PRE-MEETING ACTIVITY 10 September – Room “Juan Pablo II”

Clinical Symposium: Scientific Advances of Clinical Impact

OPENING Secretaries: DAMIANO, Alicia and VARONE, Cecilia

8:45 h Welcome and introduction JAWERBAUM, Alicia and BEVILACQUA, Estela. IFPA 2019 chairs.

SESSION 1: PLACENTATION AND MATERNAL-FETAL INTERACTIONS - NEW INSIGHTS Chairs: DEMAYO, Sandra and VOTO, Liliana

9:00 h Placental exosomes in maternal-fetal communication and viral resistance SADOVSKY, Yoel. University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, USA.

9:30 h Role of trophoblast invasion during placentation HUPPERTZ, Berthold. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

SESSION 2: METABOLIC DISEASES IN PREGNANCY- NEW INSIGHTS Chairs: GORBAN DE LAPERTOSA, Silvia and ROVIRA, Gabriela

10:00 h Adaptive changes in the maternal pancreas to deal with the demands of the growing fetus HILL, David. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada.

10:30 h The placenta and the epigenetic burden of programming THORNBURG, Kent. Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.

11:00 h COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3: ROLE OF THE PLACENTA IN PREGNANCY DISEASES Chairs: DI MARCO, Ingrid and BASUALDO, Natalia

11:30 h Epidemiological, clinical and molecular insights into the pathophysiology of Abnormally Invasive Placenta (AIP) ZAMUDIO, Stacy. Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, USA.

12:00 h Preeclampsia: current pathophysiological understanding STAFF, Annetine. Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

SESSION 4: NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PREGNANCY EVALUATION Chairs: DI MARCO, Ingrid and BASUALDO, Natalia

12:30 h MRI to evaluate placental function Michal Neeman. The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel.

CLOSURE

IFPA 2019 · VIII SLIMP 10 -13 September

Buenos Aires· Argentina