Topic: Achondroplasia adult management
Organised by: ECTS Rare bone diseases action group and ERN BOND
Chair: To be confirmed
Speaker: Svein O. Fredwall, MD, PhD, Medical advisor, National Centre for Rare Diseases, Unit Sunnaas, Norway
Date & Time: Thursday, 12 February 2026 from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Interactive Webinar. On-demand recording to be available for ECTS full tier members after the event

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Key learning objectives:

• Common medical complications in adults with achondroplasia
• How can we organize care of adults with achondroplasia and what are the potential barriers
• Management beyond medical issues

Agenda:

Introduction (3 min)
Presentation on “Achondroplasia adult management” (35 min)
Live Q&A from the audience (20 min)
Conclusion and key messages (2 min)

Topic: Diversity in skeletal stem cells and osteoblasts
Organised by the ECTS Academy
Chair: Biagio Palmisano, PhD, Institute for Complex Systems, Italy
Speaker: Matt Greenblatt, MD PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Date & Time: Thursday, 22 January 2026 from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Interactive Webinar. On-demand recording to be available for ECTS full tier members after the event

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Learning objectives:

1. Participants will become familiar with recent work identifying a series of anatomically restricted stem cells in the skeleton and how these cells each account for the signature pathologies of their respective locations.
2. Participants will become familiar with core methods used to study skeletal stem cells.
3. Participants will become familiar with how the principles derived from work on skletal stem cells can be applied to identify other related cell types, such as tendon and ligament stem cells.

Agenda:

Introduction by Biagio Palmisano, PhD  (3 min)
Presentation on “Diversity in skeletal stem cells and osteoblasts” by Matt Greenblatt, MD PhD (35 min)
Live Q&A from the audience, moderated by Biagio Palmisano, PhD (20 min)
Conclusion and key messages by Biagio Palmisano, PhD (2 min)

Topic: Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas
Organised by the Rare bone diseases action group
Chair: Geert Mortier, Prof. Dr., UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Speakers: Dr. Alice Moroni, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy and Marina Mordenti, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
Date & Time: Thursday, 18 December 2025 from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Interactive Webinar. On-demand recording to be available for ECTS full tier members after the event

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Agenda:

Introduction by Prof. Dr. Mortier (3 min)
Presentation on “Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas” by Dr. Moroni and Dr. Mordenti (40 min)
Live Q&A from the audience, moderated by Prof.Dr. Mortier (15 min)
Conclusion and key messages by Prof.Dr. Mortier (2 min)

Topic: Early-Onset Osteoporosis: Genetics, Filtering, and Functional Modelling
Organised by the Rare bone diseases action group
Chairs: Dr Adalbert Raimann, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria and Dr Felix von Brackel, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Speakers: Pr Dr Melissa Formosa, University of Malta, Msida, Malta and Pr Dr Ralf Oheim, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Date & Time: Thursday, 16 October 2025 from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Interactive Webinar. On-demand recording to be available for ECTS full tier members after the event

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Learning objectives:

• Describe the key steps in analysing early-onset osteoporosis, from recruitment and deep phenotyping to sample collection and data preparation.
• Understand the application of high-throughput sequencing coupled with stepwise variant filtering strategies to identify potential causal genetic factors.
• Assess the translational value of genetic findings through functional studies in cellular and animal models.

Agenda:

Introduction by Dr von Brackel (3 min)
Presentation on “Early-Onset Osteoporosis: Genetics, Filtering, and Functional Modelling” by Pr Dr Formosa and Pr Dr Oheim (40 min)
Live Q&A from the audience, moderated by Dr Raimann (15 min)
Conclusion and key messages by Dr Raimann (2 min)

Topic: Hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis (HFTC)
Organised by the Rare bone diseases action group
Chairs: Pr Natasha Appelman-Dijkstra, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Speaker: Dr Kelly Roszko, National Institutes of Health, USA
Date & Time: Thursday, 21 August 2025 from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Interactive Webinar. On-demand recording to be available for ECTS full tier members after the event

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Agenda:

• Introduction by Pr Appelman-Dijkstra (3 min)
• Presentation on “Hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis (HFTC)” by Dr Roszko (40 min)
• Live Q&A from the audience, moderated by Pr Appelman-Dijkstra (15 min)
• Conclusion and key messages by Pr Appelman-Dijkstra (2 min)