We are honoured and proud to host BSPED 2013 in Brighton!
Brighton is one of the most diverse and colourful cities in the UK. It is surely famous for its cultural/artistic and sports events, such as the Brighton Film Festival, the Brighton Fringe, Brighton Pride and the Brighton Marathon. It is rare to spend a weekend in Brighton finding yourself short of activities to engage in.
We are proud of Paediatrics in Brighton as well; the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital is developing as a tertiary centre year by year and the Brighton and Sussex Medical school has been rated one of the most popular universities achieving some of the highest application rates in the UK.
For this reason we have chosen to start the meeting this year with an opening ceremony which sees the involvement of our Medical School Dean Prof. J Cohen. Our Medical school nurtures our paediatrics department, in the same way we wish to nurture the light of science through the growth of our medical students who are the BSPED members of tomorrow.
Our programme this year will start with the CME meeting as usual, which will cover the interesting aspects of Puberty and Calcium Metabolism. Following this, we continue with an evening Satellite Symposium where world experts will discuss the fascinating world of PWS and TS.
The following day the endocrine programme will focus on themes of Fertility, Late Effects, Growth hormone and CAH. There will, as always, be opportunities for oral and poster presentations of new research.