31st European Congress on Obesity
European Association for the Study of Obesity

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Please note that ECO2024 scientific sessions will be developed via invited lectures and abstract submission only.
We will not be calling for full symposia suggestions this year.

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EASO Teaching Workshops
08:30-12:30
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
  Teaching Workshop
(EASO Childhood Obesity WG)
Teaching Workshop
(Joint EASO Nutrition WG and Psychology, Behaviour & Mental Health WG)
Teaching Workshop (Joint EASO Scientific Advisory Board and EASO Obesity Management WG):
Phenotyping Obesities Beyond BMI
Topic Sessions and Accepted Symposia
12:30-14:00 hrs
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T1 Topic Session:
Adipose Tissue Niche and Tumour Microenvironment in Obesity
T3 Topic Session:
Community Approaches to Improving Food Security for Health and Wellbeing
T2 Topic Session:
Advances in the Pharmacological Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity
T4 Topic Session:
Guidelines and Future Perspectives of MAFLD
Lunch Break (13:00-14:00 hrs)
Abstract Sessions
14:15 - 15:45 hrs
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T1 Abstract Session T2 Abstract Session T3 Abstract Session T4 Abstract Session
Coffee Break/Commercial Exhibition (15:45-16:15 hrs)
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
Industry Supported Session 1
(16:15-17:45 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 2
(16:15-17:45 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 3
(16:15-17:45 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 4
(16:15-17:45 hrs)
Sala Darsena
Opening Plenary Session
EASO-NNF Excellence Prize Lecture

(17:45-18:45 hrs)
ECO2024 Opening Ceremony
(18:45-19:15 hrs)
Exhibition Hall
ECO2024 Welcome Reception
(19:15-20:15 hrs)
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Sala Darsena
Track 1 Plenary Lecture: Obesity and Cancer
(08:30-09:15 hrs)
Topic Sessions
09:30-11:00 hrs
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T1 Topic Session:
Liver Phenotypes in Obesity
T2 Topic Session:
Behavioural and Nutritional
Consequences of Next-Generation Pharmacotherapy
T3 Topic Session:
Overview of Paediatric Obesity Treatment Guidelines
T4 Topic Session:
Obesity in Women across the Lifespan
Coffee Break and G-Communications (11:00-11:45 hrs)
Abstract Sessions and Accepted Symposia
11:45 - 13:15 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
T4 Abstract Session EASO-NNF NI Update Session T3 Abstract Session Joint Session EASO/EASD
Lunch Break (13:15-15:15 hrs)
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
Teaching Workshop New Technologies for Obesity Science
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 5
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 6
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
WHO Joint Session
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Sala Darsena
Special PLenary Lecture: Taking off the Mask of Obesity
(15:15-16:00 hrs)
Coffee Break and G-Communications (16:00-17:00 hrs)
EASO and Abstract Sessions
17:00-18:30 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
T1 Abstract Session EASO Early Career Network T2 Abstract Session EASO Adult COMs/KSSO Joint meeting
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Sala Darsena
T4 Plenary Lecture: GLP-1RA and Cognitive Functions
(08:30-09:15 hrs)
Topic Sessions
09:30-11:00 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
T1 Topic Session:
Skeletal Muscle Alterations in Obesity
T2 Topic Session:
Mental Health, Disordered Eating,
and Physical Activity
T3 Topic Session:
Intergenerational Transmission
T4 Topic Session:
Tailored Pharmacologic Therapy
for Obesity
Coffee Break and G-Communications (11:00-11:45 hrs)
Abstract Sessions and Accepted Symposia
11:45 - 13:15 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
T1 Abstract Session T2 Abstract Session T3 Abstract Session T4 Abstract Session
Lunch Break (13:15-15:15 hrs)
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
Industry Supported Session 7
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 8
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Industry Supported Session 9
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
EASO/IFSO-EC Joint Symposium
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Sala Mosaici 2
IMI SOPHIA
(13:45-15:15 hrs)
Sala Darsena
Track 2 Plenary Lecture: The “Exposome Hypothesis” and Obesity
(15:15-16:00 hrs)
Coffee Break and G-Communications (16:00-17:00 hrs)
EASO and Abstract Sessions
17:00-18:30 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
EASO Paediatric COMs/KSSO Joint Session EASO-NNF New Investigator Awards Session EASO Session with Universities: Teaching Nutrition Joint Session EASO/ESC
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TRACK 4
Sala Darsena
T3 PLenary Lecture: Imact of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Position on Obesity in Children
(08:30-09:15 hrs)
Topic Sessions, Abstract Sessions and Accepted Symposia
09:30-11:00 hrs
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T1 Topic Session:
Skeletal Muscle Alterations in Obesity
T2 Topic Session:
Mental Health, Disordered Eating, and Physical Activity
T3 Topic Session:
Intergenerational Transmission
T4 Topic Session:
Tailored Pharmacologic Therapy for Obesity
Coffee Break (11:00-11:30 hrs)
Abstract Sessions
11:30 - 13:00 hrs
Sala Volpi Sala Grande Sala Perla Sala Darsena
T1 Abstract Session T2 Abstract Session T3 Abstract Session T4 Abstract Session
Sala Grande
Closing Plenary Session: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis, Management and Research of Obesity:
(13:00-13:45 hrs)
Closing Ceremony and Abstract Award Presentation
(13:45-14:15 hrs)
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