Conferences and Study Days
Here is a list of forthcoming meetings, conferences and study days. To add your event to the list simply or telephone (01279) 714508
The latest details of neonatal and paediatric study days and conferences are published monthly in our free monthly news email Bulletin, which can be obtained by filling out our request form.
March, 2024
Venue: Online webinar
This webinar will introduce the structure of congenital heart defects. Participants will be shown heart specimens ranging from ‘simple’ holes in the heart to more complex lesions. The purpose is to enable a better overall understanding of congenital heart defects as encountered in the clinical setting.
Email: morphology@rbht.nhs.uk
Web: www.rbht.nhs.uk/for-healthcare-professionals/education-and-training-0/royal-brompton-cardiac-morphology/webinar-morphology-for-heart-defects-essentials
April, 2024
Venue: Lisbon, Portugal
The 99nicu Meetup conference nurtures learning and innovation and also aims to foster collaboration within the community of neonatal care professionals.
Venue: St Albans Centre, Holborn, London
The Sensory Beginnings Neonatal Nurture Course teaches how to provide the best compassionate, sensory informed care for premature and sick babies and their families. Suitable for everyone working in neonatal care. Support materials including presentations, PDFs and handouts are provided. There is a learning certificate upon completion and access to monthly mentoring for six months.
Email: info@sensorybeginnings.com
Web: www.sensorybeginnings.com/product/sensory-beginnings-neonatal-course-london-3rd-and-4th-april-2024
Venue: Porto, Portugal
The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) conference promotes the health of children and young people, aiming to improve standards in training, service and research. The conference includes the MasterCourse workshop, which this time focusses on vaccines and paediatric infectious diseases.
Venue: Turkey
Europaediatrics is the major scientific event of the European Paediatric Association and the Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Association (EPA-UNEPSA). The scientific programme will commence with a series of workshops along with keynote lectures, symposia, debates, free communications, poster presentations and meet the expert sessions.
Venue: Tower Bridge, London
The 2024 conference of the special interest group for necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration to optimise research and improvements in practice. Day 1 will look at the latest findings in NEC and day 2 will consider neonatal QI and innovation. Save the date.
Contact: info@signec-conference.com
Web: www.mcascientificevents.eu/signec
Venue: Virtual online
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents and ensuring learning and improvement in patient safety. This conference will look at the practicalities of implementing and using PSIRF. Delegates will hear from expert speakers that will provide updates on best practice.
Email: sarahjane@hc-uk.org.uk
Web: www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
Venue: Maidstone, Kent
Stabilisation and Transfer of the Acutely unwell Neonate (STAN) is a course specially developed to teach and embed the theoretical understanding and practical skills needed for a safe and efficient neonatal transfer. Through lectures, small group case-based tutorials, workshops and high-definition simulation, this course helps to build confidence for the new transport clinician and provide valuable CPD and networking opportunities for more experienced colleagues.
Contact: Lee Collier
Email: lee@neonatalskills.uk
Web: https://neonatalskills.uk
Venue: Online webinar
In this National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) webinar, NHS England Clinical Lead for Equality, Ethnicity and Genetics Dr Naz Khan and NCMD Deputy Director Vicky Sleap will look at how consanguinity is recorded in cases of child death. The webinar will review the guidance on dealing with consanguineous relationships in child death review, exploring how this guidance is currently being applied and priorities for updating this work in future. There will be opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
Venue: Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham
The programme of the neonatal GRID trainee meeting 2024 is designed to cover clinical and non-clinical areas of the neonatal curriculum. there are 'career surgeries' for ST7s and ST8s. Registration includes attendance to the two-day conference, refreshments throughout, lunch on both days and a certificate of attendance.
Telephone: 44 (0)1438 751 519
Email: lucy@cfsevents.co.uk
Web: https://cfsevents.eventsair.com/502---national-neonatal-grid-trainee-meeting-2024/registration/Site/Register
May, 2024
Venue: Aalborg, Denmark
The 11th Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN) Conference in collaboration with the Danish Neonatal Nurses and local hosts, Aalborg University Hospital, will be based on the theme: Supporting Closeness, Building Relations.
June, 2024
Venue: James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
This highly successful advanced neonatal conference is aimed at professionals who are engaged in the care of newborn infants, including consultants, specialist trainees, advanced nurse practitioners and senior neonatal nurses. Topics include: intratracheal budesonide and surfactant – results from PLUSS trial; optimising respiratory support in the delivery room; oxygen therapy at resuscitation; feeding extreme preterm infants; bronchopulmonary disease prevention bundle; neonatal airway update; optimising oxygenation during neonatal intubation- results from the THRIVE study; current evidence on high flow therapy.
