The 8th I-DSD/CAH Symposium 2021

Thursday 8th July- Saturday 10th July 2021

Thursday July 8th 2021 (09:00 -12:30)

[University Hospital Bern]

Choice of 3 workshops out of 4 lasting 45 mins each

The I-DSD/I-CAH registries

Salma Ali

Glasgow, UK

Bioinformatic analysis

Amit Pandey

Bern, Switzerland

Communication with a new parent

Amy Wisniewski

Oklahoma City, USA

Interpretation of endocrine tests

Tülay Güran

Istanbul, Turkey

Lunch for workshop 12:00 – 12:30

*Symposium Day 1 (Thursday, July 8th 2021)* *[University Hospital Bern]*
Registration & Coffee from 11:30 – venue
13:00: Opening
Session 1 – Setting the Scene (13:00-14:15) Chair: Anna Nordenström
13:00 – 13:05	Christa Flück, Bern, Switzerland
13:05 – 13:20	Patients’ experiences in Switzerland
13:20 – 13:35	Patient support & advocacy – Arlene Smyth, Turner Syndrome International
Session 2 – International Collaboration (13:40-14:15) Chair: Faisal Ahmed
13:40 – 13:45	Endo-ERN – Olaf Hiort, Lübeck Germany
13:45 – 13:50	ESPE DSD working group – Tülay Güran, Istanbul, Turkey
13:50 – 13:55	APEG DSD Working Group – Michelle O’Connell, Melbourne, Australia
13:55 – 14:00	PES DSD Working Group – Courtney Finlayson, Chicago, USA
14:00 –14:05	I-DSD/CAH – Christa Flück, Bern, Switzerland
14:05 –14:15	Discussion
Oral Communications 1 (OC1) (14:20-15:30)
14:20 – 15:30
Break 15:30 – 16:00
Session 3 – Reaching A Genetic Diagnosis In The Era Of NGS (16:00-17:30) Chairs: TBC
16:00 – 16:25	The clinical approach – Ruth McGowan, Glasgow, UK
16:25 – 16:50	Advances in insilico analysis – Katie Ayers, Melbourne, Australia
16:50 – 17:15	Functional analysis – Anu Bashamboo, Paris, France
17:15 – 17:30	Discussion
Free Evening

Session 4 –Adrenal & Gonadal Development (08:15-09:45) Chairs: TBC
08:15 – 08:40	Single cell genomic atlas for human disorders – Roser Vento, Cambridge, UK
08:40 – 09:05	Novel therapeutic models for adrenal disorders– Leo Guasti, London, UK
09:05 – 09:30	Novel models of the gonads – Anna Lauber-Biason, Fribourg, Switzerland
09:30 – 09:45	Discussion
Oral communications 2 (OC2) (09:45:-11:00)
09:45 – 11:00
Coffee Break 11:00 – 11-30 – Venue
Session 5 – Hypospadias – a disorder of sex development or not (11:30 – 13:00) Chairs:
11:30 – 11:50	Acquired or genetic – Jorma Toppari, Turku, Finland
11:50 – 12:10	The views of an endocrinologist – Sabine Hannema, Amsterdam, Netherlands
12:10 – 12:30	The views of a psychologist – Norma Ruppen, Zurich, Switzerland
12:30 – 12:50	The views of a surgeon – Emilie Johnson, Chicago, US
12:50 – 13:00	Round table
Lunch 13:00 – 14:00
Session 6 – Mini-Puberty (14:00 – 16:00) Chairs:
14.00 – 14.30	The endocrinology of mini-puberty – Katharina Main, Copenhagen Denmark
14:30 – 15.00	Neurobehavioural outcomes – Melissa Hines, Cambridge, UK
15.00 – 15:30	Manipulating minipuberty – Taneli Raivio, Helsinki, Finland
15:30 – 16:00	Discussion
Coffee and Posters 16:00 – (Ground floor)
16:00 – 18:30	Guided poster rounds
20.00 – Social Evening

Session 7 – Endocrine aspects at transition & beyond (09.00 – 10.30) Chairs:
09.00 – 09.25	Sex steroid replacement – Anna Nordenström, Stockholm, Sweden
09.20 – 09.45	Gonadotropin therapy – Luca Persani, Milan, Italy
09.45 – 10.10	Long-term care in adulthood – Philippe Touraine, Paris, France
10.10 – 10.35	Long-term psychosocial outcome – Baudewijntje Kreukels, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10.35 – 10.45	Discussion
Coffee Break 10.45 – 11.15
Session 8 – Future Directions (11:15 – 13:15) Chairs:
11.15 – 11.40	Incorporating DSD concepts in the undergraduate curriculum – Ina Amarillo, St Louis, USA
11.40 – 12:05	Involvement of patient organisations – Virginie Bros-Facer, EURORDIS
12:05 – 12.30	Incorporating the ethical dimension into clinical practice – Jürg Streuli, Zurich, Switzerland
12:30 – 12:55	Benchmarking of care in DSD & CAH – Faisal Ahmed, Glasgow, UK
12:55 – 13:15	Discussion
13.15 – Close (Faisal Ahmed)