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2024 Guangzhou International BPD Forum

  • January 19 - 20, 2024
  • Yuexiu International Conference Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

 

Objectives

IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offers participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. The aim of this program is to share best practice and knowledge about the care of the child with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Lectures will include discussions on:

 

  1. Respiratory strategies
  2. Adjunctive medications e.g. steroids and nitric oxide
  3. Supportive care e.g. nutrition, fluid management
  4. Collaborative multidisciplinary care
  5. Home management

Faculty

  • Steve Abman
    Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora CO, USA
  • Peter Dargaville
    Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart TAS, Australia
  • Lizhong Du
    Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
  • Mingyan Hei
    Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
  • Martin Keszler
    Brown University, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence RI, USA
  • Haresh Kirpalani
    University of Pennsylvania, USA, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
  • Xiaolu Ma
    Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
  • Fumihiko Namba
    Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
  • Josef Neu
    University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville FL, USA
  • Ju-Lee Oei
    University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, Australia
  • Barbara Schmidt
    University of Pennsylvania, USA, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
  • Tsu F. Yeh
    Maternal Child Health Research Institute, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Huayan Zhang
    Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital, China / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
  • Xu Zhang
    Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China
  • Wenhao Zhou
    The Children's Hospital of Fudan University , China

Program

FRI, January 19, 2024

Section 1: The Fundamentals

08.30-09:00

The road leading to BPD and beyond: problem in China and globally

Lizhong Du

09:00-09.30

The gut, the brain and the lungs: Do they communicate?

Josef Neu

09.30-10.00

Blood transfusion and neonatal lungs: Friend or Foe?

Haresh Kirpalani

10.00-10.30

Panel question and answer

10.30-11.00

Morning tea

11.00-11.30

Oxygen for premature infants with or without BPD: Elixir or Toxin?

Peter Dargaville

11.30-12.00

BPD: Definition and classification

Fumihiko Namba

12.30-13.30

Lunch

Section 2: The Prevention

13.30-14.00

Medications helpful or not helpful in BPD prevention

Barbara Schmidt

14.00-14.30

Early PPHN and later BPD-PH

Steven Abman

14.30-15.00

Strategies to avoid EUGR and promote lung growth

Josef Neu

15.00-15.30

Panel question and answer

15.30-16.00

Afternoon tea

16.00-16.30

Early postnatal non-invasive respiratory management and BPD

Peter Dargaville

16.30-17.00

Avoiding lung injury in an intubated preterm infant

Martin Keszler

17.00-17.30

Does that ductus need to be closed?

Barbara Schmidt

17.30

Panel question and answer

SAT, January 20, 2024

Section 3: The Management

08.00-08.30

The “package deal” in BPD treatment

Huayan Zhang

08.30-09.00

Managing the infant with severe BPD-PH in the NICU and beyond

Steven Abman

09.00-09.30

Calm down, please: Sedation and pain management in BPD

Ju-Lee Oei

09.30-10.00

Panel question and answer

10.00-10.15

Morning tea

10.15-10.45

Family centered care in BPD: challenges and feasibility

Mingyan Hei

10.45-11.15

Interactions of BPD patients with the ventilator: can they and should they be in sync?

Martin Keszler

11.15-11.45

Holistic approach in BPD care: Can we all work together

Xiaolu Ma

11.45-12.15

Home oxygen therapy for BPD

Ju-Lee Oei

12.15-12.45

Panel question and answer

12.45-13.30

Lunch

Section 4: New Developments

13.30-14.00

Cell therapy for BPD

Fumihiko Namba

14.00-14.30

Cath closure of PDA for the very small infants

Xu Zhang

14.30-15.00

Intratracheal Administration of Budesonide Using Surfactant as Vehicle: Is it ready for prime time

Tsu F. Yeh

15.00-15.30

Putting genetics into perspective: BPD risk gene sets

Wenhao Zhou

15.30-16.00

Panel question and answer

16.00

Closing remarks and adjourn

Huayan Zhang

Subject to change

Free Seats

Information

The number of participants is limited to 300

Participation Fees

 

Registration for international participants only. The registration for Chinese participants will open in November 2023.

 

Single Person: 400,00 Euro

With combined registration to the BPD Research Workshop, January 18, 2024:

Package fee: 550,00 Euro

 

 

Registration

Program Design / Host

Ju-Lee Oei

University of New South Wales,
Randwick NSW, Australia

Huayan Zhang

Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital, China / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA,
Bronx, NY, United States

Local Organizer

Huayan Zhang, MD
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center
Guangzhou Medical University
No. 9 Jinsui Road
Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA, USA

email: zhangh@chop.edu

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