Email: nicky.robinson@nhs.net
Web: https://events.southtees.nhs.uk/events/annual-international-neonatal-conference-thursday-6th-friday-7th-june-2024
Venue: Rome, Italy
The European Society for Paediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Congress offers cutting-edge scientific and educational content with engaging paediatric and neonatal intensive care sessions. Learn about the latest breakthroughs via plenary lectures, keynote speakers, parallel seminars and poster sessions. Abstract submission deadline: 17 January 2024.
Venue: University of Nottingham
The annual international meeting between the Neonatal Society and the Fetal & Neonatal Physiological Society. With 10 keynote speakers and plenary sessions, and two auditoriums for parallel sessions.
Venue: Waterloo, London
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents and ensuring learning and improvement in patient safety. This conference will look at the practicalities of implementing and using PSIRF. Delegates will hear from expert speakers that will provide updates on best practice.
Email: sarahjane@hc-uk.org.uk
Web: www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
Venue: Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough University and virtual online
REaSoN has evolved over 30 years as a prestigious and educationally rewarding annual conference for doctors, nurses, ANNPs, nurse educators and others with a shared interest in neonatology. The meeting provides dedicated sessions that cover current research evidence, quality improvement, nursing hot topics, ethics and frontier science. It attracts leading UK and International speakers and lively debate is encouraged. Early bird registration before 4 March 2024.
Email: terrie@cfsevents.co.uk
Web: www.cfsevents.co.uk
July, 2024
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
This is the first joint congress of the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies (UENPS) and the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI). Save the date – more information to follow.
September, 2024
Venue: University of Vienna, Austria
Organised by the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, ECPM 2024 brings together groups and individuals in Europe that are interested in promoting the science of perinatal medicine for the benefit of mothers and their children.
Email: info@ecpmcongress.eu
Web: www.mcascientificevents.eu/ecpm
Venue: Edgbaston Park Hotel Birmingham and online
The 15th Neonatal Cardiology and Haemodynamics conference (NeoCard-UK) 2024 will consist of two days of high-quality educational content aimed at neonatologists, paediatricians, paediatric cardiologists, paediatric intensivists, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners and neonatal nurses.
Telephone: 01438 751519
Email: lisa@cfsevents.co.uk
Web: www.neonatalcardiology.co.uk
Venue: Perugia, Italy
The joint 7th World Congress on Twin Pregnancy a Global Prospective, and the 19th Congress of the International Society Twin Studies (ISTS). Topics include: Emerging methods in twin research; Genomic studies of complex trails; Large collaborative studies in twin birth cohorts; Neuroimaging and the brain; New developments with the biology and genetics of twinning; prenatal screening and diagnosis; Omics twin studies; Perinatal mortality and morbidity in multiple pregnancy; Preterm birth and prematurity; Twin-related complications.
Web: www.micehub.app/event/01dda653-0c04-411a-aab2-319a1b070cdf
October, 2024
Venue: Maidstone, Kent
Stabilisation and Transfer of the Acutely unwell Neonate (STAN) is a course specially developed to teach and embed the theoretical understanding and practical skills needed for a safe and efficient neonatal transfer. Through lectures, small group case-based tutorials, workshops and high-definition simulation, this course helps to build confidence for the new transport clinician and provide valuable CPD and networking opportunities for more experienced colleagues.
Email: lee@neonatalskills.uk
Web: https://neonatalskills.uk/
Venue: Hilton Boston Park Plaza, Boston, USA
Formerly known as the Science & Soul Congress, this meeting brings together heart-centred, mission-driven health and human service professionals serving babies, children and families. The aim is to cultivate meaningful practices and routines that reduce distress and suffering for professionals and those they serve.
Web: www.courses-caringessentials.net/2024-cec-conference-registration
November, 2024
Venue: Virtual online
The Baby Friendly Annual Conference brings together those involved in the care of babies, their parents and families to learn about research and innovations in the fields of infant feeding and relationship building.
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
EiP encompasses topics from neonates to early adolescence and covers all paediatric specialties. The multidisciplinary approach broadens knowledge and is an excellent opportunity for paediatricians, general practitioners, neonatologists, nurses and other child health professionals to update their skills, share experiences and learn from leading experts in the field.
March, 2025
Venue: Madrid, Spain
Organised by the Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring Study Group of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, ECIC 2025 aims to promote intrapartum fetal monitoring training, research collaboration, and development of standards and guidelines. Save the date.