The ESE Nurse Committee has once again planned an engaging and informative programme tailored specifically to nurses. The Nurses Pre-Congress Course will take place on Saturday 9 May 2026, with the main Nurses Congress programme following on Sunday 10 May.
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Pre-Congress Programme
Nurse pre-congress course: Novelties in DM treatment
Saturday 9 May 2026, 12:15 - 16:10 CEST
Panorama Hall, Prague Congress Centre (PCC)
Welcome and introduction by Kirsten Davidse (The Netherlands) Chair of ESE Nurse Committee
Session 1: Monitoring blood glucose: new options and what can we learn from the experience in diabetes? - Saundra Hendricks (USA)
Session 2: Immunotherapy as new type of treatment for type 1 diabetes - Francesca Garino (Italy)
Workshop
Kirsten Davidse (Netherlands), Miriam Asia (UK), Cemile Bathelt (Switzerland), Aldons Chua (UK), Valentina Espis (Italy), Saundra Hendricks (USA), Anastasia Ntikoudi (Greece), Kathrin Zopf (Germany) and Louise Breen (UK)
Main Congress Programme
Sunday, 10 May
Session 1 - Nurses Session - Induced endocrinopathies - 09:05 - 09:50 CEST - Panorama Hall
- Environmental chemical exposures and female fertility - Pauliina Damdimopoulou (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Immunotherapy induced endocrinopathies - Helen Turner (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Session 2 - Nurses Session - Lifestyle: Eat, Sport, Sleep - 10:35 - 12:05 CEST - Panorama Hall
- Eat: Nutrition and Hormone Secretion - Mesut Savas (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
- Sport: Hormones, Friend and Foe - Christian J. Strasburger (Berlin, Germany)
- Optimizing Melatonin: From Sleep Physiology to Clinical Chronotherapy - Ugo Faraguna (Italy)
Session 3 - Nurses Session- Technologies in endocrine care - 14:15 - 15:45 CEST - Panorama Hall
- Technological alternatives in adrenal insufficiency management: What’s Here, What’s Coming - Susana Paul (United Kingdom)
- InvolveMe: A Digital Communication Tool for Post-Surgery Pituitary Patient Follow-up - Elin Børøsund (Oslo, Norway)
- The use of CGM's in non-diabetic care - Aldons Chua (London, United Kingdom)
- Project: A Home Care Educational Program for patients with Acromegaly supports people with complex needs. - Elisabeth Rutten (Belgium)
Session 4 - Nurses Session -16:55 - 17:40 CEST - Panorama Hall