Programme

Friday, May 20
Time   Topic
15:00  Registration
16:30  Opening Ceremony
17:00  Opening Lecture
            Chairs: O. Hiort, L. Wünsch
          From Gene to Gender
          what we've learned and what we need to learn
          - New Prospects in DSD Research
            Speaker: Garry Warne
18:00  Poster Session 
19:00  Poster Party

Saturday, May 21
Time   Topic
09:00  Genetics
            Chairs: R. Siebert, G. Scherer
          - New genes for DSD - CGH Microarray
            Speaker: P. Wieacker 
          - Old genes, much faster explored-DSDChip
            Speaker: K. McElreavy
          - Beyond the genes: Epigenetic control
            Speaker: P. M. Holterhus
10:30  Coffee Break
11:00  Hormones & Action
            Chairs: C. Flück, A. Juul
          - Co-Factors of androgen action 
            Speaker: R. Werner
          - New approaches to measuring hormones
            Speaker: F. Riepe
          - Urinary steroids: Sense and sensitivity
            Speaker: W. Arlt
          - Pubertal outcome: Predicting changes
            Speaker: I.A. Hughes
13:00  Lunch Break
14:00  Oral Session 1 
15:30  Coffee Break
16:00  Morphologic Variation in DSD
            Chairs: J. Schober, P. Cuckow
          - Estrogen and sexual differentiation: 
            Lessons learned from the spotted hyena,
            normal and mutant mice
            Speaker: L. Baskin 
          - Gonadal development and tumour risk 
            Speaker: M. Cools
          - Evaluation of DSDs with abnormal genitalia:
            A surgical approach
            Speaker: P.Mouriquand
          - Checklist for structural description 
            Speaker: L. Wünsch
18:00  End
19:30  Evening Programme

Sunday, May 22
Time   Topic
09:00  Clinical Aspects
            Chairs: H. Meyer-Bahlburg, L. Audi
          - Outcome Studies 
            Speaker: U. Thyen
          - The logistics and ethics of data bases 
            Speaker: S. F. Ahmed
          - Application of an ESPE DSD e-learning 
            webportal
            Speaker: S.L.S. Drop
          - Research in DSD – beyond descriptive studies
            Speaker: O. Hiort
11:00  Coffee Break
11:30  Oral Session 2
12:30  Round Table
          Future Perspectives of DSD Research
13:15  Closing Remarks and Fare Well