Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the 2026 Bone Symposium organised by the KBVR-SRBR at the Faculty Club in Leuven on 6th March 2026.
The Bone Symposium is focused on bone and bone diseases. The programme includes lectures and discussion on bone biology, physiology, pathophysiology, calcium and phosphate metabolism, covers bone, calcium and phosphate disorders, osteoporosis, diagnosis, management and treatment.
The intention of the Bone Symposium is to provide high quality continuous education for clinicians and allied scientists interested in, seeing or treating patients with osteoporosis or bone diseases, and a specific educational opportunity for rheumatology and other bone-interested medical trainees. In this context, the lectures mainly cover up to date basic knowledge, overviews and reviews. Interactive participation is encouraged.
We look forward to meeting you at the 2026 symposium!
With our very best regards,
Prof. Rik Lories & Prof. Olivier Malaise
Chairs and Scientific Organisers of the Symposium
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
| 9:00-9:20 Welcome 09:20 – 09:30 Welcome from Scientific Chairs 09.30 – 10.00 ETHICS & ECONOMY: Value-based calcium supplementation in bone health: beyond milligrams, Olivier Malaise, CHU Liège 10.00 – 10.30 ETHICS & ECONOMY: Vitamin D: when to dose? What can we expect? Etienne Cavalier, ULiège 10.30 – 11:00 Achondroplasia – what happens to the bones over lifetime? Geert Mortier UZ Leuven 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break Update in Therapeutics – Organised with an educational grant from Janssen-Cilag 11:30 – 12:00 The role of IL‐23 signaling on bone remodeling in psoriatic arthritis, Rik Lories, UZ Leuven 12:00 – 12:30 Hormonal replacement therapy in 2026: do they care about bone? Axelle Pintiaux, CHU Liège 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 14:30 Great debate: BPN or TNFi for CNO, Speakers to be confirmed 14:30 – 15:00 GLP-1 agonists and bone, Julien Paccou, CHU Lille 15:00 – 15:30 Challenging Clinical Case, Speakers to be confirmed Update in Therapeutics – Organised with an educational grant from Celltrion 15:30 – 16:00 Building Stronger Strategies: Sequencing for Fracture Prevention, Michael Laurent 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break Update in Therapeutics – Organised with an educational grant from Sandoz 16:30 – 17:00 The consolidation of the denosumab rebound after stop. Why you would stop? Dr. Ewout Verly, VITAZ 17:00 – 17:30 Bone loss in SpA. Margot Vanmechelen, UZ Antwerp 17:30 – 18:15 Adult hypophosphatasia : why we should (or not ?) look at alkaline phosphatase, Christian Roux, Hôpitaux de Paris 18:15 – 18:20 Summary & Farewell 18:20 – 19:30 Reception |
OUR SPONSORS
We would like to give a big special thank you to our sponsors for their support !
Venue & Parking Code
Faculty Club Infirmerie, Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven
Parking Code: TBC
Accreditation and Certificate of attendance
An accreditation application will be submitted to the INAMI/RIZIV.
You will be asked to confirm your attendance by signing a presence sheet.
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance by email after the Symposium upon request.
Exhibition
A medical exhibition will be held on the occasion of the Symposium. Access is free for registered participants. The exhibition is not accessible for non-MDs.
Liability
KBVR-SRBR does not accept liability for damages and/or losses of any kind which may be incurred by participants during the Symposium. Participants and exhibitors are advised to take out insurance against loss, accidents or damage which could be incurred during the Symposium
Cancellation
Kindly ensure that any cancellations are made no later than 20th February. Cancellations received after this date will incur the full registration fee.
