PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

October 26th 2017

Hall - Amphitheatre

10:00-13:15 IAN DONALD ADVANCED ULTRASOUND COURSE

Moderator: Asim Kurjak, Croatia

 Eberhard Merz, : Fetal abnormalities detected by different ultrasonic methods  Renato Sa, Brazil: Spina Bifida: Ultrasound diagnosis and antenatal treatment-TBC  Taib Delic, B&H: What to expect from early detection of fetal abnormalities  Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: Update on fetal therapy  Sonal Panchal, India: From human reproduction to perinatal -TBC  Giovanni Monni, Italy: How to train for invasive diagnostic procedures  Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Functional studies of fetal CNS by 4D  Panos Antsaklis, Greece: Clinical usefulness of KANET test in high risk pregnancies  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Fetal and neonatal neurology and role of ultrasound  Narendra Malhotra, India: Doppler and IUGR  Ilan Timor-Tritsch, USA: Management of Cesarean scar pregnancy  Discussion

13:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:30 ERICH SALING WORLD SCHOOL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Moderators: Erich Saling, Germany and Cihat Sen, Turkey"

 Erich Saling, Germany: Perinatal Medicine: Beginnings and early stages  Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Look into the future  Joachim Dudenhausen, Germany: Epidemiology and Prevention of Fetal Death  Frank Chervenak, USA: Professionalism: The foundation of and Gynecology  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Age of viability - neonatolgist's point of view  Christoph Berg, Germany: Fetoscopic management of complicated monochorionic twins  Cihat Şen, Turkey: What are recent advances in fetal echocardiography  Marina Degtyareva, Russia: Neonatal sepsis  Birgit Arabin, Germany Fetal senses  Eberhard Merz, Germany: 3D and 4D ultrasound - two useful techniques in the assessment of fetal spina bifida  Aleksandar Ljubic, Serbia: Biotechnology and Perinatal medicine - Is it the next level of perinatal medicine?  Discussion

Hall 1

10:00-13:15 CURRENT STATUS IN NEONATOLOGY

Moderator: Milan Stanojevic, Croatia

 Ranjan Kumar Pejaver, India: Oxitrauma during neonatal intensive care  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Limits of viability  Manuel R.G. Carrapato, Portugal: Hypotension in small preterms: What does it mean?  Lilijana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia: Outcomes of very low birth weight babies  Boris Filipović-Grčić, Croatia: Survival of premature newborns at the border of viability - Croatian experience  Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain: Less invasive RDS therapy  Anne Greenough, UK Prevention of bronchoplumonary dysplasia  Silke Mader, Germany: The unmet needs in the NICU - Why do we need European Standards of Care for Newborn Health?  Amos Grunebaum, USA: How to prevent Erb's palsy  Simona Vladaeranu, Romania: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury- diagnosis by imaging  Ola Saugstad, Norway: Recent ILCOR recommendations for newborn resuscitation  Discussion

13:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17.40 COMMON AND RARE FETAL DEFECTS

Moderators: Aleksandra Novakov Mikic, Serbia and Oliver Kagan, Germany

 Prenatal diagnosis of anomalies of central nervous system  Prenatal diagnosis of anomalies of abdomen  Prenatal diagnosis of fetal heart anomalies  Prenatal diagnosis of genetic syndromes  Discussion

Blue Hall

18:00-20:00 OPENING CEREMONY

th October 27 2017

Hall A - Blue Hall

09:00-10:45 KEY NOTE LECTURES

 Jan Deprest, Belgium: Present and future of fetal surgery  Manuel Snchez Luna, Spain: Noninvasive ventilation of the preterm infant  Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Advances in the assessment of motoric and cognitive function of the fetal brain  Discussion

10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Public Health in Perinatal Medicine Chairs: Joachim Dudenhausen, Germany, Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, UK

 Asim Kurjak, Croatia Good news and bad news on the effect of globalization on perinatal

 Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumeran, UK Management of PPH in the next decade

