These sessions, organized by industry, will be hosted at the Geneva Palexpo on Thursday 28, Friday 29 and Saturday 30 between 12:45 and 13:45.

The following organizations have already offered their support to run these sessions:

Shared experiences from patient groups in various therapeutic areas
on meeting the needs of their patient population
12:45 - 13:45, Room Mont-Blanc

12:45 - 12:59	Welcome and Perspectives from Cancer Sanchia Aranda (Head of the School of Nursing, University of Melbourne; Director of Cancer Nursing Research at the Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia)
12:59 - 13:11	Perspectives from Diabetes Anne-Marie Felton (President of the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes, London, UK)
13:11 - 13:23	Perspectives from Allergy and Airways Diseases Susanne Palkonnen (Executive Officer, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA), Brussels, Belgium)
13:23 - 13:35	Perspectives from HIV/AIDS Maurice Middleberg (Vice President for Public Policy at the Global Health Council, Washington DC, USA)
13:35 - 13:45	Wrap Up, Questions and Answers Sanchia Aranda (Head of the School of Nursing, University of Melbourne; Director of Cancer Nursing Research at the Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia)

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Risk for Osteoporosis and Invasive Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
12:45 - 13:45, Room C

12:45 - 12:48	Welcome and Overview of Symposium Donato Agnusdei, MD (Eli Lilly and Company, Florence, Italy)
12:48 - 13:08	Assessing and Reducing Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Steven Cummings, MD (University of San Francisco, CA, USA)
13:08 - 13:13	Questions & Answers
13:13 - 13:33	Prevent Fractures and Invasive Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Andrea Genazzani, MD (University of Pisa, Italy)
13:33 - 13:38	Questions & Answers
13:38 - 13:45	Wrap Up and Final Q&A

The forgotten women
Supporting Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
12:45 - 13:45, Room D, Ground floor

12:00 – 12:45	Buffet Lunch & Registration
12:45 – 12:50	Welcome & Introduction Jean Mossman, Chairperson
12:50 – 13:10	The Forgotten Women in Europe Dr. Riccardo Masetti, Catholic University, Rome Stella Kyriakades, Europa Donna, Cyprus
13:10 – 13:20	The Forgotten Women: The Role of Patient Advocacy Groups Ingrid Kössler, Europa Donna, Sweden
13:20 – 13:40	Bridging the Gaps in Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Panel Discussion, lead by Jean Mossman, Chairperson
13:40 – 13:45	Review of Session / Next Steps Jean Mossman, Chairperson
13:45	Meeting Close

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Combination is Key in Cancer Treatment
12:45 - 13:45, Room C

12:45 - 12:50	Welcome and Introduction Mahmut Ozsahin
12:50 - 13:05	Cetuximab Ò new advances in metastatic colorectal cancer Hansjochen Wilke, Germany
13:05 - 13:15	The use of tegafur-uracil in metastatic colorectal cancer Diana Lueftner, Germany
13:15 - 13:30	Cilengitide Ò a first-in-class integrin inhibitor Roger Stupp, Switzerland
13:30 - 13:45	L-BLP25 Ò vaccination as a new approach in fighting NSCLC Johan Vansteenkiste, Belgium
13:45	Discussion and closing remarks Matti Aapro

The primary care team: partnering for elderly cancer patients
12:45 - 13:45, Room Salève

12:45 - 13:00	Welcome & Introduction Yvonne Wengström, Stockholm, Sweden
13:00 - 13:20	Should chronological age guide treatment decisions for elderly breast and prostate cancer patients? Matti Aapro, Genolier, Switerland
13:20 - 13:40	Managing and talking about treatment side effects in the elderly Lesley Fallowfield, Brighton, UK
13:40 - 13:45	Closing remarks Yvonne Wengström, Stockholm, Sweden