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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 |
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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
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
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
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