 Amos Grunebaum, USA Maternal obesity as a global epidemic

 Jennifer Zeitlin, France Global epidemiological aspects of preterm delivery

 Ludwig Gortner, Germany Rising voice for newborns at the global level

 Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 REGIONAL WORKSHOP Cesarian section

Chairs: Snežana Rakić, Milica Ranković Janevski, Serbia,

 Snežana Rakić, Serbia: Carski rez danas

 Đorđe Petrović, Serbia: Operativne tehnike carskog reza

 Zorica Mladenović, Serbia: Blizanačke trudnoće i carski rez

 Marija Tasić, Serbia: Vaginalni porođaj nakon carskog reza

 Dragan Stajić, Serbia: Carski rez po želji

 Tea Štimac, Croatia: Da li je niska stopa carskih rezova održiva u modernom akušerstvu - iskustva porodilišta u Rijeci

 Marija Hadži Lega, Macedonia: Robson klasifikacija carskih rezova

 Vajdana Tomić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Trend učestalosti i vodeće indikacije za carski rez: naše 10-godišnje iskustvo

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:15 REGIONAL WORKSHOP Cesarian section

 Vesna Ećim Zlojutro, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Carski rez - Naše iskustvo u KBC Banja Luka  Andreja Trojner Bregar, Slovenia: Vaginal birth after Cesarean section  Nataša Tul, Slovenia Obesity and Cesarean section  Željko Miković, Serbia Carski rez i prevremeni porođaj  Milica Ranković Janevski, Serbia: Preterminsko novorođenče i carski rez; Uticaj na neonatalni ishod  Suada Heljić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: The outcome of infants ˂ 32 weeks: Caesarean section vs. Vaginal delivery  Fahrija Skokić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Perinatal outcome of preterm infants after Cesarean sections in the Tuzla  Discussion

Hall B - Amphitheatre

11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Pediatrics

 Flick Randall, USA: Developmental implications of Early General Anesthetic Exposure  Bite Uldis, USA: Separation of Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins  Matern Ditrich, USA: Neonatal screening  Anita Pavicic Bosnjak, Croatia: The present and the future of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in the NICUs  Discussion

12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Placenta Problems and Abnormal Placentation

 Giuseppe Cali, Italy: Scar pregnancy: evaluation in the first trimester  Cansun Demir, Turkey: Management of Placenta Invasion anomalies (Placenta accreata)  Nikolas Papantoniou, Greece In postpartum hemorrhage is total obstetrical hysterectomy a one-way therapy?  Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL MEDICINE IN ARABIC COUNTRIES

Chairs: Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar and Abdallah Adra, Lebanon

 Abdallah Adra, Lebanon: Invasive Placenta: The Nightmare of Obstetricians

 Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar: Fetal echo: new developments and how it impacts detection rate of congenital heart defects

 Farah Sulaiman Youssif, Bahrain: Review of congenital abnormalities in Bahrain  GhaliaGaber, UAE: Fetal neurology between past and present  Hesham Arab, Saudi Arabi: Prenatal Genetics of Hemoglobinopathies  Mohammad Hashim Wahaaj, Afganistan: Perinatal chromosomal diagnosis in Afghanistan  Discussion

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall C - Hall 1

11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Perinatal Outcomes

Chairs: Apostolos Papageorgiu, Canada and Ljiljana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia

 Apostolos Papageorgiu, Canada: Premature infants at the limits of viability: how to respond  Ljiljana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia: Outcome of ELBW infants - one country experience  Ranjan Pejaver, India Cost effective interventions to improve neonatal outcome  Discussion

12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Cesarean sections

Chairs: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada and Bernat Serra, Spain

