TO LEARN MORE TO CARE BETTER

SATURDAY JUNE 14 SUNDAY JUNE 15 MONDAY JUNE 16

 
TUESDAY JUNE 17
 

SATURDAY JUNE 14
HALL A
08.30-10.30 Workshop 1 Prenatal and neonatal screening in Europe
  Chairs: Eva Olah, Hungary
Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick, The Netherlands
  Speakers: The consequences for clinicians of expanded newborn screening for
Inherited metabolic diseases - John Walter, UK
Newborn screening in France: organization, results and future projects - Michel Roussey, France
Current status of prenatal and neonatal screening in European countries - Eva Olah, Hungary
Newborn blood spot screening: New opportunities, old problems Rodney Pollitt, UK
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Symposium 1 Vaccination: new opportunities and problems
  Chair: Odile Kremp, France
  Speakers: Side effects of vaccines: myths and reality – Odile Kremp, France
Vaccinating children with chronic diseases - Alfredo Guarino, Italy
Towards a shared European schedule - Pierluigi Lopalco, Sweden
Influenza pandemic: are we ready - Catherine Weil-Olivier, France
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals) 
The Burden of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Children
  Speakers: Meeting Overview and Objectives - Yıldız Camcıoğlu, MD Turkey
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Answering Questions by Impacting Disease Daniel J. Isaacman, USA
The Changing Epidemiology of Pediatric Empyema
David Spencer, U.K
Question-and-Answer Session Faculty Panel
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-16.30 Symposium 2 Organ transplantation in Europe
  Chairs: Jochen Ehrich, Germany
Fugen Cullu, Turkey
  Speakers: Liver transplantation - Deirdre Kelly, UK
Intestine transplantation - Olivier Goulet, France
Kidney transplantation - Jochen Ehrich, Germany
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17.00-18.30 Opening ceremony
19.00-20.30 Opening spectacle
HALL B
08.30-09.30 Workshop 2 Evaluation and treatment of pain in pediatric practice
  Chairs: Chantal Wood, France
Adamos Hadjipanayis, Cyprus
  Speakers: Assessment of pain in children - Aysen Yucel, Turkey
Pain management in children – Ricardo Carbajal, France
09.30-10.30 Workshop 3 Urinary tract infections revisited
  Chairs: Jochen Ehrich, Germany
Lale Sever, Turkey
  Speakers: Urinary tract infections in children: a clinician's view
Gwenaelle Roussey-Kesler
Urinary tract infections in children: a microbiologists view 
Annelie Brauner Sweden
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals) 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Lecture 1 The European spectrum of cancer morbidity and mortality
  Chair: Anne Ormisson, Estonia
  Speaker: Eva Steliarova-Foucher, France
15.00-16.30 Symposium 3 What should the General Pediatrician know about malignancy
  Chairs: Gerhard Gaedicke, Germany
Inci Yildiz, Turkey
  Speakers: Early diagnosis of malignancy - Anjo Veerman, The Netherlands
Home treatment of cancer and leukemia
Gerhard Gaedicke, Germany
Long-term survivors of childhood cancer need follow-up- Giuseppe Masera, Italy
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
HALL C
08.30-09.30 ARKS 1 Pediatric dermatology: Differential diagnosis at a glance
  Chairs: Ertuğrul Aydemir, Turkey
Maya El Hachem,  Italy
09.30-10.30 Workshop 4 What's new in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  Chair: Leyla Namazova, Russia
  Speakers: An update on diagnosis - Beate Kampmann, UK
An update on treatment - Elif Dagli, Turkey
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.30 ARKS 2 The child with recurrent or persistent cough
  Chairs: Dietrich Reinhardt, Germany
Johannes Wildhaber, Switzerland
15.30-16.30 Workshop 5 What's new in antinfectious prophylaxis
  Chair: Diego Van Esso, Spain  
  Speakers: Antibiotic prophylaxis - Carlos Rodrigo, Spain
Non antibiotic prophylaxis - Shai Ashkenazi, Israel
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
HALL D
08.30-10.30 COURSE EBM 1
In search of evidence: pediatrician's use of internet resources

