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ERN ReCONNET Webinars
ERN ReCONNET organises a wide range of educational webinars on rare and low-prevalence connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases.
All webinars organised by ERN ReCONNET are freely available on the dedicated YouTube channel – make sure you don’t miss any of our webinars, click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel
NEW webinar Season 2025
ERN ReCONNET is glad to announce the new 2025 Webinar Season under the leadership of Prof. Maurizio Cutolo and the Genoa Team (Italy), as part of the Education and Training WG.
The events planned for this new exciting season are extremely interesting, topics are disease-related as well as transversal targeting patients and caregivers, HCPs, or both. The invited speakers are top experts in their field and they kindly share with us their knowledge and expertise. The webinars are organized in collaboration with our ePAGs representatives who actively contribute as organizers, speakers, and moderators.
Registrations to ALL our webinars are FREE and OPEN, click on the title of the webinar to open the specific registration link.
Recorded episodes are FREELY available on our ERN ReCONNET YouTube Channel.
ERN ReCONNET Webinar Season 2025
Title of the webinar | Speaker(s) | Webinar link |
Tackling heterogeneity in Sjögren’s disease: the role of stratification and clustering | Yann Nguyen | Link to the webinar recording |
Treatment of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: where do we stand in 2025? | David Launay | Link to the webinar recording |
Diagnosis and management of peripheral neurological manifestations in Sjögren’s disease | Alessia Alunno | Link to the webinar recording |
Obstetric manifestations in past and present antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) classification criteria | Gerard Espinosa Núria Baños | Link to the webinar recording |
“Doctor, can you ask me…?” for connective tissue diseases patients | Magdalena Ciupera
Vera Guimarães |
Link to the webinar recording |
From basics to updates for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) | François Chasset | Link to the webinar recording |
Unmet Needs in Childhood-Onset Sjögren’s Disease – Patient and Clinician Perspectives | Edoardo Marrani
Ana Vieira |
Link to the webinar recording |
Imaging in Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) | Valentin S. Schäfer | Link to the webinar recording |
Thrombocytopenia in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) | Karina de Leeuw
Hilde Kooistra |
Link to the webinar recording |
Understanding genetic testing in the era of next-generation sequencing: lessons from the hereditary connective tissue disorders | Marco Castori | Link to the webinar recording |
The transition from benign to secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon
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Maurizio Cutolo
Vanessa Smith |
This webinar will take place on 02/07/2025 |
Microvascular involvement of Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
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Savino Sciascia | This webinar will take place on 03/09/2025 |
Exercise in adult Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMS)
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Ingrid Lundberg
Louise Diederichsen Helene Alexanderson |
This webinar will take place on 10/09/2025 |
Pregnancy in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD)
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Massimo Radin | This webinar will take place on 24/09/2025 |
Osteoporosis in rare and complex connective tissue diseases
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Giovanni Adami
Sabrina Paolino |
This webinar will take place on 01/10/2025 |
Unconventional therapies in connective tissue diseases
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Magdalena Ciupera
Vera Guimarães |
This webinar will take place on 15/10/2025 |
Vaccination in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD)
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Patricia E Carreira | This webinar will take place on 05/11/2025 |
Autoantibodies and clinical phenotypes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMS)
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Albert Selva-O’ Callaghan | This webinar will take place on 12/11/2025 |
Everything you always wanted to know about Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) – Part two
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Marco Castori | This webinar will take place on 19/11/2025 |
Quality of life in Relapsing Polychondritis (RP)
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Laurent Arnaud
Philippe Mertz
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This webinar will take place on 03/12/2025 |
IgG4-related disease (IGG4-RD): update on diagnosis and treatments in 2025
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Nicolas Schleinitz | This webinar will take place on 10/12/2025 |
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ERN ReCONNET Webinar Season 2024
- THE OPTIMIZATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY FOR LONG TERM TREATMENT IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES (CTDs)”.
Speaker Prof. Maurizio Cutolo moderated by Prof. Gerd Burmester. - EXPLAINING SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSc) TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Speakers Mrs. Sue Farrington and Mrs. Ilaria Galetti, ePAG SSc Representatives with Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic and Prof. Vanessa Smith, SSc Disease Group Coordinators.
- PRECONCEPTION CARE IN PATIENTS WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES
Speakers Prof. Silvia Bellando Randone and Dr. Agata Matusiewicz moderated by Prof. Marzena Olesinska. - EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROMES (EDS)
Speaker Prof. Fransiska Malfait moderated by Mrs. Charissa Frank and Mrs. Eva Collado, ePAG EDS Representatives. - UPDATE ON HYPERMOBILE TYPE OF EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROMES (EDS)
Speaker Dr. Marco Castori and Prof. Alberto Sulli moderated by Prof. Maurizio Cutolo. - 2023 ACR/EULAR ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS) CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
Speaker Prof. Stéphane Zuily moderated by Prof. Ricard Cervera and Dr. Silvia Aguilera – ePAG APS Representative.
- FRENCH PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS (RP)
Speaker Prof. Laurent Arnaud moderated by Prof. Oliver Sander. - UNRAVELLING 50 YEARS OF MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE (MTCD)
Speakers Prof. Paola Triggianese and Prof. Sylwia Ornowska moderated by Prof. Marzena Olesińska. - JUVENILE ONSET SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSc): INSIGHTS ON AN ORPHAN DISEASE
Speakers Dr. Ivan Földvari and Dr. Edoardo Marrani moderated by Prof. Vanessa Smith. - 10 QUESTIONS IN RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS (RP)
Speaker Prof. Simona Rednic moderated by Prof. Oliver Sander. - YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CHILDHOOD ONSET LUPUS (SLE): DO THEY NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN ADULT LIFE?
