Educational Sessions

Download a copy of the First World Congress schedule-at-a-glance including a listing of all keynote speakers and keynote session titles.

Breakout Sessions

Developmental Pediatrics
Epidemiology/Genetics/Public Health
Neuropsychology
Neurosurgery
Nursing and Allied Health
Orthopedics
Transition
Urology

Post Graduate Course

Renowned urologist Dr. Chuan-Guo Xiao lead a post graduate course entitled Lower Urinary Tract Refunctionalization by Somatic/Autonomic Nerve Root Transposition in Children which highlighted a new surgical technique for patients with Spina Bifida.

Course leader:
Chuan-Guo Xiao, MD, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Moderated by:
Stuart Bauer, MD, Children's Hospital, Boston
Earl Y. Cheng, MD, Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago
David B. Joseph, MD, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham

Funding for this conference was made possible in part by grant number 1R13HS017978-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), award number R13NS065517 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and grant number 5U59DD000318-02 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.