  Speakers: Alberto Tozzi, Italy
Tom Jefferson, Cochrane Collaboration, UK
Anthony Harnden, UK
Maria Osti, Italy
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-16.30 COURSE EBM2
Evidence based diagnosis
  Speakers: Alberto Tozzi, Italy
Tom Jefferson, Cochrane Collaboration, UK
Anthony Harnden, UK
Maria Osti, Italy
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
HALL E
09.30-10.30 Meet the Professor
Stefano del Torso, Italy
Health promotion in developing countries
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Meet the Professor
Gwenaelle Roussey-Kesler, France
Further explanation/discussion on
"Urinary Tract Infections in children: a clinician’s view"
15.15–15.45 Meet the Professor
Beate Kampmann, UK
Further explanation/discussion on
"Diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis"
16.00 – 16.30 Meet the Professor
Anjo Veerman, The Netherlands
Further explanation/discussion on "Early diagnosis of malignancy"
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
HALL F
08.30-09.30 Oral presentations
Chairs : Gerhard Gaedicke - Alberto Ugazio
OP-38 - Antiphospholipid syndrome in a boy with dubble mutation of MTHFR and protrombin genes M. Duse
OP-40 - Italian network for primary immunodeficiencies (IPINET): an useful operative model for rare diseases operative model for rare diseases A. Soresina
OP-39 - Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy (THI): IVIG as first line therapy M. Duse
OP-41 - Hospital-based surveillance study to estimate the cost of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) in children < 5 years of age in five European countries
D. Curran
OP-69 - Rheumatic fever through decades – our experience M. Kelmendi
OP-70 - Infliximab therapy in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis E. Alexeyeva
OP-71 - Efficacy and safety of rituximab in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis E.I. Alexeyeva
09.30-10.30 Workshop Enabling Paediatric Learning - strategies to implement virtual patients into undergraduate medical education
  Speakers: Gerhard Gaedicke, Germany
Kai Sostmann, Germany
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Meet the Professor
Eva Olàh, Hungary
Further explanation/discussion on

"Current status of prenatal and neonatal screening in European countries"
15.15–15.45 Meet the Professor
Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick, The Netherlands
Further explanation/discussion on "Prenatal and neonatal screening in Europe"
16.00–16.30 Meet the Professor
Rodney  Pollitt, UK
Further explanation / discussion on
"Newborn blood spot screening: New opportunities, old problems"
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
SUNDAY JUNE 15
HALL A
08.30-09.00 Lecture 2 Towards a safer health care for children
  Chair: Jan Janda, Czech Republic
  Speaker: Andrea Maggioni, USA
09.00-10.30 Symposium 4 The developing brain: coming opportunities
  Chairs: Dietz Rating, Germany
Armido Rubino, Italy
  Speakers: Explaining the developing brain: molecular windows into speech and language disorders - Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
Strategies to protect the perinatal brain - Pierre Gressens, France
Intervention programs to support mothers and babies at
psychosocial risk -
Carl Goran Svedin, Sweden
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-11.30 Lecture 3 New horizons for European Pediatric Health
  Chair: Andreas Constantopoulos, Greece
  Speaker: Tomris Turmen, Turkey
11.30-13.00 Symposium 5 Being adolescent in Europe today
  Chair: Oya Ercan, Turkey
  Speakers: Puberty early and late - J-P Bourguignon, Belgium

The physically and mentally ill teenagers - how to improve their quality of life issues with holistic theraphy
Soren Ventegodt, Denmark
 
