Mon 19 April     Tue 20 April     Wed 21 April  
             
       
 
  Monday 19 April 2004
 
       
 
 08.00 - 18.00
     Registration
         
         
 
Chairmen:
 
  Dr Raymond Gill - Dr Jacques Chouty
   
         
 
 08.30 - 09.10
     KEYNOTE LECTURE  
             
     
Genetic Tests and the Medicine of the future
 
        Prof. Edoardo Boncinelli
        Director of ISAS (International School for Advanced Studies)
        Trieste – (Italy)
     
Documents:   
 BONCINELLI C.V.BONCINELLI SUMMARY    
           
           
 
 09.10 - 09.50
  
Genetics, Environment and Insurance
 
        Dr Christoph Nabholz
        Genetics Consultant at Swiss Reinsurance Company
        Zurich (Switzerland)
     
Documents:   
 NABHOLZ C.VNABHOLZ SUMMARYNabholz PRESENTATION    
           
 
       
 
 09.50 - 10.30
  
Genetic Tests and their implications in Insurance
 
 
    Prof. Jean Lemaire
 
    Professor of Insurance and Actuarial Science
        The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania
        Philadelphia, PA (USA)
     
Documents:   
 LEMAIRE CVLEMAIRE SUMMARYLEMAIRE PRESENTATION    
           
           
 
 10.30 - 10.45
     Coffee-break
           
           
 
Chairmen:
  
   Dr Salvador Waich - D.ssa Patrizia Marocco
 
           
 
 10.45 - 11.25
  
Predictive Medicine and Forensic Medical Responsibility
 
        Dr S. Pucciarelli - Prof. S.D. Ferrara
        University of Padova (Italy)
     
Documents:   
 PUCCIARELLI C.V.PUCCIARELLI SUMMARY PUCCIARELLI PRESENTATION.    
           
           
 
 11.25 - 12.05
  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and new techniques in the evaluation of myocardial diseases
 
        Prof. Gianfranco Sinagra
        Director of Cardiology Department
        Trieste General Hospital (Italy)
     
Documents:   
 SINAGRA C.V.SINAGRA SUMMARY    
           
           
 
 12.05 - 12.45
  
Prognosis and quality of life following heart transplantation
 
        Dr Ugolino Livi
       

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
        Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation
        S. Maria della Misericordia General Hospital
        Udine (Italy)
     
Documents:   
 LIVI C.V.    
           
           
           
 
 12.45 - 13.25
  
Diabetes with cardiac or renal complications; chances and limits for Insurance Medicine
 
        Dr Robert Ostermann-Myrau
        CMO GenRe. Life Health
        Cologne (Germany)
     
Documents:   
 OSTERMANN C.V.OSTERMANN SUMMARY.Osterman relazione.    
         
           
 
 13.30 - 14.30
     L U N C H
           
           
 
 14.30 - 15.30
  
Concurrent WORKSHOPS
 
         
     
1. Laboratory tests: clinical vs insurance medicine
         
     
Chairman:   
 Dr Rudy Fidelino
        VP & Chief Medical Director (retired) Guardian Life
C.M.O. Empire General Life Assurance Corporation
New York (USA)
        CV FIDELINO
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Dr Robert L. Stout
        President/Director Clinical Reference Lab.
Lenexa, Kansas (USA)
        C V STOUTSTOUT Presentation
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Dr Zuzanna Guzel
        President PAIM (Polish Association of Insurance Medicine)
CMO Allianz Polska
Warsaw (Poland)
        CV GUZELGuzel presentation
         
     
2. Interpretation of Genetic tests in Insurance Medicine
         
     
Chairman:   
 Prof. Mauro Giacca
        International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Trieste (Italy)
        CV Sketch GiaccaGiacca presentation
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Prof. Giuseppe Novelli
        Italian Delegate to OECD Commission for Genetic Testing in Europe
and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas (USA)
Director of the Laboratory of Medical Genetics
Department of Biopathology - University Tor Vergata Roma (Italy)
        CV NOVELLINOVELLI presentation
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Dr Sietske Homsma
        Medical Advisor Nationale Nederlanden
Member of Genetic Committee of the Dutch Association of Insurers
Rotterdam (Holland)
        CV Homsma
         
     
3. Underwriting hypertension
         
     
Chairman:   
 Dr Juergen Becher
        C.M.O. Munich Re Group
Munich (Germany)
         
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Prof. Renzo Carretta
        Clinical Medical Department
University of Trieste (Italy)
        CV Carretta
     
Panel Speaker:   
 Dr Nicola-Alexander Sittaro
        Chief Medical Officer of Hannover Life Re.
Hannover (Germany)
        SITTARO C.V.SITTARO Presentation
 
   
 
15.00
  
Round Table
 
         
     
Exceedingly expensive? Predicting cost of care for people with post-acute and chronic conditions
     
 
 
Chairman:   
 Mr Adrian Bruno Trevisan
 
    Vice President of the Tecnical Section Life, Accident and Health Assurance of ANIA (Italy)
         
        Dr Massimo Arcà
        Department of Epidemiology ASL Roma E (Italy)
         
        Dr Fabrizio Faggiano
        Department of Public Health – University of Torino (Italy)
         
 
 15.30 - 15.45
     Tea break
           
           
 
 15.45 - 16.45
  
Repeat workshops for those unable to attend 1st session
 
           
         
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