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+ Wednesday, 26 March 2008
+ Thursday, 27 March 2008
+ Friday, 28 March 2008
+ Saturday, 29 March 2008

» Wednesday, 26 March 2008

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		Black Hall	Blue Hall 1	Blue Hall 2	eURO Auditorium	Gold Hall	Green Hall 1	Green Hall 2-3	Orange Hall 1-2-3	Purple Hall 1	Purple Hall 2	Red Hall 1	Red Hall 2	Silver Hall	White Hall 1	White Hall 2	Yellow Hall 1	Yellow Hall 2-3
	08:30 - 18:00 VIP Suite VIP Suite 08:30 - 18:00 Latin Suite Latin Suite 08:30 - 18:00 Asian Suite	08:30 - 12:00 EAU-CAU Session Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Confederaçion Americana de Urologia (CAU)	08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Society of Andrological Urology (ESAU) Training in andrology between ideals and reality	08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons (ESGURS) What's new?	08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Genito-Urinary Group (EORTC-GU Group) in conjunction with the Meeting of the European Society for Urological Research (ESUR) and the European Society of Oncological Urology (ESOU) EORTC GU-Group and ESUR: Translational research should be an integral part of clinical trials ESOU: Future in management of prostate cancer	08:30 - 13:45 Meeting of the European Society for Uro-Technology (ESUT) Kidney unlimited	08:30 - 12:15 Meeting of the European Society for Uro-Pathology (ESUP) pT0 in uropathology surgical specimens			08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Society of Transplantation Urology (ESTU) Present dilemmas and future challenges in kidney transplantation			08:30 - 13:45 Meeting of the European Society of Female and Functional Urology (ESFFU) Update on female and functional urology		08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Society of Urological Imaging (ESUI) Established and future imaging modalities in urology: Indications and limitations	08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the European Society of Infection in Urology (ESIU) Hot topics in UTI		08:30 - 12:30 Meeting of the eUrolithiasis Society (eULIS) Hot topics in urolithiasis
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								09:30 - 12:30 EAU-CUA Session Joint Session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Chinese Urological Association (CUA)	09:30 - 12:30 EAU-AAU Session : Advances in urology 2008 Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Arab Association of Urology (AAU)		09:30 - 12:30 EAU-USI Session Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Urological Society of India (USI)	09:30 - 15:30 ESRU Meeting 15th Meeting of the European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU)		09:30 - 12:30 EAU-JUA Joint Session Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Japanese Urological Association (JUA)			09:30 - 12:30 EAU-KUA Session Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Korean Urological Association (KUA)

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13:00		12:45 - 14:15 Oral Session 1 History of urology	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 3 Male incontinence	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 4 Infertility: Basic science	12:45 - 14:15 Video Session 1 Laparoscopic renal surgery			12:45 - 14:15 Oral Session 4 Diagnosis and staging of urothelial tumours I	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 7 Outcome of radical prostatectomy in high risk prostate cancer	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 5 BPH: Basic research and medical therapy I	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 6 Renal tumours: Basic research			12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 1 Outcomes of ESWL	12:45 - 14:15 Poster Session 2 Testis tumours	12:45 - 14:15 Oral Session 2 Urethral reconstruction		12:45 - 14:15 Oral Session 3 New diagnostic techniques (PCa)

