Scientific Information

Organising Institutions

The goal of the Fondazione Crescere Insieme Onlus is to research structural and organizational solutions aimed at promoting the humanization and familiarity of care and the psycho-physical well-being of the users of the service, namely children and their families, and all those who work daily in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Sant’Anna Hospital in Turin

Scientific Committee

 

Scientific Programme

12:00-13:15

Registration, welcome coffee and exhibit visit

13:15-13:30

Opening

Paolo Manzoni, Louis Bont

Opening lectures

13:30-14:00

Opening lectures: The year in review

Paolo Manzoni, Louis Bont

14:00-14:40

The human infant nose organoid (HNO) platform to study virus-host biology and for the evaluation of monoclonal antibody and other therapeutics: a specific model for assessing infants’ response to respiratory syncytial virus and SARS-CoV-2.  translating into pragmatical skills

Pedro A Piedra, USA

14:40-16:00

Symposium on the “Premature birth and the association with recurrent wheeze and asthma: the impact of early life RSV prevention”.

Chairman: Louis Bont
-Renato Stein - Mechanisms and background
- Eugenio Baraldi – The current evidence
- Adnan Custovic – How to prevent?

16:00-16:45

Break exhibit visit

16:45-17:25

Composite, long-term sequelae of RSV-LRTI and potential impact of new interventions

Heather Zar, SAF

17:25-18:05

Molecular epidemiology of respirator viruses after the Covid pandemic

Thomas C. Williams, UK (virtual)

18:05-18:50

The RSV vaccines pipeline

Louis Bont, NED

18:50-19:00

Day closing remarks

Paolo Manzoni, Louis Bont

08:30-08:45

Opening

Paolo Manzoni, Louis Bont

08:45-09:20

The RSV burden in LMIC

Nathalie Mazur, NED

09:20-11:00

Mini symposium “Maternal vaccination for RSV – clinically measurable benefits”


  1. Latest updates and published evidence – Luis Bont
  2. The Ob-Gyn perspective - Fernando Althabe, ARG
  3. The Neonatologist perspective - Paolo Manzoni, ITA
  4. Future scenarios and pending gaps - Matthew Snape, UK

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break- Exhibit walk

11:30-12:30

Astra Zeneca sponsored lecture : “RSV infection- a look back to the last 25 years”

O. Ramilo, USA
Chairman: Gianluca Lista, ITA

12:15-12:45

Overview of future vaccines for respiratory viruses in infancy

Marta Nunes

12:45-13:00

Closing remarks

Paolo Manzoni, Louis Bont

13:00-15:15

Exhibhit visit, ICCN registration, poster walk


15:15-15:30

ICCN Opening

Paolo Manzoni

15:30-16:00

Opening lecture: Game-changing RCTs in Neonatology: what did happen in the last year?

Neena Modi, UK

16:00-16:30

Neonatal hypoglycemia, a never ending story

Nestor Vain, ARG

16:30-17:00

New protocols on diaphragmatic hernia

Ruben Bromiker, ISR

17:00-18:30

Platform presentation session: new science and ongoing research


  • NEONATAL MORBIDITIES AND FEEDING TOLERANCE OUTCOMES IN VERY PRE-TERM INFANTS, BEFORE AND AFTER INTRODUCTION OF PROBIOTICS SUPPLE-MENTATION
    Stefan Johansson, SWE
  • Caffeine use after NICU discharge: evidence from a prospective RCT
    Timm Vedder, USA
  • Increasing the use of OMM in the NiCU: An evidence-based initiative to in-crease use of own mothers milk in a NiCU: the impact of COVID-19
    Rosalina Barroso, POR
  • Pharmacoeconomic model for prevention of respiratory viral morbidity in Italy
    Barry Rodgers Gray, UK
  • Neonatal outcomes after complicated labour
    Alessandro Messina, IT
  • National survey of ophtalmia neonatorum
    Vito Mondì, IT

18:30-19:00

Human milk bank: from generalized to individualized nutrition

Manuel Sanchez Luna, SPA

19:00-19:15

Closing remarks

Paolo Manzoni

08:30-09:00

Anti seizures drugs and role of electric and/or clinical seizures in newborns: all you need to know

Renato S Procianoy, BRA

09:00-09:30

Respiratory control issues, oxygenation instability and their impact on neonatal outcomes

Eduardo Bancalari, USA

09:30-10:00

Prevention and Treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants What is on the horizon?

Sanjay Patole, AUS

10:00-10:30

Noise reduction and language development in the NICU – an unsolveable dilemma?

Angelika Berger, AUT

10:30-12:00

Break, exhibhit visit, poster walk

12:00-12:30

The role of lung ultrasound in NICU - an update

Daniele De Luca, FRA

12:30-13:00

What is the role of IGF-1 in future BPD prevention? Facts and fiction

Boris Kramer, NED

13:00-13:30

The All-Four position at delivery and its possible impact on neonatal outcomes

Bianca Masturzo, ITA

13:30-14:30

Lunch break, exhibit visit, poster walk

14:30-16:00

Neonatal Neurology Symposium

Under the auspices and endorsement of the NBS- Newborn Brain Society
Chair: Mohamed El-Dib, USA (virtual only)

  • Neuroprotection in the term infant- current status and future directions Nikki Robertson, UK
  • Multimodality remote brain monitoring and outcomes Gabriel Variane, BRA
  • Mild Neonatal Encephalopathy- Will we ever agree ? Brian Walsh, IRL

16:00-16:30

The Future of Neonatology

collaborative plans to develop and disseminate the ENRICH Statement for Embedding Necessary Research Into Culture and Health
William Tarnow Mordi, AUS

16:30-17:00

To close or not to close: new data on the management of PDA

Tim Hundscheid , NED

17:00-17:30

Closing remarks

Paolo Manzoni