DICIM 2025

5, 6 and 7 November
Almere, The Netherlands
 

Speakers

Liesbeth van Rossum
Hoogleraar op het gebied van obesitas en stressonderzoek
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
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Karsten Filzmaier
Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder at we4 Impact
we4 Impact
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Will Trump
Founder at Unconventional Wisdom, the go-to Behavioural Science Consultancy for the insurance industry
Unconventional Wisdom
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Saul Newman
Senior Research Fellow
University College London, Oxford Institute for Population Ageing
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Paulo Pinho
Chief Medical and Strategy Officer
Discern Health
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Elyssa Del Valle
Chief Medical Officer L&H Americas
Swiss Re
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Kjeld Aij
Directeur thema's Dijkzigt en Gezondheidswetenschappen
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
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Leontien Kremer
Hoogleraar late effecten na kinderkanker
Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie
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Richard Jaspers
Hoogleraar Moleculaire en Translationele Inspanningsfysiologie
VU Amsterdam
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Elisabeth Foncke
Neurologist
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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Alwin van Drongelen
Senior Scientist Fatigue Management and Operator Performance
NLR
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Boris Nikolai Konrad
Memory Expert, Neuroscientist, Keynote speaker, 8x World Memory Champion (Team).
Donders Centrum voor Cognitieve Neuroimaging, Nijmegen
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Packages

Package 1

1.020
WEDNESDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • Hotelroom
THURSDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • After-party
  • Hotelroom
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 2

820
WEDNESDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
THURSDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • After-party
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 3

760
WEDNESDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
THURSDAY
  • Participation
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 4

420
WEDNESDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
THURSDAY
  • Participation

Package 5

480
WEDNESDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
THURSDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • After-party

Package 6

400
THURSDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • After-party

Package 7

680
THURSDAY
  • Participation
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 8

340
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 9

740
THURSDAY
  • Participation
  • Buffet dinner
  • After-party
FRIDAY
  • Participation

Package 10

340
THURSDAY
  • Participation

Including

  • All participants receive a certificate
  • Automatic CME points registration in GAIA
  • Free lunch and drinks during the congress
  • Free parkering on Van der Valk premises

Program

17:00 - 18:30

Registration

Lounge
Registration of your presence at the congress is done at the information desk on the first floor. 

18:30 - 20:30

Dinner buffet

Athena 1, 2 and 3
Once registered, your dinner buffet is on the same floor. 

20:30 - 20:35

Opening

Barcelona
Welcome to participants by the chairs of the organizing organizations.
 

20:35 - 21:35

New developments in obesity care: the role of the insurance doctor

Barcelona

Currently, half of all adults are overweight and more than 15% are obese. Obesity is a chronic endocrine disease that disrupts numerous fat and intestinal hormones, often increasing appetite. There are also new insights into how the notorious yo-yo effect occurs. It is well known that obesity leads to hundreds of other diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, osteoarthritis, various forms of cancer, and reduced labor participation.

For an effective approach, it is important to screen for the causes and type of obesity. This can be done via www.checkoorzakenovergewicht.nl. Treatment can then be tailored accordingly (see www.behandelovergewicht.nl).

Developments in the field of obesity treatments are currently advancing rapidly. For example, there are new forms of lifestyle interventions and new obesity medications that are already available and reimbursed or will become available in the near future and also have a positive impact on people\'s ability to work. The role of the insurance doctor is also discussed in this context.

21:35 - 22:30

Dessert Buffet

Athena 1, 2 and 3
Dessert is served after the lecture. 

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

Lounge
Registration of your presence at the congress is done at the information desk on the first floor. 

09:00 - 09:15

Opening

Atlanta 1 and 2
Welcome to participants by the chairs of the organizing organizations.
 

09:15 - 10:00

Evolving perspective on Neurodivergence- Are ADHD and Autism still a risk to consider in UW?

Atlanta 1 and 2

The talk will explore the concept of neurodivergence, focusing on autism and ADHD in adults. The presentation sharpens the understanding of neurodivergence while addressing the associated risks, particularly regarding mortality and morbidity, and their implications for life and health insurance underwriting.

