Future Healthcare - das neue Bild des Menschen

7 - 8 July 2004, Kongresszentrum Heidelberg

> Prof. Dr. Claus Rainer Bartram,
Human Genetics, Director
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg

  • Genetic tests of the future - what will they bring? (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Klaus Bös,
Sport Science, Director

Institute for Sport and Applied Sport Science, University of Karlsruhe

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> Dr. Lilian Cheung,
Dietetics, Director of Health Promotion and Communication, Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
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  • How nutrition makes us healthy (Speaker) > more
> M.D. Antonio R. Damasio,
Brain Research, Head of Neurology,
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
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  • Opening Lecture:
    Good health starts in the mind (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Juan Enriquez,
Genome Research, Founding Director of the Harvard Business School´s Life Science Project, Boston.
Chairman and CEO of
Biotechonomy, Newton, MA
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  • How the genome revolution will change our entire lives (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Michael Forsting,
Neuroradiology, Director of diagnostic and interventional radiology
University Clinic, Essen

  • Images revolutionize medicine (Speaker) > more
>  Paul Gelsinger,
Research and Development Technician, Vice President
CIRCARE, Citizens for Responsible Care and Research, Tucson, Arizona

  • Studies for new therapies - The responsibility for patients taking part in studies cannot be overestimated.

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> Prof. Dr. J. Bruce German,
Nutrition
Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California in Davis, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne
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  • A better health through individualized food products?
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> Prof. Dr. Johann-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg,
Health Economics
Director of the Institute for Insurance Economics and of the Institute of Health Economics and System Science in Health,
University of Hannover

  • Strengthening of personal responsibility as a solution for the health system? (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Amiram Grinvald,
Brain research Director, The Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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  • Modern optical methods facilitate the diagnosis of sight (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Dietrich Grönemeyer,
Radiology and Microtherapy
Director of the Institute of Microtherapy
Witten/Herdecke University (a private university)

  • Opening Lecture:

    How high-tech medicine and patients can work together (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Martin Halle,
Sports Medicine
Professor of preventive and rehabilitative sports medicine
Technical University, Munich

  • Prevention in Germany: Quo vadis? (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek,
Immunology and Oncology
Director of Clinic I for Internal Medicine
University of Cologne

Founder of the biotech company Medigen, Munich

  • The physician as the cure (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Hans Hauner,
Nutrition, Director of the Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin
Technische Universität München, TUM

  • Germany – Land of overweights and diabetics?  (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Anthony Ho,
Oncology and Hematology, Director
University Clinic and Policlinic Heidelberg

  • Are stem cells the new miracle weapon in medicine? (Speaker) > more
  • Stem cell therapy - Hype or cure? (Panel) > more
>  Wilfried Jacobs,
Director of
AOK Rheinland, Düsseldorf
(one of the largest public health insurance companies in Germany)

  • “Talking medicine” can save costs (Speaker) > more
> Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Klare,
Internist, Director of the diabetes center
Radolfzell Hospital

  • Treating diabetes as a disease of lifestyle: Three best practice examples  (Speaker) > more
>  Hans Lauber,
Media Consultant and Publicist
Advisory Council of the "Deutsche Diabetes-Stiftung (German Diabetes foundation), Martinsried/Munich

  • Treating diabetes as a disease of lifestyle: Three best practice examples  (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Peter Lichter,
Genomic Research, Head of the Department of Molecular Genetics
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg

  • Cancer tests of the future - quick and easy? (Speaker) > more
> Dr. Christa Maar,
President, Doctorate in Art History
Burda Academy of the Third Millennium, Felix Burda Foundation, Munich

  • Prevention and the media’s role (Speaker) > more
> Dr. Klas Mildenstein,
General practitioner with focus on diabetes,
Laatzen

  • Treating diabetes as a disease of lifestyle: Three best practice examples  (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen,
Immunology Department of Infectious Diseases
University Hospital, Copenhagen
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  • Exercise is a preventive measure (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Andreas Plagemann,
Endocrinology
Head of the Division of Experimental Obstetrics
Charité, University Medicine Berlin

  • Inherited, but not hereditary – the mothers’ responsibilities for their children’s metabolism disorders (Speaker) > more
>  Jochen Preusche,
CEO Optimedia


  • Communication is the key to success (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Ernst Pöppel,
Brain Research
Chairman of the Institute of Medical Psychology and the Human Science Center
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

  • Perception and communication (Speaker) > more
> Dr. Michael Ruhl,
Principal
Booz Allen Hamilton

  • From reaction to prevention – a model for modern medicine (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Christopher D. Saudek,
Endocrinology, Director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center and of the General Clinical Research Center, former President of the American Diabetes Association
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore
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  • The diabetes epidemic: What do we know, and what can we do?  (Speaker) > more
> Prof. M.D. David Spiegel,
Psychiatry Associate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
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  • Patients are not just bodies – holistic approaches in cancer therapy (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. G. Björn Stark,
Plastic surgery and tissue engineering
Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
University Clinic of Freiburg

  • Tissue engineering – a hot research field (Speaker) > more
>  Volker Stollorz,
Science Editor
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Cologne) and the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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  • Studies for new therapies - The responsibility for patients taking part in studies cannot be overestimated.

     (Panel) > more
  • Stem cell therapy - Hype or cure? (Panel) > more
> Dr. Daniel C. Sullivan,
Nuclear Medicine, Director of the Biomedical-Imaging Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Washington
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  • I can see through you! (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Paul U. Unschuld,
History of Medicine
Director of the Institute for the History of Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

  • Western and Eastern medicine – Can we integrate these systems of healing? (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Richard Weindruch,
Nutritionist
Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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  • “120 years old!” Restricting calories as a rejuvenation cure (Speaker) > more
>  Ludger Wess,
Senior Editor of the scientific journal
BioCentury, Hamburg

  • Biotech in Germany – a whirlwind presentation of the most interesting 10 companies with applicable and innovative products. (Speaker) > more
> Dr. Michael D. West,
Anti-Aging Research, President and CEO of
Advanced Cell Technology, Worcester Massachusetts
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  • Healthy until you’re 100!  (Speaker) > more
> Prof. Dr. Otmar Wiestler,
Neuropathology
Director
German Cancer Research Center(DKFZ), Heidelberg

  • Stem cell therapy - Hype or cure? (Panel) > more
> PD Dr. Alexander Woll,
Sport Science
Institute for Sport and Applied Sport Science, University of Karlsruhe


  • Nipping the problem in the bud – The pilot project “Movement-friendly Elementary Schools”
     (Speaker) > more