PLENARY SESSIONS
May 28 (Monday)
Morning 08:30-10:00
I-1Opening Lecture
Trends in morbidity, mortality and risk factors of cardiovascular disease in Japan and practicing prevention in the 21st century
Chairperson: GR Dagenais (Canada)
Speaker: T Omae (Japan)
I-2Opening Lecture
International trends in cardiovascular disease mortality and its risk factors and a preventive strategy for the 21st century
Chairperson: T Sugimoto (Japan)
Speaker: J Stamler (U.S.A.)
Afternoon 14:00-15:30
IISymposium
Impacts of lifestyle modification on CVD prevention
Chairpersons: L Beilin (Australia) / H Ueshima (Japan)
Speaker and Titles:
After INTERSALT - P Elliot (U.K.)
Alcohol and CVD - IB Puddey (Australia)
Lipids and CVD in preventive population programmes - PM Puska (Finland)
May 29 (Tuesday)
Morning 08:30-10:00
IIISymposium
Practical implication of "new" risk factors for prevention in the general public
Chairpersons: G Paradis (Canada) / K Ueda (Japan)
Speaker and Titles:
Estrogen and cardiovascular disease in women- KT Khaw (U.K.)
Obesity, insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease - M Lambert (Canada)
Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease - H Morita (Japan)
Chronic infection, inflammation and cardiovascular disease - P Whincup (U.K.)
Afternoon 14:00-15:30
IVSymposium
Trends in CVD mortality and its risk factors in developed and developing countries
Chairpersons: L Liu (China) / S Sans (Spain)
Speaker and Titles:
The association between blood pressure levels and risk of cardiovascular diseases in Chinese: A cohort study in 11 provinces of China - D Zhao (China)
Trends in cigarette smoking and changes in coronary heart disease mortality - U Keil (Germany)
Cardiovascular risk factors in India: Trends and determinants - KS Reddy (India)
Is there a relationship between trends in diabetes and CVD mortality? - J Tuomilehto (Finland)
May 30 (Wednesday)
Morning 08:30-10:00
V-1Rose Stamler Memorial Lecture
Policy-making for CVD prevention
Chairperson: L Wilhelmsen (Sweden)
Speaker: DR Labarthe (U.S.A.)
V-2Symposium
Prevention of stroke: New insight
Chairpersons: PA Wolf (U.S.A.) / K Fukiyama (Japan)
Speaker and Titles:
Cardiovascular risk and risk of stroke in untreated and treated older patients with isolated systolic hypertension - JA Staessen (Belgium)
Control of risk factors and primary prevention of stroke - PA Wolf (U.S.A.)
Prevention of ischemic stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation K Minematsu (Japan)
Afternoon 14:00-16:00
VI-1Geoffrey Rose Memorial Lecture
Heredity and other risk factors: implications for prevention and population health
Chairperson: T Saruta (Japan)
Speaker: KT KhaW (U.K.)
VI-2Symposium
Population strategy for tobacco control in developed and developing countries
Chairpersons: J Mackay (Hong Kong) / M Maranhao (Brazil)
Speaker and Titles:
The global tobacco epidemic and CVD - R Peto (U.K.)
National tobacco industries - LA Hanafiah (Indonesia)
The future of the tobacco epidemic - J Mackay (Hong Kong)
The transnational tobacco corporations - Y Saloojee (South Africa)
May 31 (Thursday)
Morning 10:30-13:00
VII-1Symposium
Influence of diet on CVD
Chairpersons: H Kesteloot (Belgium) / H Tanaka (Japan)
Speaker and Titles:
Fish and coronary heart disease: is the association casual? - D Kromhout (The Netherlands)
All-cause and cardiovascular mortality, lessons from geopathology - H Kesteloot (Belgium)
The impact of dietary factors on blood pressure: recent advances and future opportunities - LJ Appel (U.S.A.)
Fatty acids and cardiovascular mortality - WC Willett (U.S.A.)
Influence of diet on CVD (tentative) - H Tanaka (Japan)
VII-2Osaka Declaration
Chairperson: JW Farquhar (U.S.A.)
Speaker: DR MacLean (Canada)
VII-3Closing Lecture
Global issues of CVD prevention for the 21st century
Chairperson: RV Luepker (U.S.A.)
Speaker: R Beaglehole (New Zealand)

BACK HOME NEXT