The Neonatal Society Summer Meeting 2021 will be a hybrid meeting, with a limited number of in-person attendees at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, in addition to online attendees from around the world.

Invited speakers include

The Tizard Lecture: Professor Neil Marlow, UCL Long Term Outcomes after Extreme Prematurity: Fit for the Future

 The David Harvey Senior Fellowship Lecture: Professor Linda de Vries, UMC Utrecht Advances in diagnosis, prognosis and management of perinatal brain injury over three decades

 Keynote lecture: Professor Debby Bogaert, University of Edinburgh Development of the respiratory microbiota and its role in susceptibility to infection

 Young Investigator lecture 2020 (carried forward): Dr Subha Mitra, UCL Optical neuromonitoring in neonatal encephalopathy

 Young Investigator lecture 2021: To be announced

Registration 

The maximum capacity for on-site attendance is predicted to be 75 people, however this number may decrease depending on government guidance expected to be released in mid May, or conversely may increase if the UK government roadmap goes to plan in late June.

We will currently take bookings for a maximum of 75 people to attend in person onsite at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Presenters will be prioritised for on-site attendance (however ability to attend in person or not will not be considered when abstracts are selected). In-person attendance tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to members and non-members from scientific and healthcare backgrounds.

The number of online attendees is unlimited.

If the UK government’s roadmap changes or social distancing rules for conferences mean that an on-site meeting is prohibited or unfeasible then we will move the whole meeting online and refund any in-person ticket fees.

We welcome abstract submissions of original science for presentation. The deadline is 5pm on Thursday 20th May 2021 and abstracts should be submitted online here

The full programme will be available at the Neonatal Society website in due course: www.neonatalsociety.ac.uk

Please address queries to Dr Chris Gale (christopher.gale@imperial.ac.uk)