Programme

18:00 - 22:00

Registration

Conference center lobby

18:30 - 22:00

Tapas and networking

8:00

Registration, welcome coffee and exhibition

Conference center lobby

9:00 - 9:05

Opening of the meeting (Hall Alfa)

Almantas Maleckas, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital (Lithuania)

9:05 - 11:00

Session I: T2DM and metabolic surgery (Hall Alfa)

Chair: Almantas Maleckas (Lithuania), Paulina Salminen (Finland)

9:05 - 10:15

Bariatric surgery status from the organizing countries (7+3 min)

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Island, Finland, Netherlands, Baltic countries

10:15 - 11:00

Keynote lecture: T2DM remission after metabolic surgery

Philip R. Schauer, Cleveland Clinic (USA)

11:00 - 11:30

When do we treat T2DM with metabolic surgery? Internist point of view

Carel LeRoux, University College Dublin (Ireland)

11:30 - 12:30

Lunch and exhibition

Restaurant "River side", ground floor

12:30 - 14:15

Session II: Complications after bariatric surgery (Hall Alfa)

Chair: Juris Zarinovs (Latvia), Andrea Karen Floyd (Denmark) Panel experts: Phil Schauer, Tom Mala, Paulina Salminen, Hjörtur Gislason, Torsten Olbers, Magnus Sundbom

12:30 - 12:55

GERD and Barrett’s – are they a long-term problem after bariatric surgery?

Paulina Salminen, Turku University Hospital (Finland)

12:55 - 13:20

Long-term complications after LRYGB

Tom Mala, Oslo University Hospital (Norway)

13:20 - 13:45

Reversal after LRYGB – when and why?

Hjörtur Gislason, GB Obesitas Hospital (Sweden)

13:45 - 14:15

Panel and participant discussion: Optimal procedure selection – a balance between target and adverse outcome

14:15 - 14:45

Coffee and exhibition

Conference center lobby

14:45 - 16:40

Session III: Weight regain (Hall Alfa)

Chair: Toomas Siilakivi (Estonia), Jon A. Kristinsson (Norway)

14:45 - 15:10

After LRYGB: distalization after LRYGB for weight regain

Kamran Shah, Aleris Hospital (Norway)

15:10 - 15:35

Weight regain after LSG: what is the optimal revisional procedure?

Philip R. Schauer, Cleveland Clinic (USA)

15:35 - 16:00

Individual variation in response to standardized bariatric procedures

Torsten Olbers, Linkoping University Hospital (Sweden )

16:00 - 16:25

Weight regain treatment options: Medicine + surgery, not medicine vs. surgery

Carel LeRoux, University College, Dublin (Ireland)

16:25 - 17:00

Disscusion

19:00 - 23:00

Dinner

TBA

8:30 - 10:30

Session IV: Back to the future: eHealth, future technologies, and future knowledge

Chair: Simon Nienhuijs (Netherlands), Paulina Salminen (Finland)

8:30 - 8:55

eHealth and future technologies

Simon Nienhuijs, Catharina Hospital (Netherlands)

8:55 - 10:25

Young researcher session from all participating countries

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Netherlands

10:25 - 10:50

Barialink: Learning from sharing surgical experience and knowledge

Paulina Salminen, Turku University Hospital (Finland), Almantas Maleckas, University of Health Sciences Hospital (Lithuanian)

10:50 - 11:15

Coffee and exhibition

Conference center lobby

11:15 - 12:30

Session V: Nationwide quality registries

Chair: Magnus Sundbom (Sweden), Hjortur Gislason (Iceland)

11:15 - 11:40

Sweden

Magnus Sundbom, Uppsala University Hospital (Sweden)

11:40 - 12:05

Netherlands

Ronald Liem, Groene Hart Hospital (Netherlands)

12:05 - 12:30

Norway

Villy Våge, Haraldsplass Deaconess University Hospital (Norway)

12:30 - 12:45

Feedback and closing remarks

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch

Restaurant "River side", ground floor