Friday, August 19th

14.00 - 14.40 Registration and sponsors' exhibition, coffee

14.40 - 15.00 Opening remarks, Heikki Koistinen

Sponsor´s presentations (2)

Mitochondria in health and disease, part I

Chair: Sanna Lehtonen

15.00 - 15.30 'Studying mitochondria in health and disease', Brendan Battersby, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

15.30 - 16.10 'Non-coding RNA and skeletal muscle metabolism', Anna Krook, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

16.10 - 16.30 Sponsors' presentations (2)

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break and the sponsors' exhibition

Mitochondria in health and disease, part II

Chair: Eija Pirinen

17.00 - 17.45 'The effect of exercise on mitochondria and the metabolic health -interorgan communication', Jorge Ruas, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

17.45 - 18.30 'The new mitochondrial medications', Carles Cantó, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland

18.30 - 18.50 Sponsors' presentations (2)

20.45 - Dinner

Saturday, August 20th

8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast

Translating research on mitochondria to the clinic

Chair: Henna Cederberg-Tamminen

9.00 - 9.30 'Fueling mitochondria - angiogenesis regulating tissue metabolism', Riikka Kivelä, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

9.30 - 10.00 'Mitochondria and obesity', Kirsi Pietiläinen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

10.00 - 10.30 'Vitamin B3 as a booster of mitochondrial metabolism in humans', Eija Pirinen, University of Oulu, Oulu, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

10.30 - 11.00 ’Fat loss and regain in fitness competitors’, Juha Hulmi, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break and the Sponsors’ exhibition

Young researcher's presentation and EASD previews

Chair: Kirsi Virtanen

11.30 - 11.45 'Mitochondrial diabetes', Kimmo Haimilahti, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

11.45 - 12.30 Previews of the EASD meeting