| The Old Parliament 
 Programme
 
 09.00-09.15 Christian Beckers, Belgium:  The birth of the spirit of ETA
 09.15-10.05 Cellular uptake of thyroid hormones
 - Georg Henneman, Netherlands: Kinetics and pathophysiology
 - Edith Friesema, Netherlands: Molecular biology and human disease
 10.05-10.55 Thyroid hormone action
 - Albert Burger, Switzerland - Thyroid hormone action
 - Domenico Salvatore, Italy - Thyroid hormone deiodinases
 10.55-11.15 Coffee
 11.15-12.05 Thyroid Autoimmunity
 - Aldo Pinchera, Italy - Thyroid autoimmunity: 40 years of lights and shadows
 - Nils Morgenthaler, Germany – Autoimmunity towards the TSH receptor
 12.05-12.50 Clinical Thyroidology
 - Jacques Orgiazzi, France - Clinical thyroidology
 - Nils Knudsen, Denmark – Aetiology and regional variations in the prevalence of nontoxic goitre
 13.00-14.00 Luncheon
 14.00-14.50 Pathology of Thyroid Cancer
 - Dillwyn Williams, UK - Thyroid cancer is special: pathology, aetiology, inheritance
 - Jorge Lima, Portugal – Recent molecular studies of thyroid cancer and their correlation with         pathological observations
 14.50-15.40 Molecular Biology of Thyroid Cancer
 - Giancarlo Vecchio, Italy – New insights in the molecular pathogenesis and therapy of thyroid neoplasia: the contribution coming from in vitro and in vivo model systems
 - Cornelia Schmutzler, Germany – The control of gene activity and redifferentiation therapy of thyroid cancer
 15.40-16.00 Tea
 16.00-16.50 Thyroid Cell Biology
 - Jacques Dumont, Belgium – Gene expression and tumours
 - Olivier Chassande, France - Thyroid hormone receptors
 16.50-17.40 Thyroid and Pregnancy
 - John Lazarus, UK - Thyroid and pregnancy
 - Kris Poppe, Belgium - Thyroid and reproduction
 17.40-18.00 David Evered, UK: Notes on ETA history
 20.00        Gala Dinner
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