PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 10th JUNE 2010

08.00 – 09.20 Registration and Coffee
   
09.20 – 09.30

Official Opening
Professor Stephen Robson (President of the Society)
   
SESSION 1 FETAL MEDICINE
Chairs: Dr Bill Martin and Dr Leanne Bricker
   
09.30 – 10.10


SOCIETY LECTURE
Management of Fetal Growth Restriction

Professor Torvid Kiserud (Bergen, Norway)
   
10.10 – 10.45 Submitted Abstracts
   
10.45 – 11.30 Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
   
11.30 – 12.06 Submitted Abstracts
   
12.06 – 12.36

Hot Topic: 3D/4D Ultrasound
Dr Paul Moran (Newcastle upon Tyne)
   
12.36 – 14.30 Lunch, Exhibition, Poster Viewing and Meet the Experts Sessions
   
13.20 – 14.20








MEET THE EXPERTS SESSION (lunchtime sessions)
Outpatient induction of labour:

Dr Kirsty Dundas (Edinburgh) and Ms Julie Hogg (London)
HIV/infection:
Dr Kate Harding (London), Professor Steve Green (Sheffield)
and Ms Sue Alston (Sheffield)
Late termination:
Mr Bertie Leigh (London), Professor Donald Peebles (London) and Ms Veronica Donovan (Birmingham)
   
SESSION 2
MATERNAL MEDICINE
Chairs: Mr Jason Waugh and Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe
   
14.30 – 15.00


KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Proteinuria in pregnancy
Dr Laura A. Magee (Vancouver, Canada)
   
15.00 – 15.36 Submitted Abstracts
   
15.36 – 16.06 Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
   
16.06 – 16.42 Submitted Abstracts
   
16.42 – 17.12

Hot Topic: Dermatoses in pregnancy
Dr Samantha A. Vaughan Jones (Chertsey)
   
17.15 – 18.00 Annual General Meeting
   
19.30

Society Reception and Dinner
Great North Museum Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne



FRIDAY 11th JUNE 2010

SESSION 3
LABOUR AND DELIVERY
Chairs: Dr Tracey Johnston and Dr Kate Harding
   
09.00 – 09.30


KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Decision to delivery

Dr Steve Yentis (London)
   
09.30 – 10.06 Submitted Abstracts
   
10.06 – 11.05 Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
   
11.05 – 11.41 Submitted Abstracts
   
11.41 – 12.11

Hot Topic: Fetal monitoring
Professor Peter Brocklehurst (Oxford)
   
12.11 – 13.10 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
   
SESSION 4
PREGNANCY OUTCOME
Chairs: Mr Myles Taylor and Mr Richard Smith
   
13.10 – 13.40


KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Long term implications of occult and clinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy

Dr Erik K. Alexander (Boston, USA)
   
13.40 – 14.16 Submitted Abstracts
   
14.16 – 14.46 Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
   
14.46 – 15.22 Submitted Abstracts
   
15.22 – 15.52

Hot Topic: Hypoxic brain injury
Dr Nicola Robertson (London)
   
15.52 – 16.00 Presentation of Abstract Prizes
   
16.00 – 16.30





DEBATE:
‘This house believes that one to one midwifery care would improve outcome more than 24 hour consultant cover on the delivery suite’

Chair: Professor Stephen Robson
Dr Maggie Blott:       AGAINST the motion
Professor Cathy Warwick:   FOR the motion
   
16.30 Close of Conference

The Programme is correct at the time of printing, and the Secretariat accepts no liability for any changes made at a later date.






    





Important Dates:



Abstract Submission
Deadline: 1st February

Early Bird Registration
Deadline: 31st March