| Opening | Andrea Doria (Italy) Ronald van Vollenhoven (Netherlands) | |
| Keynote | ||
| Moderator: Andrea Doria (Italy) | ||
| Understanding and treating SLE: A new era is dawning | Ronald van Vollenhoven (Netherlands) | |
| Debate: New Developments in Basic Science and Clinical Research: Defining SLE | ||
| Moderator: Ricard Cervera (Spain) | ||
| The matter of the debate | Ricard Cervera (Spain) | |
| A majority of lupus patients (will) need a biologic! | David Isenberg (UK) | |
| A minority of lupus patients (will) need a biologic! | Murray Urowitz (Canada) | |