Friday, 24 October 2014

12:30 – 1:15: Lunch

1:15 – 1:30: Welcome and introductions

1:30 – 2:00: Aims and objectives of the workshop – Mark Hanson (Southampton)

2:00 – 3:15: Plenary Lecture 1 (45 minute lecture, 30 minutes questions)

Gerard Visser (Utrecht) ‘Fetal development, birth weight and survival outcomes’

3:15 – 3:45: Coffee/Tea Break

3:45 – 5:00: Plenary Lecture 2

Eric Schneider (Sussex) ‘Historical trends in early life health’

5:00 – 6:00: Drinks reception

7:00 – 9:30: Dinner (Jury’s Inn near Brighton station)

Saturday, 25 October 2014

9:30 – 11:00: Small group session 1 (see descriptions later in booklet)

A: Moving from individual to population health indicators

B: Social and economic determinants of early life health

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee/Tea Break

11:30 – 1:00: Small group session 2

C: The relationship between fetal development, birth weight, stillbirth, and neo-natal and infant mortality

D: Trans-generational transmission of early life health

1:00 – 2:00: Lunch

2:00 – 3:30: Reports from small group sessions (10 min each with 10 min discussion)

3:30 – 3:45: Coffee/Tea Break

3:45 – 5:00: Plenary discussion of future research plans and development of the consensus statement

5:00 – 5:30: Discussion of network grants and other funding possibilities

7:00 – 9:00: Dinner for those available and/or staying until Sunday (location tbd)