 Ilan Timor-Tritsch, USA: Diagnosis, treatment and outcome of cesarean scar pregnancy  Aris Antsaklis, Greece: Is there any place for vaginal birth after cesarean?  Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada Cesarean section: short and long term implications  Bernat Serra, Spain: Preconceptional and prenatal assessment of women with previous cesarean section  Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL HEALTH IN AFRICA Chairs: Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu, Nigeria and Abdulfetah Abdulkadir, Ethiopia  Abdel Latif Ashmaig, Sudan Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan countries: Sudan as an example  Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu, Nigeria: Eclampsia a preventable tragedy: An African overview  Hauwa Abdullahi, Nigeria: Deep tongue laceration a rare complication of Intrapartum Eclampsia  Attah Raphael Avidime, Nigeria: Ruptured a catastrophe of the developing world: What can be done to reverse the trend  Janet Adetinuke Akinmoladun, Nigeria: Prenatal Ultrasound Screening for Fetal Anomalies in Sub-Saharan Africa: An initial Experience  Abdulfetah Abdulkhadir, Ethiopia Use of Doppler study in obstetrics at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Sami Mahmoud AbdelKhadir,Sudan Leaving the Placenta behind in cases of morbid adherence, a valid option in developing countries  Zubaida Faruk, Nigeria: Factors influencing dangerous newborn care practices in a rural community in West Africa 16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-18:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL HEALTH IN AFRICA

 Fatimah Usman, Nigeria: Neonatal Jaundice an Unrecognized Contributor to Neonatal Mortality and morbidity in low resource environment  Alaa Ebrashy, Egypt: Fetal Heart examination in the 1st trimester. It is a reality now  Abdal-LatifAshmaigKhalifa, Sudan: Non-invasive prenatal testing: updated overview  Joyce Ikubor, Nigeria: Challenges of Fetal MRI in Sub-Saharan Africa  Discussion 18:30-19:15 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall D - Hall 2

11:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION PREECLAMPSIA

Chair: Ljiljana Mirkovic, Serbia

 Ananth Karumanchi, USA: Biology of preeclampsia  Stefan Verlohren, Germany: Angiogenic factors in preeclampsia  Ravi Thadhani, USA: Novel therapies for preeclampsia  Holger Stepan, Germany: Novel diagnostic tools for prediction and diagnosis of preeclampsia  Ljiljana Mirkovic, Serbia: Prediction of adverse neonatal outcomes of preeclampsia  Bernat Serra, Spain: Prediction of preeclampsia  Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP INDIAN SESSION: ISPAT

Chairs: Narendra Malhotra and Milind Shah, India

 Narendra Malhotra, India: How the 11-14 weeks' evaluation reduces perinatal morbidity and mortality - PART 1: Aneuploidies and anomalies detection  Jaideep Malhotra, India: ART : Optimizing perinatal outcomes  Manjeet Mehta, India: FISH & Chips in Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis  Renu Makwana, India: Low dose aspirin: where do we stand today?  A. Gupta, India: Multifetal pregnancies: what is new?  Milind Shah, India: Optimizing anomalies detection in 18-22 weeks scan  Poonam Goyal, India: How the 11-14 weeks' evaluation reduces perinatal morbidity and mortality - PART 2: Screening for Preeclampsia, growth restriction and Preterm Delivery

 Kuldeep Singh, India: Screening for congenital heart defects  Discussion

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall E - Hall 3

11:15-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION ART & Pregnancies

Chair: Eliana Garalejic, Serbia

 Snezana Vidakovic, Serbia: Male offspring from ART - reproductive function  Lela Surlan, Serbia: Impact of Assisted Reproductive Techniques on Gametes, Embryos and IVF Infants  Tatjana Motrenko Simic, Montenegro: ART pregnancies – epigenetic changes related to perinatal outcome  Ambra Iuculano, Italy: First trimester fetal growth in IVF and ovodonation  Simona Vladareanu, Romania: Birth and perinatal outcomes of babies conceived following ART  Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA: What you should know about preconception ultrasound?  Jaideep Malhotra, India: ART pregnancies: Are they different?  Mohammad Hashim Wahaj, Afganistan: Embryonic reduction, how we do?  Giovanni Monni, Italy Selective feticide in high order pregnancies

 Discussion 13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE FEDERATION OF PERINATAL MEDICINE OF LATIN- AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Chairs: Ana Bianchi, Samuel Karchmer

