Dear Colleagues,Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

FFN invites you to join the 6th FFN Global Congress 2017 in Malmö, Sweden from 24–26 August 2017. The annual meeting is an international congress addressing the full pathway of care for fragility fracture patients. Its themes include perioperative care, surgical treatment, rehabilitation, secondary prevention, research and policy change.The FFN Global Congress consists of invited international experts, plenary discussions, update sessions and free papers. The congress provides a unique platform to learn about new technical developments, state-of-the-art

procedures and interaction with leading clinicians, researchers and other professional health workers and stake holders. This years motto is “Bridging the Gap”.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Malmö in August 2017!

Bridging theGap in FragilityFracture Care

6th FFN Global Congress 2017Malmö, Sweden | 24–26 August 2017

Kristina Åkesson Henrik PalmCongress Chair FFN President

Time Thursday, 24 August 2017

Ballroom A-D Ballroom AB Ballroom CD Breakout Room

7.30–8.30

8.00–9.30 PLENARY SESSION I Welcome

Fragility fractures: Burden and what is preventiable

9.30–10.15 Coffee Break and Posters

10.15–11.15 SESSION 1 Pre- and postoperative

geriatric assessment and care (Joint with

EUGMS)

SESSION 2 Patient care and prevention of

complications (Joint with ICON)

SESSION 3 Hip fracture prosthesis:

Cement yes or no?

11.15–11.25 Break

11.25–12.30 FREE PAPERS SESSION 1 FREE PAPERS SESSION 2 FREE PAPERS SESSION 3

12.30–13.30 Lunch SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM Lunch

13.30–14.30 SESSION 4 Improving anaesthesia and pain management

SESSION 5 Under-treatment of patients at risk

of fractures (Joint with ASBMR)

SESSION 6 FFN Regionalisation - results from local network initiatives

14.30–14.40 Break

14.40–15.45 SESSION 7 Mind the (mind) gap -

on patients’ perceptions after fragility fracture

SESSION 8 Recommendations for physical

interventions and outcome measures in daily clinical practice after hip fracture

(Physiotherapy SIG)

SESSION 9 Frailty - comorbidities

and sarcopenia

15.45–16.30 Coffee Break and Posters

16.30–17.30 PLENARY SESSION II Blood - NOAC, transfusion

and tromboprophylaxis

17.30–18.00

18.00–19.00

19.00–22.00 NETWORKING DINNER Malmö City Hall

Friday, 25 August 2017

Ballroom A-D Ballroom AB Ballroom CD Breakout Room

PLENARY SESSION III Research priorities and

methodologic challenges to address clinical gaps

Coffee Break and Posters

SESSION 10 Fall prevention

SESSION 11 Operative treatment of

fragility fractures (Joint with SICOT)

SESSION 12 Vertebral fractures

- diagnosis and management (Vertebral

Fracture SIG)

Break

FREE PAPERS SESSION 4 FREE PAPERS SESSION 5 FREE PAPERS SESSION 6

Lunch SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM Lunch

SESSION 13 Optimize or straight

to surgery - debate on preoperative scenarios

SESSION 14 What can we learn from each others registries?

(Hip Fracture Audit Database)

SESSION 15 Confusion and dementia

- consequenses and treatment

Break

FREE PAPERS SESSION 7 FREE PAPERS SESSION 8 SESSION 16 Facilitating rehabilitation

after fragility fractures(Hip Fracture Recovery

Research SIG)

Coffee Break and Posters

PLENARY SESSION IV Fast track - how fast can

you go?

FREE PAPERS SESSION 9 Top 6 poster presentation

POSTER WALK

Saturday, 26 August 2017

Ballroom A-D

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PLENARY SESSION V FLS Secondary fracture prevention

Coffee Break and Posters

FREE PAPERS SESSION 10 Top 6 oral presentation

Break

PLENARY SESSION VI Time to act! Future needs in research and management

CLOSING CEREMONY Price Ceremony

Official Close of the Annual Meeting

PLENARY SESSION

SESSION

SYMPOSIUM

FREE PAPER SESSION

OTHERS

Editorial Deadline: 7 April 2017

Preliminary Programme Overview