BELSPEED Symposium : Opposites attract October 16th 2026
BELSPEED Symposium : Opposites attract
October 16th 2026
Hybrid : online or at the venue
Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport
Leonardo Da Vincilaan, 4 1831 Diegem
For paediatricians, general practioners, medical trainees, school doctors..
Program
13:00 Welcome Daniel Klink, President BELSPEED
13:10 puberty – too early Marianne Becker-Heinen, CHL
13:35 puberty – too late Kathleen De Waele, UZG
14:00 height – too short Dominique Beckers, CHU/UCL
14:25 heigth – too tall Elise Nauwynck, UZB
14: 50 coffee break
15:10 glucose – too high Marieke den Brinker, UZA
Management by closed loop pump
15: 35 glucose – too low Philippe Lysy, Saint Luc/UCL
Drug management of hypoglycaemia
16:00 nutritional state – too high Karolien Van De Maele, ZAS Paola
Endocrine effects of obesity
16:25 nutritional state – too low Daniel Klink, ZAS Paola
Endocrine effects of Cachexia
16:50 fresh air break
17:00 Keynote Lectures : Meten is weten – Mesurer pour savoir, imaginer pour croire
The development of growth curves : theoretical principles and its history in Flanders
Matthieu Roelants, Vlaamse Overheid
The use and interpretation of growth curves in daily practice
Jean De Schepper, UZB
18:00 Closure with refreshments
