About Sorrento
PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE (as of August, 2014)
Sorrento is situated on a plain above the Tyrrhenian sea, overlooking the Bay of Naples. The view
from Sorrento stretches back to the north, encompassing Vesuvius, the city of Naples, and the island
of Ischia. It has a pretty old town, a harbor with ferry departures to Capri, Amalfi and Naples, and is
within easy reach of the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii, Herculaneum and the city of Naples.
For the detailed programme and faculty, please visit the website.
Debate Session
Scientific Session
Oral Session
Sponsored Session
Networking Event
Break
Thursday, March 12, 2015
10:30
Registration Opens
12:00-13:30
Pre-Congress Sponsored Symposium
13:30-13:45
Brief Welcome
13:45-15:00
Debate Session 1: Early psoriatic arthritis: should we
treat patients as rheumatoid arthritis?
Debate Session 2: Does seronegative Sjögren’s
syndrome exist?
15:00-16:00
Oral Session 1
Oral Session 2
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break, Exhibition
16:30-17:00
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
17:00-17:30
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
17:30-18:45
Debate Session 3: Biological or triple therapy in RA?
18:45
Opening Ceremony followed by Welcome Reception in the Exhibition
Debate Session 4: Silicone implants and autoimmunity
Friday, March 13, 2015
07:45-08:45
Breakfast Sponsored Symposium
08:45-10:00
Debate Session 5: T2T in SLE: one target or multiple
targets?
Debate Session 6: Spondyloarthritis: do we need
evidence of damage to treat patients with biologics?
10:00-11:00
Scientific Session 1: Difficulties in the management of
autoimmune diseases
Scientific Session 2: 30 years of aPL testing – is enzyme
immunoassay the right assay technique to search for
aPL?
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
11:30-12:30
Oral Session 3
12:30-13:00
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
13:00-13:30
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
14:30-15:45
Debate Session 7: Muscle biopsy in IIM
Debate Session 8: Should we vaccinate in
autoimmunity?
15:45-16:15
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
16:15-16:45
Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
16:45-17:15
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
Cutting Edge Lecture Supported by the Industry
17:15-18:30
Scientific Session 3: Pregnancy and autoimmunity
Oral Session 5
18:30-19:15
Keynote Lecture: The interplay of environment, genes and our immune system - why autoimmunity?
Oral Session 4
Saturday, March 14, 2015
07:30-08:30
Breakfast Sponsored Symposium
08:30-09:45
Debate Session 9: Which cells are the most important
in pathogenesis of SLE?
Debate Session 10: Is fibromyalgia a somatoform
disorder?
09:45-11:00
Scientific Session 5: Autoimmune diseases overlapped
with rheumatic conditions
Scientific Session 6: Rheumatic pain problems
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
11:30-12:00
Sponsored Session
Sponsored Session
12:00-13:15
Scientific Session 7: Biologics and discontinuation of
the treatment
Scientific Session 8: Rheumatic pain problems
13:15-14:15
Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
14:15-15:30
Debate Session 11: De-escalation therapy in low
disease activity RA patients: always or never?
15:30-16:00
Sponsored Session
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
16:30-17:30
Scientific Session 9: Definition and management of
vasculitis
17:30-17:45
Closing Ceremony & Young Investigator Awards
CORA 2015
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
CONTROVERSIES
IN RHEUMATOLOGY
& AUTOIMMUNITY
Debate Session 12: Does seronegative APS exist?
Oral Session 6
CORA 2015 Young Investigator Awards
Top scored abstracts selected for oral and poster presentation will be considered for
Young Investigator Awards. Prize winners will be announced during the Closing &
Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 14, 2015.
Eligibility criteria:
Venue
Hotel Accommodation
Hilton Hotel Sorrento
Via S. Antonio n. 13
Sorrento 80067, Italy
As the official organizer of CORA 2015, Kenes
International offers special reduced rates for
hotels in Sorrento. Book your accommodation
early to take advantage of these savings. Please
visit the website for further information or email
us at [email protected].
Language
The official language of the Congress is English.
» The candidate must be under 40 years of age
Support & Exhibition
» The candidate must be registered to the Congress by the early registration deadline (December 15,
2014)
For details on support & exhibition opportunities
please contact:
Ms. Judit Gondor
Tel: +41 22 9080488 Ext 531
Fax: +41 22 9069140
Email: [email protected]
» The candidate must be the presenting author of the given (oral or poster) abstract
For further information, please visit the website: cora.kenes.com
CME accreditation
An application will be made to the UEMSEACCME® for CME accreditation of this event.
CONTACTS
Congress Secretariat
1-3 Rue de Chantepoulet,
P.O. Box 1726
CH-1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 908 0488
Fax: +41 22 906 9140
email: [email protected]
website: cora.kenes.com
SORRENTO, ITALY | 12-14 MARCH, 2015
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: October 27, 2014
Early registration deadline: December 15, 2014
cora.kenes.com
WELCOME
COMMITTEES
ABSTRACT INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Congress Chairpersons
Abstract submission deadline: October 27, 2014, midnight CET
For full details on fees and online registration, please visit: cora.kenes.com
Following the success of the previous two congresses on
Controversies in Rheumatology and Autoimmunity (CORA) it is our
great pleasure to welcome you to Sorrento, Italy, for the third CORA
Congress.
