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15 RANZCR CPD points can be claimed for attendance at the 7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference that will be held in Sydney on November 30th and December 1st, 2018.

CPD points will be awarded as follow:

8.5 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 30/11/2018

6.5 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 01/12/2018

A total of 15 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 30th Nov - 1st Dec 2018.

For anyone who attends only part of this session, points may be claimed pro rata at 1 point per hour per lecture

• Medical_Professionals
• Medical_students
• Nurses

IOF Regional 7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference is organized by International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and will be held during Nov 28 - Dec 01, 2018 at Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is of interest to a broad range of physicians and allied health professionals, including general practitioners and internists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, endocrinologists, geriatricians, radiologists, pharmacists, rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists, nutritionists, and orthpaedic nurses.

Why Should You Attend?

Health professionals in the Asia-Pacific are facing a rapidly aging population. If you’re a physician, clinical researcher or allied health professional this key regional event will help you learn how to…

• Improve the identification of high-risk patients

• Understand the similarities and differences in fracture risk and treatment response between Asia and the West

• Assess quality of life in your elderly patients with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis or sarcopenia

• Understand the consequences of low calcium intake

• Assess and manage secondary osteoporosis (e.g. related to cancer, diabetes etc)

• Manage patients with knee osteoarthritis

• Close the treatment gap by learning about the latest osteoporosis therapies

Learning Objectives:

The learning objectives of the Conference are to train medical professionals, allied health professionals and clinical researchers so that they are better equipped to handle the growing epidemic of musculoskeletal diseases. The programme provides a concise and practical overview of these diseases, including the latest advances in their prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and sarcopenia, fracture healing and rehabilitation. As well as the latest regional research, the programme includes current topics of specific clinical relevance to health professionals in the region.

USD

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

To benefit from negotiated rates in hotels around the ICC Congress Center or for more information about hotel reservations, please contact Humacom at: accommodation@iof-regional.org

Please take into account that hotels will be confirmed on a first-come first-served basis. We recommend booking your rooms at your earliest convenience. After August 31st, 2018 availability of rooms cannot be guaranteed.

All rates are quoted in Dollars (USD).

Rates are per room and per night with breakfast and taxes included.

Important Accomodation Advisory: Humacom Australia PTY Ltd is the official accomodation agent for the IOF Regional Conference in Sydney and is the only company authorized to make IOF hotel reservations. By making your hotel reservation through Humacom Australia, you can be confident you will stay in quality accommodations at a confirmed rate.

Third-party companies often illegally represent themselves as travel agencies, soliciting attendees and exhibitors, and offering to assist them with hotel reservations.

Reservations made through unauthorized websites or third-party providers are not guaranteed and may result in additional charges, no hotel room - even with a confirmation, loss of deposits and pre-payments, and may put your personal identity at risk.

Submission Info

/ All abstracts for the Conference must be submitted using the online abstract submission

system – open from April 27, 2018 to September 10, 2018. 

/ Submission by fax, e-mail or courier will not be accepted.

/ While delegates may indicate their preference for oral or poster presentation, the final

decision is taken by the Scientific Programme Committee. While every attempt will be

made to programme abstracts according to the requests of authors, oral presentations

cannot be guaranteed.

/ All submitted abstract must contain original data in order for it to be published.

/ IOF is not responsible for errors in the abstract submission. Read your text to ensure

accuracy with no spelling, grammatical or scientific errors. No corrections will be

accepted after the abstract submission deadline.

/ IOF will not translate any abstract. It will be published if accepted as submitted in English

in a supplement of Osteoporosis International.

COMMITMENT:

/ Submission of an abstract constitutes a formal commitment by the presenting author to

attend the Conference and present the abstract (if accepted) orally or as a poster in the

session and at the time assigned by the Scientific Programme Committee.

/ Expenses associated with the preparation, submission and presentation of an abstract

are the responsibility of the presenting authors.

/ All submitting authors must consent to the Declaration Statement on behalf of her/

his co-authors in order for the abstract to be accepted for submission. This includes

the certification that any work with human or animal subjects related in this abstract

complies with the guiding principles for experimental procedures as set forth in the

Declaration of Helsinki and related publications.

/ All submitting authors acknowledge the established IOF Web Privacy Policy in order to

protect personal information: 

https://www.iofbonehealth.org/site-agreement-and-permissions

Abstract submission deadline 2018-09-10

International Osteoporosis Foundation

Rue Juste-Olivier, 9

CH-1260 Nyon

Switzerland

info@iofbonehealth.org

www.iofbonehealth.org

International Osteoporosis Foundation

Rue Juste-Olivier, 9

CH-1260 Nyon

Switzerland

info@iofbonehealth.org

www.iofbonehealth.org