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Thursday, June 8th 2023

8:30-9:55	Registration & Networking
9:55-10:30	Session 1: Introduction / Opening
9:55-10:00 sharp!	Clara Plattel	Welcome & Opening
10:00-10:30 sharp!	Ralph Green, keynote speaker	Causes & risk factors of vitamin B12deficiency: early childhood to elderly
10:30-11:30	Session 2: Pregnancy & offspring
10:30-10:55	Michelle Murphy	Early pregnancy homocysteine and B12 predict pregnancy outcomes and offspring health.
10:55-11:20	Vera Haitsma	Case study: Pregnancy and vitamin B12 deficiency
		questions and discussion
11:30-11:45	Coffee break & Networking
11:45-12:45	Session 3: Infants & Childhood
11:45-12:10	Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen	B12, MMA & tHcy levels in healthy children
12:10-12:35	Ingrid Rours	Diagnosis and treatment of children with B12 deficiency: What do we learn from the clinic
		questions and discussion
12:45-13:45	Lunch: Meet The Experts
13:45-14:45	Session 4: Diagnosis Adults
13:45-14:10	Ebba Nexø	B12, HoloTC, MMA and tHcy in Clinical Practice
14:10-14:35	Heidi Seage	Diagnosis of B12 deficiency: Symptoms
		questions and discussion
14:45-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-16:00	Session 5: Treatment Adults
15:00-15:25	Bruce Wolffenbuttel	Clinical dilemmas in diagnosing and treating B12 deficiency
15:25-15:50	Peter Daudey	Trouble Shooting Health Issues as Chemical Engineer
		questions and discussion
16:00-17:00	Expert Panel	Discussion Diagnosis and Treatment

Friday, June 9th 2023

9:30-10:30	Session 6: The Elderly
9:30-9:55	Irwin Rosenberg	B12 deficiency & Cognitive Decline
9:55-10:20	Gonneke Heerdink, Marieke Dekker	Two case studies B12 deficiency: symptoms and treatment in the elderly
		questions and discussion
10:30-11:30	Session 7: Riskfactors
10:30-10:35	Clara Plattel	Introduction
10:35-11:00	Luciana Hannibal	Vegetarian/ Vegan Diet as a risk factor for B12 deficiency. New data.
11:00-11:25	Josh Miller	High Folic Acid in combination with low B12
		questions and discussion
11:35-11:45	Coffee break
11:45-12:45	Session 8: Patient Perspective
	Hanneke Duifhuize: NL	Delay in diagnosis B12 def: costs
	Bettina Borre Bühl: Denmark	Patient Perspective in Scandinavian Country: Treatment
	Heather Hardie, Scotland	Diagnosis and Treatment: patient Perspectives: What goes wrong in diagnosis and treatment
	Katrina Burchell: UK	PAS: Pernicious Anemia Society
	Tracey Witty: UK by Zoom	B12 def: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
		questions and discussion
12:45-13:45	Lunch: Meet The Experts
13:45-14:45	Session 9: Current Protocols
13:45-14:10	Kim Suijker	Study Protocol: Vitamin B12 deficiency Patient Reported Outcome Measure
14:10-14:35	Clara Plattel	Current guidelines: Clinical relevance in diagnostics and treatment.
		questions and discussion
14:45-16:15	Session 10: Education & Research
	Ralph Green, Irwin Rosenberg, Clara Plattel, Anne Molloy, Bruce Wolffenbuttel	Research Priorities And Future Directions
		questions and discussion
16:30	Clara Plattel et al.	Closure
16:35		coffee and networking
17:00	END