Programme Topics 

PRENATAL

• Developments in Fertilization Techniques
• Large Obstetric Trials in Europe
• Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Long Term Outcome
• Fetal Metabolism
• Invasive Intra-Uterine Therapy and Outcome
• Epigenetic Mechanisms and Gastrointestinal Development
• Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation and Long Term Effects
• Maternal Fetal Immunology
• The Battle Against Congenital CMV

PERINATAL

• Extremely Preterm Populations - Problems with Data Collection and Definition,
  A View From Three Current Studies
• Ethical Issues in Perinatology
• Mechanistic Insights in Perinatal Asphyxia
• Addiction During Pregnancy and Later Outcome
• Host Pathogen Interactions and Novel Therapeutic Targets

NEONATAL

• New Ventilatory Strategies
• The Molecular Basis for Lung Development
• Control of Brain Development
• Assessing Brain Development
• Novel Mechanistic Insights in Necrotising Enterocolitis
• Cooling, Drainage or Laparotomy - Evidence for NEC Treatment

INFANCY, CHILDHOOD AND BEYOND

• Prematurity and Plasticity
• Intervention Programs - Do They Work?
• Early Determinants of Obesity
• Fighting Obesity with the Help of an Architect
• Parents and Environment
• The Transition from Milk to Foods
• Lung Development into Adulthood
• Genetic Mutations and Childhood Asthma