Behavioral problems in school-age children - Oya Ercan, Turkey
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
Multivalent Vaccines for the New Generations
  Chair: Stanley Plotkin, USA
  Speakers: Timo Vesikari, Finland
Keith Reisinger, USA
14.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
HALL B
08.30-10.30 Symposium 6 New and old antibiotics
  Chairs: Manuel Katz, Israel
Shai Ashkenazi, Israel
  Speakers: Reemerging antibiotics - Dimitris A. Kafetzis, Greece
News on cephalosporins - Nicola Principi, Italy
News on quinolones - Urs B. Schaad, Switzerland
News on macrolides - Heikki Peltola, Finland
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
14.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
HALL C
08.30-09.30 ARKS 3 What's new in the treatment of IDDM
  Chairs: Wieland Kiess, Germany
Alfred Tenore, Italy
09.30-10.30 Workshop 6 Kawasaki disease
  Chairs: Nil Arisoy, Turkey
Zsofia Meszner, Hungary
  Speakers: What is “ Kawasaki Disease”? - Seza Ozen, Turkey
Management and Treatment in Kawasaki Disease
Richard Vesely, Slovakia
10.30-11.30 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
14.00-14.30 Lunch 
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
HALL D
08.30-10.30 COURSE EBM 3
Evidence based therapy

  Speakers: Alberto Tozzi, Italy
Tom Jefferson, Cochrane Collaboration, UK
Antony Harnden, UK
Maria Osti, Italy
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
14.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
HALL E
08.30-09.00 Meet the Professor
Deirdre Kelly, UK
Further explanation/discussion on "Liver Transplantation"
09.15-09.45 Meet the Professor
Giuseppe Masera, Italy
Further explanation/discussion on
"Long-term survivors of childhood cancer need follow-up"
10.00-10.30 Meet the Professor
Wieland Kiess, Germany
Further explanation/discussion on "What’s new in treatment of IDDM"
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
14.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
HALL F
08.30-09.30 Oral presentations
Chair : Dietz Rating, Germany
OP-58 - Special characteristics of temporal lobe epilepsy in children A. Fogarasi
OP-59 - Effectiveness and safety of beta interferon in the treatment of early-onset Multiple Sclerosis in children. About an observation.A. G. Le Moing
OP-13 - Mental health of adolescence in BelgradeM. Radovanovic
OP-14 - Orphans in bosnian orphanages–aspects of morbidityA. Bajraktarevic
OP-61 - The characteristics of our children’s physical activity M. Calvo Terrades
OP-18 - Video games influence on the young in Belgrade, Serbia S. Tomic
09.30–10.00 Meet the Professor
Maya El Hachem, Italy
Further explanation/discussion on
"Pediatric dermatology: differential diagnosis at a glance"
10.00-10.30 Meet the Professor
José Lopes dos Santos, Portugal
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (HALL A) (Merck Sharp & Dohme)
14.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.30 FREE TIME
 
MONDAY JUNE 16
HALL A
08.30-10.00 Symposium 7 Orphan diseases
  Chairs: John Walter, UK
Andria Generoso , Italy
  Speakers: Toward an optimal organization of care for genetic diseases - Segolene Ayme, France
Advances in enzyme replacement - Carine van Capelle,
The Netherlands

Stem cell transplantation and gene therapy
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Italy
10.00-10.30 Lecture 4

