The 6th ISNS European Regional Meeting in Neonatal Screening

The 6^th ISNS European

Regional Meeting in Neonatal Screening

Prague, Czech Republic,

April 26–28^th 2009

Theme:

Neonatal Screening, the European Perspective

homepage: http://www.guarant.cz/isns/text/welcome

organized by

International Society for Neonatal Screening

homepage: http://www.isns-neoscreening.org

Scientific committee:

J. Gerard LOEBER The Netherlands

Toni TORRESANI Switzerland

Mariusz OLTARZEWSKI Poland

Zoltan LUKACS Germany

Roberto CERONE Italy

Olaf BODAMER Austria

Felix VOTAVA Czech Republic

Iva STOEVA Bulgaria

Chryssanthi MENGRELI Greece

Sylvie ŠTASTNÁ Czech Republic

Local Meeting Organizer:

Felix VOTAVA

Framework programme

Sunday April 26th, 2009

18:00 – 18:15 Opening ceremony

18:15 – 18:45 Main lecture

18:45 – 19:30 Get together („Welcome sentiment“)

19:30 – 20:00 Poster session

Monday April 27th, 2009

8:45 – 9:15 Opening lecture

9:15 – 10:50 Session 1: Newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders – expanded metabolic screening by tandem mass spectrometry

10:50 – 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 – 13:00 Session 2: Newborn screening for lysosomal storage diseases

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch, Poster session, ISNS council meeting

14:00 – 15:30 Session 3: Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Session 4: Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia

19:00 Social programme

Tuesday April 28th, 2009

8:45 – 10:30 Session 5: Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:50 Session 6: European newborn screening: Reports by country

12:50 – 13:50 Lunch

13:50 – 14:45 Session 7: Newborn screening in USA and Europe: Developing an European consensus screening panel

Debate: Why Europe can/can not harmonise the existing screening panels

14:45 – 15:30 Session 8: Miscellaneous topics

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 Session 8: Miscellaneous topics, continuation

17:00 – 17:15 Closing ceremony