| 7:55 AM | Welcome & Introduction | H. Bryan Brewer, MD (Speaker) Steven E. Nissen, MD (Speaker)
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| 8:00 AM | How do we Reduce Residual Risk in High Risk Patients After Statin Therapy? | Christie M. Ballantyne, MD (Speaker)
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| 8:15 AM | Is HDL Therapy Hype or the Future Blockbuster Treatment for CVD Patients? | Ernst J. Schaefer, MD (Speaker)
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| 8:30 AM | Selective Increase in ApoA-I Synthesis: Update on a Novel Approach to Increase HDL | Norman C. W. Wong, MD (Speaker)
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| 8:45 AM | Acute HDL Therapy: Update on HDL Infusion Therapy in the ACS Patient | H. Bryan Brewer, MD (Speaker)
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| 9:00 AM | Is There Dysfunctional HDL? How do we Test HDL Function? | Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD (Speaker)
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| 9:15 AM | Current Status of Anacetrapib: A Second Generation CETP Inhibitor to Raise HDL | Yale B. Mitchel, MD (Speaker)
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| 9:30 AM | Update on Clinical Trials with Dalcetrapib: A Second Generation CETP Inhibitor | David G. Kallend, MD (Speaker)
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| 9:45 AM | Panel Discussion | Christie M. Ballantyne, MD (Panelist) H. Bryan Brewer, MD (Moderator) Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD (Panelist) David G. Kallend, MD (Panelist) Yale B. Mitchel, MD (Panelist) Ron Waksman, MD (Panelist) Norman C. W. Wong, MD (Panelist)
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| 10:15 AM | Break |
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| 10:30 AM | DEBATE - Identification of the Vulnerable Plaque: Critical Concept | James E. Muller, MD (Speaker)
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| 10:40 AM | DEBATE - Identification of the Vulnerable Plaque: Hype? | Steven E. Nissen, MD (Speaker)
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| 10:50 AM | DEBATE - Identification of the Vulnerable Plaque: Critical Concept or Hype? - DISCUSSION | James E. Muller, MD (Speaker) Steven E. Nissen, MD (Speaker)
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| 11:00 AM | Update on the Clinical Development of Nicotinic Acid/Laropiprant, a New Agent to Reduce the Side Effects of Niacin | Yale B. Mitchel, MD (Speaker)
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| 11:15 AM | Current Status of Darapladib: A New Selective Inhibitor of LpPLA2 to Decrease Atherosclerosis | Robert L. Wilensky, MD (Speaker)
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| 11:30 AM | Secretory Phospholipase A2: A Multifaceted Proatherogenic Family of Enzymes | Robert S. Rosenson, MD (Speaker)
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| 11:45 AM | Is it Time to Screen the Asymptomatic Patient for Cardiovascular Disease? | Allen J. Taylor, MD (Speaker)
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch and Visit the Exhibits |
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| 1:00 PM | MRI of the Ischemic Area at Risk, Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Salvage | Andrew E. Arai, MD (Speaker)
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| 1:15 PM | Should hCRP be Included in the new Cardiovascular Guidelines? | Paul M. Ridker, MD (Speaker)
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| 1:30 PM | Should Anti-inflammatory Drugs be the Next Target for the Treatment of the CVD Patient? | Jean-Claude Tardif, MD (Speaker)
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| 1:45 PM | What Should be the Lipid Targets in Patients with Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome? | Michael H. Davidson, MD (Speaker)
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| 2:00 PM | Should we Move from Lipoproteins to Apolipoproteins in Future Guidelines for CVD? | Allan D. Sniderman, MD (Speaker)
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| 2:15 PM | Panel Discussion | Andrew E. Arai, MD (Panelist) Michael H. Davidson, MD (Panelist) Steven E. Nissen, MD (Moderator) Paul M. Ridker, MD (Panelist) Allan D. Sniderman, MD (Panelist) Jean-Claude Tardif, MD (Panelist) Allen J. Taylor, MD (Panelist)
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| 2:45 PM | The Future of Imaging as a Surrogate in the Development of new Cardiovascular Drugs | Stephen J. Nicholls, MD, PhD (Speaker)
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| 3:00 PM | Challenges Facing Lipid Guidelines | Peter W. F. Wilson, MD (Speaker)
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| 3:15 PM | Does the Practicing Cardiologist Need to Assess LDL and HDL Subclasses in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Patients? | Peter O. Kwiterovich, MD (Speaker)
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| 3:30 PM | CIMT: a Useful Surrogate for Assessing the Efficacy of new Cardiovascular Drugs? | Daniel H. O'Leary, MD (Speaker)
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| 3:45 PM | The Role of Cardiac CT in CHD Risk Stratification | Guy Weigold, MD (Speaker)
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| 4:00 PM | Panel Discussion | Peter O. Kwiterovich, MD (Panelist) Stephen J. Nicholls, MD, PhD (Panelist) Steven E. Nissen, MD (Moderator) Daniel H. O'Leary, MD (Panelist) Guy Weigold, MD (Panelist) Peter W. F. Wilson, MD (Panelist)
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| 4:15 PM | Closing Remarks | Steven E. Nissen, MD (Speaker)
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| 4:30 PM | Adjourn |
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