General Information

Host Organization
International Bone & Mineral Society (IBMS)
2025 M Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: (+1202) 367-1121
Fax: (+1 202) 367-2121
Email: info@ibmsonline.org
Web: www.ibmsonline.org

Local Organization
Heidi Triet
Obere Bernblickstrasse 11
CH-3084 Wabern, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 31 971 91 23
Fax: +41 (0) 31 971 91 24
Email: heidi.triet@bluewin.ch

Registration
International Bone & Mineral Society (IBMS)
Registration Services
2025 M Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: (+1202) 367-1173
Fax: (+1 202) 367-2173
Email: registration@ibmsonline.org
Web: www.ibmsonline.org

Venue
Congress Center
Promenade 92
Davos Platz, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 81 414 64 07 (reachable only at the time of the congress)
Fax: +41 (0) 81 414 64 26 (reachable only at the time of the congress)

Housing Bureau
Claudia Meyer
Congress Department
Davos Tourist Office
Promenade 67
CH-7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 81 415 21 66
Fax: +41 (0) 81 415 21 69
Email: congress@davos.ch

For more information about the meeting, please contact the Local Organizer or IBMS Headquarters.

Aim

This meeting is a continuation of the eleven previous workshops held since 1985. As in the past, the aim of the meeting is to present and discuss the latest science in skeletal biology, both in health and disease, and the latest information in the field of bone therapeutics. In the past, bone therapeutics has been dominated by the bisphosphonates, but this meeting will also dedicate substantial time to other developing therapeutic classes.

Who Should Attend

The meeting will be attended by about 750 delegates from all over the world. Delegates will be from academia, industry and clinical practice, and will be researching, teaching or practicing across the broad areas of bone biology and bone disease. The professional groups represented will include: cell and molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, dental research, endocrinology, epidemiology, genetics, geriatric medicine, gynecology, internal medicine, medical oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology, nuclear medicine, and rheumatology.

Educational Objectives

The Educational Objectives of the meeting are to present the most recent scientific findings on:

• The biology of the bone forming cells (osteoblasts)
• The biology of the bone resorbing cells (osteoclasts)
• The regulation of bone metabolism
• Strategies for treating osteoporosis
• Strategies for treating Paget’s disease of bone
• The mechanisms of metastasis of malignancy to bone
• Strategies for treating metastatic malignancy to bone

Steering Committee Members
     Scientific Program Committee Members

Ian Reid, Chair
Jane Aubin
Roland Baron
Juliet Compston
Matthew Gillespie
Francis Glorieux
Gregory R. Mundy
Masaki Noda
Socrates Papapoulos
Stuart Ralston
Mike Rogers
Graham Russell
     Ian Reid, Chair
     Jean Jacques Body
     Mary Bouxsein
     Hal Ebetino
     Roberto Civitelli
     Theresa Guise
     Gerard Karsenty
     Stavros Manolagas
     Pierre Marie
     T. Jack Martin
     Roberto Pacifici
     Nicky Partridge
     Lawrence Raisz
     Ernestina Schipani
     Dwight Towler
     Wim Van Hul

Grants

Travel Grants will be awarded to young academic investigators. Applicants must be members of IBMS at the time of application and no more than 40 years of age by December 31, 2008 and/or within ten years of their last degree. Confirmation of eligibility must be provided prior to awards being made. Please check the box on the abstract form if you would like to apply for a Travel Grant. Abstracts will be evaluated anonymously by the Program Committee and Awards will be based on scientific merit. Award winners will be notified by the Program Committee.

Social Events

Welcome Reception – March 9, 2008 – After opening talks
Social Event – Evening of Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Participants of the Workshop and their spouses are cordially invited to both events.

Embargo

Abstracts will be embargoed from the Press until they are presented in Davos. IBMS Members and meeting attendees will have access to the full abstracts two weeks prior to the meeting.

Language

English