Innovations & Progress in Healthcare for Women


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PROGRAMME

DAY 1 – Monday 7th April 2008
08.00 onwards	Registration Opens in Foyer of QEII Conference Centre
SESSION	Theme 1: Maternal Health & Neonatal (FLEMING)	Theme 2: Reproductive Health (WHITTLE)	Theme 3: Cancer (ELIZABETH WINDSOR)
09.30 – 10.15 PLENARY 1 (FLEMING)	OPENING SESSION: Challenging the problems of Women’s Health Welcome Prof Ian Jacobs (UCL) The Potential and challenges of stem cell research Lord Naren Patel (Professor of Obstetrics, Chair UK Stem Cell Network, Past President RCOG)
PARALLEL 1	Maternal Health + Neonatal: Advances in Basic Science	Reproductive Health: Implications for Developing World	Cancer: Progress in Translational Research
10.15 – 10.45	What causes preterm labour? Prof John Challis (Toronto)	Future of family planning in developing countries Prof John Guillebaud (UCL)	The revolution in tumour targeting Prof Karol Sikora (Cancer Partners UK)
10.45 – 11.05	Inflammation and the causes of perinatal brain injury Prof Gena Raivich (UCL)	HIV and the impact of microbicides in the developing world Prof Jonathan Weber (Imperial College)	The state of the art in ovarian cancer screening Dr Usha Menon (UCL)
11.05 – 11.30	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations	Genetics and predicting women’s cancer risk Prof Doug Easton (Cambridge)
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee
PLENARY 2 12.00 – 12.50 (FLEMING)	Plenary Conference Event – Millenium Development Goals and Women’s Health 12.00 Welcome: Professor Malcolm Grant, Provost and President UCL 12:05 Keynote Talk 12:20 Keynote Talk 12:40 The Uganda Women’s Health Initiative Prof Ian Jacobs (UCL)
13.00 – 14.00 (WHITTLE)	Lunchtime Symposium Sponsored by BD Diagnostics ‘Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening and Molecular Testing for Women’s Health’ Lunch will also be served in the Exhibition Area
PLENARY 3 14.00 – 14.45 (FLEMING)	HRT, Cancer and Women’s Health Prof Val Beral (Oxford)
PARALLEL 2 14:45 – 16:15	Maternal Health & Neonatal: Progress in Translational Research	Reproductive Health: Innovation in Clinical Care	Cancer: Implications for Developing World
14.45 – 15.15	Pre-eclampsia; what is the placental trigger? Prof Chris Redman (Oxford)	Who should take HRT and for how long? Prof David Barlow, (University of Glasgow)	Screening for cervical cancer in the developing world Dr Catherine Sauvaget (IARC Lyon)
15.15 – 15.35	Is there a role for gene therapy in obstetric practice? Prof Donald Peebles (UCL)	The state of the art in Minimal Access Surgery Mr Alfred Cutner (UCLH)	Palliative Care in Africa Dr Anne Merriman (Hospice Africa, Uganda)
15.35 – 15.55	Prenatal diagnosis using cell free fetal nucleic acids Lyn Chitty (Institute of Child Health)	Progress, challenges and potential of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Prof Peter Braude (Kings College)	Oral Presentations on Cancer Biology and Therapy
15.55 – 16.15	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations on Cancer Biology and Therapy
16:15 – 16:45	Coffee Break in Exhibition Area
PLENARY 4 16.45 – 17.30 (FLEMING)	Progress in the organisation, delivery and results of cancer treatment in the UK Prof. Mike Richards (Guys & St. Thomas)
17:30 – 19:30	Cheese and Wine Reception (MOUNTBATTEN LOUNGE)

Please note that speakers’ names and topics are subject to change without notice

DAY 2 – Tuesday 8th April 2008
08:00	Registration Opens in Foyer of QEII Conference Centre Coffee on Arrival
SESSION	THEME 1: Maternal Health + Neonatal (FLEMING)	Theme 2: Reproductive Health (WHITTLE)	Theme 3: Cancer (ELIZABETH WINDSOR)
PARALLEL 3 09.00–10.30	Maternal Health + Neonatal - Implications for Developing World	Reproductive Health - Advances in Basic Science	Cancer - Innovation in Clinical Care and Advances in Basic Science
09.00–09.30	Fetal programming – a worldwide health issue Prof Mark Hanson (Southampton)	Ethics and Regulation in Stem Cell Research Prof Alison Murdoch (Newcastle)	The Role of Epigenetic Changes in the Development of Cancer Dr Martin Widschwendter (UCL)
09.30–09.50	Brain protection; potential for progress in the developing world Dr Nikki Robertson (UCL)	Why does embryonic aneuploidy occur? Dr Hayden Homer (UCL)	Reducing health care inequities in cancer care Prof Rosalind Raine (UCL)
09.50–10.10	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations	Molecular targets for cancer therapy Prof Hani Gabra (Imperial)
10.10 – 10:30	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations	Strategies for extending survival in ovarian cancer Prof Jonathan Ledermann (UCL)
10.30 -11.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Area
PLENARY 5 11.00–12.30 (FLEMING)	11.00 – 11.30 – Oral Presentations 11.30 – 12.00 Cervix cancer prevention in the post-vaccine era Prof Jack Cuzick (Barts) 12.00 – 12.30 Progress in neonatal and maternal care across the globe Prof. Antony Costello (UCL)
12.30–13.30	Lunch in Exhibition Area
PARALLEL 4 13.30 – 15.00	Maternal Health + Neonatal: Innovation in Clinical Care	Reproductive Health: Developments in Public Health and Health Care Organisation	Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Awareness Conference Sponsored by The Eve Appeal in partnership with Ovacome (Please see separate programme) (ELIZABETH WINDSOR)
13.30–14.00	Prediction and prevention of preterm labour Prof Kypros Nicolaides (Kings)	Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy Prof Kaye Wellings (London School of Hygiene + Tropical Medicine)
14.00–14.20	Predicting women's future health from pregnancy outcome Dr David Williams (UCL)	Who, how and why should we screen for chlamydia? Prof Judith Stephenson (UCL)
14.20–14.40	Oral Presentations	What is the best way to organise sexual health services? Dr Chris Wilkinson (Margaret Pyke Centre)
14.40–15.00	Oral Presentations	Oral Presentations
15.00 -15.30	Coffee Break in Exhibition Area
PARALLEL 5 15.30 – 16.40	Maternal Health + Neonatal: Developments in Public Health and Health Care Organisation	Reproductive Health: Progress in Translational Research	Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Awareness Conference Sponsored by The Eve Appeal in partnership with Ovacome (Please see separate programme) (ELIZABETH WINDSOR)
15.30–16.00	Framework for safe maternity services Prof Sabaratnam Arulkumaran (RCOG) (St. Georges, University of London)	How has translational research benefited reproductive health? Prof Allan Templeton (University of Aberdeen)
16.00–16.20	The state of the art in the organisation of care in labour and delivery Dr Maggie Blott (UCL)	Impact of early life events on reproductive health Prof Di Kuh (UCL)
16.20–16.40	Oral presentations	What’s new in contraceptive research? Prof David Baird (Edinburgh)
16:45	Close of Meeting

PLEASE NOTE THIS PROGRAMME IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE