As shown below on the programme schedule, the congress will start at the Congress Venue on Friday 1 October 2010. The Opening Ceremony and Keynote lectures will be held in plenary session. Thereafter the meeting will be continued in four rooms on the same floor, with plenty space for scientific posters and exhibition. Drinks and food will be served during breaks and lunch.
Programme details will be available at a later stage on this website.
The theme of this congress is “The Clinical Practice and Scientific Research of Chinese Medicine”, with the following main topics:
| Thursday, 30 September 2010 | |
| 17.30 - 19.00 | Registration at the World Forum |
| Friday, 1 October 2010 | |
| 08.00 - 09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Opening ceremony |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee/tea break, poster viewing, exhibition |
| 11.00 - 11.40 | Keynote speech by Prof. Jan van der Greef (TNO Research Institutes/Leiden University, Zeist, The Netherlands) Systems biology: The Bridge between Chinese and Western medicine |
| 11.40 - 12.20 | Keynote speech by Prof. Qi Wang (Beijing University of TCM, China) Constitutional doctrine (Human-body constitution doctrine) of traditional Chinese medicine |
| 12.20 - 13.00 | Keynote speech by Dr. Carl-Hermann Hempen (Societas Medicinae Sinensis, Munic |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Four parallel sessions (download programme) |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Coffee/tea break, poster viewing, exhibition |
| 16.30 - 18.00 | Four parallel sessions (download programme) |
| 18.00 - 18.30 | Departure from World Forum to The Hague City Hall |
| 18.30 - 19.30 | Welcome Reception at The Hague City Hall |
| 20.00 - 23.00 | Gala Dinner |
| Saturday, 2 October 2010 | |
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Four parallel sessions (download programme) |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee/tea break, poster viewing, exhibition |
| 11.30 - 13.00 | Four parallel sessions (download programme) |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Four parallel sessions (download programme) |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 16.30 - 17.30 | Closing Ceremony |
The official language of the congress will be English.
* Simultaneous interpretation will be available in both Chinese and English.
Prof. Jan van der Greef (TNO Research Institutes and Leiden University, Zeist, The Netherlands)
Systems biology: The bridge between Chinese and Western medicine
Dr. Carl-Hermann Hempen (Societas Medicinae Sinensis, Munich, Germany)
Development and practical application of Chinese medicine in the Western world
Prof. Qi Wang (Beijing University of TCM, Beijing, China)
Constitutional doctrine (Human-body constitution doctrine) of traditional Chinese medicine
Dr. Maholida Amad (Institut Jin Ling, Jaunay Clan, France)
Acupuncture treatment of depression using Dao Qi methods on Du meridian
Dr. Steven K.H. Aung (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Clinical use of acupuncture in infertility
Prof. Rudolf Bauer (University of Graz, Graz, Austria)
Drug discovery from Chinese medicinal plants
Mrs. Ineke van den Berg, M.Sc. (Clinical epidemiologist, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands and TCM practitioner, Clinic for Complementary Medicine Rodenrijs, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands)
An evidence based approach of Traditional Chinese Medicine in today’s women’s health
Dr. A. Boriglione (Paracelso Clinic Center, Rome Italy)
Clinical observation on the treatment of simple traumatic injury of the knee by Tuina and injection therapy
Mrs. Peggy Bosch, M.Sc. (Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Schizophrenia, sleep and acupuncture: First results
Prof. Baochang Cai (Nanjing University of TCM, Nanjing China)
Quality control of Chinese herbs
Dr. Ramón M. Calduch (European TCM Foundation, Barcelona, Spain)
The practice of Chinese medicine in Europe: Its inclusion to national health care systems
Prof. Kaiyong Cao (Hospital for Male Disorders, Tianjin, China)
TCM treatment of andrological disorders
Dr. Mingzhao Chen (Middlesex University, London, UK)
Regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine in the UK
Dr. Pedro Choy (President, Portugese Association of Acupuncture and Related Disciplines, Lisbon, Portugal)
Anorexia and TCM
Mr. Chris Dhaenens (TCM practitioner, Belgium)
Herbs and developments in 2010/2011
Dr. Ute Engelhardt (Societas Medicinae Sinensis, Munich, Germany)
Food, movement and longevity - Dietetics and Qigong for the elderly