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		14:30 - 16:00 Oral Session 5 Prostate cancer: Imaging and lymphadenectomy	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 12 Tapes for urinary incontinence	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 13 Infertility: Clinical	14:30 - 16:00 Video Session 2 New challenges in ureter and bladder surgery			14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 16 Diagnosis and staging of urothelial tumours II	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 17 Diagnosis of prostate cancer: PSA and new markers	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 14 BPH: Natural history, etiology and evaluation	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 15 Renal tumours: Diagnosis			14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 8 Ureteral endoscopy and stents	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 9 Penis: Cancer and reconstructive surgery	14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 10 Reconstructive urology: Urethra and external genitalia		14:30 - 16:00 Poster Session 11 Advances in the management of non-surgical treatment of localised prostate cancer
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		16:15 - 17:45 Symposium Men's health care: A dynamic approach to erectile dysfunction *Sponsored by BAYER SCHERING PHARMA*	16:15 - 17:45 Symposium New treatment opportunities in premature ejaculation *Sponsored by JOHNSON & JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES LLC*		16:15 - 17:45 Symposium Hormone therapy for prostate cancer: Less is more? *Sponsored by ASTELLAS*	16:15 - 17:45 Symposium Toviaz®: Expanding options for OAB treatment *Sponsored by PFIZER INC*		16:15 - 17:45 Symposium TOOKAD: Tailoring treatment to the patient with localised prostate cancer *Sponsored by STEBA BIOTECH NV*	16:15 - 17:45 Symposium Hormonal therapy and prostate cancer: What's known, what's new, and what's next? *Sponsored by FERRING*			16:15 - 17:45 Symposium Current practice and innovations of the Green Standard for BPH *Sponsored by AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS*	16:15 - 17:45 Symposium PDE5 inhibitors, erectile dysfunction and prostate disease *Sponsored by ELI LILLY AND COMPANY*					16:15 - 17:45 Symposium How can we improve the management of non-invasive bladder cancer? *Sponsored by GE HEALTHCARE*
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18:00					18:00 - 20:00 EAU Opening Ceremony and Welcome Cocktail EAU Opening Ceremony and Welcome Cocktail

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» Thursday, 27 March 2008

		Black Hall	Blue Hall 1	Blue Hall 2	eURO Auditorium	Gold Hall	Green Hall 1	Green Hall 2	Green Hall 3	Orange Hall 1	Orange Hall 2	Orange Hall 3	Purple Hall 1	Purple Hall 2	Red Hall 1	Red Hall 2	Silver Hall	White Hall 2	Yellow Hall 2-3
08:00	08:00 - 19:00 VIP Suite VIP Suite 08:00 - 19:00 Latin Suite Latin Suite 08:00 - 19:00 Asian Suite				07:45 - 11:00 Plenary Session 1 Uro-oncology: Focus on lymph nodes

09:00							09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 1 Paediatric urology for the adult urologist: A practical update	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 2 Prostate cancer ? screening, diagnosis and staging	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 3 Update on stone disease	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 4 Retropubic radical prostatectomy ? tips, tricks and pitfalls	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 5 Treatment of advanced and metastatic renal cancer	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 6 Evaluation and management of female pelvic floor disorders
		09:15 - 10:45 Oral Session 6 Sexual dysfunction	09:15 - 10:45 Poster Session 21 Prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain	09:15 - 10:45 Poster Session 22 LUTS, the prostate and sexual function											09:15 - 10:45 Poster Session 18 Stress incontinence - tapes, new concepts and more	09:15 - 10:45 Poster Session 19 Urolithiasis: Diagnosis and medical therapy			09:15 - 10:45 Poster Session 20 Prostate cancer: Prognostic factors and predictors of outcome
10:00																		10:00 - 12:30 ESU/ESUT Hands-on training laparoscopy course 1

11:00		11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 3 Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Contemporary debates on prostate and renal cancer			11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 1 Molecular biomarkers for prostate cancer: What's new	11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 2 The risk of prostate cancer and kidney transplantation									11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 4 Male urinary incontinence

12:00																	12:00 - 14:00 Workshop Utilising new technology when performing ureteroscopy and PCNL *Sponsored by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC*
		12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 23 Learning curve and outcome in radical prostatectomy	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 27 Bladder dysfunction: What is new about receptors and drugs	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 28 Sexual function: Ejaculation and female function	12:15 - 13:45 Video Session 3 BPH surgery: A new battlefield!	12:15 - 13:45 Oral Session 7 Renal tumours: Diagnosis and imaging	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 7 Chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS) with special focus on chronic prostatitis (CP) and painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC)	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 8 Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 9 Diagnosis and management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 10 Office management of male sexual dysfunction	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 11 Lower urinary tract dysfunction and urodynamics	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 12 Metastatic prostate cancer	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 29 Open surgery and PCNL for stones		12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 24 BPH: Medical therapy II	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 25 Prostate cancer tumour biology			12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 26 Treatment of superficial bladder tumours I
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14:00		14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 30 Prostate cancer screening and new risk factors	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 34 Management of neurogenic bladder dysfunction	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 35 Erectile dysfunction: From bench to clinic	14:00 - 15:30 Video Session 4 Male continence and reconstructive surgery	14:00 - 15:30 Oral Session 8 Renal tumours: Surgical treatment							14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 36 Adrenal surgery and kidney transplantation		14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 31 BPH: Surgical treatment	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 32 Novel aspects in hormonal treatment, biomarkers and prognostic factors		14:00 - 16:30 ESU/ESUT Hands-on training laparoscopy course 2	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 33 Urothelial tumours: Basic research I

