Preliminary programme
Friday, 10 October
8:00-9:00 Registration/coffee (Lobby)
9:00-10:40 Opening session
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Inga Ziemele (LV), Vaidotas Urbonas (LT), Chris Pruunsild (EE)
| 09:00-09:15 | Musical performance |
| 09:15-09:25 | Address by the Latvian Ministry of Health |
| 09:25-09:40 | Children's health in Latvia. Inga Ziemele, President of the Latvian Association of Paediatricians |
| 09:40-09:55 | Children's health in Lithuania. Vaidotas Urbonas, President of the Lithuanian Association of Paediatricians |
| 09:55-10:10 | Children's health in Estonia. Chris Pruunsild, President of the Estonian Association of Paediatricians |
| 10:10-10:40 | State of Art lecture. WHO (TBC) |
| 10:40-10:55 | Children’s Clinical University Hospital of Latvia – an organization that teaches, learns and drives innovation. Valts Ābols, Chairman of the CCUH Board |
| 10:55-11:30 | Innovations in Sleep Medicine. Marta Celmiņa (LV) |
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break/Networking/Industry Exhibition (Lobby)
12:00-13:30 Infectious Diseases, Vaccination and Immunology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Liene Cupane (LV), Stéphane Paulus (UK), Jana Lass (EE)
| 12:00-12:30 | Antimicrobial Stewardship : How to keep antibiotics working for our children. Prof. Stéphane Paulus (UK) |
| 12:30-12:50 | Promoting responsible antibiotic use at the Tartu University Hospital: team-based stewardship by developing and implementing antibacterial web application. Assoc. Prof. Jana Lass (EE) |
| 12:50-13:10 | Vaccination - prevention of antimicrobial resistance. Prof. Dace Zavadska (LV) |
| 13:10-13:30 | E. coli (STEC) outbreake experience in Children's Clinical University hospital Riga, Latvia. Asst. Prof. Gunta Laizāne (LV) |
13:30-14:15 Industry Symposia (Main Hall and Parallel Hall)
14:15-15:00 Lunch Break/Networking/Industry Exhibition/Poster Sessions (Lobby)
15:00-16:30 Pulmonology and Allergology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Arunas Valiulis (LT), Silvi Plado (EE), Elina Aleksejeva (LV)
| 15:00-15:30 | Preschool Wheezing: Current Understanding and Management. Prof. Andrew Bush (UK) |
| 15:30-15:50 | When Primary Immunodeficiency and Tuberculosis Intersect in a Child: First-Year Experience of Primary Immunodeficiency Screening in Latvia. Dr Lota Ozola (LV) |
| 15:50-16:10 | Biologicals in Paediatric Allergology. Prof. Silvi Plado (EE) |
| 16:10-16:30 | Air Pollution and Child Health: New Evidence of Harm. Prof. Arūnas Valiulis (LT) |
16:30-16:50 Coffee Break/Networking/Industry Exhibition
16:50-18:10 Cardiology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Elīna Ligere (LV), Skaistė Sendžikaitė (LT), Tuljo Ööbik (EE)
| 16:50-17:10 | Coarctation of the aorta. Dr.med. Skaistė Sendžikaitė (LT) |
| 17:10-17:30 | Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: 3 cases from 2025. Dr Tuljo Ööbik (EE) |
| 17:30-17:50 | Inherited cardiac channelopathies in Latvian pediatric patients: focus un long QT syndrome. Dr Diana Stoldere (LV) |
| 17:50-18:00 | Case report: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Noonan syndrome treated by MEK-inhibitor Trametinib. Dr Zanda Grinberga (LV) |
| 18:00-18:10 | Discussion |
16:50-18:10 Rheumatology/Nephrology
Dzintari Hall
Moderator: Chris Pruunsild (EE)
| 16:50-17:10 | Hemolytic uremic syndrome in children. Assoc. Prof. Šarūnas Rudaitis (LT) |
| 17:10-17:30 | CRMO - the latvian experience. Dr Kristine Rasa (LV) |
| 17:30-17:50 | Still's disease - what's new about the old disease? Assoc. Prof. Chris Pruunsild (EE) |
