Conference programme

Event Venue - Swissôtel Tallinn (Tornimae 3)


Thursday October 03, 2024

08:30-10:30Industry sessions
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-13:00

Session 1: Overview, registers

Chairs: presidents of associations
     11:00-11:30Bridges in Rheumatology - Daniel Aletaha (President of EULAR- Vienna, Austria)
     11:30-12:00Overview lectures: healthcare systems, different hospitals, differences, similarities - Sandra Meisalu (EST), Laura Kuusalo (FIN)
     12:00-12:30FinRheuma register and register studies - Heikki Relas (FIN)
     12:30-13:00ERS biologics register. RA remission study, EuroSpA, possible future collaborations - Katrin Ulst (EST), Karin Laas (EST)
13:00-14:30Lunch and Industry session
14:30-16:00

Session 2: Systemic sclerosis

Chairs: Ritva Peltomaa and Piia Tuvik
     14:30-15:00SSc in Finland - Saara Kortelainen (FIN)
     15:00-15:30Stem cell therapy- experience - Diana Loigom (EST)
     15:30-16:00Overview PAH registry - Ly Anton (EST)
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-18:15

Session 3: Difficult- to treat arthritis, autoinflammatory diseases

Chairs: Heikki Relas and Karin Laas
     16:30-17:00Seronegative RA thesis – new data - Kirsi Paalanen (FIN)
     17:00-17:30VEXAS - Suvi Peltoniemi (FIN)
     17:30-18:00Seronegative oligoarthritis/ difficult to treat arthritis - Daniel Aletaha
19:30-....

Gala Dinner (Seaplane Harbour, Vesilennuki 6). The buses depart at 19:10 in front of the Swissôtel and take you back from Lennusadam to Swissôtel at 23:00


Friday October 04, 2024

08:30-09:30Industry session
09:30-11:30

Session 4: SLE

Chairs: Pia Elfving and Eve-Kai Raussi
     09:30-10:00Management of SLE in different disease - Pia Elfving (Kuopio, FIN)
     10:00-10:30Report of thesis study - Sandra Meisalu (EST)
     10:30-11:00 Case reports (SLE) - Mariliis Ojakäär (FIN), Kaisa Mallene (EST)
11:00-11:30Coffee break
11:30-13:30

Parallelsession 5: Cardiovascular research, lifestyle

Chairs: Raili Müller and Antti Palomäki

Parallelsession 6: Pediatric rheumatology

Chairs: Liisa Kröger and Liis Tõnisberg
  • 11:30-12:10 „Cardiovascular disease risk and prevention in patients with RA“ - Anne Grete Semb (NOR)
  • 12:10-12:40 „Cardiovascular research in Finland“ - Anne Kerola (FIN)
  • 12:40 - 13:15 „Nutrition assessment and recommendationsin rheumatic diseases, SSc“ - Alastair Forbes (EST)
  • 11:30-12:00 „Pediatric IgA vasculitis - Estonian experience“ - Jaanika Illisson (EST)
  • 12:00-12:30 „Transition to adult unit“ - Katriina Mikola (FIN)
  • 12:30-13:00 „Comorbidities of JIA in Finland“ - Anna-Kaisa Tuomi (FIN)
  • 13:00-13:30 „Incidence trends of JIA in Finland“ - Heidi Rahikkala/Erika Uusitupa (FIN)
13:30-14:30Lunch, departure



Satellite symposium prgogramme


Thursday October 03, 2024

08:30-09:30Satellite symposium - Novartis
"How to prevent atherosclerotic heart disease in patient with autoimmune disease”
09:30-10:30Satellite symposium - Johnson&Johnson
"Pain as a challenge in the diagnostics and treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis." Prof. Dr. Markku Kauppi
13:30-14:30Lunch satellite symposium - Abbvie

Friday October 04, 2024

08:30-09:30Satellite symposium - Fresenius Kabi
Chair: Sandra Meisalu

  • 08:30-09:00 GCA-PMR “An interesting case Study” - Eve-Kai Raussi (EST)

  • 09:00-09:30 "Extraarticular manifestations of RA" - Joonas Rautavaara (FIN)



    • Joint meeting of Estonian and Finnish Societies for Rheumatology 03.-04.10.2024 - Official website