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							15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 13 Urological management of renal failure and renal transplantation ? treatment of urological complications	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 14 Laparoscopy for beginners	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 15 The molecular basis of urological disease: science in practice	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 16 How to write a paper for publication	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 17 Management and outcome in invasive and locally advanced bladder cancer	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 18 Minimally invasive treatment for localised prostate cancer
16:00		15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 37 High-grade PIN, ASAP and pathological markers	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 41 OAB: From symptoms to management	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 42 Potency, continence and quality of life after radical prostatectomy	15:45 - 17:15 Video Session 5 Endoscopic surgery of the upper urinary tract	15:45 - 17:15 Oral Session 9 Treatment of advanced stage bladder and upper urinary tract cancer							15:45 - 17:15 Oral Session 10 Reconstructive bladder and upper urinary tract surgery		15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 38 Paediatric urology: Penile and testis disorders, trauma, obstruction and voiding dysfunction	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 39 Chemotherapy and new concepts in hormone refractory prostate cancer	16:00 - 17:00 Workshop Advances in pelvic floor reconstruction and stress urinary incontinence *Sponsored by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC*		15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 40 Prostate cancer: Active surveillance and prognostic factors

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		17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Warning! An urgent symposium *Sponsored by ASTELLAS*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Testosterone deficiency syndrome - From epidemiology to future directions *Sponsored by PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Case study review of moderate and high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer *Sponsored by SANOFI PASTEUR*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Directions in chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer: Your team, your patient, your choice *Sponsored by SANOFI-AVENTIS*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium New perspectives on the management of men with LUTS and BPH: Evaluating the impact of the CombAT study *Sponsored by GLAXOSMITHKLINE*								17:30 - 19:00 Workshop Cryosurgery of prostate and kidney cancers: Present and future *Sponsored by ENDOCARE*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Improving clinical outcomes in genitourinary malignancies: Focus on prostate cancer and kidney cancer *Sponsored by NOVARTIS ONCOLOGY*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Continued progress in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma: An update on the role of sunitinib *Sponsored by PFIZER INC*			17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Exploring issues and unmet needs in hormone-resistant prostate cancer *Sponsored by ASTRAZENECA*
18:00

» Friday, 28 March 2008

		Black Hall	Blue Hall 1	Blue Hall 2	eURO Auditorium	Gold Hall	Green Hall 1	Green Hall 2	Green Hall 3	Orange Hall 1	Orange Hall 2	Orange Hall 3	Purple Hall 1	Purple Hall 2	Red Hall 1	Red Hall 2	Silver Hall	White Hall 2	Yellow Hall 2-3
					07:30 - 08:30 EAU General Assembly EAU General Assembly
08:00	08:00 - 19:00 VIP Suite VIP Suite 08:00 - 19:00 Latin Suite Latin Suite 08:00 - 19:00 Asian Suite
					08:30 - 11:00 Plenary session 2 Evidence-based urology
09:00							09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 19 Testosterone deficiency and men?s health	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 20 Vaginal surgery for urologists	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 21 Radical cystectomy and orthotopic bladder substitution ? surgical tricks and management of complications	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 22 Urinary tract and genital trauma	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 23 Management of small renal tumours	09:00 - 12:00 ESU Course 24 Local and locally advanced prostate cancer					09:00 - 17:00 Workshop The power of one - The Holmium laser for urology *Sponsored by Lumenis*

10:00																		10:00 - 12:30 ESU/ESUT Hands-on training laparoscopy course 3

11:00		11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 7 Medical therapy of BPH/LUTS: Preventing or delaying surgery?			11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 5 Advances in targeted therapy and tissue engineering in urology	11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 6 Joint session of the European Asociation of Urology (EAU) and the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Joint session: Locally advanced prostate cancer - an interdisciplinary approach?							11:00 - 12:00 Surgery in motion session Surgery in motion session		11:00 - 12:00 Sub-plenary Session 8 Joint session of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the European Society of Uro-Radiology (ESUR)