Continuity of care: chronic diseases from childhood to adulthood

  Chair: Jesus Argente, Spain
  Speakers: Daniele Sommelet, France
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-11.30 Lecture 5 Children in disasters
  Chairs: Mehmet Sever, Turkey
Alexander Baranov, Russia
  Speaker: Leonid Roshal, Russia
11.30-13.00 Symposium 8 Nutritional problems: old and new challenges for the general pediatrician
  Chairs: David Branski, Israel
Fugen Cullu, Turkey
  Speakers: Child nutrition in protecting health - Berthold Koletzko, Germany
The epidemic of obesity and the high risk adolescent - Giuseppe Saggese, Italy
Breast Feeding: clinical counseling - Yıldız Perk, Turkey
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) 
  Chair: Carlos Lifschitz, USA
  Speakers: Allergy - mechanisms and implications for patient management Margitta Worm, Germany
Impact of early nutrition on long term developmental outcomes
Peter Willatts, UK
Abdominal pain in children, Jon Vanderhoof, USA
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Lecture 6 Monitoring antibiotic resistance in Europe
  Chair: Nicola Principi, Italy
Speaker: Herman Goossens, Belgium
15.00-15.30 Lecture 7 Palliative care and the end of the lifetime in childhood
  Chair: Giuseppe Masera, Italy
  Speaker: Momcilo Jankovic, Italy
15.30-16.30 Workshop 7 Providing care to migrant and immigrant children of Europe
  Chair: Milena Lo Giudice, Italy
  Speakers: Ethical issues - Milena Lo Giudice, Italy
Health care of children and adolescents in Serbia - Milos Banicevic, Serbia
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17.00-18.30 Satellite Symposium (IPSEN)
New Insights in Acute Infectious Diarrhoea
  Chair: Christophe Dupont, France Jimmy Lee Kok Foo, Malaysia
  Speaker: Global patho-physiological mechanisms of infectious diarrhoea – Lionel Bueno, France
Epidemiological data – Jimmy Lee Kok Foo, Malaysia
Dİfferent clinical pictures – Olivier Goulet, France
Specific management of acute diarrhoea in pediatics: the role of guidelines – Alfredo Guarino,Italy
Smecta new clinical outcomes, Christophe Dupont, France
Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome – Christophe Faure, Canada
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
HALL B
08.30-10.30 Symposium 9 New trends in Immunological therapy: what and why
  Chairs: Alberto G. Ugazio, Italy
Jose Lopes dos Santos, Portugal
  Speakers: Substitution therapy: intravenous or subcutaneous immunoglobulins? - Helen Chapel, UK
Lesson from immunoablation and stem cell therapy-
Andreas Rabdruch, Germany
Photopheresis in the induction of transplant tolerance - Rita Carsetti, Italy
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) HALL A 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-16.30 Symposium 10: Immune Thrombocytopenia in childhood
   Chairs: Gerhard Gaedicke, Germany
Paul Imbach, Switzerland
  Speakers: New Insights into cellular and molecular biology of Megakaryopoiesis and Thrombocytopoyesis - Harald Schulze, Germany
Diagnosis and Treatment of ITP in Childhood: where do we stand today? - Paul Imbach, Switzerland
Immune Thrombocytopenia in the fetus and newborn - Christof Dame , Germany
TPO and TPO mimetic peptides: Hype and Hope for chronic ITP? - Mathias Rummel, Germany
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17.00-18.30 Satellite Symposium (Procter & Gamble)  
Sleep and Cognitive Development in Infants
  Chair: Derya Baykal, Turkey
  Speaker: Patricia J. Bauer, USA
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
HALL C
08.30-10.00 ARKS 4 What's new in food allergy and intolerance
  Chair: Christophe Dupont, France
  Speaker: Simon Murch, UK
Riccardo Troncone, Italy
