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Preliminary Conference Programme Overview Berlin | Wednesday, 27 March 2019

10:00 - 12:30 Pre-congress pathology workshop: Make the diagnosis - Difficult cases incl. morphology

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Welcome - W Stenzel, O Benveniste & I Nishino General lecture 15:00 - 16:30 I Sporadic inclusion body myositis 16:30 - 17:15 Snack Break 17:15 - 18:30 IIa Extramuscular (Neoplasia) 19:00 Welcome Reception

Berlin | Thursday, 28 March 2019

08:30 - 10:00 IIb Extramuscular (Lung) 10:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Posters 11:15 - 12:45 III Trials 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 16:00 'workshop for young physicians' 'patient-centered workshop' 16:00 - 16:45 Snack Break, Exhibition, Posters 16:45 - 20:00 Team Workshop: jDM Speed-Funding

Berlin | Friday, 29 March 2019

08:30 - 10:00 IV Juvenile dermatomyositis; jDM 10:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster 11:15 - 12:30 V Dermatomyositis; DM 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch / Genzyme Industry Symposium 14:00 - 15:30 VI Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies; IMNM 15:30 - 16:30 Snack Break, Exhibition, Posters 16:30 - 17:00 IMACS Meeting 17:00 - 17:30 Establishing a World Myositis Society 18:30 Scientific Get-Together

Berlin | Saturday, 30 March 2019

08:30 - 09:20 VII Treatment 09:20 - 10:00 VIII Other forms of myositis 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition 10:30 - 11:15 IX Hot topics 11:15 - 12:00 X Patients: Reports from patient association(s) 12:00 - 13:00 General Discussion, Prizes, Closing & Handover 13:15 - 14:30 Lunch

duration main talks 25 (20+5)' duration selected orals 13 (10+3)'