 Diaz Rossello, Uruguay Care of the newborn during the third stage of labor  Fernanda Blasina, Uruguay Future of neuroprotection: estrategias in the clinical use frontier  Dalton Avila Guayaquil, Ecuador Humanized delivery and low-cost technologies to reduce the incidence of cesarean section  Marianella Rodriguez, Uruguay Perinatal asphyxia and mechanisms of cellular damage related to brain mitochondrial morphology and function: putative neuroprotection strategies  Joaquin Bustillos, Costa Rica Clinical controversies in the diagnosis of chronic fetal distress Estado actual de la mortalidad materna y perinatal en Latino America  Samuel Karchmer, Mexico Current status of maternal and perinatal mortality in Latin America  Discussion

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall F - Hall 4

11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal and neonatal surgery

Chairs: Anne Greenough, UK and Taungsit Wataganara, Thailand

 Cansun Demir, Turkey: Fetal therapy: from past to future  Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: 3D US in conjoined twins: any additional advantages  Anne Greenough, UK: Antenatal and postnatal management of infants with diaphragmatic hernia  Discussion

12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal cardiology

 Paolo Volpe, Italy: First trimester diagnosis of fetal heart diseases  Orhan Uzun, Turkey: Ultrasound diagnosis fetal arrhythmia: what is the most reliable method?  Turgay Sener, Turkey: Basic fetal heart exam: from zero to seven- TBC  Olus Api, Turkey: Effects of preeclampsia on the fetal cardiovascular system  Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP ACTUAL PROBLEMS IN PERINATAL MEDICINE IN RUSSIA

Chairs: Marina Degtyareva and Alexandar Makatsariya, Russia

 Elena Baibarina, Russia: Challenges and approaches to decline perinatal and infant mortality in the Russian Federation  Dmitry Ivanov, Russia: Perinatal infections in the Russian Federation  Marina Degtyareva, Moscow: Postgraduate Education in Perinatal Medicine in the Russian Federation

 Larisa Belotserkovtseva, Surgut: Regional Peculiarities of Perinatal Healthcare Management: Challenges and Solutions  Grigory A. Penzhoyan, Krasnodar: Clinical Perinatal Center in the Structure of Multidiscipline Regional Hospital: Controversies and Strategies  Nadezhda Bashmakova, Yekaterinburg: Achievements of Fetal Surgery In Ural Region of the Russian Federation  Alexandar Makatsariya, Russia: Thrombotic Microangiopathy In Perinatology  Discussion

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall G - Hall 5

11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION High risk pregnancies

Chairs: Ivica Zalud, USA and Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand

 Ivica Zalud, USA: IUGR: When to deliver the baby-pendulum swings  Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: Selective IUGR in monochorionic twins: To kill or to separate  Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Hypothyroidism in the first trimester, risk factors and impact on perinatal outcome  Sayed Amir Gilani, Pakistan Umbilical cord morphology in pregnancy compicated by IUGR  Discussion

12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION High risk pregnancies - The impact on the

Chairs: Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia and Yaron Zalel, Israel

 Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia: The fetus and the stress  Hisham Arab, Saudi Arabia: Perinatal outcome of maternal stress  Radu Vladeranu, Romania: Perinatal approach of fetal neuroblastoma  Yaron Zalel, Israel: The fetal thymus: the use of thy-box in early pregnancy (13-16 weeks)  Discussion

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:30 SYMPOSIUM IAPM Chair: Erich Saling, Germany

 Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Fetal ultrasound as a window into maternal health  Eberhard Merz, Germany: Is 3D ultrasound the best method for detection and assessment of fetal anomalies?  Ola Saugstad, Norway: Neonatologist made significant progress in the past. What does the future bring?  Discussion

16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

October 28th 2017 Hall A - Blue hall

08:30-11:00 PLENARY SESSION 1 The Lectures from the Past WAPM Presidents

 Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Fetal organ function: new challenge for advanced ultrasound  Aris Antsaklis, Greece Improving the maternal mortality rate: an optimistic perspective  Frank Chervenak, USA: Planned home birth: A challenge to the perinatal profession  Discussion

