6:30am – 7:45am

Breakfast Symposia

8:00am – 8:10am

Opening Remarks
Jay Skyler, MD

8:10am - 8:30am

Keynote Session
Global Cardiometabolic Risk 2008: Where We Are Today
Robert Eckel, MD; Richard Nesto, MD

8:30am - 10:00am

Dilemmas in the Management of the Metabolic Syndrome
Moderator: Richard Nesto, MD
Presenters: Robert Eckel, MD; Sidney Smith, Jr., MD; Peter Wilson, MD;

10:00am – 10:30am

Morning Break

10:30am – 11:15am

Keynote Session
New Insights into Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance
C. Ronald Kahn, MD

11:15am – 12:00pm

Gut Hormones and Their Impact on Metabolic Control
Harold Lebovitz, MD

12:15pm – 1:30pm

Lunch Symposia

1:45pm – 3:00pm

Integrating a Successful Obesity Management Program into Your Practice:
Diet, Exercise, and Pharmacotherapy
Moderator: Robert Eckel, MD                                                                                                                                                                                       
Office Approach to Obesity: The Optimal Environment
Robert Kushner, MD
Diet: What Should You Recommend Your Patients to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk?
Alice Lichtenstein, DSc
Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction: Optimal Prescription for Exercise
Timothy Church, MD, PhD, MPH

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Afternoon Break

3:30pm – 5:00pm

Integrating a Successful Obesity Management Program into Your Practice:
Diet, Exercise, and Pharmacotherapy - continued
Moderator: Robert Eckel, MD

What Predicts Success?
Thomas Wadden, PhD
Pharmacotherapy for Obesity: When Diet and Exercise Alone Fails
Louis Aronne, MD
Obesity Panel Discussion
Panelists: Louis Aronne, MD; Timothy Church, MD, MPH, PhD; Robert Kushner, MD;
Alice Lichtenstein, DSc; Thomas Wadden, PhD

5:00pm           

Closing Remarks
Robert Eckel, MD

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Welcome Reception

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Dinner Symposium

6:30am – 7:45am

Breakfast Symposia

8:00am – 8:05am

Opening Remarks
Christie Ballantyne, MD

8:05am – 9:00am

Keynote Session
Biomarkers and Their Role in Clinical Practice
Moderator: Christie Ballantyne, MD
     The Evolving Role of Biomarkers for Cardiometabolic Risk Detection
     Paul Ridker, MD
     Interactive Panel Discussion
     Robert Eckel, MD; Paul Ridker, MD

9:30am – 10:00am

Late Breaking Clinical Trial Data Session
Christie Ballantyne, MD; Robert Eckel, MD; Keith Ferdinand, MD; Jay Skyler, MD

10:00am – 10:30am

Morning Break

10:30am – 12:00pm

Contemporary Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Moderator: Jay Skyler, MD

     Glycemic Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
     Marty Abrahamson, MD
     Glycemic Control in Children with Type 2 Diabetes
     Silva Arslanian, MD
     Clinical Controversies in the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
     Panelists: Marty Abrahamson, MD; Silva Arslanian, MD; Jamie Davidson, MD;  Ed Horton, MD;
     Richard Kahn, PhD; Richard Nesto, MD

12:15pm – 1:30pm

Lunch Symposia

1:45pm – 2:30pm

An Integrative Approach to Childhood Obesity and CVD Prevention
David Ludwig, MD

2:30pm – 3:15pm

Managing Hypertension in Patients at Increased Cardiometabolic Risk:
Does it Matter Which Drugs We Use?
George Bakris, MD

3:15pm – 3:45pm

Afternoon Break

3:45pm – 4:30pm

CKD: A CHD Equivalent?
Peter McCullough, MD

4:30pm – 5:15pm

Simultaneous Management of Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, and Type 2 Diabetes in the Individual
Patient: How To Beat the Odds and Treat to Goal: Case Based Discussion
Christopher Cannon, MD; Peter McCullough, MD, MPH; Jorge Plutzky, MD

5:15pm           

Closing Remarks
Jay Skyler, MD

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Dinner Symposium

6:30am – 7:45am

Breakfast Symposia

8:00am – 8:15am

Opening Remarks
Richard Nesto, MD

8:15am  - 9:00am

Keynote Presentation
Update on Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis
Peter Libby, MD

9:00am – 9:45am

Clinical Management of the Hypertriglycemic Patient
Robert Eckel, MD

9:45am – 10:15am

Morning Break

10:15am – 11:00am

HDL: Advances in Clinical Management
Daniel Rader, MD

11:00am – 11:30am

CVD Screening in Patients at Increased Cardiometabolic Risk:
Assessment of the Latest Technologies and Their Utility in Clinical Practice
Richard Nesto, MD

11:30am – 12:30pm

Panel Discussion
Clinical Controversies in Lipid Management
Moderator: Christie Ballantyne, MD
Panelists: Robert Eckel, MD; Henry Ginsberg, MD; Nancy Houston-Miller, RN BSN; Daniel Rader, MD

12:30pm           

Closing Remarks
Richard Nesto, MD