Planning Pregnancy and Preventing Birth defects

Invited international speakers: John Graham, Bob Brent

Invited national speakers: Frank Nicholas, Carol Bower, Bill Webster, Sandra Lowe, Neil Hotham, Kris Barlow-Stewart, Jane Halliday, Leeanda Wilton, Debra Kennedy, Pam Palasanthiran

Tribute to Marsh Edwards· 

• The role of hyperthermia in human birth defects – John Graham· 

• Birth and other defects in animals : continuing in the footsteps of Marsh Edwards – Frank NicholasTony Lipson

Lecture: The cause and prevention of Congenital Malformations – will we ever prevent this groups of diseases? Bob Brent 

New perspectives on old problems· 

• Alcohol

• Ionising radiation

• Dental care

• CMV

Fetal consequences of maternal conditions· 

• Obesity and pregnancy

• Diabetes and diabetic embryopathy

• Folic acid

Policy and Practice

• Drugs in pregnancy and planning pregnancy

• Genetics Education

• Prenatal diagnosis and screening

• PGD and preventing birth defects

• PLaN