2026 Clinical Update Symposium

Inequalities in the management of osteoporosis

PHYSICAL SYMPOSIUM

Organized by the BBC board
Moderators: TBD

The Belgian Bone Club is delighted to invite you to its 2026 BBC Clinical Update Symposium which will take place at the Dolce La Hulpe, on January 24, 2026.

Physical Event

Date: January 24, 2026
Venue: Dolce La Hulpe - Chaussée de Bruxelles 135 - 1310 - La Hulpe

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Programme
08:00

Welcome Coffee

08:30

Opening of the BBC Symposium

08:40

Literature overview of the year – Michaël Laurent

09:00

General Assembly

09:10

Prize Lectures

CLINICAL TRACK

PRECLINICAL TRACK

Moderators: V. Dubois & S. Stegen

09:30
09:30

Starting from the Basics: Skeletal Stem/Progenitor Cells at the Root of Bone Homeostasis, Regeneration, and Interplay with Systemic Health – Christa Maes

09:45

Skeletal dysplasias: from genes to disease mechanisms... and treatments? – Gretl Hendrickx

10:00

From pixels to prediction: A decade of advancing bone quality assessment – Harry van Lenthe

10:15

X-ray based 3D histology of bone and its related soft tissues – Greet Kerckhofs

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Ethnicity Matters: Rethinking FRAX in Osteoporosis Risk – Eugene McCloskey

11:00

Bone tissue engineering: from virtual patients to living implants – Liesbet Geris

11:15

Interfaces in bone: the cement line around osteons and the bone-soft tissue junction – Davide Ruffoni

11:30
11:30

Hybrid organic-inorganic coatings for osteoblast interface – Andre Skirtach

11:45

Zebrafish as a Powerful Model for Studying Genetic Modifiers: Insights from Osteogenesis Imperfecta – Paul Coucke

12:00

Bone first, minerals later: Alternating dietary phosphorous supply increases the bone volume in the zebrafish model – Paul Eckhard Witten

12:15

Arterial calcifications: can they be modulated without affecting the bone? – Anja Verhulst

CLINICAL TRACK
09:30
10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Ethnicity Matters: Rethinking FRAX in Osteoporosis Risk – Eugene McCloskey

11:30
PRECLINICAL TRACK
Moderators: V. Dubois & S. Stegen
09:30

Starting from the Basics: Skeletal Stem/Progenitor Cells at the Root of Bone Homeostasis, Regeneration, and Interplay with Systemic Health – Christa Maes

09:45

Skeletal dysplasias: from genes to disease mechanisms... and treatments? – Gretl Hendrickx

10:00

From pixels to prediction: A decade of advancing bone quality assessment – Harry van Lenthe

10:15

X-ray based 3D histology of bone and its related soft tissues – Greet Kerckhofs

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Bone tissue engineering: from virtual patients to living implants – Liesbet Geris

11:15

Interfaces in bone: the cement line around osteons and the bone-soft tissue junction – Davide Ruffoni

11:30

Hybrid organic-inorganic coatings for osteoblast interface – Andre Skirtach

11:45

Zebrafish as a Powerful Model for Studying Genetic Modifiers: Insights from Osteogenesis Imperfecta – Paul Coucke

12:00

Bone first, minerals later: Alternating dietary phosphorous supply increases the bone volume in the zebrafish model – Paul Eckhard Witten

12:15

Arterial calcifications: can they be modulated without affecting the bone? – Anja Verhulst

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Osteoporosis Without Borders: A Global Health Challenge – Kate Ward

14:00

Closing the Gender Gap in Osteoporosis Care – Charlotte Verroken

14:30

Meet-the-Expert Sessions

  • MTE1: ONJ from the maxillo-facial surgeon's perspective – Ruxandra Coropciuc
  • MTE2: Exercise for bone – Olivier Bruyère
  • MTE3: How to use FRAX in daily practice – Eugène McCloskey
  • MTE4: Stopping & switching therapy in osteoporosis – Michaël Laurent (Sponsored by Celltrion)
15:15

Adjourn