November 14
HALL A
17.00-18.00 OPENING STATEMENTS
Welcome Adresses
Murat Yurdak?k (Congress President)
Herc?lia Guimar?es (President of UENPS)
Jane Schaller (President of IPA)
Mathias Keller (President of EFCNI)
Why Europe should do more for preterm infants: The European Benchmarking Analyses on neonatal health policies
18.00-18.30 OPENING LECTURE
George Simbruner (Austria)
What is the thing called science?
November 15
HALL A
09.00-10.30 NEWBORNS AND NEONATOLOGY (PLENARY-1)
Chairpersons: Herc?lia Guimar?es (Portugal), Gülsevin Tekinalp (Turkey)

Jane Schaller (USA)
Actions to save newborn lifes
Peter D. Gluckman (New Zealand)
Evolutionary medicine and the neonatologist – evolutionary perspectives on the practice of neonatology
10.30-11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.00-12.30 RESUSCITATION
Chairpersons: la Davitaia (Georgia), Roger Soll (USA)
Ola Saugstad (Norway)
Current challenges in newborn resuscitation
Judy L. Aschner JL (USA)
Sodium bicarbonate: basically useless therapy
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 OXIDATIVE STRESS
Chairpersons: Asuman Coban (Turkey), Alan H. Jobe (USA)
Ola Saugstad (Norway)
Oxygenation of the ELBWI - in the delivery room and beyond
Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy)
Oxidative stress and feto-neonatal brain injury

15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 LUNG INJURY
Chairpersons: Christian P. Speer (Germany), Paolo Giliberti ( Italy )
Alan H. Jobe (USA)
Injury and inflammation from resuscitation of the preterm infant
Anton H. van Kaam (The Netherlands)
Lung-protective ventilation strategies in neonatology: what do we know and what do we need to know?
HALL B
11.00-12.30 FETAL & NEONATAL ORIGINS-1
Chairpersons: Emila Christova (Bulgaria), Vassilios Fanos (Italy)
Peter D. Gluckman (New Zealand)
Developmental origins of health and disease: new insights
Apostolos Papageorgiou (Greece,Canada)
Intrauterine growth restriction: short and long term implications
12.30-14.00 LUNCH

14.00-15.30 FETAL & NEONATAL ORIGINS-2
Chairpersons: Peter D. Gluckman (New Zealand), Nihal Oygür (Turkey)
Mikko Hallman (Finland)
Dilemma of antenatal and postnatal use of steroid therapies
Vassilios Fanos (Italy)
Renal perinatal programming and long term outcome in VLBW
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 NUTRITION-1
Chairpersons: Betül Acuna? (Turkey), Joseph Neu (USA)
William Hay (USA)
Fetal nutrition as a guide for nutrition of the preterm infant of the same gestational age
Ekhard E. Ziegler (USA)
Human milk and the premature infant
HALL C
11.00-12.30 PERINATOLOGY-1
Chairpersons: Severi Filiberto Maria (Italy), ?zgür Deren (Turkey)

Bennett Philips (UK)
Chorioamnionitis and molecular signals
John R. G. Challis (Canada)
Epigenetic signals and fetal growth
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 PERINATOLOGY-2
Chairpersons: Boris Filipovic (Crotia), Bennett Philips (UK)
Severi Filiberto Maria (Italy)
Urocortin: a fetal signal for preterm birth
Jorge Correia Pinto (Portugal)
Perinatal approach of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 PERINATOLOGY-3
Chairpersons: John R. G. Challis (Canada), Türkan Da?o?lu (Turkey)
Alexandra Matias (Portugal)
Early losses of twins versus singletons following ART
Peter Bartmann (Germany)
Long-term follow-up after intrauterine laser treatment for twin-twin transfusion syndrome

November 16
HALL A
09.00-10.30 RESPIRATORY DISTRESS (PLENARY-2)
Chairpersons: Suada Heljic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy)
Christian P. Speer (Germany)
Do we know how to treat RDS?
Hugh O'Brodovich (USA)
Transient tachypnea of the newborn: fluid transport in the perinatal lung
10.30-11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.00-12.30 CPAP
Chairpersons: Mehmet Satar (Turkey), Hugh O'Brodovich (USA)
Richard Polin (USA)
How about CPAP and RDS: Are we finally on the road to enlightenment?
Corrado Moretti (Italy)
Nasal respiratory support for the preterm infant
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 LUNG DEVELOPMENT

Chairpersons: Emilja Juretic (Crotia), Judy L. Aschner JL (USA)
Mikko Hallman (Finland)
Genetics and biomarkers as a tool to understand and eventually prevent perinatal diseases
Alan H. Jobe (USA)
Prenatal inflammation and lung development
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 BPD
Chairpersons: Anton H. van Kaam (The Netherlands), Hasan ?zkan (Turkey)
Hugh O'Brodovich (USA)
New BPD, Old BPD
Christian P. Speer (Germany)
What can we learn from the pathogenesis of BPD regarding strategies of prevention and treatment?
Manuel Sanchez Luna (Spain)
Prevention of BPD, anything new?
HALL B
11.00-12.30 NUTRITION-2

