16th International Newborn Brain Conference (INBBC) 2025 (Videos with Subtitles + Posters)

INBBC 2025 16th International Newborn Brain Conference
February 19th – 21st, 2025
La Jolla, San Diego – California
The International Newborn Brain Conference (INBBC) provides a state-of-the-art forum for presentation and discussion of current research and clinical practice in newborn brain care, including diagnosis, monitoring and management strategies to optimize neurodevelopmental outcome. It explores the means to understand, monitor, protect and treat the newborn brain. The INBBC provides continuing medical education to multidisciplinary professionals working to improve the neurological and developmental health outcomes of premature and high-risk newborns.
Main Topics

Fetal Neuroprotection
Parent Counselling
Artificial Intelligence in Neurocritical Care
Neuroimaging
Neonatal Seizures
Neuromonitoring
Neuromuscular Diseases
Quality Improvement
Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation
Hot Topics in Neonatal Neurology

Scientific Programme

Wednesday, February 19
Thursday, February 20
Friday, February 21

07:00 – 08:30

07:00 – 08:00

07:00 – 08:00

Registration opens (workshop only)
Registration open
Registration open

Regency Foyer C
Regency Foyer C
Breakfast

07:00 – 08:30

07:00 – 08:00

SHOR

Breakfast (served for Workshop participants only)
Breakfast

08:00 – 09:30

La Jolla Ballroom
La Jolla Ballroom
Platform Session 4: Neonatal Seizures: From basic science to new therapies

*The Terrace
*La Jolla Garden

Moderators: Adam Numis, Lena Hellstrom Westas

*La Jolla Garden

07:00 – 08:00

08:00 – 08:30

08:30 – 10:00

NBS-TEC Breakfast Mixer (RSVP only)
Basic Science of Seizure Mechanisms and Harm of Seizures

Workshops A
The Terrace

Speaker: Kevin J. Staley

7 parallel workshops (5 in-person, 2 online)

08:00 – 08:30

08:30 – 09:00

08:30 – 10:00

Platform Session 2: AI in Neonatal Neurocritical Care
Seizure Burden – How Best to Measure

CUS – Hands on Simulation

Moderators : Gabriel Variane, Janet Soul

Speaker: Courtney Wusthoff

Speakers: Khorshid Mohammed, Sylke Steggerde, Lara Leijser

08:00 – 08:30

09:00 – 09:30

Encinitas room
AI and Big Data in Neonatal Neurocritical Care
Current and Future Medications for Neonatal Seizures: Challenges and Opportunities

08:30 – 10:00

Speaker: Alvaro Moreira

Janet Soul

Basics of Quality Improvement Part A

08:30 – 09:00

09:30 – 10:15

Speakers: Jehier Afifi, Bharati Sinha, Tetyana Nesterenko

AI and Neurophysiology
Coffee Break (AM)

Del Mar room

Speaker: Sampsa Vanhatalo

Regency Foyer C

08:30 – 10:00

09:00 – 09:30

10:15 – 11:45

Common Fetal Consults
AI and Neuroimaging in Neurocritical Care
Abstract platform presentations 2

Speakers: Janet Soul, Sarah Mulkey

Speaker: Ellen Grant

Moderators: Pia Wintermark, Christopher Elitt

Regency AB

09:30 – 10:15

1. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of normocephalic Colombian children with antenatal Zika virus exposure at school age

08:30 – 10:00

Coffee Break (AM)

Sarah Mulkey

Neuroimaging in Term Neonates
Regency Foyer C
2. Dysregulated Fatty Acid Metabolism Following Neonatal Brain Injury is Rescued by Treatment with Acetate

Speakers: Linda de Vries, Sonia Bonifacio

10:15 – 11:45

Joseph Scafidi

Solana Beach room
Platform Session 3: Rare Neuromuscular Disorders: Emerging Gene/Precision Therapies
3. Telehealth Hammersmith Infant Neurologic Exam supports early diagnosis of cerebral palsy

