UKCO Programme | The Association for the Study of Obesity

Day 1: 24th September 2024

Time	Session	Speakers
08:15 - 09:00	Registration & refreshments 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome address 📍 Room: Conference Suite Dr Nicola Heslehurst, ASO Chair	Professor Nicola Heslehurst (Speaker)
09:15 - 10:00	Plenary 1: Talking about weight 📍 Room: Conference Suite Patient led Plenary Sarah le Broq, ASO Trustee & patient representative and Dr Charlotte Albury, University of Oxford	Mrs Sarah Le Brocq (Speaker) Charlotte Albury (Speaker)
10:00 - 10:30	Prize Session - Prevention and Treatment Award 📍 Room: Conference Suite Awarded to a member of the ASO who, acting individually or representing a team, has made a significant contribution to the prevention or treatment of people living with overweight or obesity. Applications now open for the ASO Prevention and Treatment Award Find out more
10:30 - 11:15	Refreshments & exhibition 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
11:15 - 12:30	Parallel 1 - Symposia: New drugs and new questions for weight management interventions 📍 Room: Conference Suite Professor Susan Jebb OBE, University of Oxford Professor John Wilding, University of Liverpool and SCOPE Fellow Dr Sam West, University of Oxford Professor Berit Heitmann, University of Copenhagen Panel discussion: Professor Jens Sndergaard, University of Southern Denmark Professor Judith Aron-Wisnewsky, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital Professor Carsten Dirksen, University of Copenhagen Sarah le Brocq, Expert by experience Carina Jrgensen, Expert by experience	Professor Susan Jebb OBE (Speaker) Professor John Wilding (Speaker) Dr Sam West (Speaker) Professor Berit Heitmann (Speaker) Professor Jens Sndergaard (Panelist) Professor Judith Aron-Wisnewsky (Panelist) Professor Carsten Dirksen (Panelist) Mrs Sarah Le Brocq (Panelist) Carina Jrgensen (Panelist)
11:15 - 12:30	Parallel 2 - Oral Presentations 📍 Room: Conference Suite Submit your abstract to UKCO before 31st May 2024. Find out more
11:15 - 12:30	Parallel 3 - Symposia: It’s the Food: Effects on the food environment on obesity and ways we change it 📍 Room: Conference Suite Dr Ru Jia, University of Oxford Dr Lauren Bandy, University of Oxford Dr Amy Finlay, University of Liverpool Dr Frances Hillier-Brown, Newcastle University	Dr Ru Jia (Speaker) Dr Lauren Bandy (Speaker) Dr Amy Finlay (Speaker) Dr Frances Hillier-Brown (Speaker)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch, poster viewing, exhibition & networking 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
14:00 - 15:15	Parallel 4 - Oral presentations 📍 Room: Conference Suite Submit your abstract to UKCO before 31st May 2024. Find out more
14:00 - 15:15	Parallel 5 - Symposia: We are being held at a red signal - Barriers to accessing obesity treatments in the UK 📍 Room: Conference Suite Dr Claudia Coelho, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Ms Sarah Le Brocq, Expert by experience Dr Katherine McCullough, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Dr Luke Boyle, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Dr Laurence J Dobbie, King's College London’ Professor Francesco Rubino, King’s College London	Dr Claudia Coelho (Speaker) Mrs Sarah Le Brocq (Speaker) Dr Katherine McCullough (Speaker) Dr Luke Boyle (Speaker) Dr Laurence Dobbie (Speaker) Professor Francesco Rubino (Speaker)
14:00 - 15:15	Parallel 6 - Industry-led symposia 📍 Room: Conference Suite
15:15 - 16:00	Refreshments & exhibition 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
16:00 - 16:45	Three minute thesis competition 📍 Room: Conference Suite Submit your abstract to UKCO before 31st May 2024 to be eligible for the 3MT. Find out more
16:45 - 17:30	Plenary 2: Child Obesity and the brain 📍 Room: Conference Suite Associate Professor Susan Carnell, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore	Associate Professor Susan Carnell (Speaker)
17:30 - 18:30	Drinks reception, poster viewing & networking 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall

