Sunday, September 26, 2010
ICRS Editorial Board Meeting
07:00 AM - 08:15 AM
Room: Barcelona
ICRS Executive Board Meeting
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Barcelona
ICRS General Board Meeting
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Barcelona
Session 1.0 Plenary
ICRS - FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
Moderators: Jiri Dvorak (CH), Bert Mandelbaum (US)
1.0.1 Injury prevention initiative - FIFA 11+
S. Della Villa1, M. Bizzini2, A. Junge2, J. Dvorak2, 1Bologna/IT, 2Zürich/CH
1.0.2 Clinical and economical implications for a professional soccer player
B. Mandelbaum, Santa Monica, CA/US
1.0.3 Cartilage Injury in the athlete's joint
K. Mithoefer, Cambridge, AK/US
Session 2.1
Meniscus reconstruction / regeneration
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
Moderators: Alberto Gobbi (IT), Norimasa Nakamura (JP)
2.1.1 A novel Polycarbonate-urethane meniscal implant: from bench to clinical use
E. Linder-Ganz1, J.J. Elsner1, G. Zur1, A. Shterling1, R. Arbel2, V. Condello3, C. Zorzi4, F. Guilak5, E. Hershman6, 1Netanya/IL, 2Hod Hasharon/IL, 3Negrar, Verona/IT, 4Negrar - Verona/IT, 5Durham, NC/US, 6New York, NY/US
2.1.2 Clinical options for meniscus reconstruction / regeneration
N.A. Sgaglione, Great Neck/US
2.1.3 Meniscus loss causes OA. Can meniscus reconstruction prevent or even cure OA?
P.C. Verdonk, Gent/BE
Session 2.2
Growth Factors, Morphogens & Cytokines
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Room: Llevant 3,4 & 5
Moderators: Susan Chubinskaya (US), Ramon Cugat (ES)
2.2.1 Growth Factors, Morphogens & Cytokines as regulators of chondrogenesis during development
H.A. Reddi, San Diego/US
2.2.2 Adult Stem Cells and Nanomaterials in Skeletal Tissue Engineering
R. Tuan, Pittsburgh/US
2.2.3 Growth factors as regulators of chondrogenesis in vitro and in vivo
G.J.V.M. Van Osch, Rotterdam/NL
Session 2.3
Bioengineering
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Room: Garbi
Moderators: Robert Sah (US), Mark Hurtig (CA)
2.3.1 Enhancing tensile and compressive properties of self-assembled articular cartilage
K. Athanasiou1, J. Hu1, D. Responte2, 1Davis/US, 2Houston/US
2.3.2 Image guided scaffold and implant design
L. Bonasser, Ithaca, NY/US
2.3.3 Microscale cartilage mechanics
R.L. Sah, La Jolla, CA/US
Session 3.1
The International Joint Registry Initiative
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Room: Garbi
Moderators: Bert Mandelbaum (US), Lars Peterson (SE)
3.1.1 Using register data in cartilage research from The Norwegian Knee Ligament register
A. Årøen, Oslo/NO
3.1.2 The vision
M. Brittberg, Kungsbacka/SE
3.1.3 Possible ways of funding IJRI
C. Erggelet, Zurich/CH
Session 3.2
Cartilage & Drugs
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Room: Tramuntana 2 & 3
Moderators: Jean Pierre Pelletier (CA), Norimasa Nakamura (JP)
3.2.1 Intraarticular lubrication and strategies for chondroprotection
C.R. Flannery, Cambridge, MA/US
3.2.2 Nutraceuticals in the treatment of OA
J. Steinmeyer, Giessen/DE
3.2.3 Can drugs affect cartilage regeneration? -Immunosuppressant FK506 promote chondrogenesis of synovial mesenchymal stem cells-
N. Nakamura1, K. Tateishi1, W. Ando1, K. Kita2, K. Nakata1, H. Yoshikawa1, 1Osaka/JP, 2Suita, Osaka/JP
Session 3.3
Clinical Trials
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
Moderators: George Bentley (UK), Bruce Moseley (US)
3.3.1 Issues regarding clinical cartilage repair studies: Design, bias and interpretation
G. Knutsen, Tromsoe/NO
3.3.2 Interpretation and discussion of clinical trials
B. Moseley, Sugarland/US
3.3.3 Does prospetive and randomized design guarantee a good evidence?
D.B. Saris, Utrecht/NL
Coffee Break
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Room: Technical Exhibition
Session 4.0 Plenary
Opening Ceremony & Awards Session & Special Guest
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Room: Auditorium
Session 5.0 Plenary
Honorary Lectures
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Room: Auditorium
5.0.1 From the tip of the nose to the toes: cartilage repair in osteoarthritis and other pathologies.
A.P. Hollander, Bristol/UK
5.0.2 Is football healthy and could it be used to improve the health: The role of ICRS
J. Dvorak, Zürich/CH
Welcome Cocktail at the Hotel Melia
06:45 PM - 08:15 PM
Room: Technical Exhibition
Participants, Accompanying Persons and Exhibitors are kindly invited to join this Cocktail offered by ICRS.
Sunday, Sept. 26