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Tentative Schedule-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, April 29
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. AED Board of Directors Meeting
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. AED/EDRS Research Training Day Workshop (invitation only)
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.

Clinical Teaching Day Workshops
(separate registration fee required)

  1. Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders
  2. El Manejo Ambulatorio de los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria en el Contexto Hispano  (Ambulatory Management of Eating Disorders in a Hispanic Context)
  3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Bulimia Nervosa, EDNOS, and Binge Eating Disorder
  4. Working Across Systems: Targeting Interpersonal Maintaining Factors and Training the Family in the Management of Eating Disorders
  5. Managing the Nutritional Rehabilitation of the Eating Disordered Patient 
  6. Management of Risk Associated with Eating Disorders
  7. Trauma, Eating Disorders and Comorbidity: Research, Assessment and Treatment
3:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up
3:00p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Poster Session I Set-Up
Thursday, April 30
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.

Special Interest Group (SIG) Chairs Organizational Meeting
7:30 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Poster Viewing Session I/Exhibit-Hall Open
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Conference Goals
Debbie Franko, PhD, and Sloane Madden, MA, LLP, FAED
Scientific Program Committee Co-Chairs
Presidential Address
Judith Banker, MA, LLP, FAED, President
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Keynote Address
Common Brain Mechanisms in Addiction and Obesity
Nora D. Volkow, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, USA
10:15a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Workshop Session I
  1. Update on DSM-V
  2. Working with Personality Traits and Disorders in People with Eating Disorders: A Dimensional-Trait and Interpersonal-Process Approach
  3. The Therapeutic Relationship in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for the Eating Disorders: Nasty? Brutish? Short?
  4. Do Carers Care About Research? How Evidence and Clinical Guidelines Help Caregivers Support Recovery
  5. First Do No Harm: A Model for the Prevention of Eating Disorders and Obesity: the Allure of Body Mass Index vs. Health at Every Size
  6. Exploring the Interface Between Family and Individual Therapy in the Treatment of Early Onset Anorexia Nervosa
  7. Preventing Relapse Across the Eating Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Intervention Targeting Extreme Weight and Shape Concerns
  8. Eating, Feeding and Treating Patients with Eating Disorders: An Integration of Research and Clinical Practice
  9. Maintenance Treatment and Long-Term Support for Eating Disorders: Extending the Reach of Specialized Treatment Centers
  10. Regulation of Cues for Childhood Obesity: The ROC Intervention
12:15 p.m.– 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
12:15 p.m.– 1:30 p.m. Special Interest Group (SIG) Annual Meetings
(Box lunch available for purchase. See registration form.)
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Session I: The Stigmatisation of Eating Disorders
Moderators: Ulrike Schmidt, MD and Josie Geller, PhD

On Stigma and its Consequences for People with Mental Illnesses
Bruce G Link, PhD, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA

Unravelling the Stigma of Depression
Kathleen Griffiths, PhD, Australian National University. Canberra, Australia

Stigma and Eating Disorders or "The Elephant in the Room"
Professor Philippa Hay, MD, PhD, The University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Global Social and Policy Changes to Address Eating Disorders and Obesity
Kelly Brownell, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

4:00 p.m.– 4:30 p.m. Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
4:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.

Workshop Session II

  1. Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa
  2. The "Therapy" in Nutrition Therapy: Challenges for the Dietitian
  3. Understanding and Working with Social Cognition in Anorexia Nervosa
  4. Anorexia Nervosa in the Desert: Overcoming Geographical Challenges in Service Delivery for Children and Families
  5. Narrowing the Research-Practice Gap in Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders: Identifying Common Ground
  6. Disengagement or Direct Intervention: What is a Parent to Do?
  7. We're in This Together: Building Collaborative Alliances between Families and Professional Care Givers
  8. No Prescription Necessary:  Abuse of Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Eating Disordered Patients
  9. A Sexuality Group for People with Eating Disorders
  10. Acute and Chronic Changes in Refeeding of Anorexia Nervosa
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Opening Reception / Poster I Presentation Session / Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster I Dismantle
Friday, May 1
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Current, New and Prospective Member Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 a.m. – Noon Poster Session II Set-Up & Viewing / Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 a.m. – Noon Registration
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session II: Culture and Genes: Is It Time for New Models and New Metaphors in Thinking About Predispositions, Triggers, and Causal Risk Factors?
Moderator: Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD, ScM, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Sociocultural Models: A Developmental Perspective
Linda Smolak, PhD, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA

Behavior Genetic Models: A Developmental Perspective
Kelly Klump, PhD, FAED, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Highlighting Media and Other Cultural Factors: A Critical Examination of Behavior Genetics and Biopsychiatry
Michael P. Levine, PhD, FAED, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA

Pulling It All Together: Expanded Models and New Metaphors?
Tracey Wade, PhD, FAED, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:30 a.m. – Noon Oral Scientific Paper Session I (brief scientific papers for presentation and discussion)
12:15 p.m.– 1:45 p.m.

The Future of Eating Disorders Research: The AED/NIMH Travel Fellowship Awards
12:15 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. AED Global Think Tank IV (formerly AED World Summit Session) (Box lunches will be available)

Saturday, May 2
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Poster Presentation Session II / Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Poster Session II Viewing
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Special Interest Group (SIG) Discussion Panels

  1. Predictors and Risks for Disordered Eating and Body Dissatisfaction in Ballet and Sport  
  2. Can Obesity Treatment and Prevention be Reconciled with the Treatment and Prevention of Eating and Body Image Disorders?
  3. A Smile So Wide to Hide the Disease: a Clinical & Behavioral Approach to the Oral and Dental Aspects of Eating Disorders
  4. When There's Significant Pain and No Gain: Treating the Tesistant and Tefractory Patient with Comorbid Trauma and Eating Disorder
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. Meet the Experts
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Oral Scientific Paper Session II (brief scientific papers for presentation and discussion)
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Poster II Dismantle
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Exhibitor Dismantle
12:30 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. Lunch on your own
12:30 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. Special Interest Group (SIG) Annual Meetings
(Box lunch available for purchase. See registration form.)
2:15 p.m.– 3:45 p.m. Workshop Session III
  1. Doing the Maudsley Approach with Hispanic Families : Maudsley en Espanol
  2. The Role of VOICE: A Force In Individual Recovery and Societal Change
  3. Reflections Body Image Program: Partnering with Sororities in Eating Disorders Prevention and Advocacy
  4. A Description and Examination of a Partial Hospitalization Program for Adults with Eating Disorders
  5. Healthy Exercise: Not Losing Your Balance
  6. Bridging the Clinical-Research Gap: Using an Effectiveness Design to Test CBT Efficacy Findings in a Feminist-Relational Intensive Outpatient Program
  7. Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Pediatric Perspective
  8. Avoiding the "Top Ten" Most Common Eating Disorder Assessment Mistakes
  9. The Use of Medical Checklists in Organizing Multidisciplinary Eating Disorder Treatment
  10. Therapy of Binge Eating Disorder: Two Psychotherapeutic Strategies
3:45 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Refreshment Break
4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. Plenary Session III: New Ideas on the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Moderators: Jacqueline C. Carter, PhD, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Drew Anderson, PhD, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York, USA

Guided Self-Help for Recurrent Binge Eating
Ruth Striegel-Moore, PhD, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA

How can we use Cognitive Remediation in the treatment of anorexia nervosa?
Kate Tchanturia, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK

Parent-to-Parent Consultation in the Maudsley Model of Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Qualitative Analysis
Paul Rhodes, PhD, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Discussant
Marion P. Olmsted, PhD, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
7:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m. Closing Social Event