Monday, 24th March
| 19.00 - 21.00 | Welcome party |
Tuesday, 25th March
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Opening : H. Zorc (Cro), K. Moghissi (UK) and G. Jori (I) | |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | I-1 | W. Rauschning: Boosting the public awarness for Photodynamic Medicine |
| Mechanisms of action - * Chairpersons: H. Zorc (Cro), K. Moghissi (UK) and H. Walt (CH) | ||
| 9.30 - 10.00 | I-2 | Yoram Salomon: Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy (VTP) of cancer: Acute blockade of tumor Blood Supply |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | O-1 | Vanderlei Bagnato: Correlation between depth of necrosis and fluorescence during PDT |
| Coffee break | ||
| Photosenzitizers – *Chairpersons: K. Berg (N) and D. Boucher (Fr) | ||
| 11.00 - 11.30 | I-3 | Ross Boyle: Selective Targeting of Photodynamic Sensitisers to Tumour Tissue |
| 11.30 - 11.45 | O-2 | David Russell: Phthalocyanine-nanoparticle conjugates for photodynamic therapy |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | O-3 | Cornelus van Nostrum: Photocytotoxicity of mTHPC (temoporfin) loaded polymeric micelles mediated by lipase catalyzed degradation |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | O-27 | Muriel Barberi-Heyob: Metabolic profile of a peptide-conjugated chlorin-type photosensitizer targeting neuropilin-1: an in vivo and in vitro study |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | O-5 | Mathias Senge: Synthetic Strategies for Porphyrin-based Photosensitizers |
| Lunch | ||
| PDD/PDT in Dermatology – *Chairpersons: J. Lipozenčić (Cro) and N. Puizina-Ivić (Cro) | ||
| 14.00 - 14.30 | I-4 | Xiu Li Wang: Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Dermatology |
| 14.30 - 14.45 | O-6 | Torello Lotti: PDT of skin HPV lesions and other viral infections |
| 14.45 - 15.00 | O-7 | Dido Yova: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Aluminum Phthalocyanine Chloride in a Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Animal Model |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | O-8 | Harry Moseley: Characteristics of Fluorescence induced by ALA and MAL |
| 15.15 - 15.30 | O-9 | Ernest Allan: Interstitial laser fibre irradiation for PDT of thick basal cell carcinomas |
| 15.30 - 15.45 | O-10 | Sasi Attili: A new light source for cutaneous PDT |
| Coffee break | ||
| PDD/PDT in Gastroenterology - *Chairpersons: Herwig Kostron (Au) and T. Patrice (Fr) | ||
| 16.15 - 16.45 | I-5 | Ron Allison: Low dose Photofrin PDT improves clinical outcomes |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | O-11 | Wojcijeh Latos: The role of autofluorescence colonoscopy in diagnosis and management of Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome |
| 17.00 - 17.15 | O-12 | Keyvan Moghissi: Comparison of endoscopic PDT with surgical resection for early oesophageal cancer |
| 17.15 - 17.30 | O-13 | Sam Eljamel: PDT in metastatic brain carcinomas |
| 17.30 - 18.30 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF EPPM | |
| 18.30 - 20.00 | Poster session (poster dimensions: 90 cm width x 100 cm height) | |
| Dinner | ||
Wednesday, 26th March
| 8.30 - 9.00 | I-6 | Alexis Sidoroff: PDT has come of age - time to see the world | ||
| PDD/PDT of Head and Neck – *Chairpersons: E. Vakulovskaya (Rus) and Colin Hopper (UK) | ||||
| 9.00 - 9.30 | I-7 | Bing Tan: Foscan mediated Photo Dynamic Therapy (PDT) in head and neck cancer, the Netherlands Cancer Institute Experience | ||
| 9.30 - 10.00 | I-8 | Colin Hopper: PDT and Optical Diagnostics in the Head and Neck | ||
| 10.00 - 10.15 | O-14 | Alexander Sieron: The role of autofluorescence diagnosis in the oral mucosa diseases | ||
| 10.15 - 10.30 | O-15 | Libo Li: Treating laryngeal carcinoma using PHOTOFRIN photodynamic therapy | ||
| 10.30 - 10.45 | O-16 | Max Witjes: Interstitial photodynamic therapy in recurrent head and neck carcinoma | ||
| Coffee break | ||||
