Speakers
List of confirmed speakers/chairpersons*:
Prof. Sophie Aronis-Vourna, St. Sophia Children's Hospital, Greece
Dr. Kevin Ban, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Dr. Eugenio Baraldi, University of Padova, Italy
Dr. Peter Baxter, Ryegate Centre, Editor in Chief: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, UK
Dr. Rolf Beetz, University Clinics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Prof. Hans-Peter Berlien, Ev. Elisabeth Klinik, Germany
Prof. Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, Charite University of Medicine Berlin, Germany
Dr. Marietta Charakida, Institute of Child Health, UK
Prof. Franco Chiarelli, President, the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), University of Chieti, Italy
Dr. Maria Laura Chiozza, Azienda Ospedaliera – Universita’ Degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Prof. Rolando Cimaz, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy and Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
Prof. Angus Clarke, Cardiff University, UK
Dr Jacqui Clinch, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UK
Prof. Finbarr Cotter, Queen Mary, University of London, Editor in Chief: "British Journal of Haematology", UK
Prof. Ron Dagan, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel
Dr. Stephen Daniels, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital, Colorado, USA
Dr. Lorenzo D’Antiga, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy
Prof. Robert Daum, University of Chicago, USA
Prof. Maurizio De Martino, University of Florence, Italy
Dr. Philippe Eigenmann, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Francesco Emma, Ospedale Bambin Gesù di Roma, Italy
Prof. Philippe Evrard, Hôpital Robert-Debré (APHP), Université Paris, France
Prof. Fiorella Galluzzi, University Of Florence, Department Of Paediatric Endocrinology, Italy
Prof. Monika Gappa, Marien-Hospital Wesel, Associate Editor Europe: "Paediatric Pulmonology", Germany
Dr. Refika Hamutcu Ersu, Marmara University Hospital, Turkey
Dr. Richard Fine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Editor in Chief: "Paediatric Transplantation", USA
Dr. Stephen Greene, Child Health, Tayside Children's Hospital, University of Dundee, Editor: "Evidence-Based Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes", UK
Prof. John Gregory, Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Donald Greydanus, Michigan State University, USA
Prof. Renzo Guerrini, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Meyer-Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Prof. John Henderson, University of Bristol, Bristol Children's Hospital, UK
Prof. Sarolta Karpati, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Prof. Alison Kemp, Cardiff University, UK
Dr. Maria Kinali, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Andreas Konstantopoulos, President, European Paediatric Association EPA/UNEPSA, University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Simone Lazerri, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy
Dr. Donald C. Liu, Comer Children's Hospital, University of Chicago, USA
Prof. Stuart Logan, Chairman of the "Excellence in Paediatrics" Scientific Committee, Institute of Health Service Research, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, Editor: "Child: Care, Health and Development", UK
Prof. Berthold Koletzko, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University of Munich, Germany
Prof. Simon Kroll, Imperial College London, UK
Dr. Kenneth Mack, Mayo Clinic Pediatric Center, USA
Prof. Claudio Maffeis, University of Verona, Italy
Dr. Stephen Marks, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, UK
Dr. Travis H. Matheney, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA
Prof. Antonio Messineo, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
Dr. Lorenzo Moja, Italian Cochrane Centre, Mario Negri Institute, Italy
Dr. Douglas Moodie, "Ochsner for Children", Editor in Chief: "Congenital Heart Disease", USA
Dr. David P. Mooney, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA
Dr. Antonella Muraro, University of Padua, Italy
Prof. Chris O’Callaghan, University of Leicester, UK
Prof. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, University of Pennsylvania, Sickle Cell Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Prof. Peter Openshaw, Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Arnold Oranje, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Lu-Ann Papile, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, USA
Dr. Charles Penn, WHO Global Influenza Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Larry Pickering, Emory University, USA
Prof. Paolo Pozzilli, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
Prof. Nicola Principi, University of Milan, Italy
Prof. Prem Puri, Children's Research Centre, UK
Dr. Paul Ramchandani, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Alberto Ravelli, University of Brescia, Brescia Children's Hospital, Italy
Dr. Andrew Riordan, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Prof.Armido Rubino, University of Naples, "Federico II", Italy
Prof. Giuseppe Saggese, University of Pisa, Italy
Prof.Urs B. Schaad, Universitats-Kinderspital Beider Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Michael Sharland, St. George’s Hospital London, UK
Dr. Michael Shevell, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Gabriele Simonini, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy
Prof. Mark Sperling, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Chief Editor: "Pediatric Diabetes", USA
Dr. Helen Spoudeas, University College London Hospitals, UK
Prof. Annamaria Staiano, University of Naples, "Federico II", Italy
Prof. Terence Stephenson, President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
Dr. Giorgio Tamburlini, Institute of Child Health Burlo Garofolo Trieste, Italy
Prof. Eric Taylor, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Dr. Edwin Trevathan, Director of the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
Prof. Ricardo Troncone, Univeristy of Naples, "Federico II", Italy
Prof. J. Richard Thistlethwaite, University of Chicago Medical Center, Past President, International Pediatric Transplant Association, USA
Dr. Alberto Vierucci, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy
Prof. Steven Webber, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Editor: "Pediatric Transplantation", USA
Prof. Frits Wijburg, Academic Medical Center (AMC) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Paul Winyard, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, UK
Prof. Ian Chi Kei Wong, Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, UK
Dr. Elke Wuehl, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*As per November 10, 2009
