This two-day symposium aims to support participants in addressing intricate challenges in obesity research and treatment, emphasising both genetic and lifestyle approaches. The symposium will facilitate an in-depth overview of the distinct problems and progress in obesity management in the Faroe Islands relative to other nations, including insights on genetic, lifestyle, and pharmaceutical interventions.

Specialists from Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the Faroe Islands will conduct sessions addressing genetic factors in obesity, precision strategies for adiposity, lifestyle interventions like “Football as Medicine,” and modern pharmacological and surgical therapies.

Participants will acquire skills through interactive sessions to support the development of targeted treatment strategies and manage interventions for diverse patient populations, including children, adolescents, and adults.

Organised networking sessions will promote professional interaction and provide opportunities to expand your professional network and seek out possible future collaborators within different scientific fields as well as across national and international borders during

You are invited to present your research at the symposium. At the end of day 1 there will be a poster session. All who have signed up with an abstract will do a 1-minute pitch of their poster and present their research in a poster session. More information will follow after the registration deadline.

Please see guidelines under “Abstract Instruction”.

Speakers:

• Carsten Dirksen, Clinical Research Associate Professor, Amager og Hvidovre Hospital (DK)
• Claus Bogh Juhl, Clinical Professor, Sydvestjysk Sygehus (DK)
• Daniel Ibsen, Associate Professor, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (DK)
• Hanieh Yaghootkar, Associate Professor, University of Exeter (UK)
• Jennifer Lyn Baker, Associate Professor, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
• Kajsa Järvholm, Associate Professor, Lund University (SE)
• Magni Mohr, Professor, University of the Faroe Islands (FO)
• Marin Strøm, Associate Professor, University of the Faroe Islands (FO)
• Roelof Smit, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
• Torsten Olbers, Professor, Linköping University (SE)

Organisers:

• Anja Lisbeth Frederiksen, Professor, Dept. of Clinical Genetics Odense University Hospital/Aalborg University Hospital (DK)
• Herborg Johannessen, Senior Medical Doctor, Steno Diabetes Center Faroe Islands (FO)
• Jens Meldgaard Bruun, Clinical Professor, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (DK)
• Malthe Genét, First Year Resident, Public Health Medicine, Holbæk Sygehus (DK)
• Maria Skaalum Petersen, Professor, Department of Research, the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands (FO)

This Symposium is co-organised with the Steno Diabetes Center Faroe Islands, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands and the University of the Faroe Islands.

This symposium is intended for all clinical researchers, PhD students, doctors etc. interested in the prevention and treatment of obesity.

The participants are selected on a first come, first served basis.

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 Faroese, Greenlandic and Danish research and health institutions or life science industry, but a number of seats are reserved for participants employed at organisations abroad. If the event is overbooked, the DDEA reserves its right to select participants based on the defined requirements.

Dinner registration

DDEA organises a networking dinner for all participant, speakers and organisers on 2 June 2025. Participation in the dinner is free of charge. Please sign up for the dinner upon registration, and indicate whether you have any dietary requirements.

Accommodation and transportation
Accommodation and transportation is not offered for participants at this event.

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 26 May 2025.

Deadline for submission of abstracts:  1 May 2025

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, rationale, methods, results (if obtained to-date), 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)