A joint conference of ISA and WHO
hosted by the Norwegian Society of Perinatal Medicine
Co-hosted by Norwegian SIDS and Stillbirth Society 
and
Perinatal Research Center, Rikshospitalet University Clinic

November 5-7, 2008  / OSLO, NORWAY
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Tuesday November 4

Registration and Pre-Conference Meetings 

Registration

12:00 – 15:30 1st Floor Lobby 

Stepping Up Stillbirth Prevention in Developing Countries

12:00 – 14:00 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed

Intended for: By invitation only 

Biobanking for Stillbirths in Europe

14:00 – 15:00 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed

Intended for: Researchers and public health officials interested in the development of a European biobank network for stillbirths 

ISA Parental Advisory Committee Meeting

15:30 – 17:30 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): Liz Davis, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Intended for: By invitation only 

ISA Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting

15:30 – 17:30 Munchsalen II

Meeting Chair(s): Ruth C. Fretts, Harvard Vanguards Medical Associates, MA, USA 

Intended for: By invitation only 

ISA Board Meeting

18:00 – 20:00 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): Vicki Flenady, Mater Mother’s Hospital, QLD, Australia 

Intended for: By invitation only 

NPF Board Meeting

18:00 – 20:00 Munchsalen II

Meeting Chair(s): Jan Holt, Nordlandssykehuset, Norway 

Intended for: By invitation only 

Further pre-conference meetings to be confirmed 

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Wednesday November 5 

Registration and Breakfast Meetings 

Registration

08:00 – 09:15 1st Floor Lobby 

ISA Forum for Developing Countries

08:00 – 09:15 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Intended for: Open network meeting for health care professionals, health care program managers, parental and funding organizations and researchers. The forum aims to strengthen, coordinate and guide the ISA network and commitment in stillbirth research and prevention in developing countries. 

Further breakfast meetings to be confirmed 

Opening Session

Opening session

09:30 – 10:15 Sonja Henie Ballroom

Session Chair(s): Vicki Flenady, International Stillbirth Alliance, QLD, Australia and Monir Islam, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Welcome to Oslo

Jan Holt, Norwegian Society of Perinatal Medicine, Norway 

Welcome address from the Norwegian Government

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Opening of the Conference

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Cultural Event

To be announced 

Welcome to the Conference

J.Frederik Frøen, Conference Chair, Norway 

Developing Countries and Social Inequities 

Plenary

10:15 – 11:15 Sonja Henie Ballroom

Session Chair(s): Jan Holt, Affiliation, Norway and Vicki Flenady, Mater Mother’s Hospital, QLD, Australia 

The Global Burden of Stillbirths

Monir Islam, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Lessons Learned for Stillbirth from Countdown 2015

Anuraj Shankar, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Global Views on Being a Stillbirth Parent

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Stillbirth Scientific Track 

Preventing Stillbirths in Developing Countries – Part I

11:30 – 12:30

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Making Stillbirths Count – Making Numbers Talk

J.Frederik Frøen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Preventing Stillbirths by Implementing Prenatal Care Programs

Mathews Mathai, World Health Organization, Switzerland  

The Role of Basic Intrapartum Care in Stillbirth Prevention

Maurice Bucagu, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Discussion

Do we have the right tools to prevent stillbirths and monitor our efforts? 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Reports from Developing Countries 

Preventing Stillbirths in Developing Countries – Part II

13:30 – 15:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Infection Prevention and Control in Stillbirth Programs

Robert Goldenberg, Drexel University College of Medicine, USA 

Empowerment of Women to Prevent Stillbirths

Annie Portella, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Experience of Reducing Perinatal Deaths in Russia

Jon Øyvind Odland, University of Tromsø, Norway 

Discussion

Beyond basic antenatal and intrapartum care – what are the best preventive options? 

Stillbirths and Quality of Care in Developing Countries

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Discussion

Health care delivery – how do implementation programs in developing countries compare quality improvement and patient safety efforts in developed countries? 

Making Changes in Stillbirth Prevention

17:30 – 19:30

Session Chair(s): Name, Affiliation, Country 

Panel discussion

What are the next steps for global leaders? 

Workshop

Presentation and discussion of ongoing and prospective stillbirth research and prevention in developing countries

Free Communications in Clinical Management of Stillbirth

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Bereavement Track 

Coping Strategies for Parents – Part I

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Effects of Support Groups

Joanne Cacciatore, University of Arizona, AZ, USA 

A Father’s Story

Øyvind Christoffersen, Oslo, Norway 

Virtual Support Groups

Anita Owren, Oslo, Norway 

Panel

How should support groups be organized, how should they train support providers, and what should they offer bereaved parents? 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Bereavement Poster Walk 

Coping Strategies for Parents – Part II

13:30 – 15:00 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Writing as a Coping Strategy

Bodil Furnes, Affiliation, Norway 

A Book Project

Kjersti Wold, Affiliation, Norway 

Coping with Grieving Children

Eline Grelland, Affiliation, Norway 

Back to Work After a Loss

Trine Giving Kalstad, Norwegian SIDS and Stillbirth Society, Norway 

Discussion

“Effective coping” – what is it, and what should the goals be? 

