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… Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, European Union Geriatric Medicine Society), or the Committee of National Societies Special Plenary session; | For the third time and because of the huge success of the past two years, 29 non-spon- sored workshops selected by a panel chaired by the Scientific Chairs of the Congress, and endorsed according to their topicality and quality. Many satellite symposia will take place. Their programmes have been carefully reviewed by the organisers to make sure … have been presented either orally or as poster communications. We highlight here only a small part of all the science thus far presented during the congress. The meeting began on Thursday April 19 with the lecture from René Rizzoli that reviewed the best clinical articles published in 2017. After the official opening ceremony, Islene Araujo de Carvalho, from the World Health Organization (WHO), discussed current projects leaded by the organization and more particularly the WHO Clinical Consortium … and on the editorial boards of Bone and Osteoporosis International. He reviews regularly for JBMR, Bone, Osteoporosis International, Lancet, BMJ, NEJM, and for funding bodies such as UK Medi- cal Research Council, NIHR, INSERM. Professor Cyrus Cooper, when presenting the Award, stated, “The current research of Nick Harvey incorporates a lifecourse approach to the characterization of the epidemiology and determi- nants of osteoporotic fracture from cradle to grave, elucidation of underlying …