Program

Preliminary program now available!

The APLAR 2023 official program is scheduled in the Chiang Mai time zone (GMT+7). To check the program times in your location, use our time zone converter.

As more information becomes available – this page will be updated so please make sure to check back regularly.

Thurs 7 Dec
Fri 8 Dec
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Mon 11 Dec


0900-1000	REGISTRATION
1000-1200	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop
1200-1245	LUNCH BREAK
1245-1445	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop
1445-1515	COFFEE BREAK
1515-1700	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop


0830-0900	REGISTRATION
0900-1000	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop
1000 -1030	COFFEE BREAK
1030 -1200	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop
1200 -1245	LUNCH BREAK
1245 -1400	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop	Pre-congress workshop
1700-1800	Opening Ceremony
1700-1800
1800-1930	Welcome Reception and Official Opening of Exhibition Hall

ROOM Capacity	B7 150 theatre capacity	B2 50 classroom capacity	B8 150 classroom capacity	B9 250 theatre capacity	B3 100 classroom capacity	B4 100 classroom capacity	B5 100 classroom capacity	A2 30 u-shape
0830-0900	REGISTRATION
0900-1000	Cont. MSUS Workshop Day 2	Cont. MRI Imaging Course Day 2	GRAPPA Symposium	Allied Health Course	APLAR Industry workshop 1 set up	APLAR Industry workshop 2 set up	APLAR Industry workshop 3 set up	APLAR Executive Committee Meeting
1000 -1030	COFFEE BREAK							COFFEE BREAK
1030 -1200	Cont. MSUS Workshop Day 2	Cont. MRI Imaging Course Day 2	Cont. GRAPPA Symposium	Cont. Allied Health Course				APLAR Meetings
1200 -1245	LUNCH BREAK							LUNCH BREAK
1245 -1400	Cont. MSUS Workshop Day 2	Cont. MRI Imaging Course Day 2	Cont. GRAPPA Symposium	Cont. Allied Health Course				APLAR Meetings
1400-1700					AFTERNOON TEA
1400-1700					Industry pre-congress workshop 1	Industry pre-congress workshop 2	Industry pre-congress workshop 3	APLAR Meetings
ROOM Capacity	PLENARY/CONCURRENT 1 - Exhibition Hall 1 2,000 capacity
1700-1800	Opening Ceremony
ROOM Capacity	Exhibition Hall 3 - exhibition
1800-1930	Welcome Reception and Official Opening of Exhibition Hall

						Exhibition Hall
0800-0900		Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
0900-1030	Plenary session 1
1030-1055	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1055-1200	Morning symposium 1	Morning symposium 2	Morning symposium 3	Morning symposium 4
1200-1315	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1315-1435	Lunch symposium 1	Lunch symposium 1				Meet the experts 1
1315-1435	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING					Meet the experts 2
1435-1550	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1550-1640	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1640-1755
1640-1755	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1800-1900	Evening symposium 1	Evening symposium 2	Evening symposium 3	Evening symposium 4

ROOM Capacity	Exhibition Hall 1 2,000 capacity	Convention Hall 1 1,700 capacity	Leelawadee Hall 1 400 theatre capacity	Leelawadee Hall 2 400 theatre capacity	B1 100 theatre capacity	Exhibition Hall 3
0800-0900
0900-1030
1030-1055							BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1055-1200	Morning symposium 1 Sponsored by AbbVie	Morning symposium 2	Morning symposium 3	Morning symposium 4
1200-1315	Concurrent session SIG Rheumatoid arthritis	Concurrent session SIG Vasculitis	Concurrent session COVID-19 infection and rheumatic diseases	Concurrent session Personalized treatment in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM)	Concurrent session SIG Sjogren
1315-1435	Lunch symposium 1 Sponsored by Pfizer	Lunch symposium 2				1320-1350 Meet the experts 1 Sponsored by GSK
1315-1435	Lunch symposium 1 Sponsored by Pfizer	Lunch symposium 2				1400-1430 Meet the experts 2 Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
1435-1550	Concurrent session 1. Update treatment in osteoporosis Sequential and combination of osteoporosis therapy Denosumab discontinuation 2.Osteoporosis treatment and cardiovascular effects Relationship of bone and cardiovascular system Cardiovascular effects of osteoporosis therapies	Concurrent session SIG Myositis Update on idiopathic inflammatory myopathy diagnosis From pathology to diagnosis Myositis specific antibodies in IIM and clinical relevance	Concurrent session SIG Pediatric Children with rheumatic diseases during COVID-19 era Immunogenicity and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination Outcomes of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 infection/vaccination	Concurrent session IgG4 related disease Updated mechanisms Perspective treatment Myositis specific antibodies in IIM and clinical relevance

						Exhibition Hall
0800-0900		Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
0900-1030	Plenary session 2
1030-1055	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1055-1200	Morning symposium 5	Morning symposium 6	Morning symposium 7	Morning symposium 8
1200-1315	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1315-1435	Lunch symposium 3	Lunch symposium 4				Meet the experts 3
1315-1435	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING					Meet the experts 4
1435-1550	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1550-1640	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1640-1755	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1800-1900	Evening symposium 5	Evening symposium 6	Evening symposium 7	Evening symposium 8
1930-2130	Gala dinner

						Exhibition Hall
0800-0900		Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
0900-1030	Plenary session 3
1030-1050	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1050-1205	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session	Concurrent session
1205-1325	Lunch symposium 5	Lunch symposium 6				Meet the experts 5
1205-1325	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
1325-1440	Concurrent session
1440-1510	Closing Ceremony

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