Characteristics of the Congress:

During 4 days, starting from the 19^th and going to the 22^nd of November of 2009, as part of the 6th World Congress on the Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, lectures, plenary sessions, workshops and symposiums will be carried at the Sheraton Hotel Convention Centre in Santiago, Chile.

This World Congress opens up the possibility to our clinicians, academics, researchers, graduate and post graduate students to get to know by way of direct experiences with the main actors and pioneers in the fundamental themes of the Congress the intimate details of programming and its future consequences in the adult years. With the knowledge lent by at least one hundred consolidated investigators who will be delivering conferences, as well as approximately a thousand participants from all around the world we will generate the possibility of discussing new findings around the world.

We will receive scientific investigations in the clinical field (cardiology, paediatrics, obstetrics, nutrition, etc.), Basic field (biology, physiology), as well as in the field of Epidemiology.

The works presented will be classified according to subject matter and selection of different works will be carried out by national and international professionals, specialists in each area (see next section below on committees). The best abstracts will be prized.

General organization of the Programme

The DOHaD 2009 World Congress programme includes the following sessions:

a) Thirty parallel sessions. Each one have the following structure: 20-25 minutes talk by an invited speaker (see programme for details), followed by 5-10 minutes for discussion and three to four abstracts selected for oral presentations. The total number of abstracts presented in these sessions will be 100, with 10 minutes for each speaker followed by 5 minutes for discussion. There are five exceptions to this general structure: parallel sessions 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B and 9B which have just invited speakers and no oral presentations of abstracts.

b) Three plenary sessions with just invited speakers.

c) Two poster sessions, with an average of above 100 posters in each session. A third session will be open if necessary.

DOHaD Society fellowships and prizes

1) Developing country (middle & low income country) travel fellowships:

A limited number of travel fellowships of up to a maximum of £500 (US$ 800) each, for delegates from developing countries, to be selected based on the quality of their submitted abstracts. These fellowships can be used towards travel, registration and accommodation, and will be paid on receipt of quotations for travel and other costs. There will be 10 such fellowships from the DOHaD Society (for abstracts on any subject), and 5 provided by IAEA (for abstracts on body composition).

2) Young investigator prizes for best abstracts:

27 young investigator prizes of £100 (US$ 160) each, for the best submitted abstract by a young researcher; one for each of the 27 sessions for which abstracts can be submitted.

When submitting your abstract, please note two boxes - one for people to tick if they wish to be considered for a developing country travel fellowship, and one for people to tick if they want to be considered for the young investigator awards.

Abstract deadline and important dates.

Abstract submission will be open until July 3th. Abstract approval will be informed by July 31. Registration with the discount rate will be available until August 31st. Early bird registration is due on September 21st.