Conference highlights

• Excellence in content: A stellar Scientific Committee comprised of the editors of internationally acclaimed paediatric journals and books published by Wiley-Blackwell has selected the cutting-edge topics to be included in the scientific programme.
  
• Excellence in speakers: Over 70 internationally renowned speakers from paediatric centres of excellence from 20 countries have already confirmed their participation.
  
• Excellence in delivery: The scientific programme is comprised of more than 75 exciting sessions (lectures, round tables, debates, interactive and meet-the-experts sessions). In addition, a series of interactive workshops has been developed to address key practice topics.
  
• The Book of Abstracts will be published as a supplement to the journal Child: Care, Health and Development.
• The Harvard Medical School & the Children’s Hospital Boston are organising two sessions in the context of the Scientific Programme of Excellence in Paediatrics: A round table and an interactive case study.
  
• The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) is presenting in a special session recent updates on liver disease.
• The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) is organising a session in the context of Excellence in Paediatrics.
• The conference is hosted by the Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence.
  
• The Cochrane Child Health Field and the European Paediatric Association are co-organising the special event “Evidence Based Medicine and Child Nutrition” on the eve of the conference (Thursday 3 December 2009).