| 17:50-18:00 | Still's disease - a case report. Dr Jaanika Ilisson (EE) |
| 18:00-18:10 | Discussion |
19:30-24:00 Congress Dinner. Restaurant "Laivas" (additional fee)
saturday, 11 October
8:00-8:45 Registration/coffee (Lobby)
8:45-9:30 INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA (MAIN HALL AND PARALLEL HALL)
9:30-10:40 Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Jurmala Hall
Moderators TBA
| 9:30-9:50 | Minor Head Injury. Silvia Bressan (IT) |
| 9:50-10:10 | Overtreatment in ED. Lina Jankauskaite (LT) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Procedural Sedation by a paediatrician. Roberts Gobergs (LV) |
| 10:30-10:40 | Discussion |
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break/Networking/Industry Exhibition
11:00-12:30 Hematooncology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators TBA
| 11:00-11:30 | Iron Deficiency Anemia (LT) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Elizabete Cebura (LV) |
| 11:50-12:10 | Lymphadenopathy (EE) |
| 12:10-12:20 | Case report/Free paper. TBC |
| 12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
11:00-12:30 Rare diseases
Dzintari Hall
Moderator: Madara Auzenbaha (LV)
| 11:00-11:30 | Multidisciplinary approach to rare disease care pathways. Assoc. Prof. Birute Tumiene (LT) |
| 11:30-11:50 | The usual complex course of MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome. Dr. Med. Karit Reinson (EE) |
| 11:50-12:10 | Think ammonia. Assoc. Prof. Madara Auzenabaha (LV) |
| 12:10-12:20 | TBA |
| 12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
12:30-12:40 break
12:40-14:00 Endocrinology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Iveta Dzivite (LV), Jurgita Gailite (LV), Vallo Tillmann (EE), Rasa Verkauskiene (LT)
| 12:40-13:10 | Ontogenesis of Postpubertal Central Obesity Syndrome. Francis de Zegher (BE) |
| 13:10-13:30 | Endocrinopathies in Childhood Cancer Survivors. Prof. Rasa Verkauskiene (LT) |
| 13:30-13:50 | The Hygiene Hypothesis in the Development of Type 1 Diabetes. Prof. Vallo Tillmann (EE) |
| 13:50-14:00 | Case report/Free paper |
| 14:00-14:10 | Discussion |
14:15-15:00 Lunch Break/Networking/Industry Exhibition/Poster Sessions (Lobby)
15:00-16:20 Neonatology
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Kristīne Rasnača (LV), Heili Varendi (EE), Arūnas Liubšys (LT)
| 15:00-15:20 | Neonatal ECMO outcome in Latvia. Dace Sniedze (LV) |
| 15:20-15:40 | National register of very preterm infants and their care details in Estonia. Heili Varendi (EE) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Current advances and challenges in neonatology. Arūnas Liubšys (LT) |
| 16:00-16:10 | Is HIE always the cause of newborn hypotonia? A case report. Sandra Tapiņa (LV) |
| 16:10-16:20 | Discussion |
15:00-16:20 Mental Health
Dzintari Hall
Moderator: Karīna Beinerte (LV)
| 15:00-15:50 | Functional tic-like and other movement disorders. Dr Osman Malik (UK) |
| 15:50-16:10 | There is nothing to fear but fear itself - psychiatric stigma in paediatric care. Dr Nikita Bezborodovs, PhD (LV) |
| 16:10-16:20 | Discussion |
16:25-17:55 Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Jurmala Hall
Moderators: Ieva Puķīte (LV), Vaidotas Urbonas (LT)
| 16:25-16:55 | Achalasia: case report with differential diagnostic and treatment. Ieva Pukite (LV) |
| 16:55-17:15 | EE (TBC) |
| 17:15-17:35 | Abnormality of liver function. When we should be concerned. Benas Prušinskas (LT) |
| 17:35-17:45 | Mesalazine toxicity in inflammatory bowel disease: case report with differential diagnostic and treatment. Dominykas Varnas, Vaidotas Urbonas (LT) |
| 17:45-17:55 | Discussion |