The National Congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), an event now in its 30th year and chaired for the third year by Dr. Luigi Orfeo, has recently concluded at Padova Congress.
The congress kicked off, as usual, with meetings of the 24 study groups and 14 pre-congress courses, while the “They Will Be Famous” session was held on the morning of 30 October, with the award for the best presentation by young members under 40, named this year in memory of Dr. Mauro Stronati, a reference in Italian neonatology who passed away earlier this year.
Always with the aim of giving more space to “new faces,” four electronic poster stations were also set up with the presentation of scientific contributions not presented in the classroom, selected from more than 180 submissions.
At the center of the congress was the unfortunately very topical issue of the climate and environmental crisis and its effects on the health of the fetus, newborn and child, with three magisterial readings. The first two were given by leading Italian neonatologists, Prof. Fabio Mosca and Prof. Vassilios Fanos; the third was by renowned physicist and science popularizer Valerio Rossi Albertini, who proposed a reflection on climate and environmental emergencies, which are endangering the global health of the planet, with inevitable negative effects on human health.
Therefore, all major neonatology topics were touched upon in the three-day event, with a focus on issues of common interest to both those who work in the ICUs and those who practice in Level I neonatologies.
During the congress, the new board of directors of the Italian Society of Neonatology and the new president, Prof. Massimo Agosti, Full Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Insubria, were also elected.
Concurrently, on 30 and 31 October the 6th National Congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology Nursing (SIN INF) was held, which addressed all the major innovations in the field of neonatology of nursing interest, with a focus on innovation, appropriateness and individualization of newborn care.
The two conferences were attended by more than 1,400 people, a sign of the great interest and success sparked by the topics covered.
