Friday 4th October

4pm Arrival at Clare Lodge

6pm Supper

7.30 pm AGM

Saturday 5th October

10am Welcome by Chairperson

10.15am Opening Address - Baroness Margaret Ritchie

10.30am What is Vasculitis – The lived experience

11.15am Break

11.30am Breakout Sessions – Small Vessel Vasculitis – Prof Mark Little ​​​​Medium Vessel vasculitis – Dr Mike Clarkson ​​​​Large Vessel Vasculitis – Dr Lorraine O’Neill 12. 15 Consultant Panel (all above) VINE and ERNs why are these important to us and how can we help.

12.45 Roundup of morning’s subjects, observations – Patricia Ryan

1pm  Lunch

2pm Drugs and treatments – Hospital Pharmacist (Dawn Davitt), Community Pharmacist and Practice Pharmacist – Interactive session

3pm What we can do for ourselves Diet - Rachel Lynch, Reaching out to other agencies – Tim Whymark

3.45 Break

4pm NI Vasculitis Survey – Dr AJ McKnight QUB,

        AVERT study update – Dr Jennifer Scott

5pm Close

6pm Dinner

Sunday 6th October

10am Laughter Yoga

11.15 Break

11.30 Mindfulness

12.30 Close

1pm Light Lunch

2pm Home