How to Involve the Social Network after Perinatal Loss

15:30 – 17:00 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Interaction Session

Kari Dyregrov, Center for Crisis Psychology, Norway and

Oddbjørn Sandvik, Norway 

Creating Memories: Preparing the Memorial

17:30 – 18:30 Munchsalen I

Session Chair: Janne Teigen, Hospital of Vestfold, Norway 

Workshop

Janne Teigen, Hospital of Vestfold, Norway and

Mona Degrell, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Perinatal Track (Perinataldagene) 

Multi-Cultural Effects on Perinatal Health (Scandinavian language)

11:30 – 12:30

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Inngifte i Norge - Omfang og medisinske konsekvenser

Pål Surén, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Kommunikasjon og kulturulikhet

Fahim Naeem, International Health and Social Group, Norway 

Discussion

Hvordan nærmer vi oss kulturelle ulikheter for å sikre god omsorg for alle? 

Lunch Poster Walk (Scandinavian language)

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Perinatal Poster Walk 

Pulmonary Illness in the Newborn

13:30 – 15:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Are There Strategies To Prevent Or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?

Christian Speer, University Children's Hospital Würzburg, Germany 

Persisting Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn - A Wide Range of Challenges and Outcomes?

Thor Willy Ruud Hansen, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Diaphragmatic Hernia in the Era of Prenatal Diagnosis and Gentle Ventilation

Hans Skari, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Discussion

What are the main current challenges and promises in treatment of pulmonary illness in the newborn? 

Kangaroo Care

15:30 – 16:15

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Kangaroo Mother Care

Susan Ludington, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA 

Discussion

What would be the opportunities and lessons learned from kangaroo care for health care in a Scandinavian setting?

Demography

16:15 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Demography is Destiny – Europeans and Fertility Rates

Arne Sunde, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 

Free Communications in Neonatology (Scandinavian language)

17:30 – 18:30 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Free Communications in Obstetrics / Midwifery (Scandinavian language)

17:30 – 18:30 Munchsalen III

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Memorial

18:30 – 19:00

Hosted by the Norwegian SIDS and Stillbirth Society 

Get-together at Oslo City Hall

Get-together

19:30 Oslo City Hall

Hosted by the City and Mayor’s Office of Oslo 

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Thursday November 6 

Breakfast Meetings 

Towards International Protocols for Stillbirth Registrations - I

08:00 – 08:45 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Intended for: Conference participants with interest in the issue.  

Workshop

How should stillbirths be registered, what should stillbirth certificates look like, what datasets should be collected, how should stillbirths be classified? The workshop continues the following day. 

Further breakfast meetings to be confirmed 

The Challenge of Fetal Growth Restriction 

Plenary

09:00 – 09:45 Sonja Henie Ballroom

Session Chair(s): Guttorm Haugen, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Fetal growth in an evolutionary perspective

Mark Hansson, University of Southampton, UK 

Stillbirth Scientific Track 

Epidemiology of Fetal Growth Restriction

10:15 – 11:15

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Epidemiology of FGR and the scope of the clinical problem

Pål R Romundstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 

Recurrence and family exposure of FGR

Rolv Skjærven, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Discussion 

Mechanisms and Causes in Fetal Growth Restriction

11:30 – 12:30

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Mechanisms: Haemodynamic causes of FGR and death

Torvid Kiserud, University of Bergen, Norway 

Placental causes of FGR

Borghild Roald, University of Oslo, Norway 

Discussion 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Stillbirth Poster Walk 

Screening and Detection of Fetal Growth Restriction

13:30 – 15:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Early markers and early screening – future possibilities?

Gordon C.C. Smith, Cambridge University, UK 

Debate: Customized centiles - Why do it? – Why not?

Yes: Lesley McCowan, Affiliation, New Zealand

Not: J. Frederik Frøen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Panel discussion

When should fetal growth estimates be adjusted individually, and when should they not? 

Management of Fetal Growth Restriction

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Current Standards of Care in the Growth Restricted Pregnancy

Gordon C.C. Smith, Cambridge University, UK 

Detection, monitoring and delivery of the FGR fetus: where can progress be made?

