Join a captivating symposium that will delve into the intriguing intersection of neuroscience and endocrinology.

In the two-day event, you will gain:

• new insights into how the brain plays a pivotal role in regulating metabolic balance – from its influence on health to its implications in conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes
• valuable knowledge on how altered brain function can increase susceptibility to cardiometabolic disease
• clarify on the mysteries of how peripheral signals impact the brain’s ability to maintain energy homeostasis, offering potential avenues for future therapies.

Specifically, scientific sessions include:

• Obesity Pathogenesis & Solutions – Will Obesity Still be a Problem in 10 Years?
• Obesity Comorbidities in the Brain
• Type 2 Diabetes – Is There a Role for the Brain in Blood Glucose Control?
• Central Control of Peripheral Metabolism & Energy Homeostasis
• Endocrine Control of Energy Homeostasis

You are invited to present your research at the symposium. Short talks, posters and poster pitches will be arranged based on selected abstracts (please see guidelines under “Abstract Submission”). The organisers will select the oral presentations based on submitted abstracts. If you are not selected for an oral presentation, you may be invited to give a 1-minute poster pitch in plenum. All who have signed up with an abstract will present their research in a poster session. More information will follow after the registration deadline.

There will also be additional, excellent opportunities to expand your professional network and seek out possible future collaborators within different scientific fields as well as across national and international borders.

Speakers:

• Ami Raval, Associate Professor, University of Miami (US)
• Carmelo Quarta, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (FR)
• Giles Yeo, Professor, University of Cambridge (UK)
• Gregory Steinberg, Professor, McMaster University (CA)
• Jens Juul Holst, Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
• Kerstin Stemmer, Professor, University of Augsburg (DE)
• Lori Zeltser, Professor, University of Columbia (US)
• Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Chief Scientific Advisor, Novo Nordisk (DK)
• Paul Pfluger, Professor, Helmholtz Munich (DE)
• Philipp Scherer, Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
• Susanne la Fleur, Professor, University of Amsterdam (NL)

Organisers:

The symposium is jointly organized by the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy and Neuroscience Academy Denmark.

Organisers of the scientific programme:

• Christoffer Clemmensen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
• Emma Börgeson, Associate Professor, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University (DK)
• Henriette Kirchner, Professor, CBBM, University of Lübeck (DE) 
• Henrik Oster, Professor and Institute Director, CBBM, University of Lübeck (DE)
• Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld, Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
• Jens Mittag, Professor, Head of Institute, CBBM, University of Lübeck (DE)
• Kate Lykke Lambertsen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
• Kim Ravnskjær, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
• Lars Grøntved, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
• Nils J. Færgeman, Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
• Tune H Pers, Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)

The symposium is intended clinicians and researchers at all levels working within any field of neuroscience and endocrinology in Denmark and abroad. However, we also welcome undergraduate students, representatives from the life science industry and the private sector and interested editors at scientific journals, to attend.

We encourage early career researchers to submit an abstract for poster sessions. Researchers who submit an abstract may be selected to take part in the programme with a short talk.

All participants are selected on a first come, first served basis; however, participants who submits an abstract are prioritised as attendees in the event the symposium becomes overbooked.

Please note that you are not guaranteed a seat at the symposium if you do not meet the target group requirements. Priority is given to participants employed at research and health institutions or in the life science industry in Denmark and abroad. If the event is overbooked, the DDEA reserves its right to select participants based on the defined requirements.

Dinner registration

The NAD and DDEA organises a networking symposium dinner on 30 May 2024. Participation in the dinner is free of charge. Please sign up for the dinner upon registration, and indicate whether you have any dietary requirements.

Latest cancellation date & no-show fee

Please note that it is free of charge to participate in the event however the DDEA will charge a no-show fee of 1000 DKK if you do not show up and have not unregistered from the event by 22 May 2023 23:59.

Deadline for submission of abstracts:

25 April 2024

Abstract guidelines:

Be sure your abstract contains the following information and adheres to the following formatting guidelines before submission:

You may download the template here

The abstract should be max 1500 characters incl. spaces and written in Arial 10.

• Title of abstract (Use a short and specific title with title-style capitalization and put it in bold)
• Presenting author name(s) (Underline the presenting author’s name)
• Affiliation (Include unit, institution/company/hospital, city and country for all authors and put it in italic)

The body of the abstract contains the following content:

• Background and aim:
  Text in Arial 10
• Material and methods:
  Text in Arial 10
• Results (if obtained to-date)
  Text in Arial 10
• Conclusion (and perspectives)
  Text in Arial 10

No images, figures, charts or tables should be included in the abstract.

Please proofread carefully before submission and submit a word file and please name the file that you submit with your name.

Format of poster

Size of poster: A0 or A1 – width max. 1 m/height max. 1.25 m (“Portrait format” is visually preferred)