8th International Symposium on
In Vivo Body Composition Studies Program Overview

Outline of events

  • The scientific program will begin on Thursday July 10th at 8:30am, and continues through Saturday July 12th at 1pm. View the conference time table here.
  • The trade exhibition will run for the duration of the scientific meeting, from July 10th to July 12th. Times TBA.
  • Welcome reception will take place on the evening of Wednesday July 9th, from 7:00pm-9pm. On Site Registration available from 5pm-8pm on Wednesday July 9th, and Thursday July 10th beginning at 8am.
  • The General Meeting of the In Vivo Body Composition Studies Group will take place on Thursday July 10th from 5:45pm-6:30pm

Pre-Symposium: Defining Sarcopenia --- an Evidence-Based Approach

Mini-Symposium in Conjunction with the 8th International Symposium on In-vivo Body Composition Studies
(advanced registration is not required)

Time: July 9, 2008 8am - 12pm
Place: Columbia University, New York

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Official language

  • English will be the official language of the meeting.

Conference site

  • The Symposium will be held at Columbia University, which is located on the Upper West Side (Morningside Heights neighborhood) of Manhattan in New York City.
    Address: Alfred Lerner Hall , 2920 Broadway (between 114 th street and 115 th street)
  • Directions

Currency

  • Please note that the currency is in United States Dollars.

CME Credits

  • CME Credits will be offered for the conference.

Conference Time Table

8th International Symposium on
In Vivo Body Composition Studies
Program Overview

Wednesday, July 9, 2008  
5:00 pm:  Conference On-Site Registration Begins Thru 8pm
7:00pm-9:00pm: Welcome Reception
   
Overall Theme: Body Composition & Metabolic Function Across the Lifespan
 
Day 1: Thursday July 10th, 2008
8:00am: Registration opens (Through 2pm)
8:30am:  Welcome Address
8:45am-10:00 am: 

Morning Lectures:
Body Composition: Advances in Methodology, Measurement, & Modeling

Dympna Gallagher, EdD      
“State-of-the-art measurements in human body composition: A moving frontier of clinical importance”

Tim Nagy, PhD
“State-of-the-art measurements in animal body composition: A moving frontier of clinical importance”

Zimian Wang, PhD
“Computational modeling at the cellular level in growth
and aging”

10:00am-10:30am: 

 Coffee Break

10:30am-12:00 pm: 

Parallel Oral Abstract Presentation Sessions I & II
Session I: "Body Composition: New Methods"
Session II: "Body Composition: New Directions"

12:00pm-1:00pm: 

 Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm: 

 Poster presentations

2:00pm-3:15pm: 

Afternoon Lectures: "Metabolic Functions-Static and Dynamic Measurements"

Antonio Piccoli, MD, DSc
“Vector bioimpedance analysis in dialysis”

Pirjo Nuutila, MD, PhD
“PET imaging of adipose tissue”

James Griffith, MD
“Bone marrow perfusion and fat content: Insights from MR imaging”

3:15pm-3:45pm:

Coffee Break
3:45pm-5:15pm: 

Parallel Oral Abstract Presentation Sessions III & IV

Session III: "Static Studies
(Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis)

Session IV: "Kinetic Studies
(PET, MRI Imaging)
5:45pm-6:30pm:  Triennial General Meeting
   

Day 2: Friday July 11th, 2008
8:00am: Registration opens

8:30am-9:45 am: 

Morning Lectures: "Body Composition: Applications"

Elizabet Forsum, MD
“Maternal body composition in relation to infant growth and fatness”

Ailsa Goulding, PhD
“Bone fractures in children: Impact of fat and lean mass”

Marjolein Visser, PhD
“Changes in skeletal muscle and body fat in old age-results from longitudinal studies”

9:45am-10:15am: 

 Coffee Break

10:15am-11:45 pm: 

Parallel Oral Abstract Presentation Sessions V & VI

Session V:
"Lifespan I: Childhood/Growth (Sex & Ethnicity)"

Session VI:
"Lifespan II: Adulthood/Aging (Sex & Ethnicity)"

12:00pm-1:00pm: 

 Lunch

1:00pm -2:00pm: 

 Poster Presentations

2:00pm-3:15pm: 

Afternoon Lectures:"Body Composition in Disease"

Marinos Elia, MD
“Bridging the gap between body composition measurements and clinical outcome”

Robert Ross, PhD
“Influence of specific adipose tissue depots on metabolic
risk”

Michael Goran, PhD
“Role of body composition on insulin dynamics in youth”

3:15pm-3:45pm:

Coffee Break

4:00pm-5:30pm: 

 Parallel Oral Abstract Presentation Sessions VII & VIII
Session VII: “Undernutrition”
Session VIII: “Obesity”
6:30pm: Symposium Gala Cruise
   

Day 3: Saturday, July 12, 2008

8:30am-9:35am:

