2022 Prague

4th Global Conference on Myositis (GCOM)

The 4th Global Conference on Myositis (GCOM 2022) was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 6 – 9 June 2022 at the O2 Universum multifunctional centre. The conference was organized as a hybrid meeting, i.e. with the possibility of on-site attendance or with virtual participation using simultaneous online streaming. This was to enable to take part in the conference also to those who will not be able to come personally due to possible restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic. Workshops for patients included physiotherapy and occupational therapy and session with Questions and Answers.

Main topics included the following areas:

1. Genes and environment
2.  Pathogenesis, including mitochondrial biology
3.  Antibodies & biomarkers
4. Covid-19 and myositis
5. Skin in myositis
6. Imaging in myositis
7. Drug induced myositis
8.  Juvenile myositis/Juvenile to adult transition
9.  Towards personalized medicine (treatment of myositis)
10. Inclusion body myositis
11. Repairing damage
12. Other. Juvenile dermatomyositis workshop.

Workshops for patients included physiotherapy and occupational therapy and session with Questions and Answers.

The conference was co-organized by the Czech Society of Rheumatology (CSR) under the auspices the International Myositis Society.

Steering committee

Jiří Vencovský – Czech Republic
Ingrid Lundberg – Sweden
Fred Miller – USA
Lisa Rider – USA
Werner Stenzel – Germany
Olivier Benveniste – France
Ichizo Nishino – Japan

Local organizing committee

Jiří Vencovský
Heřman Mann
Olga Kryštůfková
Martin Klein
Kateřina Kubínová
Hana Šmucrová

Meeting Abstracts