Session: Aging and Bone

Anabolic new agents - bone formation and infinite increases in BMD (Steve Cummings, Professor, USA)

Models for fracture prediction and issues in application to China (Kristine Ensrud, Professor, USA)

The Gravity of Osteoporosis - mechanobiology of bone loss in space and inactivity (Yi-Xian Qin, Professor, USA)

Age-associated changes in body composition and diabetes: A bone disease? (Hong Zhou, Assoc Professor, Australia)

Session: Cancer and Bone

Pathophysiology of bone and cancer (Theresa Guise, Professor, USA)

Bone pain in cancer (Toshiyuki Yoneda, Professor, USA)

Session: Osteoarthritis
TGF-b recruitment in osteoarthritis (Xu Cao, Professor, USA)

Assessment and management of osteoarthritis (the OA initiative) (Nancy Lane, Professor, USA)

Session: Skeletal fragility: vertebral and non-vertebral fracture

Why Bones Fail: Structure and Mechanics (Mark Forwood, Professor, Australia)

PDGF-BB Secreted by Preosteoclasts Induces CD31^hiEmcn^hi Vessel Subtype in Coupling Osteogenesis (Xu Cao, Professor, USA)

Kyphosis: role of osteoporosis and its consequences (Deborah Kado, Assoc Professor, USA)

Session: Skeletal metabolism

IGF-1 in skeletal development, remodeling and repair (Dan Bikle, Professor, USA)

Current concepts in chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (Seiji Fukumoto, Professor, Japan)

Diabetes, bone health and fragility (Ann Schwartz, Assoc Professor, USA)