Morning Lectures: "Strategies of Body Composition in Clinical Trials"

Steve Heymsfield, MD
“Rapid detection of weight loss drug-induced body
composition effects”

Ursula G. Kyle, MS
“Choice of body composition techniques in different types RD/LD of clinical trials'”

David Allison, PhD
“Body composition changes that influence mortality rate”

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
“Ectopic fat and metabolic risk in clinical trials”

9:35am-1030am:

Oral Abstract Presentation Session IX

Session IX:
"Strategies of Body Composition in Clinical Trials"
10:30am-11:00am: Coffee Break

11:00am-12:00pm:

The Gilbert Forbes Memorial Lecture

Ken Ellis, PhD CNRC
“Integration of body composition in translational research:  Future directions”

12:00pm-1:00pm: 

 Conference Highlights

1:00pm-2:00pm: 

 Farewell lunch

3:00pm-5:00pm: 

 Tour of Body Composition Unit, New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital

The College of Physicians & Surgeons must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. All faculty participating in this activity are required to disclose to the audience any significant financial interest and/or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in his/her presentation and/or the commercial contributor(s) of this activity. When unlabeled uses are discussed, these will also be indicated.

Session

Name/Affiliation

Title of Talk

Day 1 am: Speaker 1

Dympna Gallagher, EdD
Obesity Research Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hosp., Columbia University, New York

Advances in Measurement & Methods
“State-of-the-art measurements in human body composition: A moving frontier of clinical importance”
Day 1 am: Speaker 2 Tim Nagy, PhD
Department of Nutrition Sciences & CNRC, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
 		 “State-of-the-art measurements in animal body composition: A moving frontier of clinical importance”

Day 1 am: Speaker 3

Zimian Wang, PhD
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hosp., Columbia University, New York, NY
 

Advances in Modeling
“Computational modeling at the cellular level in growth and aging”

Day 1 pm: Speaker 4

 

 

Antonio Piccoli, MD, DSc
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.  

Application of a static measurement
 “Vector bioimpedance analysis in dialysis”
Day 1 pm: Speaker 5 Pirjo Nuutila, MD
Dept, Medicine and Metabloic Research
Univ of Turku, Finland		 Application of dynamic measurements
“PET imaging of adipose tissue”

Day 1 pm: Speaker 6

James Griffith, MD
Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Organ Imaging
Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Application of dynamic measurements
"Bone marrow perfusion and fat content: Insights from MR spectroscopy"

 

Session

Name/Affiliation

Title of Talk

Day 2 am: Speaker 1

Elizabet Forsum, MD
Department of Biomedicine and Surgery,
Division of Nutrition, University of Linkoping, SE-581 85 Linkoping, Sweden
 

Body comp in growth/childhood
“Maternal body composition in relation to infant
growth and fatness”
Day 2 am: Speaker 2 Ailsa Goulding, PhD
Medicine, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.		 Young children-adolescents
“Bone fractures in children: Impact of fat and lean mass”

Day 2 am: Speaker 3

 

Marjolein Visser, PhD
Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
 

Body composition in adulthood/aging
“Changes in skeletal muscle and body fat in old age-results from longitudinal studies”

Day 2 pm: Speaker 4

Marinos Elia, MD
Institute of Human Nutrition
University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
 

Undernutrition
“Bridging the gap between body composition measurements and clinical outcome”

Day 2 pm: Speaker 5

 

Robert Ross, PhD
School of Physical & Health Education, Dept. Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

Adult Obesity
“Influence of specific adipose tissue depots on metabolic risk”
Day 2 pm: Speaker 6 Michael Goran, PhD
Institute for Prevention Research & Dept Preventive Medicine, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles.		 Childhood Obesity
“Role of body composition on insulin dynamics in youth”

Session

Name/Affiliation

Suggested title of talk

Day 3 am: Speaker 1

Steve Heymsfield, MD
MERCK, Rahway, NJ

Strategies of BC in clinical trials
“Rapid detection of weight loss drug-induced body composition effects”

Day 3 am: Speaker 2

Ursula G. Kyle, MS, RD/LD
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
 

Strategies of BC in clinical Trials "Choices of body composition techniques in different types of clinical trials"

Day 3 am: Speaker 3

David Allison, PhD
Dept Statistical Genetics
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Strategies of BC in clinical trials
“Body composition changes that influence mortality rate”

Day 3 am: Speaker 4

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
Obesity Research Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hosp., Columbia University, New York
 

Strategies of BC in clinical trials
“Ectopic fat and metabolic risk in clinical trials”

Day 3 am: Speaker 5

Ken Ellis, PhD
CNRC, Depart Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
 

The Gilbert Forbes Memorial Lecture
 “Integration of body composition in translational research: Future directions”

Day 3 am: Speaker 6

Chair of IBC 2011
To be announced at 2008 meeting.

Conference Highlights