Speaker Prof. Sylvia Kamphuis moderated by Dr. Rosaria Talarico.
- CHARACTERIZATION OF PAIN IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES (CTDs) & ITS MANAGEMENT. EVERYONE’S PROBLEM
Speaker Prof. Maurizio Cutolo moderated by Dr. Emanuele Gotelli. – click here to watch - REFRACTORY SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE): IDENTIFICATION & PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT
Speaker Prof. Dario Roccatello moderated by Prof. Savino Sciascia. - ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODIES: PRACTICAL TIPS ON WHEN, WHY, AND HOW
Speakers Dr. Massimo Radin and Dr. Silvia Piantoni moderated by Prof. Luca Iaccarino. - TREATMENT OPTIONS IN IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES (IIMs)
Speaker Prof. Jiri Vencovsky moderated by Prof. Luise Diederichsen. - SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSc) PATIENT & DOCTORS: A WIN WIN ALLIANCE
Speakers Prof. Vanessa Smith, Prof. Marco Matucci-Cerinic, ePAG Ilaria Galetti, ePAG Sue Farrington. - THE MULTIFACETED ASPECTS OF NUTRITION
Speaker Prof. Maurizio Cutolo moderated by Prof. Hachulla. - SPECTRUM OF SKIN MANIFESTATIONS IN DEMATOMYSITIS
Speaker Prof. Petra De Haes moderated by Prof. Vencovsky. - VEXAS & RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS (RP)
Speaker Prof. Marcela Ferrada moderated by Prof. Faria.
Webinar season 2022-2023:
- What is Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)? How can I explain it to my family and friends? Speakers Prof. Ricard Cervera and ePAG. Dr Silvia Aguilera. July 5th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Introduction to different subtypes of Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Speakers Prof. Alain Meyer and Prof. Ingrid Lundberg. June 14th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD): A 2023 update. Speakers Prof. Benjamin Chaigne and Dr. Kevin Chevaliers June 28th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- What are the pitfalls and red flags of Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) to be considered by the GP/HCP? Speakers Prof. Dr Laura Damian and ePAG Camelia Bucsa. June 12th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- IgG4 related disease: A patient experience. Speakers Mr Patsalias, Mr Ballarin, Dr. Van Laar, and Dr. Jose Hernandez. May 24th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Diagnosis and classification of Systemic sclerosis (SSc). Present and future challenges. Speakers Prof. Vanessa Smith and Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic. May 17 th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- How to explain Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) to my family and friends. Speakers Prof. Luca Iaccarino and ePAG Vera Guimarães. May 4th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Introduction to Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) and how to explain RP to my family and friends. Speakers Prof. Oliver Sander and ePAG Lisa Matthews. May 10th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Inflammatory Myopathies and physical/social and working activities. Speakers Prof. Jiri Vencovsky, Hana Šmucrová, ePAG Ilaria Galetti. April 26th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Sjögren’s essentials. Speaker Dr. Vasco Romao. April 19th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- The oral component of Sjögren’s disease. Speaker Prof. Arjan Vissink. April 12th at 16.00 CEST
- Joint hypermobility in Children: how to approach, how to diagnose. Speaker Dr Marco Castori. April 4th 2023 at 16.00 CEST
- Pregnancy and Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Speakers Prof. Angela Tincani and ePAG Dr. Silvia Aguilera. March 29th 2023 at 16.00 CET
- Discordance between patients and clinicians and health related quality of life. Speakers Prof. Marta Mosca and ePAG Jeanette Andersen. March 20th 2023 at 16.00 CET
- How can I improve my adherence to treatment? Speaker Dr Rosaria Talarico. March 15th 2023 at 16.00 CET
- Coping with Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). Speakers Ilaria Bini and ePAG Vera Guimarães. March 8th 2023 at 16.00 CET
- How we treat challenging cases of Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Speakers Prof. Savino Sciascia and Dr. Luca Moroni. March 1st 2023 at 13.00 CET
- Newer treatments in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Speakers Prof. Maarten Limper and ePAG Jeanette Andersen. February 22nd 2023 at 17.00 CET
- IgG4 related disease a challenge in the diagnosis. Speakers Prof. Tobias Alexander and Dr. Della Torre. February 22nd 2023 at 16.00 CET
- What do we know about Fatigue in systemic lupus, a LEAF evidence-based update. Speakers Prof. Laurent Arnaud and Dr. Lou Kawka. January 18th 2023 at 17.00 CET
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Tackling heterogeneity in Sjögren’s disease: the role of stratification and clustering
Screening and treatment of systemic sclerosis-associated PAH: where do we stand in 2024?
Multidisciplinary diagnosis and team treatment in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
How to explain the antiphospholipid profile to my patients?
The optimization of glucocorticoid therapy for long term treatment in Connective Tissue Diseases
Explaining Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) to family and friends
Preconception Care in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
ERN ReCONNET GOOD PRACTICE SHARING INITIATIVE 2024 - 2nd Edition
Everything you always wanted to know about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
Update on Hypermobile type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS).
2023 ACR/EULAR AntiPhospholipid Syndrome (APS) classification criteria
French practical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Relapsing Polychondritis (RP)
Unravelling 50 years of Mixed Connective tissue Disease (MCTD)
ERN ReCONNET Webinar Calendar 2023 - 2024
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