CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Confirmed Speakers and Titles (as of October 2007)

Maternal Health & Neonatal Theme

Framework for safe maternity services
Prof Subaratnam Arulkumaran (PRCOG), (St. Georges, University of London)

The State of the Art in the organisation of care in Labour and Delivery
Dr Maggie Blott (UCL)

Progress in Neonatal and Maternal care across the globe
Prof Antony Costello (UCL)

Fetal programming – a worldwide health issue
Prof Mark Hanson (Southampton)

Prediction and prevention of preterm labour
Prof Kypros Nicolaides (Kings)

Is there a role for gene therapy in obstetric practice?
Mr Donald Peebles (UCL)

Inflammation and the causes of Perinatal Brain Injury
Prof Gena Raivich (UCL)

Pre-eclampsia; what is the placental trigger?
Prof Chris Redman (Oxford)

Brain protection; potential for progress in the developing world
Dr Nikki Robertson (UCL)

Predicting women's future health from pregnancy outcome
Mr David Williams (UCL)

Reproductive Health Theme

What is new in Contraceptive Research?
David Baird (Edinburgh)

Who should take HRT and for how long?
Prof. David Barlow (Glasgow)

The State of the Art in Minimal Access Surgery
Mr Alfred Cutner (UCLH)

Future of Family Planning in Developing Countries
Prof John Guillebaud (UCL)

Why Does Embryonic Aneuploidy Occur?
Dr Hayden Homer (UCL)

Impact of Early Life Events on Reproductive Health
Prof Di Kuh (UCL)

Ethics and Regulation in Stem Cell Research
Prof Alison Murdoch (Newcastle)

Who, How and Why should we screen for Chlamydia?
Prof Judith Stephenson (UCL)

How has Translational Research Benefited Reproductive Health?
Prof Allan Templeton (Aberdeen)

HIV and the impact of Microbicides in the Developing World
Prof Jonathan Weber (Imperial College)

Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy
Prof Kaye Wellings (London School of Hygiene + Tropical Medicine)

What is the best way to organise sexual health services?
Dr Chris Wilkinson (Margaret Pyke Centre)

Cancer Theme

HRT, Cancer and Women’s Health
Prof. Valerie Beral (Oxford)

Cervix Cancer Prevention in the post-vaccine era
Prof Jack Cuzick (Barts)

Genetics and predicting Women's Cancer risk
Doug Easton (Cambridge)

Molecular targets for cancer therapy
Prof Hani Gabra- (Imperial)

Cervical Cancer Screening in the Uganda Women’s health Initiative
Prof Ian Jacobs (UCL)

Strategies for extending survival in ovarian cancer
Prof Jonathan Ledermann (UCL)

The state of the art in ovarian cancer screening
Dr Usha Menon (UCL)

Palliative Care in Africa
Dr Anne Merriman (Hospice Africa, Uganda)

Health Care Inequalities in cancer care
Prof Rosalind Raine (UCL)

Progress in the organisation, delivery and results of cancer treatment in the UK
Prof Mike Richards (National Cancer Director, Guys & St Thomas’, London)

Screening for cervical cancer in the developing world
Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan (IARC Lyon)

The revolution in tumour targeting
Prof Karol Sikora (Cancer Partners UK)

Genetics and predicting women’s cancer risk
Prof Doug Easton (Cambridge)

The role of epigenetic change in the development of cancer
Dr Martin Widschwendter (UCL)