SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Celebrating 10 Years
with a New Scientific Program Structure
Designed to Facilitate Education Across Specialties

PRELIMINARY TOPICS AND CONFIRMED SPEAKERS RELEASED

The 2018 program has been designed to offer a deeper understanding of the very latest developments in the main pediatric specialties while highlighting its relevance to the general practitioner.

The 10th Excellence in Pediatrics Conference has been granted 18 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). Read more here

The program covers the most hot topics and developments across 10 specialties of pediatrics, making use of 5 different session types on each track.

Download the Preliminary Program PDF here or view all sessions below

DAY 1: Thursday 6 December 2018
*Track 1*	*Track 2*	*Track 3*	*Track 4*	*Track 5*
DERMATOLOGY	RHEUMATOLOGY NEPHROLOGY	GASTROENTEROLOGY	NEUROLOGY	ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
09:00-11:00 MORNING SESSIONS
ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: A+B	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: C +D	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: Euforia	MASTERCLASS 2 hours / Hall: Gracie	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: Harmonie
Management of Nevi MARC LACOUR Pediatrics and Pediatric Dermatology Geneva, Switzerland	Clinical presentations and diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis PAVLA DOLEZALOVA Charles University, Czech Republic	Advances in the Management of Intestinal Failure AKSHAY BATRA University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom	Epilepsy Speakers to be announced	Gendered approaches to adolescent health care - Girl’s health needs JO INCHLEY University of St Andrews School of Medicine, UNITED KINGDOM
Genodermatoses PIERRE VABRES Université de Bourgogne, France	Systemic autoimmune disease: what the pediatrician needs to know SYLVIA KAMPHUIS University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands	Probiotics and GI Diseases AZIZ KOLEILAT Makassed University General Hospital, Lebanon		Adolescent peer violence: Forms, determinants and outcomes SOPHIE WALSH Ilan University, Israel
Genital Skin Conditions in Pediatric Dermatology MARIO CUTRONE Dell'Angelo Hospital Venice, Italy	Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) -therapeutic strategies PAVLA DOLEZALOVA Charles University, Czech Republic	Gastrointestinal Allergic Disease LEANNE GOH University College London Hospital, United Kingdom		TRANSITION WORKSHOP Why reinvent the wheel? A starting point to create a transition program
Atopic Dermatitis - How to improve compliance SHERIEF JANMOHAMED University Hospital Brussels, Belgium	Inherited Kidney Disease Speaker to be announced	Coeliac Disease Speaker to be announced		JOAN CARLES SURIS Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland CHRISTINA AKRE Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
11:00-13:00 NOON SESSIONS
THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: A+B	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Forum	MASTERCLASS 2 hours / Hall: Gracie	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 1 hour / Hall: Euforia	ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH 1 hour / Hall: Harmonie
Common Skin Infections STEPHANIE CHRISTEN-ZAECH Lausanne University, Switzerland	RHEUMATOLOGY / NEPHROLOGY Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management MARK BEATTIE University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom RAFEEQ MUHAMMED Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom	Neuromuscular Disorders RICHARD FINKEL Nemours Children's Hospital, USA	A persistent inequality in Gender and Sexuality Minority adolescents’ health: Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study ANDRAS KOLTO National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Advances in the management of Acne JULIE LEYSEN University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium			Orthostatic Intolerance - Diagnosis, Management and Communication with Patients PHIL FISCHER Mayo Clinic, USA	Last and first intercourse, what can 15-year-old high school students tell us? Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study EMMANUELLE GODEAU French National School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, France
CASE STUDIES 1 hour / Hall: A+B	UPDATES 1 hour / Hall: C+D		UPDATES 1 hour / Hall: Euforia	Sexting: what is it and how to deal with it YARA BARRENSE-DIAS University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Instructive cases All Track Speakers	Nephrotic Syndrome KJELL TULLUS Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom		Paediatric Movement Disorders CHARLOTTE HAAXMA Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboudumc, Netherlands
Instructive cases All Track Speakers	Urinary tract infections in children KJELL TULLUS Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom		Prolonged Seizures Speaker to be announced
13:00-14:00 Poster Viewings
14:00-16:00 EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
MASTER CLASS 2 hours / Hall: Gracie	MASTER CLASS 2 hours / Hall: Forum	THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: Euforia	THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: A+B	SUBSTANCE USE IN ADOLESCENTS 1 hour / Hall: C+D
Skin Lesions in Neonates - Skin, Hair and Nails DIRK VAN GYSEL O.L Vrouw Hospital Aalst, Belgium BARBARA KUNZ Dermatologikum Hamburg, Germany	Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) KJELL TULLUS Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom	Constipation in childhood. Clinical features, diagnosis and management MARK BEATTIE University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom	Dravet Syndrome - Early Diagnosis, Treatment and Management - from the diagnosis to the adulthood CHARLOTTE DRAVET Catholic University, Roma, Italy	Mental health and substance use FIONA BROOKS HBSC England, United Kingdom
		Gastro-oesophageal Reflux: when to investigate? How to treat? YVAN VANDENPLAS KidZ Health Castle, UZ Brussel, Belgium	Epileptic Encephalopathies Speaker to be announced	How to address cannabis use with teenagers and their parents – tackling myths and exploring adverse impacts RICHARD BELANGER Laval University, Canada
		INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES 1 hour /Hall: Euforia	INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES 1 hour /Hall: A+B	ADOLESCENTS NUTRITION 1 hour / Hall: C+D
		Functional Abdominal Pain Panel: RAFEEQ MUHAMMED, AKSHAY BATRA, MARK BEATTIE	Pain Panel: PHIL FISHER, CHARLOTTE HAAXMA, RICHARD FINKEL	Obesity and nutrition in childhood - the role of the healthcare professional COLIN MICHIE Imperial and University College, United Kingdom
		Intestinal failures Panel: RAFEEQ MUHAMMED, AKSHAY BATRA, MARK BEATTIE	Headaches Panel: PHIL FISHER, CHARLOTTE HAAXMA, RICHARD FINKEL	Adolescent obesity and related health behaviours JELENA GUDELJ RAKIC Institute of Public Health, Serbia
16:30-17:30 AFTERNOON SESSIONS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Gracie	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 1 hour / Hall: Forum	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Euforia	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: C+D	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Harmonie
DERMATOLOGY Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	Children with recurrent fever: Autoinflammatory diseases: Where we are today? JORDI ANTON Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Spain	GASTROENTEROLOGY Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	NEUROLOGY Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6
	Hypertension in children Speaker to be announced

