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The 2014 PPS/SPP Meeting

Birmingham - UK

Dear Friends and Colleagues

It was with enormous pride and pleasure that we hosted the joint meeting of the Paediatric Pathology Society and the Society for Pediatric Pathology, in Birmingham, UK on 4-6th September 2014.

The meeting was granted 10 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).

The meeting also marked the Diamond Jubilee of the PPS.

The meeting was held at the famous International Conference Centre (ICC) in the heart of the city, next to the restored canals and close to all of Birmingham’s amenities, hotels and shopping.

The programme offered something for everyone, with two symposia, a slide seminar and two keynote lectures. A large number of abstracts for the scientific sessions were submitted and the programme was of a high standard.

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The Reception took place in the new Birmingham Library. The Gala Dinner was held in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. During the reception of which the famous Pre-Raphaelite Gallery of the Museum was open for a private viewing.

Please take a look at the gilded bronze statue of Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdock the genius industrialists and entrepreneurs who contributed tot he fame of Birmingham and whom we chose to be the logo of the meeting and whom we pictured on our commemorative medal.

Birmingham is a great base for exploring the historic towns of the Midlands, and the beautiful countryside or a starting point for a tour of the UK.

We hope you enjoyed your visit.

About this year's meeting

Scientific Programme

Thursday 4th Sept
1700-1900 Chairpersons: Glen Taylor and Ronald de Krijger	Paediatric Neuropathology Symposium: Zoltan MolnarProfessor of Neurodevelopmental Biology andFrancis SzeleUniversity Lecturer in Developmental Biology, University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. Developmental biology of neuronal migration. Dr. Waney Squier Department of Neuropathology. Oxford University Hospitals. Neonatal encephalopathy: Changing patterns. Dr.Catherine Fallot-Bianco, Hopital Sainte Justine etUniversite de Montreal (QC) Canada. Neuronalmigration disorders. 4. Dr. Casper Jansen, Consultant Paediatric and Neuropathologist, LaboratoriumPathologieOost- Nederland. Hengelo, NL. Paediatric Neurodegenerative Disorders
19.30 Welcome Reception The Secret Garden, Library of Birmingham
Friday 5th September
0830-1030	Paediatric pathology plenary session Chairpersons:CsabaGalambos and Nick Smith	Perinatal pathology plenary session Chairpersons: Tamas Marton and Rebecca Baergen
1030-1100	Break
1100-1200	IPPA graduate session Chairpersons: Marta Cohenand Samantha HoldenPresenters: Jukka Laine(Finland) George Kokai (UK) Bhumita Vadgama, (UK) Gitta Turowski(Norway) Jens Stahlschmidt (UK)	Perinatal/Paediatric pathology plenary session Chairpersons: Ona M. Faye-Petersen and Cesar Peres
1200-1300 Chairperson: Raj Kapur	Lotte Strauss lecture Benjamin Wilkins, MD, PhD “p53-mediated biliary defects caused by knockdown of cirhia, the zebrafish homolog of the gene responsible for North American Indian Childhood cirrhosis.”
1300-1400	Lunch

1400-1500	Paediatric pathology plenary session Chairpersons: AuroreCoulomb and Lisa Teot			Perinatal pathology plenary session Chairpersons: Linda Ernst and Roger Malcomson
1500-1600 Chairperson: Phil Cox	John Emery Memorial Lecture – Prof. Roc Kaschula: "Malnutrition as a form of Child Abuse or Neglect"
1600-1630	Tea
1630-1800	PPS AGM		SPP Business meeting
Conference Dinner – Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Saturday 6th September
0830-1100	Perinatal Symposium – Skeletal Dysplasia Chairpersons: Hal Hawkins and ClairEvans Peter Nikkels(Utrecht, Netherlands):Mimics ofskeletal dysplasia and chondrodysplasiapunctata. Luc Oligny(Montreal, Canada):Ciliopathies as a cause of skeletal dysplasia. Trevor Cole(Birmingham, UK):Skeletal Dysplasias:Review of practice in the clinicsetting. Linda Ernst(Chicago, USA):Diagnosis of skeletaldysplasia in disrupted fetuses.				Paediatric pathology plenary & poster session Chairpersons: MeganDishop and Marie-Anne Brundler
1100-1130	Break
1130-1300	Perinatal pathology plenary and poster session Chairpersons: Nick Smith and Monique De Paepe	Slide seminar – New insight in head and neck pathology Chairpersons:RaffaellaMorotti and Marian Malone Presenters: John Hicks, USA Kyle Kurek, USA Bruce Pawel, USA Lisa Teot, USA Jane Dahlstrom, Australia
1400 onwards	Cultural activity

2014 programme (2M)

PROGRAMME-4th-joint-PPS-SPP-Meeting-Programme-Bham-Sept-14 (2M)