9.15 am Registration and coffee

9.40 am Welcome Address
Dr John Scadding, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine

Session One
Chair: Dr Rodney Hughes, Immediate Past- President, Section of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Royal Society of Medicine

9.45 am Recent advances: setting the scene
Professor Chris Buckley, Professor in Rheumatology, University of Birmingham

10.10 am Questions

10.15 am MRI and ultrasound in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Professor Dennis McGonagle, Professor of Investigative Rheumatology, University of Leeds and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Calderdare Royal Hospital, Halifax

10.40 am Questions

10.45 am Laboratory diagnosis of rheumatoid disease: the advent of anti-CCP antibodies
Dr Walter van Venrooij, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

11.10 am Questions

11.15 am Coffee

Session Two
Chair: Professor Sir Ravinder Maini, Charing Cross Hospital, London

11.45 am TNF-neutralising therapies: recent developments
Professor Peter Taylor, Head of Clinical Trials, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College, London

12.10 pm Questions

12.15 pm Rituximab, Blys blockade and B cell targeting
Dr Maria Leandro, University College London Hospital

12.40 pm Questions

12.45 pm Lunch

Session Three
Chair: Dr Jane Griffin, President, Section of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Royal Society of Medicine

1.45 pm The use of CTLA 4-Ig
Dr Jean Dudler, Lausanne, Switzerland

2.10 pm Questions

2.15 pm IL-6 as a target in adult and juvenile disease
Professor Patricia Woo, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

2.40 pm Questions

2.45 pm Tea

Session Four
Chair: Professor J C W Edwards, Rheumatology Department, University College London

3.15 pm Towards the perfect joint replacement
Professor Justin Cobb, Imperial College, London

3.40 pm Questions

3.45 pm New therapies for rheumatoid disease: spoilt for choice?
Professor Barry Bresnihan, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin

4.10 pm Questions

4.15 pm Discussion

4.30 pm Close of meeting

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

No