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

THE FIRST MINUTES OF LIFE
Chair: S. Andersson, Helsinki, Finland; R. Martin, Cleveland, USA

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

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

  9⁰⁵Panel Discussion

 

  9³⁰Laudatio for Prof. Richard B. Johnston Jr., Denver, USA
C.P. Speer, Würzburg, Germany

Chiesi Prize for Excellence in Neonatology
H.L. Halliday, Belfast, Northern Ireland

10⁰⁰Coffee Break

RESPIRATORY CARE IN 2021
Chair: G. Dimitriou, Patras, Greece; D.G. Sweet, Belfast, Northern Ireland

10³⁰Non-invasive respiratory support of preterm infants with RDS
C. Wright, Denver, USA

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

11¹⁰Minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Useful or fashionable?
C. Härtel, Würzburg, Germany

11³⁰CPAP failure, LISA and mechanical ventilation
C.C. Roehr, Oxford/Bristol, UK

11⁵⁰Panel Discussion

12³⁰Lunch Break

13⁰⁰Poster Session___

III     INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATION
        Chair: R. Carr, London, UK; D. Singer, Hamburg, Germany

IV      MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
         Chair: T. Curstedt, Stockholm, Sweden; T.W.R. Hansen, Oslo, Norway

13⁰⁰NNI Symposium: Update on Neonatal Nutrition__

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?
E. Shinwell, Tsfat, Israel

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

MICROBIOME, PLATELETS AND STEM CELLS
Chair: C. Härtel, Würzburg, Germany; W.S. Park, Seoul, Korea

16¹⁵Gut microbiome and sepsis – what’s the gardener‘s perspective?
M. Zemlin, Bad Homburg, Germany

16³⁵Platelet transfusion: More harm than benefit?
R. Carr, London, UK

16⁵⁵Stem cells: The magic cure for BPD and brain damage?
B. Thébaud, Ottawa, Canada

17¹⁵Panel Discussion

17⁴⁵Parallel Seminars___

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

E      Challenges in neonatal care in resource poor settings
         J. Haddad, Beirut, Lebanon

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

18³⁰Adjourn