1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REGENERATIVE ORTHOPAEDICS

 PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM: July 2^nd 2010.*

Please note that all lecture slots have been filled. However, we encourage you to send your abstract and participate in the poster session.

9:00               WELCOME ADDRESS
9:00 - 9:05     Marko Pećina, President of the 1st ICRO
9:05 - 9:10     Zvonko Kusić, Secretary General of the Department of Medical Sciences,
                       Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences 
9:10 - 9:15     Minister of Science of the Republic of Croatia

9:20 - 10:35   MODERN TRENDS IN BONE GRAFTING
                      Chairmen: Reinhard Windhager, Ivan Martin

9:20 - 9:35     “IMPROVING THE OSTEOGENIC BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL PROGENITORS”
                      Ryan M. Porter, Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Harvard University, Boston, USA

9:40 - 9:55     “AUTOLOGOUS BONE TRANSPLANT ON STEROIDS”
                      Alan Ivković, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia 

10:00 - 10:15  “BIOREACTOR-BASED MANUFACTURE OF OSTEOGENIC GRAFTS”
                       Ivan Martin, Institute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management,
                       University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
 
10:20 - 10:35  “TISSUE ENGINEERED BONE GRAFTS: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE”
                       Mirjam Fröhlich, Educell Ltd., Ljubljana, Slovenia

10:40 - 11:10  COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 11:45  PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE:  “FACILITATED ENDOGENOUS REPAIR”
                       Christopher H. Evans, Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Harvard University, Boston, USA

12:00 - 12:55  LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC BONE REGENERATION
                       Chairmen: Slobodan Vukičević, Darko Kaštelan

12:00 - 12:15  “MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF BONE FRACTURE REPAIR”
                       Slobodan Vukičević, Laboratory for Calcified Tissues, Medical School University of Zagreb,
                       Croatia

12:20 - 12:35  “EMERGING THERAPIES FOR OSTEOPOROSIS”
                       Darko Kaštelan, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia

12:40 - 12:55  “HORMONAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS”
                       TBD

13:00 - 14:00  LUNCH

14:00 - 14:45  CARTILAGE REPAIR AND REGENERATION
                       Chairmen: Miroslav Hašpl, Radovan Mihelić

14:00 - 14:15  “PURE CARTILAGE ALLOGRAFT FOR FOCAL CHONDRAL LESIONS”
                       Tamas Bardos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Pecs, Hungary

14:20 - 14:35  “AUTOLOGOUS ORTHOBIOLOGICS IN CARTILAGE REPAIR AND REGENERATION”
                       Damir Hudetz, University Hospital for Traumatology, Medical School University of Zagreb,
                       Croatia

14:40 - 14:55  “SUBCHONDRAL BONE IN CARTILAGE REPAIR”
                       Matej Drobnič, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical School University of Ljubljana,
                       Slovenia

15:00 - 15:15  “CARTILAGE PRECONDITIONING”
                       Gian M. Salzmann, Dept. of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center,
                       Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany 

15:15 - 15:45  PANEL DISCUSSION

15:45 - 16:00  CLOSING CEREMONY