08:30 – 10:00

Moderators: Betsy Ostrander, Ulrike Mietzsch

Jennifer Keene

NIRS Basics and Clinical Applications

10:15 – 10:45

4. Assessing Neonatal Brain Glymphatic System Development Using DTI-ALPS and Choroid Plexus Volume

Speakers: Valerie Chock, Mohamed El-Dib

Metabolic Myopathies in Newborns

Ting Peng

Regency C

Speaker: Walla Al-Hertani

5. Automated EEG background in a multicenter cohort of neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

08:30 – 10:00

10:45 – 11:15

Marie Cornet

Neuroimaging in Preterm
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
6. Perinatal Arterial Stroke treated with Stromal cells IntraNasally (PASSIoN) trial: two-year safety and neurodevelopmental outcome

Speakers: Terrie Inder, Christopher Smyser

Speaker: Perry Shieh

Lisanne M. Baak

Boardroom

11:15 – 11:45

7. MRI Score and EEG for Two-Year Outcome Prediction: A Secondary Analysis of the ANSeR Studies

08:30 – 10:00

Neonatal-onset Myopathies and Dystrophies

Anne Murray

aEEG & cEEG Basics

Speaker: Carsten G. Bönnemann

8. Early Machine-Learning Based Quantitative EEG Correlates to Extent of MRI Brain Injury in Neonatal Encephalopathy

Speakers: Geraldine Boylan, Lena Hellstrom-Westas

11:45 – 13:30

Huzaifah Shamim

Cardiff
Lunch
9. Reduced Amygdala Volumes at 6-8 Years in Children Cooled for HIE: Associations With Socioemotional Outcomes

10:00 – 10:30

(At leisure, not provided by the conference)

Sara Rapuc

Coffee Break (AM Break)

12:00 – 13:20

11:45 – 13:30

Regency Foyer C
Building long-term follow-up guidelines for HIE: A multidisciplinary workshop hosted by Hope for HIE (RSVP only)
Lunch

10:30 – 12:00

La Jolla Ballroom
(At leisure, not provided by the conference)

Workshops B

13:30 – 15:00

13:30 – 15:00

7 parallel workshops (5 in-person, 2 online)
Abstract platform presentations 1
Hot Topic Symposia

10:30 – 12:00

Moderators: Diane Wilson, Hannah Glass

Moderators: Emily Herzberg, John Barks

CUS – Hands on Simulation
1. Sleep-Disordered Breathing Among Newborns with Fetal vs. Postnatal Myelomeningocele Closure

13:30 – 14:00

Speakers: Khorshid Mohammed, Sylke Steggerde, Lara Leijser

John Barks

WES and WGS in Neonates

Encinitas room
2. Temporal Analysis of Neonatal SpO2 Patterns Using AI Reveals Early Predictive Signatures of Severe IVH

Speaker: Pankaj Agrawal

10:30 – 12:00

Zachary Vesoulis

14:00 – 14:30

Basics of Quality Improvement Part B
3. Association between trajectories of autonomic cardiorespiratory maturation and brain volumetric growth in preterm infants
Fetal Diagnosis and Intervention for Vascular Malformations

Speakers: Jehier Afifi, Bharati Sinha, Tetyana Nesterenko

Julius Ngwa

Speaker: Darren Orbach

Del Mar room
4. Neonatal sleep physiology and early executive functioning in children born preterm

14:30 – 15:00

10:30 – 12:00

Anneleen Dereymaeker

Novel Fetal Neuroimaging and Therapies

Straight talk: hard conversations in the NICU
5. Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with spina bifida myelomeningocele

Speaker: Ellen Grant

Speakers: Lauren Treat, Betsy Pilon

Pei-Yi Lin

15:00 – 15:45

Ocean Beach 1&2
6. Maternal immune activation and hypoxia induce neuronal mitochondrial injury preventing cell-cycle exit, arresting cerebellar development
Coffee Break (PM)

10:30 – 12:00

Gabriele Simonti

Regency Foyer C

Neuroimaging in Term Neonates
7. The NutriBrain trial: Can probiotics, prebiotics and glutamine support white matter development in preterm infants?

