SCIENTIFIC SCHEDULE

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EMPAG 2002
Saturday, May 25, 2002
Sunday, May 26, 2002
Monday, May 27, 2002
ESHG 2002
Saturday, May 25, 2002
Sunday, May 26, 2002
Monday, May 27, 2002
Tuesday, May 28, 2002

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Saturday, May 25, 2002

ESHG 2002 EMPAG 2002

15.00 - 15.30
Opening ceremony
Chair: S. Antonarakis

15.30 - 17.00 Plenary Session
PS 1 Highlights of 2001 and Beyond
Chair: G. Utermann and J.L. Mandel
15.30 - 17.00 Plenary Session
E-PS 1

Psychosocial Impact of Genetic Disease
Chair: G. Evers-Kiebooms and L. Kerzin-Storrar

17.00 - 17.30
Coffee/Poster viewing/Exhibition

17.30 - 19.00 Plenary Session
PS 2 Human Genetics in the European Context
Chair: S. Aymé, A.Kent
 

Panel Discussion
19.45
Welcome reception at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain
Please note that registration will start at 10.00, however, access to exhibition and lecture halls will be possible only from 14.00.
  

Sunday, May 26, 2002

ESHG 2002 EMPAG 2002
08.45 - 10.45 Plenary Session
PS 3 Genetic testing in minors
Chair: D. Donnai, G. Evers-Kiebooms

10.45 - 12.30
Lunch/Poster viewing/Exhibition

10.45 - 11.15
Coffee/Poster viewing/Exhibition

11.15 - 12.45 Concurrent session
E-C 1 Screening Issues
Chair: T. Marteau
E-C 2 Cultural and Ethical Issues
Chair G. Wolf

12.30 - 14.30 Workshops
W 1 Syndrome identification 1
(D. Donnai, R. Winter)
W 2 Mutation screening
(M. Claustres, G. Taylor)
W 3 Cytogenetic problems
(N. Tommerup, O. Zuffardi)

12.45 - 14.30
Lunch/Poster viewing/Exhibition

14.30 - 16.00 Concurrent Sessions
C 1 Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Services
Chair: J. Zaremba, I. Nisand
C 2 Complex diseases
Chair: M. Devoto, A. Read
C 3 Molecular Genetics of Mental Retardation
Chair: J.L. Mandel, N.N.

14.30 - 16.30 Concurrent Sessions
E-C 1 Psychological Support, Family Issues and Impact of Genetic Disease
Chair: E. Sikkens
E-C 2 Genetic Counselling for Hereditary Cancers
Chair: M. Decruyenaere

16.30 - 18.00 Concurrent Symposia
S 1 Cognition and behaviour with EMPAG
Chair: L. Kerzin-Storrar, D. Toniolo
S 2 Cancer Genetics
Chair: C. Buys, A. de la Chapelle
S 3 Neurological disease
Chair: T. Meitinger, G.J. van Ommen
Conference Party

Social Evening
Cruise and Dinner

 

Monday, May 27, 2002

ESHG 2002 EMPAG 2002
08.45 - 10.45 Plenary Session
PS 4 Heart and Muscle
Chair: H. Brunner, N.N.

08.45 - 10.45 Concurrent Sessions
E-C 5 Professionals' and Family Attitudes towards Genetic Testing
Chair: G. Jacopini
E-C 6 Prenatal Testing: Decision Making and Outcomes
Chair: C. Julian-Reynier

10.45 - 12.30
Coffee/Poster viewing/Exhibition
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee/Poster viewing/Exhibition
12.30 - 14.30 Workshops
W 4 Syndrome identification 2
Chair: R. Winter, D. Donnai
W 5 SNPs in Multifactorial Disease
Chair: F. Clerget-Darpoux
W 6 Prenatal diagnosis
Chair: C. Delozier
W 7 Quality control in Molecular Diagnosis
Chair: D. Barton, E. Dequeker
11.15 - 13.15 Plenary Session
E-PS 2 Predictive Testing for Late Onset Disease
Chair: A. Tibben

11.15 - 14.30
Lunch/Poster viewing/Exhibition

14.30 - 16.00 Concurrent Sessions
C 4 Cytogenetics
Chair: O. Zuffardi, A. Schinzel
C 5 Clinical Genetics 1
Chair: P. Farndon, A. Munnich
C 6 Molecular Genetics 2
Chair: V. van Heyningen, G. Rappold

14.30 - 16.30 Plenary Session
E-PS 3 Different approaches to genetic counselling and psychosocial service provision
Chair: L. Kerzin-Storrar

Panel Discussion
Moderator: L. Kerzin-Storrar
Members of the panel: S. Aymé, T. Clancy, H.G. Van Spijker, J. Allanson and H. Skirton

16.00 - 16.30
Cofee Break
16.30 - 18.00 Concurrent Symposia
S 4 CNS function in man and model organisms
Chair: N.N.
S 5 Molecular karyotyping
Chair: G.J. van Ommen, N. Tommerup
S 6 Skin Deep: From skin disease to immunity
Chair: A. Munnich, D. Donnai

16.30 Closing Session of EMPAG Meeting
Chair: G. Evers-Kiebooms

 

Tuesday, May 28, 2002

ESHG 2002  
08.45 - 10.15 Concurrent Symposia
S 7 Genome organisation and Gene Expression
Chair: S. Antonarakis, V. van Heyningen
S 8 Complex diseases
Chair: F. Clerget-Darpoux, M. Devoto
S 9 Towards treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Chair: P. Harper, A. Brice
10.15 - 10.45
Coffee Break
10.45 - 12.15 Concurrent Sessions
C 7 Cancer Genetics
Chair: N.N.
C 8 Clinical Genetics 2
Chair: H. Brunner, J. Zaremba
C 9 Gene Function & Large-scale Analyses
Chair: K.H. Grzeschik, T. Frebourg
12.15 - 12.45
Lunch Break
12.45 - 14.45 Plenary Session
P 5 - Late Breaking Research
- Neuroscience Prize
- Baschirotto Lecture: Gene discovery in cancer: who benefits?
Chair: S. Antonarakis, A. Read
14.45
Closing Ceremony of EHSG