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		12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 43 Radical prostatectomy: Technical and pathological issues	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 47 Bladder dysfunction: Targeting the muscle cells	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 48 Urinary tract infection	12:15 - 13:45 Video Session 6 Robotic surgery	12:15 - 13:45 Oral Session 11 Renal tumours: Systemic therapy	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 25 Update on neurourology	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 26 The infertile couple ? urological aspects	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 27 Advanced course on laparoscopic cystectomy	12:15 - 15:15 ESU Course 28 Penile and testicular cancer	12:15 - 14:15 ESU Course 29 Advanced course on laparoscopic prostatectomy	12:15 - 14:15 ESU Course 30 Interventional therapies for BPH	12:15 - 13:45 Oral Session 12 Paediatric urology: Intersex, VUR and OAB		12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 44 Improvements in the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer	12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 45 Renal tumours and laparoscopy			12:15 - 13:45 Poster Session 46 Uro genital trauma
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14:00		14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 49 Prostate biopsies	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 53 IC, POP, fistulae: Diagnosis and treatment	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 54 Urothelial tumours: Basic research II	14:00 - 15:30 Video Session 7 Laparoscopic prostatic surgery	14:00 - 15:30 Oral Session 13 Molecular genetics and genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer							14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 55 Sexual dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and hypogonadism		14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 50 Novel therapies for prostate cancer	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 51 Renal tumours: Surgical treatment and prognosis		14:00 - 16:30 ESU/ESUT Hands-on training ureterorenoscopy course	14:00 - 15:30 Poster Session 52 Prostate cancer: Lymph node staging and imaging

15:00														15:00 - 17:00 EUSP Session European Urological Scholarship Programme (EUSP) Session
							15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 31 Advanced course on laparoscopic nephrectomy	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 32 Ultrasound for the urologist - TRUS and TRUS guided biopsies	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 33 Medical uro-oncology	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 34 Dilemmas in office urology	15:30 - 17:30 ESU Course 35 Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy (UPJ and Adrenal)
16:00		15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 56 Radical prostatectomy: Age, comorbidities and complications	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 60 Stress urinary incontinence - what is hatching in lab?	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 61 Treatment of advanced stage bladder cancer	15:45 - 17:15 Video Session 8 Video award session	15:45 - 17:15 Oral Session 14 Management of superficial bladder tumours II							15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 62 Antibiotic resistance, prophylaxis and nosocomial infection		15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 57 Prostate cancer: HGPIN-ASAP and pathology	15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 58 Renal tumours: Innovative therapies			15:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 59 Prostate cancer: Molecular endocrinology; new developments

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		17:30 - 19:00 Symposium The future of LUTS/BPH: Management beyond the prostate *Sponsored by ASTELLAS*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Optimising the management of renal cell cancer, a multidisciplinary approach *Sponsored by F. HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE LTD*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Targeted therapies in renal cell carcinoma: A paradigm shift in urological practice? *Sponsored by BAYER SCHERING PHARMA*		17:30 - 19:00 Symposium The evolving ED treatment paradigm: A path to sexual satisfaction *Sponsored by PFIZER INC*							17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer ? A new approach to established treatments *sponsored by KYOWA HAKKO*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Interactive scientific debate: The role of phytotherapy in the management of BPH *Sponsored by BERLIN-CHEMIE AG*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Preserving skeletal integrity in advanced prostate cancer *Sponsored by AMGEN*	17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Changing horizons in the diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer: Preparing for the future *Sponsored by IPSEN*			17:30 - 19:00 Symposium Identifying and managing candidates for prostate cancer risk reduction therapy *Sponsored by GLAXOSMITHKLINE*
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» Saturday, 29 March 2008

			07:45 - 08:45 Sub-plenary Session 11 Stone disease
	Black Hall	Red Hall 1	Red Hall 2
08:00	07:45 - 08:45 Sub-plenary Session 9 Update on testosterone and male sexual function	07:45 - 08:45 Sub-plenary Session 10 Reconstruction in paediatric urology	07:45 - 08:45 Sub-plenary Session 11 Stone disease
09:00	08:45 - 13:30 Plenary session 3 Oncology

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