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30-13:00 FETUS AS A PATIENT Moderator: Frank Chervenak, USA

 Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA: Diabetes and pregnancy  Joseph Schenker, Israel: What is age limitation for pregnancy  Ana Bianchi, Uruguay: Doppler in high risk pregnancies  Vincenzo D’Addario, Italy: Cystic anomalies of the posterior fossa  Radu Vladareanu, Romania: Agenesis of Corpus Callosum: diagnostic approach and prognosis reevaluation

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 FETUS AS A PATIENT  Amos Grunebaum, USA: Safe inductions of labor  Nikolas Papantoniou, Greece: Fetal growth restriction – when is the right time to deliver  Aleksandar Ljubic, Serbia: Implantation related problems - what can we do?  Orion Gliozheni, Albania: Uterine anomalies – how does their diagnosis influence obstetric future

 Selma Porovic, B&H: Oral health and pregnancy  Hung Winn, USA: Pregnancy as a window of womenʹs future health  Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece: Determination of the gestational age. Monitoring fetal growth

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:45-19:00 FETUS AS A PATIENT

 Marina Degtyareva, Russia: Influence of maternal treatment on the status of fetus and neonate  Ali Sungkar, Indonesia: Preterm management in low resource setting  Damir Roje, Croatia: What should not be ignored when considering heparin and high risk pregnancy relation?  Corazon Yabes Almirante, Philippines: Fetal Ovarian Cyst and other Gynecological Problems of the Fetus and Newborn  Discussion

Hall B - Amphitheatre

11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Newcomers Chairs: Asim Kurjak, Croatia and Eberhard Merz, Germany

 Lara Spaldi, Croatia Advanced ultrasound in the detection and assessmemt of fetal syndorms  Selma Porovic, B&H: Early development (normal and abnormal) of fetal face  Sertac Esin, Turkey: Gestational diabetes  Sonila Pashaj, Albania: Sonographic detection of fetal syndorms with limb defects  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 REGIONAL SESSION - Vital statistics

 Darko Plecas, Serbia Prekidi odmakle trudnoće u Republici Srbiji - učestalost i indikacije  Gordana Adamova, Macedonia Perinatalna smrtnost u R Makedoniji - nacionalna metodologija za stručnu reviziju  Lidija Banjac, Montenegro: Struktura neonatalnog morbiditeta u Crnoj Gori  Jelica Predojevic Samardzic, Republic of Srpska: Klinicke i epidemioloske karakteristike kongenitalnih anomalija u Republici Srpskoj  Discussion

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall C - Hall 1

11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION The crux of prematurity prevention

Chair: Erich Saling, Germany

 Erich Saling, Germany: Regrettable contraidications in prevention of premature birth  U. B. Hoyme Results achieved up to now  J. McGregor Controversial approaches to  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-17:00 WORKSHOP SOUTHEAST EUROPE

Chairs: Ratko Matijevic, Croatia and Olivera Kontic Vucinic, Serbia

 Premru T, Lučovnik M, Slovenia Overview of perinatal data regarding refugees and immigrants in SEE region  Antsaklis A, Greece Refugee crisis in Greece that focuses on the gynecological and obstetrical problems of refugees and immigrants  Beksac S, Turkey The Refugees and the problems of the antenatal care program in Turkey  Crnogorac S, Montenegro Refugee crisis and perinatal management in Montenegro  Rubena Moisiu, Albania Trends of Preterm Births in a Tertiary Centre in Albania.  Muresan D, Romania Ultrasound criteria in early versus late IUGR Romanian experience  Beksac S, Turkey Inflammatory problems of Placenta and Obstetric complications  Stamatian F, Romania Screening of the genetic and environmental risk factors - a combined approach with predictive value for preterm birth  Kontic O, Serbia Caesarean section rate around 35%  Matijevic R, Croatia