10:00 - 10:45

Lecture Will Trump

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Will Trump

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

Lounge
Coffee is served in the lounge. 

11:15 - 12:00

Errors as a driver of nonlinear mortality risk artefacts: the serious problem behind an Ig Nobel prize

Atlanta 1 and 2

This talk will chart an unexpected course, from being an outsider, to the centre of a field, and back out again. I start by debunking both a Science paper that argues for a hard upper limit to human life, and a Nature paper that argues the inverse. Neither are retracted. Then, I annoy all sides of an unpleasant debate by providing a new theoretical finding on the limits of life: the idea there is one limit to survival and that there is there no limit to survival both appear to be wrong. I then show a theoretical result that reveals how extremely errors accumulate nonlinearly with age.

This model explains the existence of late-life mortality plateaus, invalidates late-life mortality models (like the Kannisto model), causes substantial problems when modelling longevity risk, and breaks population estimates. Finally, I demonstrate how this uncorrectable nonlinear error process has generated junk data on a shocking scale: supercentenarian databases are filled with ‘anomalies’, virtually all centenarian data appears to be undetected errors, and 71 years of UN data seems to be dominated by junk beyond the age of 80.

These theoretical and analytical findings have been awarded the Ig Nobel prize for my incorrigible, but unanswered, questions

12:00 - 12:45

Lecture Paulo Pinho

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Paulo Pinho

12:45 - 13:45

Luncheon

Athena 1, 2 and 3
Lunch 

13:45 - 14:30

Lecture

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content of the lecture

14:30 - 14:40

Change rooms

Short time to go to the next room 
 

14:40 - 15:15

 

Parallelsessions

15:15 - 15:45

Tea break

Atlanta 1 and 2
Coffee and tea are waiting for you in the lounge 

15:45 - 16:20

 

Parallelsessions

16:20 - 16:30

Change rooms

Short time to go to the next room 
 

16:30 - 17:15

Cocktails and Covid 19 Pounds: The Essential Ingredients of Early Cirrhosis

Atlanta 1 and 2

Discerning advanced liver fibrosis can be challenging and due to increasing prevalence of MAFLD along with increased trends on alcohol use, we should expect early claims.

In this session, we will explore causes of liver disease in developing and developed countries with emphasis on how to recognize the red flags at time of underwriting that should prompt high suspect for advanced liver fibrosis and thereby protect your business from early claims.

17:15 - 17:30

Closing

Atlanta 1 and 2
Closing statements from our Chair of the day
 

17:30 - 18:30

Drinks

Lounge
Please go to the lounge for beverages and other refreshments 

18:30 - 20:00

Dinner

Athena 1, 2 and 3
Dinner 

20:00 - 20:30

Dessert Buffet

Lounge
Dessert is served after the lecture. 

20:30 - 00:30

Party

Atlanta 1 and 2
Party 

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

Lounge
Registration of your presence at the congress is done at the information desk on the first floor. 

09:00 - 09:05

Opening

Atlanta 1 and 2
Welcome to participants by the chair of the day.
 

09:05 - 09:50

When the system grinds to a halt: how we can work together to get healthcare moving again

Atlanta 1 and 2

An administrative perspective on quality, responsibility, and innovation

Healthcare is stuck. We see it in hospital care, long-term care, and also in social security. Systems that were once intended to protect are now sometimes hindering action. Responsibilities are fragmented, professionals are caught between protocols and production requirements, and citizens get lost in bureaucracy. Kjeld Aij, director at Erasmus MC and PhD in lean and leadership in healthcare, takes a fresh, systemic look at the foundations of our healthcare system. Why are things getting stuck? What is going on with the WIA? And what can we learn from hospital experiences about focusing on quality and value without getting bogged down in control freakery or management jargon?

In this stimulating lecture, Kjeld Aij takes us through sharp observations, confrontational examples, and hopeful perspectives for action. An invitation to contribute, from everyone\'s unique role, to a healthcare system that is once again coherent, dynamic, and meaningful.

