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Thursday May 17, 2007
19:00 - 21:00	President’s Reception

Friday May 18, 2007
09:00 - 19:00	Poster session I: Staging, prognosis and oral cancer management
08:00 - 09:00	Opening Ceremony Jatin P. Shah, President, IAOO - The making of IAOO Crispian Scully, CBE Secretary IAOO – The 1st World Congress Poul Erik Petersen, Director, Oral Health Program, WHO – The WHO perspective in oral cancer C. René Leemans, President, Local Organizing Committee – Amsterdam, the center of Europe
09:00 - 10:30	Panel discussion #1 Molecular markers of prognosis and outcome	Symposium Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer + International Society of Oral Oncology Oral supportive care in cancer patients	Oral abstracts 1-10 Surgery I	Oral abstracts 11-20 Radiotherapy/ Chemotherapy
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Keynote addresses General Overview of Oral Cancer Crispian Scully CBE, Secretary IAOO (UK) Introducer: Alexander D Rapidis (Greece) Genetics of oral carcinogenesis Boudewijn JM Braakhuis (The Netherlands) Introducer: John D. Langdon (UK)
12:00 - 13:30	Panel discussion #2 Staging and prognosis	Symposium International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic societies Complications of therapy for intraoral cancer	Oral abstracts 21-30 Oral health care I	Oral abstracts 31-40 Basic science I
13:30 - 15:00	Lunch at exhibits
15:00 - 16:30	Panel discussion #3 Limits of ablative surgery in oral cancer	Symposium European Head and neck Society – Oropharyngeal cancer: Modern management Oropharyngeal cancer: Modern management	Oral abstracts 41-50 Diagnosis I	Oral abstracts 51-60 Basic science II
16:30 - 17:00	Keynote address TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS): From concept to human clinical application Bert O'Malley (USA) Introducer: Jatin P. Shah (USA) Welcome to Toronto 2008 Patrick Gullane (Canada)
17:00 - 17:30	Coffee break
17:30 - 19:00	Grand debate #1 Mandibular reconstruction: Fibula versus other osseous flaps	Sponsored symposium by Merck	Oral abstracts 61-70 Epidemiology I	Oral abstracts 71-80 Sentinel node biopsy

Saturday May 19, 2007
09:00 - 19:00	Poster Session II: Basic sciences
08:00 - 09:30	Panel discussion #4 Tissue engineering and transplantation in oral cancer	Symposium American Head and Neck Society Challenges in an integrated approach to treatment and rehabilitation of cancers of the oral cavity	Oral abstracts 81-90 Laryngo- pharyngeal and HPV related cancer	Oral abstracts 91-100 Oral health care II
09:30 - 10:00	Keynote address Oral cancer: A global problem Peter Boyle (France) Introducer: Crispian Scully CBE (UK)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00	Panel discussion #5 Rebuilding the jaws	Symposium Korean Society of Head and Neck Surgery Surgery for upper jaw cancer	Oral abstracts 101-110 Quality of life	Oral abstracts 111-120 Basic science III
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch and General Assembly of the IAOO
14:00 - 15:30	Panel discussion #6 New therapeutic avenues in oral cancer	Symposium Dutch Head and Neck Cooperative Group PET-scanning of the head and neck cancer patient: Current indications and evidence	Oral abstracts 121-130 Reconstructive surgery I	Oral abstracts 131-140 Prognosis I
15:30 - 16:00	Keynote address New aspects in the interaction between chemotherapy and radiotherapy in head and neck cancer Jan Vermorken (Belgium) Introducer: C. René Leemans (The Netherlands)
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00	Grand debate #2 Management of the neck: selective neck dissection versus sentinel node biopsy	Symposium European Association of Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery Functional and aesthetic reconstruction after oral cancer resection	Oral abstracts 141-150 Reconstructive surgery II	Oral abstracts 151-160 Epidemiology II
19:00	Departure of boat from RAI center to gala dinner venue
20:30 - 23:00	Gala dinner

Sunday May 20, 2007
09:00 - 12:00	Poster Session III: Salivary glands, mesenchymal and other malignancies
08:00 - 9:30	Panel discussion #7 "Teeth": extract, restore, resect or reconstruct	Symposium Italian Multidisciplinary Reconstructive Group in Head & Neck Oncology Oral cavity cancer experience	Oral abstracts 161-170 Immunotherapy	Oral abstracts 171-180 Diagnosis II
09:30 - 10:00	Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30	Keynote address Reconstruction of the oral cavity, old problems, new challenges and the future Ralph Gilbert (Canada) Introducer: Jean Louis Lefebvre (France)
10:30 - 12:00	Grand Debate #3 Stump the council	Symposium Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery Primary prevention and screening of oral cancer	Oral abstracts 181-190 Surgery II	Oral abstracts 191-200 Prognosis II
12:00	Closing ceremony

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