8h45-10h  Keynote Lecture

«Microphonosurgery and voice care in singers»

The plenary lecture (1h) will be shared with the PEVOC9. It will be given by Mark Courey & Sarah Schneider (University of California - San Francisco) This session will be simultaneously translated In French

Discussion conducted by Gerhard Friedrich (Graz)

Pdt Mario Andrea (Lisboa)

10h30-12h45  Vocal fold wound healing and repair processes

Session organized and chaired by Suzy Duflo (France) and Frederik Dikkers (Neitherlands).

Pdt Heikki Rihkanen (Finland)

This session will be simultaneously translated In French

- Introduction – F Dikkers

- Understanding extracellular matrix and role in wound healing – S Duflo

- Effect of vibration on vocal fold fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells – implications for wound healing – J Gaston

- Cellular therapy – towards an understanding of laryngeal inflammation – S Thiebeault

- The role of growth factors on vocal fold wound healing – S Hirano

- Stem cells in vocal fold injury – M Gugatschka

- Effect of mitomycin on wound healing – F Dikkers

- Surgical ways to prevent scars of the vocal fold – M Hess

- Roundtable

16h30-18h30  How to manage bad results?

Session organized and chaired by Guillermo Campos (Bogota) and Marc Remacle (Namur)

Pdt Nasser Kotby (Egypt)

Questions to the panellists – M Remacle

My worst case and what I did

-M Remacle

-G Friedrich

-A Giovanni

-AM Grontveld

-H Rihkanen

Discussion