Programme Overview
The following speakers, symposia and workshops are currently confirmed. Follow the links for more information on workshops and symposia. Please check this page regularly for updates to the programme.
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | |
| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast |
| 8:00-10:00 | IFPA Executive Committee |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee (Executive Committee) |
| 10:30-12:30 | IFPA Executive Committee |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch (Executive Committee) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Conference Opening |
| 15:00-17:00 | Symposium I – Evolution of Placental Function |
| 17:00-17:30 | Coffee |
| 17:30-19:00 | New Investigators' Oral Presentations |
| 19:00-20:00 | Regional Association Business Meetings (ANZPRA, EPG, JPA, PAA) |
| 20:00-23:00 | Welcome Reception |
| Thursday, September 11, 2008 | |
| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 | Keynote Lecture: The Ubiquitin Proteolytic System: From Basic Mechanisms thru Human Diseases and onto Drug targeting Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize Laureate 2004 (Israel) Chair: to be announced |
| 9:00-9:30 | Trophoblast Research Award Lecture: Title to be announced |
| 9:30-10:00 | New Investigators' Oral Presentations |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-12:30 | Workshops 1-3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Lunchtime workshop: How to write a grant |
| 14:00-16:00 | Attended Posters I (with coffee at 15:00) |
| 16:00-17:00 | State-of-the-Art-Lecture: The two stage model of preeclampsia: Variations on the theme |
| 17:00-20:00 | Free afternoon |
| 20:00-21:30 | Dinner |
| Friday, September 12, 2008 | |
| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:30 | Symposium II – Aetiology of Preeclampsia: Old Concepts & New Hypotheses |
| 9:30-10:00 | New Investigators' Oral Presentations |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-12:30 | Workshops 4-6 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Lunchtime workshop: How to write a paper |
| 14:00-16:00 | Attended Posters II (with coffee at 15:00) |
| 16:00-16:45 | Gabor Than Award Lecture From placental oxidative stress to maternal endothelial cell activation Tereza Cindrova-Davies, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 16:45-17:30 | New Investigators' Oral Presentations |
| 17:30-18:30 | IFPA General Meeting |
| 18:30-20:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00-22:30 | Styrian wine tasting with music and bonfire |
| Saturday, September 13, 2008 | |
| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:30 | Symposium III – Genetics and Proteomics in Pregnancy |
| 9:30-10:00 | New Investigators' Oral Presentations |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-12:30 | Workshops 7-9 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Lunchtime workshop: How to submit a paper |
| 14:00-16:00 | Workshops 10-12 |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee |
| 16:30-18:45 | Symposium IV – Pregnancy Disorders (Dedicated to Henning Schneider) |
| 18:45-19:30 | Free time prior to Gala Dinner |
| 19:30 | Bus transfer |
| 20:00-23:00 | Gala Dinner with Award Ceremony |
