Programme at a Glance

Day/Time	14 March 2012, Wednesday
08:00-13.00	W O R K S H O P
13.00 -16:00		Opening of Registration
16:00-17:00	ISBD Membership Meeting
17:00-17:30	Opening Ceremony
17:30-18:00
18:00-19.00	Welcome Reception
19:00-19:30
19:30-21:00	EVENING SYPMPOSIUM Sponsored by BMS/OTSUKA Making the right decisions to prevent recurrence in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder

Day/Time	15 March 2012
08:00-09:00	Keynote 1 Childhood Bipolarity Debate Moderator: Eric Youngstrom Speakers: B. Birmaher and E. Taylor
09:00 - 10:00	Core Symposium 1 Optimizing Functional Outcomes in BD Chair: E.Vieta Speakers: M. Berk, F.Colom, E.Vieta
10:00-10:15	Coffee Break & Networking
10:15 -11:15	Core Symposium 2 Interpreting clinical trials in bipolar disorder/methodological issues in clinical trials in bipolar disorder Speakers: Vivek Singh, Mauricio Tohen, Joseph Calabrese
11:15-11:45	BREAK
11:45-13:15	SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by ASTRA ZENECA "A Journey from Pole to Pole: Today's Challenging Patient"
13:15-13:45	Lunch Break
13:45-14:15	Keynote 2 NIMH Update - Speaker: Carlos Zarate
14:15-15:45	Symposium 1 Efficacy versus pragmatic effectiveness trials in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder.	Symposium 2 Molecular biology of mitochondrial dysfunction: implication and novel findings in Bipolar disorder	Samuel Gershon Awards for Junior Investigators Chair: Simavi Vahip	Parallel 1 Multiple Co-morbidities in bipolar disorder: diagnostic and treatment challenges Chair: İhsan Salloum Speakers : İhsan Salloum, Lut Tamam, Mark Frye
15:45-16:00	Coffee Break & Networking
16:00-17:30	Symposium 3 Modern Clinical Management of Bipolar Disorder	Symposium 4 Development and determinants of psychopathology in prospective bipolar offspring cohorts	Breaking News 1 Chairs: Gustavo Vazquez, Andreas Maaneros	Parallel 2 ISBD Women's Health Task Force Chair: Aysegul Ozerdem Speakers: Aysegul Ozerdem, Fisun Akdeniz, Verinder Sharma, Natalie Rasgon
17:30-19:00	TURKISH ADVOCACY FORUM	POSTER SESSION
19:00-20:30		EVENING SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by ASTRA ZENECA "From Pole to Pole: Travelling to the Future
20:30-21:00

Day/Time	16 March 2012
08:00-09:30	Core Symposium 3 Special Session on DSM-5 (ICD) Updates: Focus on Bipolar Chair: B. Ustun Speakers: D.Kupfer, E.Frank, B.Ustun
09:30-10:30	Keynote 3 Bipolar Spectrum Speaker: Hagop Akiskal
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break & Networking
10:45-12:15	Core Symposium 4 Molecular Genetics Chair: C. Nemeroff Speakers: R.Belmaker, M. Rietschel, C. Nemeroff
12:15 -12:45	Lunch Break
12:45 -14:15	SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by LUNDBECK "Time to revisit the definition and treatment of bipolar I disorder in a Multidimensional way"
14:15-15:45	Symposium 5 Psychosocial Treatments for Bipolar Disorder: Cross-Cultural Approaches	Symposium 6 Functional Consequences of Risk Genes for Bipolar Disorder	Breaking News 2 Chair: Yeon Ho Joo	Parallel 3 Lithium Chair: Simavi Vahip Speakers: Rasmus Licht, Simavi Vahip, Carlo Altamura
15:45-16:00	Coffee Break & Networking
16:00-17:30	Symposium 7 Genomic and Clinical Phenotypic Considerations in Evaluating Antidepressant-Induced Mania to Individualize the Treatment for Bipolar Depression	Symposium 8 ISAD SYMPOSIUM Chair: Sidney H. Kennedy Biomarkers in Mood Disorders: Integrative Analysis Across Molecular, Imaging and Clinical Domains.	Breaking News 3 Chairs: Tung Ping Su, Ricardo Moreno	Parallel 4 ENBREC Chair: Lars Vedel Kessing Speakers: Eduard Vieta, Chantal Henry Michael Bauer
17:30-19:00	POSTER SESSION
19:00-20:30	Sponsored Dinner Satellite 7

Day/Time	17 March 2012
08:00-09:00	Keynote 4 WPA Address Chair: Levent Kuey Speaker: Pedro Ruiz
09:00 - 10:30	Core Symposium 5 Neuroimaging and Neurocognition Chairs: S. Frangou, S. Stra kowski Speakers: S. Frangou, S. Strakowski, A.McIntosh, L. Yatham
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break & Networking
10:45-12:15	Core Symposium 6 Meeting the Needs of Our Patients through Advocacy: Crosscultural Similarities and Differences Chair: Kyooseob Ha Speakers: M.Sanchez, K. Ha, T. Orhan, A.Doederlein

	Openning & Welcome
	Core Symposium
	Keynotes
	Symposiums
	Breaking News
	Parallel Sessions
	Sponsor Satellte Symposium
	Advocacy Forum