Egon and Ann Diczfalusy Foundation 2nd Diczfalusy Meeting - 2008
2nd Annual Meeting of the
Egon and Ann Diczfalusy Foundation
30 September – 1 October, 2008
Szeged, Hungary
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Dear Friends, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great honour and a particular privilege for us to extend a most cordial welcome to the Second Meeting of the Egon and Ann Diczfalusy Foundation at the University of Szeged. It is also a great pleasure for us to inform you that this event is organized jointly with the Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW), Berlin, Germany and the CONRAD Program, Arlington, VA, USA.
In a world of complex and sometimes contradictory realities it is very tempting to escape into the world of dreams. As Kahlil Gibran wrote, "trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity". We were also reminded by Eleanor Roosevelt that "the future belongs to those, who believe in the beauty of their dreams". Our dream is that it is possible for devoted scientists to improve the human condition and that these Meetings may develop into a modest tool to reach this objective.
During the past year we received a great deal of feedback from our colleagues around the world, in general, and from those living in neighbouring countries in particular. We were most pleased to learn that our colleagues from several neighbouring countries share our dreams and objectives and from this year on will collaborate with us.
The present Program is sharply focused on prevention in women's health since there is an enormous need to improve it, not the least in Central and Eastern Europe. We profoundly believe that it is very important to prevent the preventable, protect the dignity of the old and prevent the feminisation of poverty.
It was said by Francis Bacon that "the great end of life is not knowledge but action". We think that both are needed and that increasing knowledge can and should be converted into more meaningful action. Therefore, in collaboration with our colleagues from neighbouring countries, this Foundation started to organize Task Forces to study in our region the different areas in which preventive measures could be improved, and we hope very much that these activities will gain momentum in the coming years. Last but not least, we also believe that in science in general and in medical science in particular "what is past is prologue".
We wish all of you a fruitful meeting and a most pleasant stay in Szeged, Hungary.
Prof. Attila Pál
president of the Foundation
Prof. Egon Diczfalusy
founder of the Foundation
Scientific programme
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
| 14.30 – 15.10 | Welcoming Professor Attila Pál, President of the Foundation Introduction of the Presidium. Short allocutions. Narrator: Mrs. Veronika Hajma Prof. Gábor Szabó, Rector, University of Szeged, Hungary Prof. György Benedek, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary Prof. Henry Gabelnick, Executive Director, CONRAD, Arlington, VA, USA Prof. Günter Stock, President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany Prof. Jürgen Mittelstrass, Academia Europaea/The Academy of Europe, Germany Prof. Stevan Popović, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Prof. Marius Raica, Vice-Rector, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara, Romania |
| 15.10 – 15.25 | Musical entertainment |
| 15.25 – 17.00 | OPENING SESSION Chairs: Professor Egon Diczfalusy, Professor Attila Pál |
| 15.25 – 15.30 | A short history of the Diczfalusy-Medal Professor György Bártfai, Szeged, Hungary, Vice-president of the Foundation |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Laudatio of Professor Britt-Marie Landgren, Stockholm, Sweden, the recipient of the 2008 - Medal Professor Salvatore Mancuso, Rome, Italy, recipient of the 2007 – Medal, Member of the Board |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | The Swedish action plan for combating mens violence against women Professor Britt-Marie Landgren, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 16.15 – 16.20 | Handing over the Diczfalusy Medal Prof. Egon Diczfalusy, Rönninge, Sweden |
| 16.20 – 16.25 | A short history of the Diczfalusy-Prize for young scientists Professor György Bártfai, Szeged, Hungary, Vice-president of the Foundation |
| 16.25 – 16.35 | Laudatio of Eszter Ducza Ph.D., the recipient of the 2008 – Prize Maria Natalia Cruz MD, Stockholm, Sweden, recipient of the 2007 – Prize |
| 16.35 – 16.55 | Estrogen and progesterone modulation of adrenergic receptor in pregnant uterus; basic and therapeutic consequences Eszter Ducza Ph.D. Szeged, Hungary |
| 16.55 – 17.00 | Handing over the Prize Prof. Egon Diczfalusy, Rönninge, Sweden |
| 17.00 – 17.25 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 17.25 – 18.15 | FIRST SESSION Chairs: Professor Ivo Brosens, Professor Dan Gaiþa |
| 17.25 – 17.55 | Morbidity among elderly women; facts and fancies Professor Kerstin Hagenfeldt, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 17.55 – 18.05 | EuroAspire III results - from vision to action Professor Dan Gaiþa, Timisoara, Romania |
| 18.05 – 18.15 | Question and answer period |
| 18.15 – 19.05 | SECOND SESSION Chairs: Professor György Falkay, Professor Tihomir Vejnović |
| 18.15 – 18.45 | New methods for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies Professor David Archer, Norfolk, VA, USA Chairman of the International Policy Coordinating Committee (IPCC) of the Diczfalusy Foundation |
