Scientific Programme*
Plenary Topics:
1. Adiponectin, Diabetes and Diabetic Complications
Speaker: Professor Karen Siu Ling Lam, Hong Kong
2. Innovations in New Treatments and Technologies in Diabetes Care
Speaker: Professor Sten Madsbad, Denmark
3. Newer Insulin Formulations-Are They Better than Currently Available Human Insulins?
Speaker: Professor Geremia B. Bolli, Italy
4. 30 years after DCCT: What Have We learned?
Speaker: Professor John M. Miles, USA
5. New Insights Into Prevention of CVD in Diabetics
Speaker: Professor Donald John Chisholm, Australia
6. Genetics, Epigenetics and Diabetes
Speaker: Professor Lee-Ming Chuang, Taiwan
7. Implementing Diabetes Clinical Guidelines in the Real World
Speaker: Professor Z. Sehnaz Karadeniz, Turkey
8. Diabetes in the Information Age
Speaker: Professor Andrew D. Morris, UK
9. New Targets for Treatment and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes
Speaker: Professor Geremia B. Bolli, Italy
10. Current Diabetes Management: Challenges and Unmet Needs
Speaker: Professor Limei Liu, China
Symposium Themes/Topics include:
Theme 1: Diabetes in Asia
Topics: 1.1 Mutations of KCNJ11 Gene in Chinese Unknown MODY Gene (MODY-X)’s
Families
1.2 Quality of Life of Diabetics in Malaysia
1.3 Unique Feature of Asian T2DM: Strategy for Treatment
Theme 2: Diabetes in Pregnancy
Topics: 2.1 Diet in Gestational Diabetes for Asians
2.2 Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes: What is the Evidence?
2.3 Glucose Control in Diabetic Pregnancy: A Practical Approach
2.4 Intrauterine Programming for Diabetes
Theme 3: Emerging Risk Factors of Type 2 DM
Topics: 3.1 The Link Between Sleep Dysfunction and Diabetes
3.2 Importance of Nutrition in the Prevention of Diabetes
3.3 Are Chronic Stress & Psychological Traits Also to Blame?
Theme 4: Novel Complications of Diabetes
Topics: 4.1 Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Are the Neurons Dying?
4.2 Periodontal Disease in Diabetics: Implications for Control and Complications
4.3 NAFLD: Cause or Effect?
Theme 5: Off-Target Effects of Medications in Diabetes: Should We Worry?
Topics: 5.1 Insulins and Cancers
5.2 DPP IV Inhibitors and Heart Failure
5.3 ACE-I/ARBs and New Diabetes
Theme 6: Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes
Topics: 6.1 Plant Insulins?
6.2 Chinese Traditional Medicine for Diabetes
6.3 Mind-Body Medicine: Role of Meditations to Prevent and Treat Diabetes
Theme 7: Diabetes in Community
Topics: 7.1 Managing Diabetes in Health Clinics in Malaysia
7.2 Peer Support Program for Diabetics: Experience from Hong Kong
7.3 Delivering Integrated Care in the Community
Theme 8: Inhibitors for Diabetes
Topics: 8.1 Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DPP-IV) Inhibitors
8.2 Inhibiting Glucose Transporters (SGLT2 Inhibitors)
8.3 Novel Inhibitors in Development
Theme 9: New Surgery Options for Diabetes
Topics: 9.1 Curing Type 2 Diabetes by Gastric Bypass Surgery
9.2 Stem Cell Therapy
9.3 Surgical Treatment of the Diabetic Foot
Theme 10: Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetes
Topics: 10.1 Diet for People with Diabetes: Low Carb or Low Fat?
10.2 Exercise-Mimetics: A Pill for Exercise?
10.3 Weight Loss for Obese Diabetics: Practical Tips
Theme 11: Controversies in Management of People with Diabetes
Topics: 11.1 Use of Anti Platelets in Diabetics Revisited
11.2 New Guidelines on Blood Pressure Control: What is the Optimal Levels and
What Drugs?
11.3 Blood Glucose Control: Is This Still Worth Pursuing?
Theme 12: Lesson from Recent Clinical Trials on Diabetes
Topics: 12.1 ORIGIN: Preserving Beta Cells?
12.2 LOOK AHEAD: Why No Reduction in CV Risk
12.3 ADVANCE: A Way Forward to Achieve BG Targets?
Special Lectures Sponsored by:
1. AstraZeneca Sdn Bhd
2. Novartis Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Sponsored Main Symposiums by:
1. sanofi–aventis (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
2. Eli Lilly (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
3. Novo Nordisk Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd
4. Alliance of BI-Lilly
5. Boehringer Ingelheim (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Lunch Symposiums Sponsored by:
1. Merck Sharp & Dohme (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
2. Servier Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Breakfast Symposium Sponsored by:
1. Cambridge Weight Plan (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei)
Meet The Experts Sessions:
1. Type 1 Diabetes: Options for More Effective Management
2. Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: Sharing Experience from Across the Global
3. Chronic Complications of Diabetes: Managing Diabetics with CKD and IHD