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Introduction
Dear Participant,
Unfortunately, due the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to first postpone and then completely cancel the World Congress in Prague in 2020. Along with the steering committee, we came to the conclusion that due to the uncertainty of the virus progression and the high possibility of a second wave of the virus outbreak that we should explore a virtual solution of the 6th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress.
We have worked very hard to make this happen and we are very pleased to offer you a virtual congress experience.
Best regards,
Sue Farrington, President
FESCA – Federation of European Scleroderma Associations aisbl.
Virtual congress
We have recorded the congress and you can simply access the presentations by clicking the titles in the programme bellow:
| SESSION | SPEAKER |
| Welcome | |
| Fesca Welcome | Sue Farrington (UK) |
| What is new since 2018 and what can we expect for the next 2 years? | Yannick Allanore (FR) |
| What newly diagnosed patients must know | |
| Just diagnosed with scleroderma – Now what? | Maureen Mayes (US) |
| New treatments, research and expectations | |
| What are we learning from research? | Chris Denton (UK) |
| What patients should know about participation in clinical trials | Joep Welling (NL) |
| The Hands in Scleroderma | |
| Digital ulcers & how best to treat them | Professor Marco Matucci Cernici (IT) |
| Calcinosis | Ariane Herrick (UK) |
| How to keep hands mobile | Linda Kwakkenbos (NL) |
| The Skin in Scleroderma | |
| Localised scleroderma | Pia Moinzadeh (DE) |
| How systemic sclerosis affects the skin | Pia Moinzadeh (DE) |
| Self Management | |
| How to deal with fatigue | Eric Hachulla (FR) |
| GI Tract | |
| Understanding the GI tract and gut problems (unavailable at the moment) | Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold (NO) |
| Truths and lies on diets. How to maintain your weight | Elizabeth Volkmann (US) |
| Families with Children with SSc. How to cope | |
| Paediatric Scleroderma | Ivan Foeldvari (HU) |
| Parents’ experience | Silvia Sandalescu (RO) |
| Transplants | |
| Who could benefit from a transplant? | Jaap van Laar (NL) |
| Reducing toxicity in transplants | Alan Tyndall (CD) |
| Patient experience (unavailable at the moment) | Michael Oeschger (DE) |
| Patient experience | Stephanie Stephanie Munoz (NO) |
| Lungs and Heart | |
| PAH-the heart in SSc | Carina Mihai (CH) |
| Patient experience, lungs | Edith Brown (UK) |
| Ask the Professor | |
| In Italian | Professor Marco Matucci Cernici (IT) |
| In German | Ulf Muller-Laedner (DE) |
| In Hungarian | Laszlo Czirjak (HU) |
| In French (unavailable at the moment) | Yannick Allanore (FR) |
| in Spanish | Patricia Carreira (ES) |
| Closing comments | |
| Wrap Up – What does the future hold | Professor Alan Tyndall (CH) |
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