THURSDAY – June 1st

18.00: Opening/Welcome  at Holmenkollen Park Hotel

SESSION 1

Chairpersons: Bengt Robertson (Stockholm) – Ola Didrik Saugstad (Oslo)

18.30 – 19.10

The 9th Nils Svenningsen Memorial Lecture:

Petra Huppi (Geneva)

Lung Disease and Brain Development

19.30: Welcome Drinks at Holmenkollen Jump Hill

20.30:  Welcome Dinner at Holmenkollen Park Hotel

FRIDAY – June 2nd

SESSION 2

Chairpersons: Henry L. Halliday (Belfast) Bo Sun (Shangai)

8.30 -9.15

Alan H. Jobe (Cincinatti)

Why surfactant works mechanisms to explain clinical responses

9.15-10: Free papers

Abstract n. 4:

NOVEL MUTATION IN THE GENE ENCODING ABCA3 RESULTING IN FATAL NEONATAL LUNG DISEASE

Ola Didrik Saugstad (Oslo)

Abstract n. 12:

THE EFFICACY OF SURFACTANT LUNG LAVAGE BY CUROSURF ENRICHED WITH DEXTRAN IN EXPERIMENTAL MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME

Andrea Calkovska (Martin)

Abstract n. 30:

SILICONE OIL INTERFERES WITH SURFACTANT PROTEIN (SP)-B BUT NOT WITH SP-C
Guido Stichtenoth (Lubeck)

10.00-10-30: Coffee Break

SESSION 3

Chairpersons: Christian P. Speer (W?zburg) Giulio Bevilacqua (Parma)

10.30 -11.10

Linda Van Marter (Boston)

BPD 2006: Risk Factors and Preventive Strategies

11.15 -12.00:  Free papers

Abstract n. 3:

”Watterberg effect” in infant less thAn 30 weeks gestation at delivery
Irena Stucin Gantar (Liubljana)

Abstract n. 5:

ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID DID NOT MODULATE INTRA-AMNIOTIC ENDOTOXIN MEDIATED PULMONARY INFLAMMATION IN FETAL SHEEP

Boris W. Kramer (W?rzburg)

Abstract n. 6:

INTRAVENOUS ENDOTOXIN RESULTS IN PULMONARY INFLAMMATION AND LUNG REMODELING IN PRETERM FETAL SHEEP

Boris W. Kramer (W?rzburg)

12.00 14.00: Lunch

13.10-13.55 Poster Session

Chairpersons: Finn Ebbesen (Aalborg) Alan H. Jobe (Cincinnati)

Abstract n. 1:

PULMONARY AIRLEAKS IN NEWBORN INFANTS

Meberg Alf (Tרnsberg)

Abstract n 7:
NEONATAL RESUSCITATION IN ITALY: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE

Daniele Trevisanuto (Padova)

Abstract n. 8:

INFLAMMATION MARKERS DURING AND AFTER BAL WITH PORCINE SURFACTANT IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI) BY ASPIRATION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Giuseppe Marrano (Milan)

Abstract n. 9:

INCREASED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN SERUM LEVELS DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEONATES

Costas Papagaroufalis (Athens)

Abstract n. 10:

SURFACTANTADMINISTRATION IN PREMATURE INFANTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (RDS): EFFECT OF  VENTILATION WITH TWO DIFFERENT TIDAL VOLUMES

Francesca Castoldi (Italy)

Abstract n. 11:

VENTILATIONWITH VOLUME GUARANTEE (VG) IN PREMATURE INFANTS WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESSSYNDROME (RDS): EFFECT ON SURFACTANT ADMINISTRATION

Francesca Castoldi (Milan)

Abstract n. 14:

Histological chorioamnionitis, preterm premature of membranes, and neonatal respiratory outcome

Stefania Vedovato (Padova)

Abstract n 37

CURRENT STATUS OF SURFACTANT THERAPY IN NEONATAL RESPIRATORY FAILURE: A 12-MONTH MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE SURVEY IN CHINA

Bo Sun (Shanghai)

SESSION 4

Chairpersons: Tore Cursted (Stockholm) Mikko Hallman (Oulu)

14.00 -14.40

Peter Burri (Berne)

Development of the lung and growth of its microvasculature

14.45- 15.30:  Free papers

Abstract 2:

ALVEOLAR MORPHOMETRY IN RAT LUNGS WITH SURFACTANT DEFICIENCY
Zalman Weintraub (Naharyia)

Abstract 13:

RECOMBINANT HUMAN KGF COMPARED TO BETAMETHASONE: INCREASED SURFACTANT POOLS WITHOUT KATABOLIC SIDE EFFECTS DURING LUNG ALVEOLARIZATION

Wolfgang Bernhard (Reutlingen)

Abstract 26:

Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta) Reprograms Cell Fate Determination in Pulmonary Endodermal Cells

Parviz Minoo (Los Angeles)

15.30 -16.00: Coffee Break

SESSION 5

Chairpersons: Eric S. Shinwell (Rehovot) Ian Laing (Edinburgh)

16.00 – 16.40

Henry L. Halliday (Belfast)

Recent Clinical Trials with Surfactant

16.45-17.30: Free papers

Abstract n. 18:

A PHYSIOLIOGIC LOW OXYGEN PROTOCOL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE INCIDENCE OF THRESHOLD RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (VLBW) PREMATURE INFANTS

Rangasamy Ramanathan (Los Angeles)