| PDD/PDT in Gynaecology – *Chairpersons: I. Apolikhina (Rus) and H. Walt (CH) | ||||
| 11.15 - 11.45 | I-9 | Philipp Soergel: Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Gynaecology | ||
| 11.45 - 12.00 | O-17 | Carsten M. Philipp: PDD guided CO2-Laser Excision and PDT of AIN, VAIN and VIN | ||
| 12.00 - 12.15 | O-18 | Olga Trushina: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of virus-associated oncology pathology | ||
| Lunch | ||||
| 14.00 - 14.30 | EU Health Commission presentation | |||
| Antimicrobial PDT – *Chairpersons: D. Russell (UK) and D. Provvedinni (I) | ||||
| 14.30 - 15.00 | I-10 | Giulio Jori: Applications of Photodynamic Therapy in the treatment of microbial infections | ||
| 15.00 - 15.15 | O-19 | Nick Vasiliev: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: current conception of clinical applications | ||
| 15.15 - 15.30 | O-20 | Threes Smijs: Photodynamic treatment of the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum with a cationic porphyrin | ||
| Coffee break | ||||
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PDD/PDT in Urology and Ophthalmology
– *Chairpersons: P. Jichlinski (CH) and C. Bunce (UK) |
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| 16.00 - 16.30 | I-11 | Herbert Stepp: Photodynamics (PDD and PDT) for the management of bladder cancer. Development and current status | ||
| 16.30 - 16.45 | O-21 | Zheng Huang: TOOKAD-mediated vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) for the treatment of prostate cancer. Preclinical study | ||
| 16.45 - 17.00 | O-22 | Johannes Swartling: Preliminary results from a clinical study of mTHPC-mediated photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer with realtime light dosimetry | ||
| 17.00 - 17.15 | O-23 | Song Xiaodong: Photodynamic therapy for patients after transurethral resection of bladder tumor | ||
| 17.15 - 17.30 | H. van den Bergh: Combining PDT with anti-VEGF therapy for treating age related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopaty | |||
| Break | ||||
| 20.00 - 23.00 | Conference dinner | |||
Thursday, 27th March
| Pulmology and Neurosurgery –* Chairpersons: P. Barber (UK) and A. Rück (DE) | ||
| 8.30 - 9.00 | I-12 | Keyvan Moghissi: Contribution of Photodiagnosis (autofluorescence bronchoscopy/AFB) and Photodynamic Therapy to the treatment of central type lung cancer |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | I-13 | Herwig Kostron: PDT in brain cancer (the exact title will be given later) |
| 9.30 - 9.45 | O-24 | Nick Vasiliev: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) in treatment of tuberculosis |
| 9.45 - 10.00 | O-25 | Mark Stringer: Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy to detect bronchial epithelial changes associated with cigarette smoking amongst asymptomatic volunteers: A single centre prospective pilot study |
| Coffee break | ||
| New Developments in PDT – *Chairpersons: G. Jori (I) and B. Klem (N) | ||
| 10.45 - 11.15 | I-14 | Mladen Korbelik: PDT-generated cancer vaccines |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | O-26 | Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka: The influence of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on J-774A.1 macrophage cell line |
| 11.30 - 11.45 | O-4 | Ole-Jacob Norum: Photochemical internalization (PCI) as adjuvant treatment after inadequate resection of an invasive sarcoma model |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | O-28 | Angelika Rück: Cell death mechanisms of glioblastoma cells during Hypericin PDT |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | O-29 | Odrun Arna Gederaas: Effects of hexyl 5-aminilevulinate and light in rat bladder cancer cells |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | O-30 | Barbara Krammer: Gene expression pattern of human carcinoma cells A-431 after PDT with hypericin |
| Conference wrap up and closure: H. Zorc (Cro), K. Moghissi (UK) and G. Jori (I) | ||
| Lunch | ||
* Chairpersons provisional.