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Diabetes in Asia Study Group (DASG)
2nd DASG Conference March 26-27, 2010
Sheraton Hotel Doha
Doha, State of Qatar
 
Conference Program
 
26th March 2010 – Friday
8:15 am openRegistration
8:30 – 11:00 am Workshops, free papers and Joint Conference with Qatar Foundation (Parallel Halls).
  Workshops:
  • Role of education in the secondary prevention of diabetes (Dr. Arun Baksi, UK & Ms. Sharoud Matthis, Qatar)
  • Role of non pharmacological measures (Diet and Physical Activity) in achieving the glycemic targets. (Prof. Akthar Hussain, Norway)
  • Establishment of foot clinic network (Dr. Shashank Josi, India)
  Joint Conference with Qatar Foundation
8.30 – 8:45Welcome and opening remarks with explanation of the agenda of the session.
8:45 – 9:00Magnitude of the problem of DM: General and, Gulf and Qatar.
9:00 – 9:30The importance of self-management of diabetes, and what it involves – Discussion
Workshop
9:30 – 10:30This will be in groups of 15, each group being facilitated by a health professional (and translator if necessary)
 Subject – What information and skills should be provided to enable the practice of self-management?
10:30 – 10:45Group facilitators to meet to agree on summative report for plenary session
10:45 – 11:00Plenary report of workshop decisions and discussion
11:00 – 13:30Prayer and Lunch
13:30 – 15:00Lecture:The epidemic of Diabetes : Genetics vs Environment. (Abdul Basit – 30 min)
 Lecture : The Role of WHO in Diabetes Prevention and Control (Gojka Roglic -30min)
 Lecture.(Rhys Williams – 30 min)
15:15 – 15:45State of the Art Lecture - Lessons from Recent Debates in DM. Edwin Gale
15:45 – 16:30Debate Cost effectiveness of DM new treatment modalities in our region.(Dr. V Mohan, India & Dr. Abdel Razzak El Madani, UAE)
16:30 – 19:00DASG GA Meeting
19:00 – 20:00 Break
20:00 – 21:00Opening ceremony
 Speech of DASG President, Speech of Her Highness the Princess.
Vote of thanks. Dr. Abdalla Al Hamaq
Dinner
27th March 2010 – Saturday
8:30 – 9:15State of art lecture Hemoglobin A1c – The full story Sir Michael Hirst.
 Chairperson : Dr. Abdullah Ben Nakhi, Kuwait Dr. Shabeen Naz Masoud, Pakistan
9:15 – 9:45Lecture : Diabetes and Pregnancy : an overview: (Dr. Noorjahan Samad, Pakistan)
9:45 – 10:30Oral therapy of diabetes in pregnancy.(Prof. Adel El Sayed, Egypt & Prof. Zaman Sheikh, Pakistan)
10:30 – 11:30Diabetes in Asia between the high and low resource countries.
 Chairperson : Prof. Morsi Arab, Egypt Dr. Shaukat Sadikot, India
10:30 – 11:00Lecture: "Organizing DM care in resource constrain society - Bangladesh as an example".(Dr. Liaquat Ali)
11:00 – 11:30Lecture: Prevention of spread and complications of DM in high resource society: The Kuwait experience.(Dr. Abdullah Ben Nakhi, Kuwait)
11:30 – 12:00 Break
12:00 -13:00Secondary prevention: what is new?
 Chairperson : Dr. Amir Kamran, Iran
Dr. Anil Bhoraskar, India
12:00 -12:30Lecture: Role of medical therapy in secondary prevention: Recent and future.
(Dr. Mahamoud Zeiri, Qatar)
12:30-13:00Prevention of macro vascular complications: The way to go. (Dr. Anoop Misra, India)
13:00-14:00DASG Session
 Chairperson : Dr. Rhys Williams, UK Dr. Zumin Shi, China
13:00 – 13:30DASG horizons for research in DM.(Prof. Yajnik, Japan)
13:30 – 14:00Kathmandu Declaration – Second Reading (Dr. Mahen Wijesuriya, Srilanka)
14:00 – 15:45 Lunch
15:45 – 16:15 Risk factors for diabetic complications in our region.(Dr. Nabil Isseh, Syria)
 Chairperson : Dr. Abdel Azeem Kaball, Sudan Dr. Maryam El Hajeri, Bahrain
16:15 – 17:00 State of the Art Lecture:
 Primary Prevention of DM : A global Perspective -(Peter Shwarz.)
 Chairperson : Prof. Adel El Sayed, Egypt Dr. Zayed Atef, Yeman
17:00 -18:00Diabetic Foot 2 lectures
 Chairperson : Prof. Abdul Basit, Pakistan Dr. Mohammed Sandid, Lebanon
17:00 - 17:30 The economic burden of diabetic foot.(Dr. Yakoob Ahmedani, Pakistan)
17:30 – 18:00Development and modification of offloading devices.(Dr. Hanan Sotoohy, Egypt)
18:00 – 18:30 Break
18:30 – 19:30 Symposium on Insulin : 2 Lectures
 Chairperson : Dr. Abullah Al Hamaq, Qatar Dr. Wijesuriya, Srilanka
18:30 – 19:00Qatari Genomic Structure and Genetic Susceptibility to Typd 2 Diabetes (Dr. Ronald G Crystal, Weill Cornel Medical College, New York)
19:00 – 19:30Modern insulin regimens.(Dr. Mohamed Lamki, Oman)
19:30 – 20:30 Secondary Prevention of Hypoglycaemia in Type 2 Diabetes During Ramadan – Fasting Safely. (Muhammad Hassanein & Devasenan, UK)
 Chairperson : Dr. Munira Al Haroug, Kuwait
Dr. Ali El Sherif, Egypt
Dinner


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