Rheumatology 2015
 
Rheumatology 2015's programme at a glance is below, click on each of the session titles for full details.

Please note that the programme is subject to change and is frequently updated so be sure to check back later for more information on special interest groups, the oral abstract sessions and poster tours.

To view each day individually, please click the links below (please note that the links will open in a new window):


Tuesday 28 April

Wednesday 29 April

Thursday 30 May


To view the final printed programme with room locations please follow the link below:
         

Venue floor plan

28 April, 2015
07:30 - 09:00Registration
09:00 - 10:30Imaging: a practical perspectiveBiologics in SLEShared decision making and self-management supportChallenges of remote and rural rheumatologyBHPR | Addressing foot healthOral: RA outcomesBSR education SIGMSK: Fighting back against scleroderma
10:30 - 11:30Coffee, exhibition and poster viewingUCB: Innovation Session
11:30 - 13:00Musculoskeletal health and vocational rehabilitationLung disease in RA SIGMaking it happen: optimising the service to RA patientsCommunity based physical activity for OA: the emerging role of non-healthcare professionalsOral: Biologics and IAFoot and ankle SIGSystemic vasculitis SIG
13:00 - 14:15Post-doc, PhD, postgrad student networkingLunchCelgene: Innovation Session
14:15 - 16:15Jewels in the crown
16:15 - 16:45Coffee and exhibitionAbbVie Ltd: Innovation Session
16:45 - 17:45Heberden round
17:45 - 18:0015 minute break
18:00 - 19:30Roche Products Limited and Chugai Pharma UK Ltd symposiumAbbVie symposium
19:30 - 19:45Close
19:45Welcome reception

29 April, 2015
07:15 - 08:45Janssen Pharmaceuticals symposiumHospira symposium
08:45 - 09:0015 minute break
09:00 - 10:30Pain in 21st centuryBSI | Not the usual suspects: novel players in immune homeostasisEssentials: disease assessment and managementQuality not quantity: research training in qualitative methodsComorbidities in RAOral: Connective tissue diseaseOsteoporosis SIGMeasuring disease activity in axial spondyloarthropathy and ankylosing spondylitis
10:30 - 11:30Coffee, exhibition and poster viewingRoche Products Limited and Chugai Pharma UK Ltd: Innovation Session
11:30 - 13:00Hypermobility: a pain to manage?Infection and autoimmunity: the missing link (BSI co-badged stream)Essentials: clinical knowledge and practiceOral: BHPRDiagnosis and management of common shoulder problems in primary careOral: ImagingSpecialised services commissioningBRiTS 1 (Adolescent)
13:00 - 14:30BSR Annual general meetingLunchPfizer: Innovation SessionSOBI: Innovation Session
14:30 - 16:00Pain MSK SIGThe gut microbiome and inflammatory arthritis (BSI co-badged stream)Essentials: update from the experts BHPR CTD lupus SIGOral: Primary careARMA: Musculoskeletal clinical networks: delivering real improvements for MSK services Improving quality of life for older adultsMeasuring disease activity in axial spondyloarthropathy and ankylosing spondylitis
16:00 - 16:30Coffee and exhibition
16:30 - 17:30Heberden oration
17:30 - 17:4515 minute break
17:45 - 19:15Bristol-Myers Squibb symposiumPfizer symposium
19:30Conference dinner

30 April, 2015
07:00 - 08:45
08:45 - 09:00Break
09:00 - 10:30Pharmacoepidemiology: new truths, new lies How to write, review and edit for rheumatology journalsAgeing well: is it about bone or muscle or both?Adolescent and young adult rheumatologyOral: Basic scienceThe Triathlon: musculoskeletal and medical risks (Special Interest Group)Patient participation
10:30 - 11:30Coffee, exhibition and poster viewing Novartis: Innovation Session
11:30 - 13:00Rheumatic disease and the kidneyBRiTs: Seronegative arthritides: Test your knowledge!BSR clincial guidelinesDroitwich Medical Trust lectureOral: Adolescent and young adult Opportunistic infectionsSjorgens SIGStratified medicine SIG
13:00 - 14:15BHPR members' meetingLunch(SAGWG) BSR audit sessionCelgene: Innovation Session
14:15 - 15:45BRiTs 3EducationGet fired up for audit and researchOral: GeneticsAdolescent and young adult SIGEthnicity SIGFrom TNF inhibition to biosimilars
16:00 - 18:00Scleroderma SIGMyositis SIGSpondyloarthritis SIGHeritable disorders of CTD SIG