day 1 agenda

7th Edition - World Congress on PEDIATRICS & NEONATOLOGY Sep 07 - 08, 2026 at Paris, France (Hybrid Event)
Scientific program
Day 1- September 07, 2026
Meeting Hall-1
8:00-08:45	Welcome & Registrations
8:45-09:00	Opening Remarks
Keynote Talks
Jorge Sales Marques, Hospital Cuf Porto, Poland	WCPN-2026	A 5 month old boy with hard skin and joint rigidity
Richard M. Kostrzewa, East Tennessee State University, USA	WCPN-2026	Peculiarities of perinatal dopaminergic lesioning in rodents; relevance to modeling human neuropathologic disorders: Parkinson, ADHD, Tardive Dyskinesia
TBA	WCPN-2026	TBA
Group Photo & Refreshment Break
Plenary Session-I
Ekkehart Paditz, Zentrum für Angewandte Prävention, Switzerland	WCPN-2026	Shaken baby or not? Sandifer syndrome: Think gastroesophageal reflux! First description of Sandifer syndrome with thrombocyte storage pool defect
Kanchan Upreti, Zentrum für Angewandte Prävention, Switzerland	WCPN-2026	Shaken baby or not? Sandifer syndrome: Think gastroesophageal reflux! First description of Sandifer syndrome with thrombocyte storage pool defect
Joachim Opp, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen, Germany	WCPN-2026	Doctors can learn to distinguish functional seizures from epileptic seizures simply by listening to the way patients describe their seizures
Jessica A George, Johns Hopkins University, USA	WCPN-2026	The Evolution of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols in Pediatrics
Lunch Break @ Restaurant
Technical Session-I
Keith Zarahi Amaral, Summit Hospital, United States	WCPN-2026	High Velocity Nasal Insufflation: Reducing Pediatric Transfers
Bernadett Kertész Semmelweis University, Hungary	WCPN-2026	Approaching feeding difficulties in infants and preterm newborns from the perspective of physiotherapy
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Betsy J Barnes, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, USA	WCPN-2026	Unlocking IRF5: A New Therapeutic Frontier for Pediatric Brain Cancer and Osteosarcoma
Joan A. Friedman, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, USA	WCPN-2026	Debunking the Twin Mystique: Psychological and Relational Dimensions of Parenting Twins from Pregnancy to Early Infancy
Refreshment Break
Peggy Vogt, Emory University, USA	WCPN-2026	Outcomes of Nasotracheal vs Orotracheal Intubation in Neonates after Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery, A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis
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Raluca Petrican, University of Liverpool, UK	WCPN-2026	Neural sexual differentiation, maternal health and environmental enrichment predict psychiatric symptoms in early life
Panel Discussions
Please note that this is a tentative program and the schedule is subject to change. If you are interested in attending this conference, please contact Mr. William Jones at  william_jones@pediatrics-neonatology.com to reserve your slot.