Program

Preliminary program

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TimeProgram
08.00-09.00 amRegistration and Come together
09.00-09.30 amOpening

Susanne Greber-Platzer – Head of the Dep. for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the Clinical Division for Ped. Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Austrian Newborn Screening Program, Medical University Vienna (MUV)

Volkan Talazoglu – Vice-Rector of the Medical University Vienna (MUV)

Maximilian Richter – Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research
09.30–10.15 amOpening lecture
The Austrian Newborn Screening: Historical Review and Future Potentials
Sylvia Stoeckler-Ipsiroglu (Vancouver, Canada)
10.15-10.45 amThe Spectrum of Approaches to Neonatal Screening in Europe: Progress and Unmet Needs
Urh Groselj (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10.45-11.30 amBreak
11.30 am – 12.00 pmNewborn Screening for Congenital Immunodeficiencies in Europe
Maarja Soomann (Zurich, Switzerland)
12.00-12.30 pmLessons of Vitamin B12 Deficiency-Screening in Norway – To Screen or Not To Screen?
Trine Tangeraas (Oslo, Norway)
12.30-01.30 pmLunch Break
01.30-02.00 pmPopulation-based First-Tier Genomic Newborn Screening: Results of the BabyDetect Trial
François Boemer (Liege, Belgium)
02.00-02.30 pmScreening 100,000 Newborns Using Whole Genome Sequencing: Early results
of the Generation Study
David Bick (London, England)
02.30-03.00 pmThe VUS Crisis in Population Screening: Why Biochemistry Remains Essential Lessons from ALD Newborn Screening
Stephan Kemp (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
03.00-04.00 pmBreak
04.00-05.00 pmPanel discussion: The Future of Newborn Screening – Expectations, Needs, Constraints, Impacts
05.00-05.15 pmClosing Remarks & End

Scientific Organisation Committee
Vassiliki Konstantopoulou & Maximilian Zeyda
Austrian Newborn Screening
Clinical Division for Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Dep. for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna

Training points (DFP)
The event has been approved by the Austrian Academy of Physicians with 7 DFP points. (ID 1059315).