17:30-18:30 OPENING: KEYNOTE PLENARY SESSION The paediatrician of the future - TERENCE STEPHENSON, Institute of Child Health, UCL, United Kingdom Why is adolescent health important?- JOAN CARLES SURIS, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

DAY 2: Friday 7th December 2018
09:00-11:00 MORNING SESSIONS
*Track 6*	*Track 7*	*Track 8*	*Track 9*
ENDOCRINOLOGY & GROWTH	INFECTIOUS DISEASES	NUTRITION	RESPIRATORY	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: A+B	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: C+D	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 hours / Hall: Harmonie	MASTERCLASS 2 hours / Hall: Forum	WORKSHOP 1 2 hours / Hall:Gracie
Congenital Hypothyroidism - screening and management TIM CHEETHAM Newcastle University, United Kingdom	Sepsis in 2018 – theory vs. practice NELLY NINIS St Mary’s Hospital, United Kingdom	Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6 Abstract 7 Abstract 8 Abstract 9	Allergy Management ADNAN CUSTOVIC Imperial College London, United Kingdom PAUL TURNER Imperial College London, United Kingdom	Leadership - Part 1 DOUG PARKIN Advance HE, United Kingdom
The latest advances on technologies for the management of diabetes in children and adolescents REVITAL NIMRI Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Israel	Meningococcal Disease in 2018 SIMON KROLL Imperial College London, United Kingdom
New treatments for congenital adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal failure NILS P KRONE University of Sheffield, United Kingdom	Vaccines Update GEORGE SYROGIANNOPOULOS University of Thessalia, Greece
Central Precocious Puberty Speaker to be announced	Infectious Diseases, decision making in acute paediatrics DAMIAN ROLAND University of Leicester, United Kingdom
11:00-13:00 NOON SESSIONS
THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: A+B	THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: C + D	MASTERCLASS 2 hours / Hall:Harmonie	MASTER CLASS 2 hours / Hall:Forum	WORKSHOPS 2 & 3 1 +1 hour / Hall:Gracie
Long-acting Growth Hormone. What to know and how to support the specialist as a member of the care team ALAN. D. ROGOL University of Virginia, USA	The Diagnosis and Management of the Encephalitic Child JETHRO HERBERG Imperial College London, United Kingdom	Nutrition and Management of Allergies from Infancy to Childhood LEANNE GOH University College London Hospital, United Kingdom PENNY SALT University College London, United Kingdom SOPHIA KALLIS University College London, United Kingdom	Acute respiratory distress in children- differential diagnosis and therapeutic management ROLAND HENTSHEL Universitatsklinikum Freiburg, Germany TORSTEN UHLIG LMU University Munich, Germany	Publishing MARK BEATTIE Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Bone disease in children – when to use and when not to use bisphophanates NICK SHAW University of Birmingham, United Kingdom	Kawasaki Disease JETHRO HERBERG Imperial College London, United Kingdom
INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES 1 hour /Hall: A+B	INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES 1 hour /Hall: C+D			How to write your CV, Grant Applications and Papers ANDREW BUSH Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Growth Curves and their interpretation Panel: A.D.ROGOL, TIM CHEETHAM, NILS P KRONE, NICK SHAW	Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Panel: AUBREY CUNNINGTON, SIMON KROLL, NELLY NINIS, JETHRO HERBERG
Short Stature Panel: A.D.ROGOL, TIM CHEETHAM, NILS P KRONE, NICK SHAW	Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) Panel: SIMON KROLL, NELLY NINIS
13:00-14:00 Poster Viewings
14:00-16:00 EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
MASTER CLASS 2 hours / Hall:Forum	MASTER CLASS 2 hours / Hall: Harmonie	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: C+D	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 2 hours / Hall: A+B	WORKSHOP 4 2 hours / Hall:Gracie
Growth Hormone Deficiencies Speaker to be announced	Tropical Infectious Diseases 2018 - Malaria, arboviruses, Ebola and co-infections AUBREY CUNNINGTON Imperial College London, United Kingdom	Human Milk Oligosaccharides YVAN VANDENPLAS KidZ Health Castle, UZ Brussel, Belgium	Personalised Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis: Treating the Basic Defect RISHI PABARY Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom	Leadership - Part 2 DOUG PARKIN Advance HE, United Kingdom
		Human Milk Feedings in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Speaker to be announced	The myth of the allergic march ADNAN CUSTOVIC Imperial College London, United Kingdom
		Iron deficiency in children: diagnosis, neurological impacts and treatment COLIN MICHIE Imperial and University College, United Kingdom	Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) - when to suspect, how to diagnose, recent advances CLAIRE HOGG Imperial College London, United KIngdom
		Milk Fat Globule Membrane (MFGM) and the Neonatal Gut Microbiome and Intestinal Development ROY PHILIP University Maternity Hospital Limerick GEMS, Ireland	Peanut allergy - no longer a life sentence PAUL TURNER Imperial College London, United Kingdom
16:30-18:30 AFTERNOON SESSIONS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 hours / Hall: Forum	ADVANCES AND UPDATES 1 hour / Hall: Euforia	THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: C+D	THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT 1 hour / Hall: A+B	WORKSHOP 5 1 hour / Hall:Gracie
ENDOCRINOLOGY & GROWTH Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	Vaccine hesitancy: A growing concern and the power of the patient voice CATHRINE WEIL-OLIVIER Paris VII University, France ELENA MOYA CoMO, Spain, SAM NYE, CoMO, United Kingdom	Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease MARK BEATTIE University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom	Exercise Induced Asthma; A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment ROBERT SALLIS Kaiser Permanente Fontana, USA	Social Media: Knowledge Translation in the 21st Century DAMIAN ROLAND University of Leicester, United Kingdom
		The Ketogenic Diet. Epilepsy and beyond Speaker to be announced	Rising cost of new medicines - what are the ethics? ANDREW BUSH Imperial College London, United Kingdom
	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Euphoria	INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES 1 hour / Hall: C+D	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 hour / Hall: Harmonie
	INFECTIOUS DISEASES Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	Chronic Health Conditions & Nutrition All Track Speakers Eating Disorders All Track Speakers	RESPIRATORY Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6
				WORKSHOP 6 1 hour / Hall: Gracie Interactive Workshop: Everything possible MUST BE DONE for my child – When Professionals and Carers Disagree ANDREW BUSH Imperial College London, United Kingdom

