Schedule at a Glance
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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*Pre-Congress Workshop registration is required
- Factors in Joint Anatomy that Could Influence the Development of OA
- How Sex Hormones, or the Lack of Them, Impact the Path to OA
- Sex Differences in Cartilage Repair and Tissue Engineering
- Sex Hormones and Chondrocyte Mechanobiology Pre-OA
- Sex-Specific Genomics and Epigenomics in OA
*Pre-Congress Workshop registration is required
Sponsored by: Grünenthal GmbH & ICM Co., Ltd.
Sponsored by: Grünenthal GmbH & ICM Co., Ltd.
- Changing The Narrative Around OA: Potential Strategies to Address Unhelpful Misconceptions
- Education For Self-Management and Behavior Change
- Pharmacotherapies, Injectables and Dietary Supplements
- Physical Activity and Exercise
- The Burden of OA and the Implementation of Best Evidence Care in Korea and Asia
- Weight Management and Diet
*Pre-Congress Workshop registration is required
- AI Applications in Imaging: OAC Special Issue Highlights
- AI Applications in OA Research: From Imaging to Biomechanics
- Large Language Models in OA – Clinical and Research Applications
- The Future of AI in OA Publishing
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Sponsored by: Moebius Medical Ltd.
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Opening Plenary Session 1
- The Central Pain Mechanisms and Epigenetic Factors Driving Pain in OA
- The Effect of Glucocorticoids on the MSK System
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Plenary Session 2
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Lifetime Achievement Award Sponsored by: Schroeder Arthritis Institute - UHN
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Plenary Session 3: Keynote Address
- Development of Mini-Joint, an Organ-on-a-Chip, to Model Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis and Drug Discovery
- Developmental aspect in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
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Friday, April 25, 2025
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*Additional ticketed fee required
- The Delineation of Endotype and Phenotype to Identify the Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Who Should Be Treated
- The Role of Biomarkers (Imaging, Biological) to Identify the Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Who Should Be Treated
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- Cannabinoid System in Brain-Periphery Interactions
- Exploring Cannabinoid-Based Therapeutics for Osteoarthritis: Mechanisms and Efficacy
- Involvement of CB2 Receptors in Chronic Pain
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Plenary Session 4
- Cartilage Calcification in Osteoarthritis: Key Player or Bystander?
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Sponsored by: 4Moving Biotech | Genascence | ICM Co., Ltd. | Kangstem Biotech Co., Ltd | Nordic Bioscience | Pacira | BioSciences, Inc | YiPCELL Co., Ltd
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Concurrent Session 4
- Circadian Rhythms and Daily Patterns of Mechanical Loading and Hyperosmolarity in Joint Health and Pathology
Concurrent Session 3
- The Future of Exercise Therapy in Knee and Hip OA
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Sponsored by: Biosplice Therapeutics
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Concurrent Session 6
- Advances in Sodium Channel Mediated Regulation of OA Pain
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*Workshop registration is required
Saturday, April 26, 2025
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*Additional ticketed fee required
- Clinical Associations Between Muscle Strength and OA of the Knee
- Skeletal Muscle Weakness in OA Progression
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- Modeling Heterogeneity Towards Tailored Medicine: Examples From Cancer
- Omic Approaches to Better Understand Osteoarthritis
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Concurrent Session 8
- Role of Neural Crest Derived Cells (NCC) in Limb Regeneration of Regenerative Model Species
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Plenary Session 5
- Neuroinflammation & Pain: Beyond Immune Cells
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*Registration is required
Sponsored by Kolon TissueGene
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Concurrent Session 10
- Osteoarthritis: Pain, Anxiety, Memory Deficits, and Neurochemical Changes
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Sponsored by: Biosplice Therapeutics
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Plenary Session 6: Debate
- Beyond Painkillers and Drugs: Exploring Cell-based Therapies for Osteoarthritis
- Chemically-Based Drugs
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Plenary Session 7
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*Additional ticketed fee required
Sunday, April 27, 2025
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*Additional ticketed fee required
- Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain in Osteoarthritis
- Structural Correlation of Pain: What Do We Know?
*Additional ticketed fee required
- Artificial-Intelligence-Aided Diagnostic of Osteoarthritis
- Cells and Molecular Regulations in Joint Formation and OA
- Joint-on-Chip Platforms: a New Era of Models for Osteoarthritis
- Molecular Endotypes of Osteoarthritis and Implications for Therapeutic Development
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Concurrent Session 11
- Applying Multi-omic Strategy and Machine Learning Approaches in OA Research
Concurrent Session 12
- Sex/Gender Related Differences in OA
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Plenary Session 7
- Biology
- Biomarkers
- Biomechanics and Gait
- Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics
- Imaging
- OA Clinical: Epidemiology and Therapy
- Rehabilitation and Outcomes