Dr. Ruqiang Fan (Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, Guangzhou, China)
Treatment of viral skin diseases with TCM
Dr. Reginaldo de C.S. Filho (President of Brazilian School of Chinese Medicine, Ebramec, Brazil)
The immediate effect of 2nd metacarpal bone acupuncture on pain relief
Dr. Carlo Maria Giovanardi (Chairman of the Italian Federation of Acupuncture Societies, Italy)
Research in acupuncture: Problems to be solved
Dr. Kees Groen (Kinesis Pharma, Breda, The Netherlands)
Registration of Chinese herbal medicinal products in Europe
Prof. Jing-Yan Han (Chuigaka College of Chinese Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
Cardiotonic pills ameliorates ischemia-reperfusion induced myocardial microcirculatory disturbances and
myocardial lesions in rats
Dr. Carl-Hermann Hempen (Societas Medicinae Sinensis, Munich, Germany)
Andrology and infertility - Treatment with Chinese herbs and acupuncture
Dr. Haibo Huang (Hohhot Hospital of Mongolian and Chinese Medicine, Hohhot China)
Clinical observation of 128 cases of TCM treatment of male infertility
Dr. Roel Koole (Lecturer Medical Acupuncture NAAV, The Netherlands)
Gracious longevity with Chinese herbs and acupuncture
Dr. Burt Kroes (Herbal Medicinal Products Committee, European Medicines Agency, London, UK and Medicines Evaluation Board, The Hague, The Netherlands)
Quality of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines in Europe
Dr. Swan Hoo Kwee (Private clinics, Amsterdam & IJmuiden, The Netherlands)
RCT of Menopause, a comparative study between hormone treatment, TCM and placebo
Dr. Jie Li (TCM Classics Research Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Gut bacteria, intestinal permeability, asthma, and the internal-external relationship between the lung and large intestine
Prof. Jing Li (Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing China)
Special TCM therapeutic techniques and their application in the treatment of diabetes
Dr. Weihong Li (Public Research Center for Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
A potential new drug development for leukemia from European local plant
Dr. S. Liguori (Post-Graduate Acupuncture Master, "Sapienza" State University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy)
Abdominal acupuncture and cervicobrachialgia: Is it a real possibility for setting a double-blind trial in acupuncture research?
Dr. Tzi Chiang Lin (President, Federation of Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Societies of Australia)
The history of the legislative registration of Chinese Medicine 2000 in Victoria and its impact for Australian national registration in 2012
Prof. Liang Liu (Dean and chair professor, School of Chinese Medicine, Baptist University,
Hong Kong, China)
Study of the ethanol extracts of Ginseng on anti-cancer and cardioprotection
dr. Chuanjian Lu (Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, Guangzhou, China)
Observational study of TCM treatment on Swine influenza patients
Prof. Ren Luo (Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China)
Clinical strategies and practice of sub-health
Dr. Yair Maimon (Refuot integrative Medical Center,Tel-Aviv, Israel)
7 Emotions and their Effect on the Qi and Shen
Mr. Hugo Nielsen (Hugo Nielsen Institute Copenhagen, Denmark and Bremen, Germany)
Parallel-acupuncture with Cell Com® -Technology
Dr. Lizhen Pan (Nanping People's Hospital, Fujian, China)
Professor Wu Xi's experiential therapy of treatment on chronic Fallopian Tubal Inflammatory infertility
Dr. Peizheng Pan (Nanhai Women & Children's Hospital, Nanhai, China)
Clinical research of Chinese health interventions to promote excellent pregnancy before pregnancy
Dr. Cheng Qian (Academy for Nature Medicine, Hilversum, The Netherlands)
Acupuncture and herbs treatment for ADHD (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
Dr. Guozheng Qin (Yunnan Provincial TCM Hospital, Kunming China)
Treatment of impotence based on the pathology of stagnation of liver Qi and blood stasis and kidney deficiency
Prof. Huafa Que (Longhua Hospital, Shanghai, China)
Clinical application and mechanism of treating diabetic gangrene by replenishing Qi and removing blood stasis
Prof. Sofyan Rangkuti (Hwa To International University of TCM, Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands)
Visualizing the effects of classic acupuncture, laser acupuncture and brain-abdominal acupuncture with the help of EPC/GDV software technology
Dr. John D. Setyo (Private clinic Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
What can TCM practitioners do in case of prostate cancer?
