8¹⁵Opening and Welcome
C.P. Speer, Würzburg, Germany

Laudatio for Prof. Richard B. Johnston Jr., Denver, USA

Chiesi Prize for Excellence in Neonatology
P. Chiesi, Parma, Italy

THE FIRST MINUTES OF LIFE
Chair: A.H. van Kaam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; P. Rimensberger, Geneva, Switzerland

  8⁴⁵Cardiopulmonary transition at birth:
Optimal strategies for support and stabilization
A.B. te Pas, Leiden, The Netherlands

  9⁰⁵Management of the severely compromised term infant
C.C. Röhr, Oxford, UK

  9²⁵Neonatal oxygen exposure and optimal oxygen saturations:
Do we have the answer yet?
O.D. Saugstad, Oslo, Norway

  9⁴⁵Panel Discussion

10¹⁵Coffee Break

RESPIRATORY CARE IN 2020
Chair: H.L. Halliday, Belfast, UK; C.C. Röhr, Oxford, UK

10⁴⁵Non-invasive respiratory support of preterm infants with RDS
R.A. Polin, New York, USA

11⁰⁵Limitations of non-invasive ventilation:
When is mechanical ventilation in the very immature infant indicated?
E. Bancalari, Miami, USA

11²⁵Novel strategies for neonatal ventilation: NAVA, oscillation, incorporation of NO
A.H. van Kaam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

11⁴⁵Minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Useful or fashionable?
R. Ramanathan, Los Angeles, USA

12⁰⁵Panel Discussion

12³⁰Lunch

12³⁵Satellite Symposium__

12⁴⁵Poster Session__

BPD AND RESPIRATORY OUTCOME
Chair: M. Hallman, Oulu, Finland; L.J. van Marter, Boston, USA

14⁰⁰BPD from pathogenesis to prevention: An unresolved problem
E. Bancalari, Miami, USA

14²⁰Topical steroids: Inhaled or mixed with surfactant?
D. Bassler, Zurich, Switzerland

14⁴⁰Why do former preterm infants wheeze?
R.J. Martin, Cleveland, USA

15⁰⁰Follow-up and long term respiratory function following prematurity
E. Baraldi, Padua, Italy

15²⁰Panel Discussion

15⁴⁵Coffee Break

GROWTH FAILURE AND OPTIMAL NUTRITION
Chair: S. Andersson, Helsinki, Finland; D. Haumont, Brussels, Belgium

16¹⁵Preterm nutrition in 2020 - breast milk, probiotics & co: Myths and facts
N. Modi, London, UK

16³⁵Essentials and pitfalls of parenteral nutrition
J. Bhatia, Augusta, USA

16⁵⁵How to manage postnatal growth failure?
W.W. Hay Jr., Aurora, USA

17¹⁵Panel Discussion

18⁰⁰Seminars___

D      Antibiotics for the newborn baby: Friends or foes?
         A. Liubsys, Vilnius, Lithuania

E      Biomarkers of Neonatal Infection – The Journey
         P.C. Ng, Hong Kong, China

F      Pharmacological prevention and treatment of maternal and neonatal HIV infection
         N. Rakhmanina, Washington, D.C., USA

19⁰⁰Adjourn