Alex Fergusson MSP (Cross-Party Group on ME in the Scottish Parliament):

Opening of Conference

Dr Vance Spence (Chairman, ME Research UK, and Senior Research Fellow, University of Dundee):

Welcome and Introduction

Dr Jonathan Kerr (Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London):

Molecular Studies of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr Estibaliz Olano (Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Genotyping Study, Bilbao, Spain):

Genetic Profiles in Severe Forms of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr Sakudo and Prof Ikuta (Department of Virology, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan):

Visible and Near-infrared Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr Greg Purdie (NHS Dumfries and Galloway):

Towards a Scottish Clinical Network

Prof. Jill Belch (Vascular Diseases Research Unit, University Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee):

Vascular and Inflammatory Aspects of ME/CFS

Dr Faisel Khan (Vascular Diseases Research Unit, University Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee):

Arterial Stiffness and ME/CFS

Dr Gwen Kennedy (Vascular Diseases Research Unit, University Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee):

Overview of a Study of Inflammatory Markers in Children

Joan Crawford (Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool):

Attitudes to ME/CFS Among Healthcare Professions: A Survey and Literature Review

Dr Jo Nijs (Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium):

Chronic widespread pain in people with ME/CFS: recent developments and therapeutic implications

Prof. Myra Nimmo (Department of Applied Physiology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow):

Interleukin-6 and Exercise

Dr Lorna Paul (School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow):

Studies of Pain and Activity

Dr L Wood (Department of Physiology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow):

Motoneurone Excitability After Fatiguing Exercise in Subjects with CFS/ME

Prof. Nancy Klimas (Prof. of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA):

The Immunology of ME/CFS

Dr Eleanor Stein (Calgary, Canada):

Behavioural Interventions in ME/CFS: What a Difference a Decade Makes!