Chairpersons: Apostolos Papageorgiou (Greece,Canada), Pierre Henri Jarreau (France)
Joseph Neu (USA)
Strategies for enteral and parenteral nutrition in LBW infants: an update
Ekhard E. Ziegler (USA)
Aggressive nutritional management of premature infants
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 NUTRITION-3
Chairpersons: Teresa Tomé (Portugal), Ekhard E. Ziegler (USA)
William Hay (USA)
Neonatal hypo- and hyperglycemia: myths, facts, and current state of the art
Maka Mshvildadze (Georgia)
Intestinal microbiome in premature infants
Alfredo Guarino (Italy)
Probiotics in the newborn: what's new?
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 NEC
Chairpersons: Gy?rgy Balla (Hungary), William Hay (USA)
Joseph Neu (USA)

Biomarkers for infants at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis: clues to prevention
Mehmet Vural (Turkey)
Evidence- vs. experince-based treatment in necrotizing enterocolitis
HALL C
11.00-12.30 SEPSIS
Chairpersons: Jean Bernard Gouyon (France), Kate Piperkova (Macedonia)
Christian P. Speer (Germany)
Neonatal sepsis: an update
Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland)
Pentoxifylline - supportive therapy for neonatal sepsis
Alica Bystrica (Slovakia)
Nosocomial infections in VLBW infants
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 ORGANIZATION-1
Chairpersons: Jerzy Szczapa (Poland), Nikk Conneman (The Netherlands)
Janusz Gadzinowski (Poland)
Access to intensive care for very preterm infants in Europe

Jean Bernard Gouyon (France)
Late prematurity in 2010: consequences for organization of perinatal care
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 ORGANIZATION-2
Chairpersons: Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland), Nilgün K?ksal (Turkey)
Nikk Conneman (The Netherlands)
Individualized developmental and family centered care in the NICU
Peter D. Gluckman (New Zealand)
The economic costs of a poor start to life
November 17
HALL A
08.30-10.30 ACADEMIC OLYMPICS FINAL
10.30-11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.00-12.30 SURFACTANT
Chairpersons: Richard Plavka (Czech Republic), Ola Saugstad (Norway)

Egbert Herting (Germany)
Methods to deliver surfactant - what´s new?
Roger Soll (USA)
Synthetic pulmonary surfactant preparations: new developments and future trends
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 NO & HFO
Chairpersons: Mikko Hallman (Finland), Arie Bos (The Netherlands)
Judy L. Aschner JL (USA)
Inhaled nitric oxide for premature infants with severe respiratory failure
David J. Durand (USA)
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation for very-low-birth-weight infants
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 PDA & Indomethacin
Chairpersons: Heili Varendi (Estonia), Richard Polin (USA)
Maria Jo?o Baptista (Portugal)
Ductus arteriosus: therapeutic approach based on hemodynamic evaluation
Laura R. Ment (USA)
Long-term influence of indomethacin on developing brain
17.30-18.00 CLOSING CEREMONY

HALL B
11.00-12.30 NEUROLOGY-1
Chairpersons: Egle Markuniene (Lithuania), David J. Durand (USA)
Laura R. Ment (USA)
Antenatal magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection before preterm birth
Eli M. Mizrahi (USA)
Clinical and electrographic diagnosis of neonatal seizures
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 NEUROLOGY-2
Chairpersons: Kviluna Daiga (Latvia), Laura R. Ment (USA)
Eli M. Mizrahi (USA)
Acute therapy and long-term outcome of neonates with seizures
Richard Polin (USA)
Systemic infection and brain injury in the preterm infant
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK

16.00-17.30 HYPOTHERMIA
Chairpersons: Peter D. Gluckman (New Zealand), Eli M. Mizrahi (USA)
George Simbruner (Austria)
Induced systemic hypothermia
David J. Durand (USA)
Brain cooling for newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
HALL C
11.00-12.30 RESEARCH
Chairpersons: Silvia Stoicescu (Romania), Georgios Konstantinidis (Serbia)
George Simbruner (Austria)
An European dream of neonatal education and research
Alan H. Jobe (USA)
Challenges of clinical research in neonatology
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 ETHICS-1
Chairpersons: Janez Babnik (Slovenia), Frantisek Bauer (Slovakia)

Tomris Türmen (Turkey)
The value and the rights of the newborn
Apostolos Papageorgiou (Greece, Canada)
Birth at the limits of viability: outcome, ethical and intracultural aspects
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.30 ETHICS-2
Chairpersons: José Lopez Sastre (Spain), Elena Sulima (Ukraine)
Herc?lia Guimar?es (Portugal)
Ethics in neonatal intensive care
Aytu? At?c? (Turkey)
Neonatal pain treatment: ethical to be effective
Roger Soll (USA)
Ethics in neonatal research