Gerard Visser, University Medical Center of Utrecht, Netherlands 

Discussion 

Free Communications in Pathology of Stillbirth

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

WHO Workshop – Improving Quality of Care through Audits

10:15 – 11:15 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

WHO Workshop – Implementing Access to Prenatal Care

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

WHO Workshop – Providing Skilled Attendance at Birth

13:30 – 15:00 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Workshop – Improving Quality and Safety

15:30 – 17:00 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

General Assembly of the ISA

17:30 – 19:00 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): Vicki Flenady, International Stillbirth Alliance, QLD, Australia 

Intended for: Representatives of the ISA member organizations. Open for observers from non-members. 

Bereavement Track 

Care and Support after Perinatal Death I

10:15 – 11:15 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Support for Mothers, Fathers and Families after Perinatal Death

Vicki Flenady, Mater Health Services, QLD, Australia 

Models of Care –a Case Study from Akershus University Hospital

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Excellence of Care after Perinatal Death – for support providers

Marianne H. Hutti, University of Louisville, KT, USA 

Discussion 

Care and Support after Perinatal Death II

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

The Caregivers Role after Perinatal Death

Claudia Ravaldi, University of Florence, Italy 

Parent’s Needs for Care and Support after Perinatal Death

Janne Teigen, Hospital of Vestfold, Norway 

Neonatal Death. A Mother’s Experience of Support when Her Baby Dies

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Panel

What are the lessons learned from those who provide excellent care? 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Bereavement Poster Walk 

Empowering Health Professionals in Delivery of Care and Support

13:30 – 15:00 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Guidelines for midwives after perinatal death

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Discussion 

Free Communications in Bereavement

17:30 – 19:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Perinatal Track (Perinataldagene) 

Twins (Scandinavian Language)

10:15 – 11:15

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Single embryo transfer ved IVF

Tom Tanbo, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Økende tvillingforekomst in Norge 1967-2004. Betydningen av assistert befruktning og mors alder

Anne Tandberg, University of Bergen, Norway 

Forløsning av tvillinger

Per Børdahl, University of Bergen, Norway 

Discussion

Hva er de fremtidige hovedutfordringene flerlinger utgjør for helsetjenestene? 

Free Communications in Neonatology (Scandinavian language)

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen II

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Free Communications in Obstetrics / Midwifery (Scandinavian language)

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen III

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Lunch Poster Walk (Scandinavian language)

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Perinatal Poster Walk 

Consequences of Catch-Up Growth

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Long Term Consequences of Catch-Up Growth

Johan G. Eriksson, University of Helsinki, Finland 

Medical and Neurological Aspects

Jon Skranes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 

Nevropsychological Aspects

Gro C. Løhaugen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 

Discussion 

Nutrition of the Newborn (Scandinavian language)

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Ernæring av syke og for tidlig fødte. Parenteral ernæring

Morten Grønn, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Peroral ernæring – Forsterking til morsmelk?

Christine Gørbitz, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Amming av premature barn

Anna-Pia Häggkvist, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway 

Discussion 

General Assembly of the NPF (Scandinavian language)

17:30 – 19:00 Location

Session Chair(s): Jan Holt, Nordlandssykehuset, Norway 

Intended for: Members of the Norwegian Society for Perinatal Medicine. Open for non-member observers. 

Conference Dinner

Refreshments

19:30 – 20:00 1st Floor Lobby 

Conference dinner

20:00 Sonja Henie Ballroom 

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Friday November 7 

Breakfast Meetings 

Towards International Protocols for Stillbirth Registrations - II

08:00 – 08:45 Munchsalen I

Meeting Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Intended for: Conference participants with interest in the issue.  

Workshop

Workshop continued from the previous day. How should stillbirths be registered, what should stillbirth certificates look like, what datasets should be collected, how should stillbirths be classified? 

Further breakfast meetings to be confirmed 

Excellence of Care

Plenary

09:00 – 09:45 Sonja Henie Ballroom

Session Chair(s): J. Frederik Frøen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Patient safety issues in obstetrics

Stephen Pratt, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA 

Stillbirth Scientific Track 

Excellence in Prevention – Part I

10:15 – 11:15

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Effective interventions in the prevention of stillbirths

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Post-term pregnancies – when to deliver?

Errol Norwitz, Yale University School of Medicine, NH, USA 

Discussion 

Excellence in Prevention – Part II

11:30 – 12:30

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Active management of risk and early inductions in preventing adverse outcomes

James Nicholson, University of Pennsylvania Health System, PA, USA 

Early delivery – all good? From the neonate’s point of view

Ola Didrik Saugstad, University of Oslo, Norway 

Panel

What are the main opportunities for stillbirth prevention in developed countries? 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Stillbirth Poster Walk 

Excellence in Clinical Care of Stillbirth and Subsequent Pregnancies

13:30 – 15:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Management and work-up after stillbirth

Vicki Flenady, Mater Health Services, QLD, Australia 

Follow up in pregnancies following a stillbirth

Fabio Facchinetti, University of Modena, Italy 

Discussion

What are the major knowledge gaps and challenges for evidence based clinical care of stillbirths? 