Day 2: 25th September 2024

Time	Session	Speakers
09:00 - 09:45	Plenary 3 📍 Room: Conference Suite Using pharmacotherapy to manage obesity, Professor Barbara McGowan, Kings College London Using digital platforms to deliver new drugs, Dr Laura Falvey, Reset Health	Professor Barbara McGowan (Speaker) Dr Laura Falvey (Speaker)
09:45 - 10:30	Refreshments & exhibition 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
10:30 - 11:45	Parallel 7 - Industry-led symposia 📍 Room: Conference Suite
10:30 - 11:45	Parallel 8 - Oral Presentations 📍 Room: Conference Suite Submit your abstract to UKCO before 31st May 2024. Find out more
10:30 - 11:45	Parallel 9 - Symposia: New and Emerging Research in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 📍 Room: Conference Suite Melissa Little, University of Oxford Dr Simon Russell, UCL Jo Jewell, Novo Nordisk Dr Tamara Brown, Leeds Beckett Pooja Sanchev, Clinical Associate Professor (University of Nottingham) and Consultant in Paediatric Diabetes and endocrinology (Nottingham Children’s Hospital) Elizabeth Procter, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Frank Arsenyadis, Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester	Mrs Melissa Little (Speaker) Dr Simon Russell (Speaker) Jo Jewell (Speaker) Associate Professor Tamara Brown (Speaker) Pooja Sanchev (Speaker) Elizabeth Procter (Speaker) Mr Franciskos Arsenyadis (Speaker)
12:00 - 13:15	Parallel 10 - Symposia: Future directions in the management of bariatric surgery in the era of new medication 📍 Room: Conference Suite Dr Violeta Moizé, University of Barcelona Prof Alex Miras, University of Ulster Mr Kamal Mahawar, Sunderland Royal Hospital Mary O’Kane, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Dr Yitka Graham, University of Sunderland Ken Clare, Expert by experience Jimmy Fullan, Expert by experience	Dr Violeta Moizé (Speaker) Professor Alexander Miras (Speaker) Professor Kamal Mahawar (Speaker) Ms Mary O'Kane (Speaker) Professor Yitka Graham (Speaker) Mr Kenneth Clare (Speaker) Mr James Fullan (Speaker)
12:00 - 13:15	Parallel 11 - Symposia: The future of obesity policy: international perspectives in collaboration with World Health Organisation 📍 Room: Conference Suite Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe, WHO Prof Mike Rayner, University of Oxford Dr Julianne Williams, WHO Margarida Bica, University of Oxford Prof Franco Sassi, Imperial College Dr Lauren Bandy, University of Oxford	Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe (Speaker) Professor Mike Rayner (Speaker) Dr Julianne Williams (Speaker) Margarida Bica (Speaker) Professor Franco Sassi (Speaker) Dr Lauren Bandy (Speaker)
12:00 - 13:15	Parallel 12 - Oral presentations 📍 Room: Conference Suite Submit your abstract to UKCO before 31st May 2024. Find out more
13:15 - 14:15	Lunch, poster viewing, exhibition & networking 📍 Room: McCall MacBain Hall
14:15 - 14:45	Rapid fire/elevator pitch session 📍 Room: Conference Suite
14:45 - 15:30	Plenary 4 📍 Room: Conference Suite Professor Arne Astrup, Novo Nordisk Foundation	Professor Arne Astrup (Speaker)
15:30 - 16:00	UKCO Prize Giving, Closing Remarks and UKCO 2025 📍 Room: Conference Suite	Dr Nerys Astbury (Speaker)

The UK Congress on Obesity has been instigated and organised by ASO. Sponsors have contributed funding towards this event in return for exhibition space. They have had no input into the agenda or the selection of speakers with the exception of any sponsored symposia which are clearly indicated. View a full list of sponsors.

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UKCO Key Dates

Member-led Symposium Proposal Submission: Deadline 31st March 2024
Abstract submissions: Deadline: 31st May 2024
Early Career Researcher Registration: Deadline 31st May 2024
Early bird booking rate: Deadline 30th June 2024
ASO Ken Clare Award: Deadline 30th June 2024
ASO Prevention and Treatment Award: Deadline 30th June 2024
Late breaking abstract submissions: Deadline 30th July 2024