Our first Congress, CORA 2011, held in Florence was a great success
with more than 500 participants where a fresh and intuitive congress
structure was launched that included debate sessions on burning and
controversial issues as well as plenary lectures, company-sponsored
blocks and other scientific sessions. The second, CORA 2013, held in
Budapest attracted more than 600 professionals and featured even
more scientific debates.
Today, new autoimmune syndromes are being discovered and
described rapidly by leading scientists and these findings raise further
questions related to the clinical diagnosis, management, as well as the
pathogenesis of rheumatic and autoimmune disorders.
The scientific program of CORA 2015 will cover many of these issues.
We will conduct debates on the importance of genetic vs. epigenetic
factors, on the involvement of bone destruction vs. formation in
the pathogenesis of arthritides, on targeted therapy, including early
treatment initiation, switching and stopping. We will discuss the
highly controversial issues of biologics and biosimilars, APS testing,
Sjogren’s syndrome, lupus, psoriatic arthritis and many other topics.
CORA 2015 promises a colorful and innovative program, and we look
forward to your contribution by submitting an abstract and joining
the discussions on these issues.
This time we are moving back to Italy, to the lovely town of Sorrento,
standing on a terrace rising steeply above the sea on one of the most
spectacular points of the Campanian coast. We look forward to
welcoming you at this inspiring medical event.
Sincerely,
Prof. Andrea Doria
Dr. Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Prof. Zoltan Szekanecz
Congress Chairs
Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld
Honorary Chair
Participants will have the opportunity to present their work as oral or poster presentation and are
encouraged to submit an abstract.
» Abstracts must be submitted in good English
» Abstracts must be original and length should not exceed 250 words
» Only abstracts of registered presenting authors will be included in the final programme
Andrea Doria, Italy
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Italy
Zoltán Szekanecz, Hungary
Honorary Chairperson
Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel
Ignazio Olivieri
Pierantonio Ostuni
Roberto Perricone
Leonardo Punzi
Carlo Salvarani
Angela Tincani
Gabriele Valentini
Guido Valesini
International Advisory Committee
Nancy Agmon-Levin, Israel
Daniel Aletaha, Austria
Ricard Cervera, Spain
Hector Chinoy, UK
Daniel Clauw, USA
Thomas Dörner, Germany
Christopher Edwards, UK
Scientific Secretariat
Fabiola Atzeni, Italy
Luca Iaccarino, Italy
Fees apply to payments received prior to the indicated deadlines.
Early Bird Rate
Until December 15,
2014
Regular Rate
December 16, 2014 to
February 18, 2015
Late/On-site Rate
From February 19, 2015
Regular Participants
€470
€560
€625
Developing Countries
Participants
€300
€360
€425
Students\Fellows
€300
€360
€425
For full information, guidelines and abstract submission please visit the website: cora.kenes.com
Local Advisory Committee
Roberto Caporali
Maurizio Cutolo
Gianfranco Ferraccioli
Mauro Galeazzi
Roberto Gerli
Giovanni Lapadula
Marco Matucci-Cerinic
Pierluigi Meroni
Registration fees (in EUR, including VAT)
Loïc Guillevin, France
Winfred Hauser, Germany
Gary J Macfarlane, UK
György Nagy, Hungary
Prabath Nanayakkara, The Netherlands
George Tsokos, USA
Athanasios Tzioufas, Greece
ABSTRACT TOPICS
Advances in ANA testing
Ankylosing spondylitis
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Autoinflammatory diseases
B cells and rituximab in rheumatic diseases
Biomarkers in autoimmune rheumatic
conditions
»Chronic pain and pain relief
»Citrullination and autoimmunity: antiCCP
» Enviroment, vaccination, adjuvants (ASIA
syndrome)
» Experimental models
»Fibromyalgia
»Genetics in rheumatic and autoimmune
diseases
»Gout
» Il17, th17 and cytokines in autoimmunity
» Immunofluorescence methods in
autoimmunity
» Infection and autoimmunity
» IVIG and natural autoantibodies
» Mechanism and etiology of rheumatic and
autoimmune diseases
»Miscellaneous
» New biological drugs
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» Novel antibodies for diagnostic purposes
» Novel aspects of therapies – biosimilars
» Novel therapeutic targets in rheumatic and
autoimmune diseases
» Organ involvement in autoimmune rheumatic
diseases
» Peptides and autoimmune diseases;
diagnostics and therapy
» Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
» Pregnancy and autoimmunity
» Psoriatic arthritis
» Pulmonary arterial hypertension & systemic
sclerosis
»Refractory autoimmune diseases
»Rheumatoid arthritis
»Spondyloarthritis
» Sjögren’s disease
» Systemic lupus erythematosus
» Systemic sclerosis
» Standardization of diagnostics
» The heart and atherosclerosis in rheumatic and
autoimmune diseases
» Thyroid autoimmunity
» Vasculitides
For group registration (10 participants and more) please contact the Registration Department at [email protected]
Fees for Congress participants include:
» Participation in all scientific sessions
»Refreshments during coffee and lunch breaks
» Access to the Exhibition Area
» Invitation to the Welcome Reception
» Printed material of the Congress
»Certificate of attendance (sent by email after the congress)
WHO SHOULD ATTEND CORA 2015?
»Rheumatologists
»Nephrologists
»Neurologists
»Dermatologists
»Haematologists
»Hepatologists
» Professionals of
• Allergy & Immunology
• Internal Medicine
• Genetics