Excellence in Psychosocial Care after Stillbirth

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Psychosocial care during and after stillbirths

Marianne H. Hutti, University of Louisville, KT, USA 

Social and peer support after stillbirth

Joanne Cacciatore, University of Arizona, AZ, USA 

Discussion

What are the major knowledge gaps and challenges for evidence based psychososcial care after stillbirths? 

Free Communications in Epidemiology of Stillbirth

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): Ron Gray, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, UK 

Bereavement Track 

Autopsy

10:15 – 11:15 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Preparing for autopsy: A parent perspective

Line Christoffersen, Oslo School of Management, Norway 

Preparing for autopsy: A patologist's perspective

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Guidelines for featus and child autopsy

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Discussion

What approaches are the best to meet both the parent’s and pathologist’s / clinician’s need for autopsy? Can we improve autopsy rates? 

Couples and Grief

11:30 – 12:30 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Intimacy and sex after the loss of a child

Atle Dyregrov, Center for crisis psychology, Norway 

Coping as a couple

Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

Discussion

How can care providers improve their care from the perspective of both the mother and the father? 

Lunch Poster Walk

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Bereavement Poster Walk 

The Subsequent Pregnancy

13:30 – 15:00 Munchsalen I

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

The subsequent pregnancy in a multicultural perspective

Eli Saastad, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Emotional response to subsequent pregnancy

Marianne H. Hutti, University of Louisville, KT, USA 

Dealing with clinical and emotional needs during a subsequent pregnancy

Line Christoffersen, Oslo School of Management, Norway 

The effects of seeing and holding a stillborn in a subsequent pregnancy

Ingela Rådestad, Mälardalens University, Sweden 

Discussion

How do we prepare them, and how do we provide the best care for stillbirth parents during subsequent pregnancies? 

Perinatal Track (Perinataldagene) 

Adverse Events – Human Errors (Scandinavian language)

10:15 – 11:15

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Pasientsikkerhet - håndtering av avvik

Petter Hjort, University of Oslo, Norway 

Menneskelige feil som årsak til medisinske ulykker - kan problemet reduseres?

Sigurd Fasting, St.Olav Hospital, Norway 

Discussion

Hva er perinatalmedisinens største utfordringer i pasientsikkerhet, og hvordan møter vi disse? 

Post Term Pregnancies (Scandinavian language)

11:30 – 12:30

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Overtidig svangerskap – Trondheim

Runa Heimstad, St. Olavs Hospital, Norway  

Overtidig svangerskap – Lillehammer

Jakob Nakling, Sykehuset Innlandet, Norway 

Overtidig svangerskap – Bergen

Kåre Augensen, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway 

Panel

Er det mulig å få nasjonal konsensus om overtidige svangerskap? 

Lunch Poster Walk (Scandinavian language)

12:30 – 13:30 1st Floor Poster Hall

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Perinatal Poster Walk 

Free Communications / Award Ceremony (Scandinavian language)

13:30 – 15:00

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Presentation of the 2008 NPF Research Award for Medical Doctors 

Presentation of the 2008 NPF Research Award for Nurses and Midwives 

Presentation of the 2008 NPF Best Oral Free Communication Award in Obstetrics / Midwifery 

Presentation of the 2008 NPF Best Oral Free Communication Award in Neonatology 

The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort

15:30 – 17:00

Session Chair(s): Per Magnus, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Genes and environment in spontaneous preterm birth

Nils Halvdan Morken, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Causes of preeclampsia

Per Magnus, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Eating disorders in pregnancy

Leila Torgersen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Childhood Abuse and Fear of Childbirth

Jorid Eide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy

Gun Merete Rødsand, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Alcohol Use and Symptomatology of Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy

Kari Slinning, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway and

Astrid Alvik, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway 

Panel

Opportunities for research in the Norwegian 100 000 cohort 

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

17:30 – 18:00 Sonja Henie Ballroom

Session Chair(s): To be confirmed 

Closing Address of the WHO

Monir Islam, World Health Organization, Switzerland 

Following up in Seattle 2009

Craig Rubens, Seattle Children’s Hospital, WA, USA 

Welcome to the Norwegian Perinatal Society 2009 in Tønsberg

Alf Meberg, The Norwegian Society for Perinatal Medicine, Norway 

Welcome to the International Stillbirth Conference 2009

Vicki Flenady, International Stillbirth Alliance, QLD, Australia 

Closing the Conference

J.Frederik Frøen, Conference Chair, Norway

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