10.00-10.30 Lecture 8 Epidemiology and prevention of accidents
  Chair: Jose Ramet, Belgium
  Speaker: Julie Mytton, U.K
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) HALL A 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and poster session
14.30-15.30 ARKS 5 ADHD
  Chairs: Aribert Rothenberger, Germany
Hans Christoph Steinhausen, Switzerland
15.30-16.30 Workshop 8 Prematurity and neurologic prognosis
  Chair: Mehmet Vural, Turkey
  Speakers: Follow up of NICU graduates: Role of general pediatrician
Zeynep Ince, Turkey
Neurologic prognosis of high risk neonates
Heikke Philippi, Germany
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17.00-18.30 Oral presentations
Chair : José Lopez Dos Santos
OP-1 - Development and introduction of new effective non- medicamental methods of therapy bronchial asthma in children in out-patient conditions. A. Alekseeva
OP-3 - Hypoallergenicity of a new amino acid formula in infants with documented cow\'s milk allergy J. Vanderhoof
OP-4 - Dentofacial abnormalities in pediatrics patients with allergic diseases.M. Torres-Atamirano
OP-5 - Clinical study of a fermented infant formula in cow's milk allergy (CMA) prevention C. Dupont
OP-6 - Perinatal Administration of Probiotics may Reduce the Development of Allergic Manifestations later in Life E.A.F. van Tol
OP-7 - Dietary Management of Atopic Eczema by Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids M. Worm
OP-8 - Lactobacillus GG Improves Recovery From Cow Milk Allergy Colitis Compared To Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula Alone M. Baldassarre
OP-66 - Evaluation of Sleep Quality in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Patients S. Oktem
OP-67 - Prevalence of Habitual Snoring and Its Association with Socioeconomic Status in Primary School Children in Istanbul S. Oktem
OP-68 - The incidence of tuberculous pleural effusion in hosptalised children in pulmonology department pediatric clinic, during years 2004-2007S. Hasani
OP-60 - The results of ultrasound examination of major salivary glands with children having allergic diseases undergone allergen specific immunotherapy. M. Ryazanov
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
HALL D
08.30-10.30 COURSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1
    Hands-on introduction to medical information technology
Hilmi Apak, Turkey
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) HALL A 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and poster session
14.30-16.30 COURSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2
    PubMed / MEDLINE; personal digital assistants
Bülent Antmen,Turkey
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17.00-18.30 Oral presentations
Chair : Mehmet Vural
OP-44 - Circulating fetal ischemia-modified albumin levels in normal and intrauterine growth restricted pregnancies D. Briana
OP-45 - The impact of intrauterine growth restriction on perinatal plasma monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 concentrations D. Briana
OP-46 - Fetal survivin concentrations in normal and complicated pregnancies at term D. Briana
OP-47 - Is gastroschisis increasing in newborns in Wirral, UK? J. Mammas
OP-48 - Nasal injury associated with nasal CPAP in premature infants and beneficial effect of silicon gel sheeting A. Günlemez
OP-49 - Torch screening in neonates: how long does it take? J. Mammas
OP-50 - Shall we continue to use Erythropoietin in the preterms older than 28 weeks of gestational age? C. JeanPetit
OP-51 - Remifentanyl v. Bupivacaine or Pethidine analgesia during labor; cord blood cortisol and IL-6 levels and newborn's condition during the first 24 hours
M. B. Czeszynska