Abstract n. 32

AN OPEN-LABEL COMPARISON OF CALFACTANT AND PORACTANT ALFA ADMINISTRATION TRAITS AND IMPACT ON NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT RESOURCES

Jeffrey S. Gerdes (Philadelphia)

Abstract n. 19:

SURFACTANT THERAPY IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (<1500g, VLBW) INFANTS DURING NASAL VENTILATION: A FEASIBILITY STUDY

Rangasamy Ramanathan (Los Angeles)

20:00: Gala Dinner at Saga Hall Holmenkollen Park Hotel

SATURDAY – June 3rd

SESSION 6

Chairpersons: Jeffrey S. Gerdes (Philadenphia) Egbert Herting (L?beck)

9.00 – 9.40

Ron I Clyman (San Francisco)

Patent Ductus Arteriosus: a pathophysiological basis for current treatment strategies

9.45 – 10.30: Free papers

Abstract n. 1:

NATURAL HISTORY OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA), SPONTANEOUS CLOSURE RATE AND RESPONSE TO INDOMETHACIN (INDO) TREATMENT IN VERY LOW BORTH WEIGHT INFANTS (VLBW) DOCUMENTED BY SERIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Rangasamy Ramanathan (Los Angeles)

Abstract n. 15:

MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF LUNG SURFACTANT IN RESPONSE TO HYPEROXIA

H.Dombrowsky (T?bingen)

Abstract n. 21:

HYPOXIA AND REOXYGENATION WITH DIFFERENT OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS.

A STUDY OF GENE REGULATION IN NEWBORN PIGLETS.

Ronnaug Solberg (Oslo)

10.30 – 11.00:  Coffe Break

SESSION 7

Chairpersons: Virgilio P. Carnielli (Ancona) – J. Johansson (Uppsala)

11.00 – 11.40

Tore Curstedt (Stockholm)

New Synthetic Surfactant- how and when?

11.45 – 12.30: Free papers

Abstract 29:

CUROSURF AND AN SP-C33 BASED SYNTHETIC SURFACTANT ARE BOTH EFFECTIVE IN EXPERIMENTAL ARDS INDUCED BY SURFACTANT DEPLETION AND INJURIOUS VENTILATION

Doris Cunha-Goncalves – Lund, Sweden

Abstract n. 27:

MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN LUNG FUNCTION WITH SYNTHETIC SURFACTANT IN  EXPERIMENTAL ARDS INDUCED BY HCL-INSTILLATION AND INJURIOUS VENTILATION

Valeria Perez de Sa – Lund, Sweden

Abstract 28 :

SURFACTANT INSTILLATION ALONE IS AS EFFECTIVE AS SURFACTANT LAVAGE FOLLOWED BY INSTILLATION IN EXPERIMENTAL ARDS

Doris Cunha-Goncalves – Lund, Sweden

12.30 14.30: Lunch

13.40-14.25 Posters Session

Chairpersons: Costas Papagaroufalis (Athens) Henrik Verder (Holbaek)

Abstract n. 16:

IMPROVED SURVIVAL AND INCREASING USE OF NASAL VENTILATION IN THE INCREDIBLY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (ILBW, <700g) INFANTS. A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

Rangasamy Ramanathan (Los Angeles)

Abstract n. 22:

ENDOTHELIAL, INDUCIBLE, AND NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN CONGENITAL PULMONARY LYMPHANGIECTASIS

Thomas Hoehn (Glasgow)

Abstract n. 23:

CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA: TREATMENT OF REBOUND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH ORAL SILDENAFIL.

Edna Maria De Albuquerque Diniz (Sao Paulo)

Abstract n. 24:

INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SURFACTANTS  ON CHEMOTAXIS OF NEUTROPHILIC GRANULOCYTES

Egbert Herting (Lubeck)

Abstract n. 25:

SURFACTANT REPLACEMENT DURING CPAP IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS </= 27 WEEKS? THREE YEAR EXPIRIENCE WITH THIS APPROACH OF ONE CENTER

Angela Kribs (Cologna)

Abstract n. 31:

INFLUENCE OF CHORIOAMNIONITIS AND ANTENATAL STEROIDS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF RDS

Janez Babnik Liublijana

Abstract n. 34:

EARLY SURFACTANT (SF) THERAPY IN VERY-LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT-INFANTS (VLBWI) DATA FROM EuroNeoNet DATABASE

A. Valls-i-Soler (Barakaldo-Bilbao)

Abstract n. 35:

EFFECTS OF LUCINACTANT VS PORACTANT-ALFA ON PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE AND MECHANICS IN PREMATURE LAMBS WITH RDS

A. Valls-i-Soler (Barakaldo-Bilbao)

SESSION 8

Chairpersons: Merran Thompson (London) Richard Plavka (Prague)

14.00-14.40

Istan Seri (Los Angeles)

Pulmonary and Systemic Effects of Inotropic Drugs

14.45 15.30 Free papers

Abstract n. 20:

INFLAMMATORY ASPECTS OF  MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME
Bodil Salvesen (Oslo)

Abstract n. 33:

Reduced Surfactant Disaturated Phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) Pool Size is associated with Extubation Failures (EF) in Preterm Infants recovering from Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS).

Verlato Giovanna (Padova)

Abstract n. 36:

Surfactant disaturated-phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) kinetics in human adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using stable isotopes

Paola Cogo (Ancona)

20.00 Farewell Dinner at  Norwegian Folk Museum