Timetable

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
	Hall B	Hall C	Hall D	Hall E	Hall F
10:00	Registration and Distribution of Material
15:00 – 17:30	WS01: Workshop The empowerment approach to group education	WS02: Workshop Using the autobiographical approach in patient education	WS03: Workshop Provision of family-centred psychosocial support	WS04: Workshop How to assess the psychosocial needs in the clinical encounter	WS05: Workshop Peer-led self –management in chronic diseases
	Hall A
18:00 – 19:30	Opening Session
19:30	Get Together Buffet Reception

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 - DAWN SUMMIT
	Hall A
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome and summit introduction
09:00 – 09:15	Global update of DAWN activities
09:15 – 10:05	Regional perspectives on implementing the DAWN call to action: UK, India, Argentina
10:05 -10:35	Coffee Break, Exhibition and DAWN Summit Poster Visit
10:35 – 11:20	DAWN MIND: A multinational initiative to monitor and address individual psychosocial needs in people with diabetes
11:20 – 12:30	DAWN Youth: a new global programme to improve psychosocial support for young people with diabetes
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00	Putting people centre stage: Evidence-based framework for facilitating diabetes self-management
14:00 – 15:00	Putting people centre stage: Defining and implementing patient-centred diabetes care (A roundtable-based session involving interactive dialogue and electronic voting)
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break, Exhibition and DAWN Summit Poster Visit
15:30 - 16:30	Putting people centre stage: Measuring progress and committing to changing diabetes one person at a time (A roundtable-based session involving interactive dialogue and electronic voting)
16:30 – 17:10	The way forward: personal and global commitments to change
17:10 - 17:15	Meeting close

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
	Hall A	Hall B
08:30 – 10:30	Plenary Session I: Directive and non-directive approaches to behaviour change
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
11:00 – 12:30	Round Table I: Preventive and therapeutic education: optimising resource use	Oral Communications I: Psycho social support and novel approaches to education
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
14:00 – 15:30	Round Table II: Shared decision making	Oral Communications II: Empowerment and motivation to change behaviours
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
16:00 – 17:30	Round Table III: Novel approaches to children and adolescents	Oral Communications III: Organisation of TPE and evaluation of results
19:30	Gala Dinner (Optional)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
	Hall A	Hall B
08:30 – 10:30	Plenary Session II: The effectiveness of peer support and education
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
10:50 – 12:30	Round Table IV: The benefits of self-expression in chronic disease	Oral Communications IV: (Multi)-National Projects
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
14:00 – 16:00	Plenary Session III: For an integration between science and humanities Followed by Closing Remarks