OP-52 - The applicability of end-tidal carbondioxide level in the gastric tonometric examination of neonates G. Tálosi
OP-53 - The mortality results of 23770 newborn who are followed in our neonatology unit between 2002–2007 years S. Karaca
OP-20 - Developmental follow-up of high-risk premature infants with very low birth weight A. Sofijanova
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
HALL E
08.30-09.00 Meet the Professor
Zsofia Meszner, Hungary
Further explanation/discussion on "Kawasaki disease"
09.15-09.45 Meet the Professor
Seza Ozen, Turkey
Further explanation/discussion on "What is Kawasaki disease?"
10.00–10.30 Meet the Professor
Alfred Tenore, Italy
Further explanation/discussion on "What’s new in treatment of IDDM?"
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) HALL A 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.45 Oral presentations
Chair : David Branski
OP-25 - Diosmectite in association with oral rehydration salts reduces stool output in children with acute diarrhoea: Results of 2 placebo-controlled studies C. Dupont
OP-26 - Prevalence of Celiac Disease in a Sample of Turkish Children with Epilepsy
V. Ertekin

OP-27 Autonomic nervous system in infants with gastroesophageal reflux : preliminary study.D. Djamal
OP-28 - Prospective European multi-centre study on gastric and duodenal ulcer disease or erosions in children: incidence and risk factors.N. Kalach
OP-29 - Patterns of gastritis in French children: Primary is more frequent than Helicobacter pylori gastritis N. Kalach
OP-30 - H63D HFE mutations in Russian children with chronic sideremia S. Polyakova
OP-31 - The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection In School Children and Relationship with Nutritional Anthropometric Indices.. A. Özen
OP-32 - The usage of electronic chromoscopy during endoscopy examination of children. P. Shcherbakov
OP-33 - Diagnostic value of biopsy during endoscopy P. Shcherbakov
OP-34 - The quality of our childre's eating behaviours. J. C. Sevilla Moya
OP-19 - Emotional, Social and Behavioural Factors in Children with Functional Dyspepsia. Symptoms Occurrence and Resistance to Pharmacological Treatment.
I. Radziewicz-Winncki
16.00-17.00 Oral presentations
Chair : Alberto Tozzi
OP-73 - Burden of Pneumococcal Disease (PD) in Eastern Europe: Importance of Inclusion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine into National Immunization Programs D. J. Isaacman
OP-75 - Influenza vaccination coverage in children with asthma in France Three consecutive seasons: 2004 to 2007 C. Weil-Olivier
OP-74 - Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Netherlands: consequences for existing prediction rules A.E. Commandeur
OP-72 - Updated safety profle of prophylactic human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 virus-like-particle vaccine K. Reisinger
OP-22 - Hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) disease burden in Turkey M. Ceyhan
OP-23 - Monitoring rare diseases in France : which priority ? O. Kremp
OP-24 - Prevalence and features of migraine and episodic headache in Turkish children and relationship with anthropometry and H. pylori infection A. Özen
17.15 - 18.30 Oral presentations
Chair : Armido Rubino
OP-21 - Script Concordance Test (SCT): a new tool for assessing clinical competence in Paediatrics\' undergraduate education K. Sostmann
OP-62 - The spreading of antiphospholipid antibodies in children without rheumatic diseases. L. Zhdanova
OP-63 - Immune regulation defects in high-risk relatives of children with type 1 diabetes J. Michalek
OP-64 - Influence of Gastroesophageal Reflux episodes on cardiac autonomic function in infants D. Djamal
OP-65 - Characterization of a Novel Human Anti-GD2 Anti-Idiotypic Antibody GK8 DNA Vaccine for Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma S. Weixler
OP-35 - 14 years experience with health and vaccination record (HVR) in the Czech Republic (CZ) J. Janda
OP-36 - Morbidity of Teenagers: Structure and Dynamics of Ivanovo Region (Russia). H. Vishneva
OP-37 - Kawasaki Disease with acute tonsillitis and cervical lymphadenopathy as the initial clinical features P. Hotama
OP-12 - The effect of passive smoking on serum antioxidant vitamin (A, E, C) levels of breastfed and non-breastfed infants S. Hizli
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
HALL F
08.30-09.00 Meet the Professor
Alberto Tozzi, Italy
Further explanation/discussion on "EBM"
09.15-09.45 Meet the Professor
Aysen Yucel, Turkey
Further explanation/discussion on "Assessment of pain in children"
10.00-10.30 Meet the Professor
Simon Murch, UK
Further explanation/discussion on "What’s new in food allergy and intolerance"
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Satellite Symposium (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) HALL A 
14.00-14.30 Lunch and Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Meet the Professor
Riccardo Troncone, Italy
Further explanation/discussion on "What’s new in food allergy and intolorance"
15.15-15.45 Meet the Professor
Herman Goossens, Belgium
Further explanation/discussion on "Monitoring antibiotic resistance in Europe"
16.00 – 16.30 Meet the Professor
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Switzerland
Further explanation / discussion on “ADHD”
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
17:00-18:30 Oral presentations
Chairs : Arda Saygılı, Jochen Ehrich
OP-10 - The spatiotemporal expression of histone acetyltransferases P300 and CBP during mouse embryo heart development T. Jie
OP-11 - Effects of histone acetylizad modification on MSCs differentiation into cardiomyocyte T. Jie
OP-9 - Prognostic value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in children with acute rheumatic carditis: A preliminary report E. Ünal
OP-15 - Change management in a high risk area: Introducing standard strength infusions in PICU. I. Thruston
OP-16 - Severe pneumococcal meningitis in paediatric intensive care unit: A 12-year survey in Rome, Italy M. Piastra
OP-17 - Role of Nasal Continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) in Bronchiolitis -experience from a large district general hospital in United Kingdom. C. Kallappa
OP-54 - The spectrum of renal tubular disorders in Iraqi children. A. Al Mosawi
OP-55 - Relationship between sleep quality, depression and quality of life in children with monosymptomatic enuresis O. Yilmaz
OP-56 - Frequency of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis P. Ertan
OP-57 - FC gamma receptor polymorphism: a risk factor for urinary tract infections? E. Yilmaz
OP-43 - Childhood Chronic Renal failure (CRF) : An Extra-Ordinary Experience
Annarosa Soresina
OP-76 - The Paediatric Congress: Quo Vadis?
Jochen H.H. Enrich, Detlef K.H. Stengritt
19.30 Departure for the Gala Dinner
TUESDAY JUNE 17
HALL A
08.30-10.30

