Saturday, 25 September




 08:45 - 09:45
Free Communication 11 - Diabetes 
Moderator(s):    John Gregory, Cardiff, United Kingdom 
                        To be announced



 08:45 - 09:45
Free Communication 12 - Growth Promoting Therapies - Genetic Influences and Outcomes 
Moderator(s):     Marc Maes, Brussels, Belgium 
                         Paul Saenger, New York, United States 



 08:45 - 09:45
Free Communication 13 - Sex and the Brain 
Moderator(s):     Martin Ritzen, Stockholm, Sweden
                         Marta Šnajderová, Prague, Czech Republic 



 08:45 - 09:45
Free Communication 14 - Thyroid 
Moderator(s):     Heiko Krude, Berlin, Germany
                         Malcolm Donaldson, Glasgow, United Kingdom



 08:45 - 09:45
Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 3
Moderator(s): Roland Pfäffle, Leipzig, Germany

Reproductive endocrinology
Olle Söder, Stockholm, Sweden

Type 1 diabetes: clinical and experimental
Franco Chiarelli, Chieti, Italy

Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, lipid metabolism
Orit Hamiel, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Evidence based medicine in pediatric endocrinology
Gary Butler, London, United Kingdom 



 09:45 – 10:00
Break



 10:00 - 11:30
Symposium 10 - "Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Research" - Thyroid
Moderator(s):     Giorgio Radetti, Bolzano, Italy 
                         Juliane Léger, Paris, France

Session Aim: This symposium is part of a series of symposia "Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Science". The aim of the series is to emphasize the impact of patient observation on the understanding of basic biological mechanisms. Each presentation starts with a seminal case presentation, that has led to such development. This symposium is to discuss the pathways involved in thyroid function and development through gene defects.

Thyroid dysgenesis and movement disturbance: NKX2.1
Heiko Krude, Berlin, Germany

Phenomics of iodide recycling defects: DEHAL1
Jose Moreno, Madrid, Spain

Severe developmental delay and thyroid hormone transport: MCT8
Theo Visser, Rotterdam, The Netherlands



 10:00 - 11:30
Symposium 11 - Basis of Gender Identity: Implications for DSD Management - ESPE/ESPU
Moderator(s):     Faisal Ahmed, Glasgow, United Kingdom 
                         Olaf Hiort, Lübeck, Germany

Session Aim: The aim of the symposium is to present recent updates on the basis of gender identity and how these new concepts will impact on clinical management of patients with DSD.

Gender identity in DSD patients
Melissa Hines, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Gender-identity and sexual differentiation of the human brain
Dick F. Swaab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Impact of new concepts on gender identity on surgical management of patients with DSD
Pierre Mouriquand, Bronx Cedex, France



 11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break, Visit to the Exhibition



 12:00 - 12:30
Plenary Session 6 - PROP1 and the Bridge to Krk
Moderator(s):     Ciril Kržišnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia

PROP1 and the Bridge to Krk
John S. Parks, Atlanta, United States



 12:30 - 12:45
Closing Ceremony