09:50 - 10:35

Lecture Leontien Kremer

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Leontien Kremer

10:35 - 11:05

Coffee break

Lounge
Coffee is served in the lounge. 

11:05 - 11:50

Lecture Richard Jaspers

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Richard Jaspers

11:50 - 12:35

Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) Uncovered: A Neurological Reality without Structural Brain Damage

Atlanta 1 and 2

Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) are still often misunderstood or misinterpreted. However, in recent years, a significant paradigm shift has taken place. FND is now regarded as a neurological disease. Furthermore, the diagnosis of FND is no longer one of exclusion, but rather one based on positive diagnostic criteria.

This presentation offers insight into the neurological reality of FND and its implications for healthcare and policy.

12:35 - 13:35

Luncheon

Lounge
Lunch 

13:35 - 14:20

Lecture Alwin van Drongelen

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Alwin van Drongelen

14:20 - 14:30

Change rooms

Short time to go to the next room 
 

14:30 - 15:05

 

Parallelsessions

15:05 - 15:35

Tea break

Lounge
Coffee and tea are waiting for you in the lounge 

15:35 - 16:10

 

Parallelsessions

16:10 - 16:20

Change rooms

Short time to go to the next room 
 

Lecture Boris Nikolai Konrad

Atlanta 1 and 2
Content lecture Boris Nikolai Konrad

17:05 - 17:15

Closing

Atlanta 1 and 2
Closing statements from our Chair of the day
 

17:15 - 18:00

Drinks

Lounge
Please go to the lounge for beverages and other refreshments 

Organisation

Harrie Veneman
Monique Piegza
Jan Buitenhuis
Astrid Blaauw
Roshni Matawlie
Trix van der Eerden
Linda ten Hove
Elles van Ringelenstein
Petr Pliva
Hanneke Leunisse
Erik Grobben

Venue

Van der Valk Hotel Almere

Veluwezoom 45, 1327 AK Almere

Hotel Almere is located alongside the highway A6, near the cities Amsterdam, Utrecht and Hilversum.

Public Transport

Almere Parkwijk and Almere Centrum train stations are only a few minutes away by car from the hotel. From these stations you can travel to the hotel by bus or taxi. From both Almere Parkwijk and Almere Centrum Stations you can take bus M5 and get off at bus stop Walt Disneyplantsoen. From this stop it is about a 10-minute walk to Hotel Almere.

Coming from Utrecht (A27)

From the A27 towards Hilversum/Huizen, take exit 36 ​​towards Almere Stad. At the end of the exit, turn left towards Almere Haven/Almere Stad (N305). Just before Almere you drive under the viaduct of the A6 motorway, still in the direction of Almere Stad. The road is now called Veluwedreef. At the 2nd traffic light, turn left onto the Veluwezoom. You will find Hotel Almere on your right.

Coming from Amsterdam (A1)

From the A1 in the direction of Amersfoort, take the A6 in the direction of Almere. On the A6, take exit 5 (Almere Stad). At the end of the exit, turn left towards Almere Stad (S103 Veluwedreef). At the 2nd traffic light, turn left onto the Veluwezoom. You will find Hotel Almere on your right.

Coming from Lelystad (A6)

From the A6 towards Almere, take exit 5 (Almere Stad). At the end of the exit, turn left at the traffic light in the direction of Almere Stad (S103 Veluwedreef). At the 1st traffic light, turn left onto the Veluwezoom. You will find Hotel Almere on your right.

Sponsors & Partners

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Canceling

  1. The congress fee will not be refunded and remains due and payable when cancellation occurs after October 15th, regardless of the reason for cancellation.
  2. The congress fee will not be refunded and remains due and payable when participant does not show up at the congress, regardless of the reason for absence.
  3. Your registration may be transferred to someone else when cancelling after October 15th. The required details must be submitted using this link not later than October 31st for a registration transfer to be successful.
    Registration transfer is only possible once a receipt of payment is received vie e-mail from the DICIM/VG DAGEN treasurer.