| 18.45 – 18.55 | Chlormadinone acetate, or The past is never dead Professor Elisabeth Johannisson, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 18.55 – 19.05 | Question and answer period |
| 19.05 – 19.55 | THIRD SESSION Chairs: Professor Badri Saxena, Professor Zoltán Tóth |
| 19.05 – 19.35 | The struggle to prevent sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS Professor Henry Gabelnick, Arlington, VA, USA Vice-President of the Foundation |
| 19.35 – 19.45 | Attempts for dual-protection methods Régine Sitruk-Ware MD, New York, USA, Member of the Board |
| 19.45 – 19.55 | Question and answer period |
| 20.00 – 21.30 | Reception (Hotel Novotel Szeged****) |
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
| 9.00 – 9.50 | FOURTH SESSION Chairs: Professor Marc Bygdeman, Professor Attila Pajor |
| 9.00 – 9.20 | Prevention of cervical cancer; classical approaches Professor Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Stockholm, Sweden Member of the Board |
| 9.20 – 9.40 | Prevention of cervical cancer; new approaches József Kovács MD, Szeged, Hungary |
| 9.40 – 9.50 | Question and answer period |
| 9.50 – 10.40 | FIFTH SESSION Chairs: Professor Salvatore Mancuso, Professor Hermann Schneider |
| 9.50 – 10.10 | From conventional morphological diagnosis to the molecular classification of breast carcinoma; are we ready for the change? Professor Marius Raica, Timisoara, Romania |
| 10.10 – 10.30 | Why does the oral contraceptive pill not protect against breast cancer? Professor Herjan Coelingh Bennink, Zeist, The Netherlands Member of the Board |
| 10.30 – 10.40 | Question and answer period |
| 10.40 – 11.05 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.05 – 12.10 | SIXTH SESSION Chairs: Professor Britt-Marie Landgren, Professor Ioan Munteanu |
| 11.05 – 11.25 | Prevention of multiple pregnancies in assisted reproduction Professor Piergiorgio Crosignani, Milan, Italy |
| 11.25 – 11.35 | Naturam expelles furca .. (You may drive out nature with a pitchfork ...) Kay Elder MD, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 11.35 – 11.45 | Question and answer period |
| 11.45 – 12.05 | Health problems of elderly women; Prevention of, and new therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis Professor Takeshi Aso, Tokyo, Japan |
| 12.05 – 12.10 | Question and answer period |
| 12.10 – 12.45 | SEVENTH SESSION Chairs: Professor Ádám Balogh, Professor Serban-Dan Costa |
| 12.10 – 12.25 | Gonadotropins, Alzheimer and beyond... Professor Gyula Telegdy, Szeged, Hungary, Member of the Board |
| 12.25 – 12.30 | Question and answer period |
| 12.30 – 12.40 | Is HRT in a blind alley or at the crossroads? Professor Michael Oettel, Jena, Germany |
| 12.40 – 12.45 | Question and answer period |
| 12.45 – 14.10 | LUNCHEON Working luncheon for the Board Members of the Diczfalusy Foundation |
| 14.10 – 15.00 | EIGHTH SESSION Chairs: Anastazija Stojšić-Milosavljević MD, Professor Miklós Török |
| 14.10 – 14.30 | Prevention of cardiovascular complications in elderly women Professor Tamás Forster, Szeged, Hungary |
| 14.30 – 14.40 | Prevention of cardiovascular complications in elderly women - Pediatric aspects Professor Márta Katona, Szeged, Hungary, Member of the Board |
| 14.40 – 14.50 | Cardiotom - Tomographic mobile gamma camera system for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction Iván Valastyán, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary |
| 14.50 – 15.00 | Question and answer period |
| 15.00 – 16.20 | NINTH SESSION Chairs: Professor Jürgen Mittelstrass, Professor Egon Diczfalusy |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Primum non nocere; Is the remedy sometimes worse than the disease? Professor Günter Stock, President, BBAW, Berlin, Germany, Member of the Board |
| 15.30 – 15.40 | Question and answer period |
| 15.40 – 16.00 | The ethics of medicine and of society Professor Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 16.00 – 16.20 | Ethical demands and economic decisions Professor Sir Brian Heap, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 16.20 – 16.40 | TEA BREAK |
| 16.40 – 17.40 | TENTH SESSION The medicine of today and the ethics of tomorrow - Round table discussion Directed by Professor Jürgen Mittelstrass, Konstanz, Germany Participants: Professor Giuseppe Benagiano, Geneva, Switzerland Professor Sir Brian Heap, Cambridge, United Kingdom Professor Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal Professor Günter Stock, Berlin, Germany Professor Robert Edwards, Cambridge, United Kingdom (video presentation) |
| 17.40 – 18.10 | ELEVENTH SESSION Chair: Professor Giuseppe Benagiano |
| 17.40 – 18.00 | Closing address / Handing over the poster price Professor György Benedek, Szeged, Hungary, Dean of the Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Member of the Board |
| 18.00 – 18.10 | Au revoir! Farewell! Arrivederci! Professor Attila Pál, Szeged, Hungary, President of the Foundation Professor Egon Diczfalusy, Rönninge, Sweden |
| 18.30 – 21.00 | FAREWELL BANQUET (Castle Museum of Szeged) Hosted by the Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged Special lecture – “The secret of anti-aging” Professor Thomas Rabe, Heidelberg, Germany |
Downloads
Download the full Programme of the 2nd DAL Meeting.
- PROGRAMME (PDF, 29 pages, English, 1MB)
- Oettel M. - Congress report: 2nd Meeting of the Egon & Ann Diczfalusy Foundation "Prevention in Women's Health" - September 30-October 1, 2008, Szeged, Hungary / Journal für Reproduktionsmedizin und Endokrinologie - Journal of Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology 2010; 7 (1): 45-49. (PDF, 7 pages, English, 783KB)
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