Obesity
Chair: Prof Bill Fraser

Transplantation and the Laboratory
Chair: Mr John Kane

Keynote Lecture:
Metabolic consequences of obesity
Dr John Wilding, Liverpool

Monitoring of immunosuppressants
Prof David Holt, London

Paediatric obesity
Prof Julian Shield, Bristol

Histocompatibility testing for transplantation
Dr Sue Martin, Manchester

Seasonal obesity
Prof Howard Morris, Adelaide, Australia

Infection in the immunocompromised
Dr Jim Anson, Liverpool

Metabolic consequences of bariatric surgery
Prof Jonathan Pinkney, Plymouth

Inflammation: Its impact on biochemical parameters and micronutrient assessment
Dr Dennis O'Reilly, Glasgow

Extremes of Age
Chair: Prof Alan Shenkin

Clinical Cases
Chair: Dr Danielle Freedman

The epidemic of sarcopenia in the elderly
Prof Malcolm Jackson, Liverpool

Progeria
Dr Annachiara De Sandre-Giovannoli, Marseille, France

Biochemistry of prematurity
Dr W Yoxall, Liverpool