Caesarean section rate around 20%  Athanastiadis A, Greece The reasons for regional differences in CS rates  Discussion

17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall D - Hall 2 11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Malformations

 Vincenzo DʹAddario, Italy: Basic prenatal ultrasound screening of CNS anomalies  Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar: Antenatal screening of congenital heart defects: what is new?  Alaa Ebrashy, Egypt: Fetal skeletal dysplasia - prenatal diagnosis and outcome  Alexandra Matias, Portugal: Prenatal diagnosis of facial clefts: far beyond cleft lip and palate  Sami Mahmoud Abdelkahir, Sudan: Diapraghmatic hernia-experience from developing country  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP FORENSICS IN PERINATOLOGY: INSIGHTS AND CHALLENGES Chairs: Dubravko Habek, Croatia, Christian Dadak, Austria

 Christian Dadak, Austria: Problems of shoulder dystocia  Dubravko Habek, Croatia: Obstetrics hemorrhage - forensic view  Frank Chervenak, USA: Professional responsibility of obstetricians-gynecologists in managing clinically significant medical errors  Dan Farine, Canada: Ten easy ways to be sued and lose the case  Amos Grunebaum, USA: Prevention of thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism in obstetrics: What is today's standard of care?  Christoph Brezinka, Austria: Liability resulting from prenatal diagnosis  Discussion

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall E - Hall 3

11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Multifetal pregnancies

 Alexandra Matias, Portugal: Twins and chorionicity: the issue of growth  Prashant Acharya, India: Preterm birth predication in singleton and multi fetal pregnancy  Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece Prevention of preterm birth in twins  Murat Yayla, Turkey: Multifetal reduction: when, how, to whom?  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP CLINICAL APPLICATION OF KANET TEST- MULTICENTER STUDIES Chair: Asim Kurjak, Croatia

 Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia: Neurophysiologic development of the fetus  Panos Antsaklis, Greece: KANET test in diabetic pregnancy  Radu Vladeranu, Romania: KANET test in preterm labor  Sonal Panchal, India: Prospective study on the value of KANET in high risk pregnancies  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: What have neonatologists learned from antenatal neurological assessment  Mirta Starcevic, Croatia: New methods of neurological assessment of neonates  Discussion

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK 16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall F - Japanese room

11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Course on twin pregnancies Moderators Birgit Arabin, Germany and Stefano Faviola, Italy

 Birgit Arabin, Germany: Pregnancy as a window for future health  Stefano Faviola, Italy:  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 PARALLEL SESSION Genetics and perinatal medicine Chairs: Dusica Babovic, USA and Goran Cuturilo, Serbia

 Dusica Babovic, USA Mosaicism and clinical practice  Myra Wick, USA Updates in Preconception and Prenatal Screening and Testing  Maja Djordjevic, Serbia: Inborn errors of metabolism: challenges in prenatal diagnosis  Goran Cuturilo, Serbia: X-linked disorders in prenatal testing and counseling  Aleksandra Miletic, Serbia: MLPA - fast and cost-effective genetic screening for newborns with congenital heart disease in NICU  Discussion

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall G - Hall 4

11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION STATINS in treatment of high risk pregnancy

 Guillermina Girardi, UK: Preeclampsia is not a transient disease  Elmina Lefkou, Greece: Pravastatin in treatment of high risk pregnancy with antiphispholipide syndrome  Aleksandar Jurisic, Serbia: New approach in treatment of selective IUGR in dichorionic twins with Pravastatin  Zeljko Mikovic, Serbia: Pravastatin in treatment of patients with preeclampsia  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP PERINATAL SONOGRAPHY Chairs: Ritsuko Pooh, Japan and Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA

 Ana Bianchi, Uruguay: Evaluation of fetal heart function in high risk pregnancies  Gwang Jun Kim, South Korea: Why we do fetal echocardiography in the 1st Trimester?  Ivica Zalud, USA: Bloody business in OB: How ultrasound can help?  Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: How to handle efficiently up-to-date ultrasound technology in prenatal diagnosis  Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA Preimplantation ultrasound  Discussion

