Thursday, April 21st, 2016

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5:00pm

Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dean Lloyd Minor, Stanford Medicine
Hugh O'Brodovich, Stanford Child Health Research Institute
Chris Contag, Stanford Medicine

Conception and Early Development
Magda Zernicka-Goetz, University of Cambridge--The very steps in building the mammalian embryo
Renee A Reijo Pera, University of Montana--Timing in human embryo development: species specific sequences and disease
Barry Behr, Stanford Medicine--The science and practice of in vitro fertilization
Moderator: Chris Contag, Stanford Medicine

Keynote: Michael Lu, Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health

Break

Development to Term
Gary Shaw, Stanford Medicine--The common, costly, critical and complex nature of birth defects and preterm birth
Brice Gaudilliere, Stanford Medicine--The maternal immune system: a window into mechanisms of preterm birth
Virginia Winn, Stanford Medicine--Placental extracellular vesicles: pregnancy's potential postal system
Anne Lynch, University of Colorado--Novel approaches to biomarker discovery for preterm birth and retinopathy of prematurity
Moderator: Yasser El-Sayed, Stanford Medicine

Lunch

Born Too Soon
Karl Sylvester, Stanford Medicine--Metabolism in prematurity, biology and disease
Hugh O'Brodovich, Stanford Child Health Research Institute--Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BDP): A frequent sequelae of infants born very prematurely
Heidi Feldman, Stanford Medicine--The long shadow of a preterm birth
Moderator: David Stevenson, Stanford Medicine

Break

Technological Advancements in Perinatal Care
Tom Insel, Google Life Sciences--New approaches towards neurodevelopmental disorders
Alan Flake, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia--Extending gestation: Toward physiological support of the premature infant
Paul Yock, Stanford Medicine--BioDesign innovations for perinatal care
James Wall, Stanford Medicine--LifeBubble for neonatal umbilical lines
Mark Juravic, Materna Medical--Vaginal canal dilation to facilitate vaginal delivery
Moderator: Dennis Wall, Stanford Medicine

Reception

Friday, April 21st, 2016

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​Breakfast
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Welcome and Recap of Day 1
Christopher Dawes, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Mary Leonard, Stanford Medicine

Microbes and Pregnancy
David Relman, Stanford Medicine--The microbiome during pregnancy: consequences for health and disease
Phillip Tarr, Washington University in St. Louis--The preterm infant gut microbiome and necrotizing enterocolitis: menace or messenger?
Desiree LaBeaud, Stanford Medicine--Zika virus infection in pregnant women: impact on the fetus and neonate
Moderator: Yvonne Maldonado, Stanford Medicine

Break

Thriving in a Changing Environment
Alan Guttmacher, Permanent Fund for Vermont's Children--Child Care: An overlooked opportunity to improve health and well-being
Christina Bethell, Johns Hopkins University--We are the medicine: Human development and child well-being in an era of ordinary magic
Vishwajeet Kumar, Community Empowerment Lab--Child survival to thrival: perspectives from the community 
Moderator: Gary Darmstadt, Stanford Medicine

Keynote: Peter Singer, Canada Grand Challenges--Saving brains: innovations to help children thrive

​Closing Remarks