Key note plenaries
The global burden of stillbirths. Monir Islam, WHO, Switzerland
Fetal growth in an evolutionary perspective. Mark Hansson, University of
Southampton, UK
Patient safety issues in obstetrics. Stephen Pratt, Harvard Medical School, MA,
USA
Stillbirths in developing countries
The global burden of stillbirths
Lessons learned for stillbirths in the Countdown 2015 in preventing child deaths
Making stillbirths count, letting numbers talk – issues in stillbirth
registration
Stillbirths in different cultural settings
Preventing stillbirths by implementing prenatal care programs
The role of basic intrapartum care in stillbirth prevention
Infection prevention and control in stillbirth programs
Empowerment of women and maternity
Experience of reducing perinatal deaths in Russia
Reports from developing countries - successes and failures in stillbirth
prevention
Workshop: Improving quality of care through audits
Workshop: Implementing better access to prenatal care
Workshop: Providing skilled attendance at birth
Roundtable: Next steps for global leaders
Free communications
Fetal growth restriction and stillbirths
Fetal growth in an evolutionary perspective
Epidemiology of FGR and the scope of the clinical problem
Recurrence and family exposure of FGR
Mechanisms: Haemodynamic causes of FGR and death
Placental causes of FGR
Detection, monitoring and delivery of the IUGR fetus: where can progress be
made?
Early markers and early screening – future possibilities?
Debate: Customized centiles - Why do it? – Why not?
Fundal height measures for FGR screening – past or future?
Free communications
Excellence in stillbirth prevention and care
Patient safety issues in obstetrics
Effective interventions in the prevention of stillbirths
Post-term pregnancies – when to deliver?
Active management of risk and early inductions in preventing adverse outcomes
Early delivery – all good? From the neonate’s point of view
Management and work-up after stillbirth
Follow up in pregnancies following a stillbirth
Psychosocial care during and after stillbirths
Social and peer support after stillbirth
Free communications
Bereavement issues for parents and support providers
Empowering professionals to provide good support
Care and support for families when a child dies
Autopsy from the parent’s perspective
Coping strategies for parents
Living with grief – for professionals
Sexuality after loss
Workshop: Creating memories – for parents
Workshop: Living with grief – for parents
Free communications
Issues in perinatal care
Are there strategies to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia?
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn - a wide range of challenges
and outcomes?
Diaphragmatic hernia in the era of prenatal diagnosis and gentle ventilation
Catch-up growth in SGA in a global perspective
Medical and neurological aspects of life expectancies in SGA
Neuropsychological aspects of life expectancies in SGA
Kangaroo mother care
Free communications
Issues in perinatal care (Scandinavian language)
Parenteral nutrition for sick and preterm infants
How to supplement breast milk
Breastfeeding of premature children
Consanguineous marriage in Norway. Prevalence and medical consequences
Communication and cultural differences
Elective single embryo transfer in IVF
Increasing twin rates in Norway 1967-2004. The influence of maternal age and
assisted reproductive technology
Delivery of twins
Unfortunate events - prevention and management
Quality improvement in clinical practice
Demography is destiny
Free communications
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort
Genes and environment in spontaneous preterm birth
Causes of preeclampsia
Eating disorders during pregnancy
Fear of childbirth and child abuse
Anxiety and depression in pregnancy
Alcohol use and symptoms of anxiety and depression during pregnancy
Abdul Hakeem Jokhio, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Adrian Charles, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Australia
Anita Owren, Oslo, Norway
Anna-Pia Häggkvist, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Anne Tandberg, University of Bergen, Norway
Annie Portella, WHO, Switzerland
Anuraj Shankar, WHO, Switzerland
Arne Sunde, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Åshild Vege, University of Oslo, Norway
Astrid Alvik, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Atle Dyregrov, Center for crisis psychology, Norway
Babill Stray-Pedersen, University of Oslo, Norway
Bente Guildal, Ullevål University Hospital, Norway
Borghild Roald, University of Oslo, Norway
Charles W. Duke, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GA, USA
Christian Speer, University Children's Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Christine Gørbitz, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Ellisive Marley, Oslo, Norway
Errol Norwitz, Yale University School of Medicine, NH, USA
Fabio Facchinetti, University of Modena, Italy
Fahim Naeem, International Health and Social Group, Norway
Gerard Visser, University Medical Center of Utrecht, Netherlands
Gro C. Løhaugen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Gun Merete Rødsand, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Hans Skari, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Ingela Rådestad, Mälardalens University, Sweden
J. Frederik Frøen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
James Nicholson, University of Pennsylvania Health System, PA, USA
Jan Jaap H.M. Erwich, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
Janne Teigen, Hospital of Telemark, Norway
Jason Gardosi, West Midlands Perinatal Institute, UK
Joanne Cacciatore, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
Johan G. Eriksson, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jon Øyvind Odland, University of Tromsø, Norway
Jon Skranes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Jorid Eide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Kari Dyregrov, Center for crisis psychology, Norway
Kari Slinning, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Leila Torgersen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Line Christoffersen, Oslo Scholl of Management, Norway
Luigi Matturri, University of Milan, Italy
Luke Marley, Oslo, Norway
Marianne H. Hutti, University of Louisville, KT, USA
Mark Hansson, University of Southampton, UK
Mathews Mathai, WHO, Switzerland
Maurice Bucagu, WHO, Switzerland
Michael Paidas, Yale University School of Medicine, NH, USA
Michael R. Berman, Yale University School of Medicine, NH, USA
Mona Degrell, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Monir Islam, WHO, Switzerland
Morten Grønn, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Nils Halvdan Morken, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Ola Didrik Saugstad, University of Oslo, Norway
Pål R Romundstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Pål Surén, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Per Børdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Per Magnus, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Petter Hjort, Oslo, Norway
Richard Pauli, University of Wisconsin—Madison, WI, USA
Robert Goldenberg, Drexel University College of Medicine, USA
Rolv Skjærven, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Ron Gray, University of Oxford, UK
Ruth C Fretts, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
Stephen Pratt, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
Susan Ludington, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA
Thor Willy Ruud Hansen, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Tom Tanbo, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Torvid Kiserud, University of Bergen, Norway
Trond Owren, Oslo, Norway
Vicki Flenady, Mater Health Services, QLD, Australia