16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK 16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hall H - Hall 5

11:30-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Maternal and neonatal health

Chairs: Zoltan Papp, Hungary and Ali Sungkar, Indonesia

 Zoltan Papp, Hungary: Controlling the profuse haemorrhage by ligation of hypogastric arteries  Ali Sungkar, Indonesia: Management in post partum hemorrage  Aliyu Labaran, Nigeria: Eclampsia a preventable tragedy: An African overview  Hiroshi Sameshima, Japan: Recent maternal deaths in Japan  Bozena Kociszewska Najman, : Health of neonates, infants and children born to kidney or liver graft recipients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy  Discussion

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-17:30 PARALLEL SESSION Session of Young Scientists

 Kelly Yamasato, USA Fetoplacental Growth and Maternal Obesity  Nicola Volpe, Italy Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in prenatal life: assessment and management  Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Germany Long-term outcome and subsequent fracture risk after pregnancy-associated osteoporosis: Data from the first systematic study  Josip Juras, Croatia Gestational diabetes mellitus - understanding natural course of the disease  Sonila Pashaj, Albania Hypo- and Hyperplasia of corpus callosum  Panos Antsaklis, Greece Clinical application of KANET test  Themistoklis I. Dagklis, Greece Heart stroke volume and cardiac output by four-dimensional ultrasound in normal fetuses  Olga Grebennikova, Russia Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring in NICU as a diagnostic tool in perinatal pathology

 Fatima Usman, Nigeria Brainstem evoked auditory response and Bilurubin induced neurologic dysfunction score in detecting acute bilurubin encephalopathy in term Neonates in a tertiary hospital in Kano Nigeria  Costin Berceanu, Romania Ultrasound and management of specific complications in monochorionic twins.  Discussion

17:30-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS

October 29th 2017 Hall A - Blue hall

08.30 - 10.15 PLENARY SESSION 2

Chairs: Milan Stanojevic, Croatia and Cihat Sen, Turkey

 Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: Significant advancement made with early detection of fetal abnormalities  Cihat Sen, Turkey: Fetal heart defects: Why do we miss it?  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Present and future of neonatology  Discussion

10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal neurology: Evolving topic

Chairs: Ritsuko Pooh, Japan and Panos Antsaklis, Greece

 Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: Structural studies on fetal brain with silhouette ultrasound  Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Continuity  Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Face as a predictor of brain  Turgay Sener, Turkey: How to evaluate corpus callosum  Vedran Stefanovic, Finland: Current status of fetal neuroprotection  Snezana Rakic, Serbia Dynamic changes of fetal cerebral circulation during fetal behavior  Discussion

12:30-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13.00-14.45 THE BEST YOUNG AUTHOR - AWARD PROF. DR VOJIN SULOVIC

14:45-15:30 CLOSING CEREMONY

Hall B – Amphitheatre

10:45-11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal development problems and Intrauterine Growth Restriction

 Olus Api, Turkey: Long-term effects of progesterone on the developing fetus  Ivica Zalud, USA: Pendulum swings - when to deliver IUGR baby  Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada IUGR: short and long term implications  Discussion

11:45-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION INFECTIVE DISEASES

 Oliver Kagan, Germany: CMV in pregnancy - diagnosis and treatment  Tatjana Nikolic, Serbia Neonatal microbiome: healthy start- healthy life  Discussion

12:30-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00-14:45 PARALLEL SESSION METABOLIC DISORDERS AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES

 Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Gestational diabetes, acknowledging risk factors and establishing new strategies  Ratko Matijevic, Croatia: Impact of the implementation of new WHO diagnostic criteria gor gestational diabetes mellitus on prevalence and perinatal outcome: a population based study  Snezana Crnogorac, Montenegro: Obesity and pregnancy  Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Nutritional issues in the Latin American pregnant women  Katja Erjavec, Croatia: Prevalence, risk factors and pregnancy outcome of women with gestational diabetes mellitus in Croatia - national study  Discussion Hall C - Hall 1

