2027 Clinical Update Symposium

BONE CONNECTIONS

OSTEOPOROSIS BEYOND THE SKELETON

PHYSICAL SYMPOSIUM

Organized by the BBC board

The Belgian Bone Club is delighted to invite you to its 2027 BBC Clinical Update Symposium which will take place at the Dolce La Hulpe, on January 23, 2027.

Physical Event

Date: January 23, 2027
Venue: Dolce La Hulpe - Chaussée de Bruxelles 135 - 1310 - La Hulpe

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Programme January 23rd, 2027
08:00

Welcome Coffee

Moderators: TBD - Auditorium 1
08:30

General Assembly – Bruno Lapauw

08:40

Voice of the Patient – Harry Van den Broek

08:45

Opening of the BBC Symposium – Bruno Lapauw

08:50

Literature overview of the year – Michaël Laurent

09:20

BBC Awards Announcement of the laureates

09:25

Participant Survey

CLINICAL TRACK - Auditorium 1

PRECLINICAL TRACK - Auditorium 2

Moderators: Vanessa Dubois & Steve Stegen
09:30
09:30

Lecture – Ioannis Papantoniou

09:45

Lecture – Silvia Monteagudo

10:00

Lecture – Rik Lories

10:15

Novel insights into inflammation induced bone loss? – Dirk Elewaut

10:30

Coffee Break

Moderators: Vanessa Dubois & Steve Stegen
11:00

When bone meets kidney – Pieter Evenepoel

11:00

Metabolic crosstalk between bone and blood cancer cells – Nick Van Gastel

11:15

Metabolic regulation of skeletal cell fate and function – Steve Stegen

11:20

Bones, hormones and women’s health – Serge Rozenberg

11:30

Unraveling the skeletal impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy started in early puberty using mouse models – Vanessa Dubois

11:40
11:45

Vitamin D in Bone: Friend, Foe, or Fine-Tuner? – Stefanie Doms

12:00

Lecture – Laura Müller

12:15

Lecture – Olivier Vanakker

12:30

Closing of the Preclinical track

CLINICAL TRACK - Auditorium 1
09:30
10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

When bone meets kidney – Pieter Evenepoel

11:20

Bones, hormones and women’s health – Serge Rozenberg

11:40
PRECLINICAL TRACK - Auditorium 2
Moderators: Vanessa Dubois & Steve Stegen
09:30

Lecture – Ioannis Papantoniou

09:45

Lecture – Silvia Monteagudo

10:00

Lecture – Rik Lories

10:15

Novel insights into inflammation induced bone loss? – Dirk Elewaut

10:30

Coffee Break

Moderators: Vanessa Dubois & Steve Stegen
11:00

Metabolic crosstalk between bone and blood cancer cells – Nick Van Gastel

11:15

Metabolic regulation of skeletal cell fate and function – Steve Stegen

11:30

Unraveling the skeletal impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy started in early puberty using mouse models – Vanessa Dubois

11:45

Vitamin D in Bone: Friend, Foe, or Fine-Tuner? – Stefanie Doms

12:00

Lecture – Laura Müller

12:15

Lecture – Olivier Vanakker

12:30

Closing of the Preclinical track

12:40

Lunch Break

Moderators: TBD - Auditorium 1
13:40

Keynote Lecture: The gut-muscle-bone connection – Mattias Lorentzon

14:10

Muscle and bone in motion – Elaine Dennison

14:30

Meet-the-Expert Sessions

  • MTE1: Room TBD Managing osteoporosis in CKD – Antoine Bouquegneau and Olivier Malaise
  • MTE2: Room TBD Solving complex osteoporosis cases together – Michaël Laurent and Stefan Goemaere
  • MTE3: Room TBD Osteoporosis before 50 – Bruno Lapauw
15:30

Adjourn