PROGRAMME

Sunday, 24 June

15:00

Registration opens

17:45

Opening remarks

18:00-19:00

Keynote Lecture

Richard Kitsis (New York, USA)

Towards a unified model of cell death and its roles in human disease

19:00-20:30

Informal buffet

Monday, 25 June

8:30-10:30

Session I

New techniques in cardiac metabolism

8:30

Juhani Knuuti (Turku, Finland)

Metabolic imaging using PET

9:00

Jurgen Schneider (Oxford, UK)

1H-MR spectroscopy for lipid and creatine metabolism

9:30

Damian Tyler (Oxford, UK)

Hyperpolarized 13C Magnetic Resonance studies of cardiac metabolism

10:00

Abstract talks

10:30

Coffee break

11:00-13:00

Session II

Metabolic signalling in heart failure

11:00

Gary Lopaschuk (Edmonton, Canada)

The contribution of altered fatty acid oxidation to heart failure development

11:30

Rong Tian (Seattle, USA)

Gamma2-AMPK signaling in cardiac hypertrophy

12:00

Michael Frenneaux (Aberdeen, UK)

Metabolic therapies for heart muscle diseases

12:30

Abstract talks

13:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Session III

Mitochondrial energy metabolism in heart failure

14:00

Charles Hoppel (Cleveland, USA)

Title TBC

14:30

Torsten Doenst (Jena, Germany)

Mitochondrial adaptations to cardiac hypertrophy

15:00

Michael Sack (Bethesda, USA)

Caloric dependent post-translational control of mitochondria in cardiac hypertrophy

15:30

Coffee break

16:00-17:30

Session IV

Mitochondrial dynamics, biogenesis and autophagy

16:00

Roberta Gottlieb (San Diego, USA)

Mitophagy and cardioprotection

16:30

Joseph Hill (Dallas, USA)

Cardiomyocyte autophagy: metabolic profit-and-loss

17:00

Daniel Kelly (Orlando, USA)

Transcriptional control of cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis

17:30-19:00

Poster Session I (with drinks)

19:00-21:30

Dinner

Dinner Lecture

Lionel Opie (Cape Town, South Africa)

Cardiac metabolism - blending the past with the future

Tuesday, 26 June

8:30-10:15

Session V

Myocardial lipotoxicity – a contributor to heart failure?

8:30

Heinrich Taegtmeyer (Houston, USA)

The overfed heart: consequences of increased metabolic pressure

9:00

Margaret Chandler (Cleveland, USA)

Metabolic flexibility counteracts lipotoxicity in heart failure

9:30

Gary Sweeney (Toronto, Canada)

Direct effect of adipokines on the heart

10:00

Abstract talk

10:15

Coffee break

10:45-11:45

Session VI

Young investigator award

 

Abstract talks

11:45-13:15

Poster Session II

13:15

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Session VII

Heart failure development in diabetes and obesity

14:00

Dale Abel (Salt Lake City, USA)

Mitochondrial adaptations to obesity and lipid overload

14:30

Linda Peterson (St Louis, USA)

In search of the philosopher's stone for obesity and heart failure

15:00

Hildo Lamb (Leiden, Netherlands)

MR of the metabolic syndrome

15:30

Abstract talks

16:00-18:00

Free for sightseeing, college tour, punting

19:00

Gala dinner, Blenheim Palace

Dinner lecture

William Stanley (Baltimore, USA)

The zen of the SHVM: if you want to climb a mountain begin at the top

Wednesday, 27 June

8:30-9:30

Keynote lecture

Peter Ratcliffe (Oxford, UK)

Signalling of hypoxia through the HIF Hydroxylase System

9:30-10:30

Session VIII

Aging and the heart

9:30

Nick Lane (London, UK)

A unifying view of ageing and disease

10:00

Peter Rabinovitch (Seattle, USA)

Mitochondria, oxidative stress and cardiac aging

10:30

Coffee break

11:00-12:45

Session IX

Skeletal muscle energetic and exercise in heart failure

11:00

An VanBerendoncks (Edegem, Belgium)

The role of adiponectin in chronic heart failure. Focus on skeletal muscle metabolism and effect of exercise training

11:30

P. Christian Schulze (New York, USA)

Impaired skeletal muscle metabolism in heart failure

12:00

Ellen Aasum (Tromso, Norway)

Diabetic cardiomyopathy - metabolic interventions and exercise

12:30

Abstract talk

12:45-13:00

Concluding remarks and summary of the conference

13:00

Buffet lunch

 

 

Registrations

16 January 2012

to

01 April 2012

Late registrations will be accepted until 21 May 2012 at a higher fee. Check the Information page for further details.

Abstracts

16 January 2012

to

01 March 2012

Notification of abstract selections will be via email on 15 March 2012.

Payment

30 January 2012

to

01 April 2012

Payment details are available through the Information page.

 

Organising Committee

Kieran Clarke (Co-Chair)

Oxford, UK

Stefan Neubauer (Co-Chair)

Oxford, UK

E. Dale Abel

Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

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