10:45-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal anomalies

 Syed Amir Gilani, Pakistan Neonatal sonographic screening for congenital abnormalities  Cristoph Berg, Germany: Thoracic anomalies  Selami Sylejmani, The role of US in diagnostics of the most common anomalies in first and second trimester  Cansun Demir, Turkey: Sonography of fetal obstructive uropathies  Discussion

12:15-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00-14.45 PARALLEL SESSION Cancer and pregnancy

Chair: Tanja Pejovic, USA

 Vesna Kesić, Serbia Management of precancer and invasive cervical cancer during pregnancy  Tanja Pejovic, USA: Adnexal mass in pregnancy  Anne Brantberg, Sweden: Fetal tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment  Tanja Pejovic, USA: Cancer treatment in pregnancy: risks and benefits  Tatjana Bozanovic, Serbia: Ethical challenges of treating cancer in pregnancy  Discussion

Hall D - Hall 2

10:45-11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal screening

 Orhan Uzun, Turkey: How should fetal SVT be managed, with monotherapy or combination?  Vedran Stefanovic, Finland: Amniocentesis in the evaluation of intraamniotic infection / inflammation may improve the neonatal outcome  Elsa Viora, Italy: First and second trimester screening of aneuploidies  Discussion

11:45-12:45 PARALLEL SESSION Labor

 Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, UK When to intervene with non reassuring FHR patterns  Mario Campogrande, Italy: Avoiding neonatal injuries in operative vaginal birth: an update  Branka Markovic Yli, Norway: Developing of labor asphyxia and its consequences  Discussion

12:45-13:15 LUNCH BREAK

13:15-14.45 PARALLEL SESSION PRETERM BIRTH BY THE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND FETAL THERAPY Chair: Aris Antsaklis, Greece

 Panos Antsaklis, Greece: Screening for Preterm Delivery  George Daskalakis, Greece: Progesterone for the prevention of Preterm birth  Aris Antsaklis, Greece: Management of the Short cervix  Marianna Theodora, Greece: Prevention of preterm birth in Twins  Michel Sindos, Greece: An update on tocolytics  Discussion

Hall E - Hall 3

10:45 - 12:15 Regional workshop Critically ill patients Chair: Ivan Velickovic, USA

 Tatjana Ilić-Mostić, Serbia. Peripartum hemorrhage - anesthetics treatment  Ivan Veličković, USA Continuous spinal anesthesia for critically ill parturient  Marija Kutlešić , Thrombotic microangiopathies in severe preeclampsia/eclampsia  Borislava Pujić, Peripartum cardiomyopathy  Mirjana Kendrišić The Role of the Anesthesiologist in Management of the Parturient With Respiratory Disease  Discussion

12:15-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00-14:00 PARALLEL SESSION Prenatal diagnosis

Chair: Giovanni Monni, Italy

 Yaron Zalel, Israel Increased nuchal translucency: the added value of early anomaly scan  Giovanni Monni, Italy: Invasive prenatal procedures in the 3rd Millenium: still useful  Murat Yayla, Turkey: Karyotype abnormalities: correlation with preexisting sonographic markers  Discussion

14:00-14:45 PARALLEL SESSION Perinatal audit

 Branka Markovic Yli, Norway: Experience with perinatal audit in Norway  Anton Mikhailov, Russia: Perinatal audit of intranatal death and neonatal near-miss  Discussion

Hall F - Hall 4

10:45 - 11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal and Neonatal tumors

Chair Leslie Lehmann, USA

 Christian Dadak, Austria Cancer and pregnancy  Uchenna Acholonu, USA Diagnosis and Management of the Adnexal Mass in Pregnancy  Discussion

12:00-12:45 LUNCH BREAK

12:45-14:45

Chair: Arina Chak, Russia

 Arina Chak, Russia Midwifery in Russia  Aase Serine Devold Pay, Norway Midwifery in Scandinavian Countries  Discussion