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Programme Day 1 - Thursday 24th Feb

Plenary Session in the Wellcome Trust Hall
Androgens and the Andropause: The Overview Chairman: Dr Tom Trinick
*Prof. Bruno Lunenfeld*
Managing ageing in the 21st century

*Prof. Focko Rommerts*
Testosterone: Overview of biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and non-genomic actions

Wellcome Trust Hall	Kohn Centre
Erectile Dysfunction Chairman: Mr Mark Feneley	Hormonal Interactions Chairman: Prof. Focko Romerts
Dr. Andrea Garolla	Prof. Stefan Arver
Androgens and erectile dysfunction	Gonadotrophins:diagnostic and therapeutic tools

Prof. Svetlana Kalinchenko	Dr. Willem de Ronde
Erectile Dysfunction in diabetic patients	Sex Hormone Binding Globulin - Indicator of a functional HPG axis in men?

Wellcome Trust Hall	Kohn Centre
New Developments in TRT Chairman: Dr. Mike Wheeler	Androgens and the Brain Chairman: Prof. Michael Zitzmann
Dr. Arijan Grootenhuis	Prof. Ralph Martins
New developments in andropausal medicine	The effects of testosterone on cognition and beta amyloid levels in the aging male.

Dr. Farid Saad	Prof. Eva Hogervorst
Clinical experience with a new, long-acting injection of testosterone undecanoate.	Androgens, gonadotrophins, and genetic variations in men with dementia

Wellcome Trust Hall	Kohn Centre
Androgens and the Circulation Chairman: Dr. Michael Hansen	Urological Issues Chairman: Prof. Aksam Yassin
Prof. Kevin Channer	Dr. Andrew Baranowski
Testosterone, angina and heart failure.	Genital pain in men - Causation and management

Prof. Maria Alevizaki	Dr. Roger Minkow
Androgen CAG polymorphism and heart disease.	Effects of bicycling on the male genital tract

Dr Chris Malkin:	Mr. Mark Feneley
TRT, inflammatory cytokines and lipids	Androgens, the prostate and consequences of neoplasia.

Programme Day 2 - Friday Feb 25th
Wellcome Trust Hall		Kohn Centre
Androgens and Ageing Chairman: Prof. Ralph Martins		The Distaff Hormones 1 Chairman: Prof. Abdulmaged Traish
Prof. Robert Tan		Dr. Eugene Shippen
The challenges of using androgens to maintain health in the elderly		The roles of estrogens in Men

Prof. Valerie Randall		Dr. Lee Vliet
Hair growth and loss		Metabolic syndrome in women: Gender differences in androgen response

Wellcome Trust Hall		Kohn Centre
Metabolic Syndrome Chairman: Dr Tom Trinick		The Distaff Hormones 2 Chairman: Dr Adrian Zentner
Dr. Farid Saad		Prof. Abdulmaged Traish
Testosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome		Androgens in Women: Physiology and pathophysiology

Prof Johan Svartberg		Dr. Lee Vliet
Risk factors associated with the Metabolic Syndrome: Studies in a general population		Androgen and oestrogens in women: restoring the balance
Lunch Break and Poster Session

Wellcome Trust Hall		Kohn Centre
Diagnosis of Andropause Chairman: Dr Malcolm Carruthers		Andropause in General Medicine Chairmen: Prof Svetlana Kalinchenko and Prof Aksam Yassin
Prof Lothar Heineman		Dr. Eugene S. Shippen
International experiences with the Aging Males Symptoms Scale		Testosterone interactions in the pathophysiology and treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases

Dr. Mike Wheeler		Dr. Clement Williams
A critique of adrogen assays		Treatment of erectile dysfunction in West Vancouver with Cialis, Levitra and Viagra
Dr Wolgang Ziemann:
Diagnostic significance of free salivary testosterone

Plenary Session (The Cynthia Read Seminar) Wellcome Trust Hall
Recent Developments in Androgen Research Chairpersons: Prof. Bruno Lunenfeld and Dr Malcolm Carruthers
Dr.Christian Pike
Age related testosterone depletion and the development of Alzheimer's Disease

Dr. Michael Zitzmann
The Androgen Receptor