DAY 3 Saturday 8 December 2018
09:30-11:30 MORNING SESSIONS
SPOT THE EARLY SIGNS	ADOLESCENT MEDICINE	ORAL PRESENTATIONS	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRACTICAL ADVICE HOW TO EARLY DETECT, DIAGNOSE AND REFER PATIENTS WITH SERIOUS CONDITIONS 2 hours / Hall: A+B+C+D	MASTER CLASS 2 Hours / Hall: Harmonie	ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 hours / Hall: Forum	WORKSHOP 7 2 hours / Hall:Gracie
ENDOCRINOLOGY When symptoms indicate a possible endocrine condition. How to avoid wrong referrals to specialists Speaker to be announced	Skilful Communication with Adolescents and their Families ANNE MEYNARD University of Geneva Switzerland ANA SONKIN EACH (European Association for Communication in Health Care)	Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Abstract 3 Abstract 4 Abstract 5 Abstract 6	Presentation Skills Workshop DOUG PARKIN Advance HE, United Kingdom
GASTROENTEROLOGY When symptoms indicate a possible gastric condition. How to avoid wrong referrals to specialists Speaker to be announced
RHEUMATOLOGY When symptoms indicate a possible rheumatic condition. How to avoid wrong referrals to specialists Speaker to be announced
NEUROLOGY When symptoms indicate a possible neurology condition. How to avoid wrong referrals to specialists Speaker to be announced
11:30-12:30 CLOSING: KEYNOTE PLENARY SESSION

This year's scientific program has more than 100 sessions delivered by over 90 academics, experts and leading pediatricians coming from all over the world. Delegates are free to choose the most relevant sections and sessions and build their own personalised conference agenda across the three days of the meeting. Each session will also have 3 clear learning objectives to help delegates select the session they want to attend.

EIP welcomes nominations from experts, academics and frontline pediatricians who are willing to contribute and join EIP's Faculty. The program is designed to cover the education needs of frontline child healthcare professionals. EIP welcomes ideas on topics and thematic streams to be included in the program and also suggestions on specific education needs to be addressed.

Follow the link to nominate yourself