Mrs. Moyee Siu, L.Ac (Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture Research and Education Foundation, San Jose, USA)
Zhu's scalp acupuncture for spinal cord injuries
Mr. Jan Schroën MSc (Sino-Dutch Research Centre for Preventive and Personalized Medicine;
Lao Long Clinic for Chinese Medicine, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Liver channel pathology in relation to andrology
Prof. Rob Verpoorte (Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands)
Introduction to the EU funded FP7 coordination action programme - Good practice in traditional Chinese medicine research in the post-genomic era (GP-TCM)
Dr. Mei Wang (TNO Research Institutes and Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands)
Quality control of Chinese medicine, the core for EU registration
Prof. Qi Wang (Beijing University of TCM, Beijing, China)
Problems and solutions for male sterility by Chinese medicine
Prof. Shouchuan Wang (Nanjing University of TCM, Nanjing, China)
TCM treatment of respirovirus infectious disease in children
Dr. Weixiang Wang (Shenzhou Open University of TCM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Combination of acupuncture and moxibustion: treatment strategy on chronic prostatitis
Dr. Nico Westerman (Lecturer Medical Acupuncture NAAV, The Netherlands)
The Chinese pulse-diagnosis in modern medicine perspectives
Dr. Jidong Wu (Middlesex University, London, UK)
Fibromyalgia - Needles approach
Dr. Xiaohe Xiao (PLA Research Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing, China)
The clinic-oriented standardization of Chinese herbal medicine
Prof. Yan Ming Xie (Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China)
Longitudinal analysis with multiple endpoints for TCM efficacy evaluation in ischemic stroke research
Zhai Xu, M.Sc. (Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China)
Research ideas and progress of electroacupuncture therapy on IGT
Dr. Shaomin Xue (Zhen Dan Chinese Medicine Center, Antwerpen, Belgium)
Effectiveness of JiaJi acupuncture in fibromyalgia treatment
Dr. Yifan Yang (Author of “Chinese Herbal Medicine - Comparisons and Characteristics, and Chinese Herbal Formulas – Treatment principles and composition strategies”, Leiden, The Netherlands)
Kidney-life-reproduction: herbs and formulas for infertility
Dr. Fengli Yao (Yao’s Acupuncture Clinic, The Hague, The Netherlands)
Tension headache and urinary meridians treatment
Prof. Jun Yuan (Hebei Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China)
Techniques of cupping on back acupoints in treating cough
Dr. Xiao-Ping Zhai (Renowned fertility expert, London, UK)
Helping you to conceive with or without assisted fertility treatment
Prof. Chunhe Zhang (Yunnan Provincial Hospital, Kunming, China)
Syndrome study and Chinese traditional treatment of male menopausal syndrome
Dr. Dinghui Zheng (Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou, China)
Effect of a blood-cooling TCM formula on histamine in peripheral blood of psoriasis vulgaris at progressive stage
Dr. Guo-Guang Zhu (Finnish TCM Europe-Asia Center, Oulu, Finland)
Treatment the superior gluteal nerve wedge press syndrome with acupuncture
Prof. Miansheng Zhu (University Paris-Nord, Paris, France)
"Timing, Acupoints, Space" for treating diseases related to biorhytms (infertility, endocrinology) - Renewal of Ling Gui Ba Fa in clinical practice
Prof. Mingqing Zhu (Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture Research and Education Foundation, San Jose, USA)
Zhu's scalp acunpuncture for stroke
Mr. Ron Zoet (TCM practitioner, Katwijk, The Netherlands)
ECIWO® Medicine: A new approach of conquering cancer
More speakers and subjects will be available at a later stage on this website.
Welcome Reception
The Welcome Reception is a chance for you to network with new contacts and catch up with old friends. In a friendly and informal atmosphere with drinks and snacks served generously, please come along and relax after the excitement of the first full day at the Congress. The Welcome Reception will take place in the Atrium of the City Hall on Friday evening 1 October 2010. The reception is open to all registered participants.
Transport will be available to transfer guests to and from the reception venue. The evening will be concluded with a Congress Dinner.
Congress Dinner
The Congress Dinner will take place on Friday evening 1 October 2010. Tickets are available at a cost of € 50 per person and should be booked using the congress registration form. Please bring your dinner voucher. Dress code is business casual.
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