15:45 – 17:15

Speakers: Linda de Vries, Sonia Bonifacio

Els Janson

Platform Session 5: Rehabilitation for Children with or at Risk for Hemiparetic CP

Boardroom
8. Melatonin as a neuroprotective strategy in preterm infants: antioxidant properties, neurological outcomes and MRI findings

Moderators: Alexandra Santana Almansa, Santina Zanelli

10:30 – 12:00

Cecilia Naboni

15:45 – 16:15

NIRS Basics and Clinical Applications
9. Blood-brain barrier disruption and fibrinogen deposition in the embryonic brain after maternal immune activation
Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy

Speakers: Valerie Chock, Mohamed El-Dib

Martin Grana

Speaker: Betsy Ostrander

Cardiff

15:00 – 15:45

16:15 – 16:45

10:30 – 12:00

Coffee Break (PM)
Principles of Rehabilitation After Neonatal Brain Injury/Constraint and Other Infant Rehab Therapies

Neuroimaging in Preterm
Regency Foyer C

Speaker: Iona Novak

Speakers: Terrie Inder, Christopher Smyser

15:45 – 16:45

16:45 – 17:15

Regency C
Small Group Discussions 1
Brain computer interfaces to enable life participation for children after perinatal brain injury.

10:30 – 12:00

15:45 – 16:45

Speaker: Adam Kirton

EEG and Seizures – Clinical Videos & Practical Treatment
Developmental Care During TH

17:15 – 17:30

Speakers: Janet Soul, Courtney Wusthoff

Speakers: Diane Wilson, Mary Anne Ryan

Closing Remarks

Regency AB
Regency AB

12:00 – 13:45

15:45 – 16:45

Lunch Break
IVH & PHH Prevention and Management

(At leisure, not provided by the conference)

Speakers: Mohamed El Dib, Linda de Vries

13:45 – 14:00

Cardiff

Opening Remarks

15:45 – 16:45

14:00 – 15:30

Management During HIE

Platform Session 1: Fetal Neuroprotection: Understanding Pathophysiology, Risk Factors and Antenatal Therapies

Speakers: Sonia Bonifacio, Hannah Glass

Moderators: Sarah Mulkey, Bharati Sinha

Solana Beach room

14:00 – 14:30

15:45 – 16:45

Neuroplacentology
Neonatal Neurocritical Care Training

Speaker: Anna Penn

Speakers: Khorshid Mohammad, Chris Smyser

14:30 – 15:00

Boardroom

Chorioamnionitis – Animal Models –

15:45 – 16:45

Speaker: Henrik Hagberg

Working with Industry

15:00 – 15:30

Speakers: Geraldine Boylan, Betsy Pilon, Terrie Inder

Antenatal Neuroprotection – Steroids, Mg, etc
Regency C

Speaker: Bridget Ostrem

15:45 – 16:45

15:30 – 16:00

Connecting Families to Resources

Break

Speakers: Monica Lemmon, Lauren Treat

16:00 – 19:00

Encinitas

Reception and Poster Walk

16:45 – 17:45

La Jolla Ballroom
Small Group Discussions 2

16:45 – 17:45

Developmental Care During TH

Speakers: Diane Wilson, Mary Anne Ryan

Regency AB

16:45 – 17:45

IVH & PHH Prevention and Management

Speakers: Mohamed El Dib, Linda de Vries

Regency C

16:45 – 17:45

Management During HIE

Speakers: Sonia Bonifacio, Hannah Glass

Cardiff

16:45 – 17:45

Neonatal Neurocritical Care Training

Speakers: Khorshid Mohammad, Chris Smyser

Solana Beach room

16:45 – 17:45

Working with Industry

Speakers: Geraldine Boylan, Betsy Pilon, Terrie Inder

Boardroom

16:45 – 17:45

Connecting Families to Resources

Speakers: Monica Lemmon, Lauren Treat

Encinitas