thyroid diagnostics Moderator: Brigitte Decallonne (KU Leuven) Preoperative imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism anno 2024 Jacqueline Bijnens (ENT – Mechelen) Is there still a place for thyroid scintigraphy anno 2024? Aglaia Kyrilli (Endocrinology – Hôpital Erasme, ULB) Smart thyroid care : how emerging technologies will transform thyroid testing by 2030 Damien Gruson (Laboratory Medicine – UCL – St. Luc)
19:30-20:00	Invited lecture Introduced by S. Vandewalle What if : low testosterone ? Dirk Vanderschueren (KU Leuven) & Jean Kaufman (UGent)
20:00	Walking dinner

Saturday meeting 12-10-2024

Accreditation number: 24021728

8:00–8:30	Registration & welcome coffee Visit of the exhibits and poster viewing
8:30–9:00	Diabetes workshop : “How to optimize settings for our patients on AID systems ?” Pieter Gillard (UZ Leuven) & Laurent Crenier (ULB-Erasme)
9:00–9:30	Invited lecture Introduced by M. Bex ‘Evolution in theranostics for (neuro)endocrine tumours’ Christophe Deroose (nuclear medicine UZ Leuven)
9:30-11:00	Communications by young investigators (sponsored by Pfizer)
9:30–10:30	Part 1: Clinical studies Chair: R. Hilbrands Diabetes screening in dialysis populations with a glucose challenge test and continuous glucose monitoring: DIGEST study. Lore Depoorter (UZA) The value of liquid and solid mixed meal tests to diagnose postprandial reactive hypoglycaemic syndrome. Stephanie Desmedt (UGent) Ga-68 DOTANOC incidentaloma: prevalence and clinical significance. Carlien De Herdt (UZA) Age-stratified reference ranges for directly measured serum free testosterone in healthy men. Joeri Walravens (UGent)
10:30–11:00	Part 2: Clinical case reports Chair: O. Alexopoulou Misleading increase in thyroid- stimulating hormone receptor antibodies during pregnancy in Graves’ disease: value of functional, cell-based assays. Astrid Claessens (AZ Klina, Brasschaat) Neuroendocrine tumours in Lynch syndrome: a case of an ACTH-producing atypical carcinoid lung tumour and literature review. Kevin Van Compernolle (St. Jan, Brugge)
11:00–11:45	Coffee break Visit of the exhibits and poster viewing
11:45–12:00	Selected Belgian Publication Award (sponsored by Sandoz) Introduced by C. De Block
	Margaretha M. Visser et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology 2023;11(2):96-108. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00352-7. Effect of switching from intermittently scanned to real-time continuous glucose monitoring in adults with type 1 diabetes: 24-month results from the randomised ALERTT1 trial. Presenting author: Margaretha Visser
12:00–12:30	Belgian Endocrine Society Lecture Award (sponsored by Novo) Introduced by L. Crenier
	Hyperglycemia and macronutrients: synergistically contributing to adverse outcome of critical illness? Award winner: Jan Gunst (KU Leuven)
12:30–13:00	Invited lecture Chair: P. Petrossians Ovarian failure. Iulia Potorac (ULiège)
13:00–13:15	Award ceremony of the young investigators
13:15	Lunch

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