14th International Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop

Saturday, June 6th 2009
Time	Sessions in Lund City Hall
19.00 - 19.15	Official opening
19.15	Welcome lecture Revealing autoimmunity through the genetics of animal models -Rikard Holmdahl, Lund
20.00	Welcome reception at Lund City Hall

Sunday, June 7th 2009
Time	Sessions in Lund City Hall
09.00	Welcome
09.05 - 09.50	Fokko van der Woude lecture Chair: Kerstin Westman, Malmö, Sweden Co-chair: Irmgard Neumann, Vienna, Austria Outcome of AASV-where are we today -Charles Pusey, London, UK
09.50	Coffee
10.20 - 12.30	Minisymposium I Treatment of ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis Chair: David Jayne, Cambridge, UK Co-chair and organizer: Mårten Segelmark, Lund, Sweden
12.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Minisymposium II Large vessel vasculitis Chair: Maria Cid, Barcelona, Spain Co-chair and organizer: Bo Baslund, Copenhagen, Denmark	Minisymposium III Animal models in systemic vasculitis Chair: Peter Herringa, Groningen, The Netherlands Co-chair and organizer: Thomas Hellmark, Lund, Sweden
15.00 - 16.45	Coffee and poster session I
16.45 - 17.30	Chair: Wladimir Szpirt, Copenhagen, Denmark Autoinflammatory syndromes -Ivona Aksentijevich, Bethesda Md, USA

Monday, June 8th 2009
Time	Sessions in Lund City Hall
08.30 - 09.45	Clinical symposium Case reports and diagnostic techniques Principal discussants: Charles Jennette, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (pathologist); Ulrich Specks, Rochester, MN, USA (pulmonologist), Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico (rheumatologist) Co-chairs and organizers: Daina Selga, Lund, Sweden (nephrologist) & Wladimir Szpirt, Copenhagen, Denmark (nephrologist)	Minisymposium IV B-cells and neutrophils in the pathogenesis of AASV Chair: Veronique Witko-Sarsat, Paris Co-chair and organizer: Mårten Segelmark, Lund, Sweden
09.45 - 11.15	Coffee and poster session II
11.15 - 12.20	Clinical symposium Case reports and diagnostic techniques	Minisymposium IV B-cells and neutrophils in the pathogenesis of AASV
12.20 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Minisymposium V Granuloma formation and T-cells Chair: Peter Lamprecht, Bad Bramstedt, Germany Co-chair and organizer: Niels Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Minisymposium VI Vascular biology and vasculitis Chair: Caroline Savage, Birmingham, UK Co-chair and organizer: Sophie Ohlsson, Lund, Sweden
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee
15.30 - 17.00	Pro-Con debate: Etiology of ANCA and AASV Pro 1: Molecular mimicry cause ANCA and subsequently AASV - Ronald Falk, Chapel Hill Pro 2: Superantigen cause ANCA and AASV - Cees Kallenberg, Groningen Con: ANCA is consequence of small vessel vasculitis - Philippe Lesavre, Paris
19.00	Banquet at restaurant Glasklart in Malmö

Tuesday, June 9th 2009
Time	Sessions in Lund City Hall
08.30 - 09.15	Chair: Kerstin Westman, Malmö, Sweden More is less in type 1 diabetes genome wide association studies - relevance for AASV -Åke Lernmark, Malmö and Seattle
09.15 - 09.30	Coffee
10.00 - 11.50	Minisymposium VII Epidemiology Chair: Alfred Mahr, Paris, France Co-chair and organizer: Gunnar Sturfelt, Lund, Sweden		Minisymposium VIII The complement and contact system Chair: Diana Karpman, Lund, Sweden Co-chair and organizer: Kerstin Westman, Malmö, Sweden
11.50 - 12.00	Summary in Lund
12.00 - 14.00	Lunch and buses to Copenhagen
Time	Sessions at Statens Serum Institure in Copenhagen
14.00 - 15.30	Workshop I Epitope specificity Chair: Ulrich Specks, Rochester, Mn, USA Co-chair and organizer: Thomas Hellmark, Lund, Sweden	Workshop II ANCA for diagnosis Chair: Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Maastricht, The Netherlands Co-chair and organizer: Jörgen Wieslander, Lund, Sweden	Workshop III Follow-up of ANCA associated vasculitis Chair: Judy Savige, Melbourne, Australia Co-chair and organizer: Gunnar Houen, Copenhagen, Denmark
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee and walk to final workshop session
16.00 - 17.00	Plenary session: Hot spots for further research and proposals for guidelines for the use of ANCA for diagnosis and follow-up Chair: Niels Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Denmark Co-chair: Allan Wiik, Copenhagen, Denmark
19.00	Farewell buffé at Tivoli, Copenhagen