Symposium 11:

Asthma and the wheezing child
  Chairs: Dietrich Reinhardt, Germany
Maximilian Zach, Austria
  Speakers: Chemokines as novel biomarkers for allergic asthma
Dominik Hartl, USA
Useful lung function tests in asthma diagnosis and follow-up -
Philipp Latzin,Switzerland
Therapy of status asthmaticus - Thomas Nicolai, Germany
Future Perspectives in asthma therapy - Gesine Hansen, Germany
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-12.00 Symposium 12 Where are we going with genes for diagnosing and curing children?
  Chairs: Andria Generoso , Italy
John Walter, UK
  Speakers: Present and future of genetic research in promoting child health: the example of β-thalassemia - Antonio Cao, Italy
The challenge of Down syndrome - Samuel Deutsch, Switzerland
12.00-13.30 Symposium 13 The frontiers of pediatrics
  Chairs: Armido Rubino, Italy
David Branski, Israel
  Speakers: The Borders, Limits and Horizons of 21st Century European Paediatric Practice - Shimon Barak,Israel
Evgheniy Ghenev, Bulgaria
What is the role of paediatricians in prenatal life? - Josip Grguric, Croatia
Definition of Paediatrics from historical Perspective -
Eva Olah, Hungary
13.30-14.30 Lunch 
HALL B
08.30-10.30 Workshop 9 From tics to Tourette: the clinical spectrum of involuntary movements
  Chair: Dietz Rating, Germany
  Speakers: Classification and pathophysiology of involuntary movements -
Dietz Rating, Germany
The clinical spectrum of Tics - Albert Rothenberger , Germany
Dystonia and choreoathetosis in children -Marten Kyllerman, Sweden Video session of involuntary movements - Emilio Fernandez, Spain
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Lunch
HALL C
08.30-09.00 Lecture 9 Impact of the new European regulations on drug use
  Chair: Daniele Sommelet, France
  Speaker: Agnes Saint Raymond, UK
09.00-10.30 Workshop 10 What's new in the treatment of Rheumatic diseases
  Chairs: Alberto Martini, Italy
Huri Ozdogan, Turkey
  Speakers: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis - Alberto Martini, Italy
Autoinflammatory diseases - Huri Ozdogan, Turkey
Vasculitis - Pavla Dolezalova, Czech Republic
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Lunch
HALL D
08.30-10.30 COURSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3
Pediatric electronic medical records (EMR) - Ateş Kara,Turkey
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
HALL E
08.30-09.00 Meet the Professor
Paul Imbach, Switzerland
Further explanation/discussion on
"Diagnosis and Treatment of ITP in childhood: where do we stand today? "
09.15-09.45 Meet the Professor
Leonid Roshal, Russia
Further explanation/discussion on "Children in disasters"
10.00–10.30 Meet the Professor
Harald Schulze, Germany
Further explanation/discussion on
"New Insights into Cellular and Molecular Biology of Megakaryopoiesis and Thrombocytopoyesis"
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break / Exhibits
11.00-13.00 Plenary Session Hall A
13.00-14.30 Lunch
HALL F
08.30-09.00 Meet the Professor
Andrea Maggioni, U.S.
Further explanation/discussion on
"Towards a safer health care for children"
09.15-