MCA Scientific Events 6th Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) 2025

Discover the Latest Advances in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine

The 6th Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) 2025 brings together leading neonatologists, pediatric specialists, researchers, nurses, and health care professionals from around the world to explore the newest scientific discoveries, clinical innovations, and evidence-based practices shaping the future of neonatal medicine.

Held under the theme “From Evidence-Based Research to Scientific Innovations: The Future of Neonatology Starts Here!”, this comprehensive congress provides an exceptional educational experience covering every major aspect of neonatal and perinatal care. Participants gain access to expert-led lectures, multidisciplinary scientific sessions, interactive workshops, clinical case discussions, and the latest research presented by internationally recognized leaders in neonatal medicine.

Designed to improve both clinical practice and research, this program focuses on optimizing outcomes for premature infants, critically ill newborns, and high-risk neonatal patients through advances in neonatal intensive care, developmental medicine, technology, and family-centered care.

Why This Congress Matters

Neonatal medicine continues to evolve rapidly as advances in medical technology, precision diagnostics, neonatal intensive care, artificial intelligence, and developmental science transform the management of newborn infants.

Modern neonatologists must remain current with emerging evidence, innovative therapies, quality improvement initiatives, and multidisciplinary approaches that improve survival while enhancing long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.

The 6th Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies provides an international platform where clinicians, educators, and researchers collaborate to share knowledge, evaluate new evidence, and explore innovative solutions for the challenges facing neonatal health care today.

Course Overview

This congress delivers a comprehensive review of current advances across the full spectrum of neonatal and perinatal medicine.

The scientific program explores neonatal intensive care, neonatal neurology, respiratory medicine, neonatal cardiology, nutrition, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, hematology, developmental care, patient safety, quality improvement, ethics, and emerging technologies that are shaping the future of neonatal practice.

Participants benefit from keynote presentations, expert panel discussions, evidence-based lectures, interactive workshops, and practical demonstrations designed to strengthen both clinical knowledge and hands-on skills.

Special emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary collaboration, translational research, innovation in neonatal care, and improving outcomes for vulnerable newborn populations.

What You’ll Learn

Participants will explore a wide range of advanced neonatal topics, including:

• Evidence-Based Neonatal Medicine
• Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)
• Prematurity Management
• Neonatal Resuscitation
• Respiratory Support
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Neonatal Pulmonology
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Neonatal Echocardiography
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Neonatal Neurology
• Brain Injury in Premature Infants
• Neurodevelopmental Care
• Neonatal Nutrition
• Human Milk and Breastfeeding
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Feeding Disorders
• Neonatal Hematology
• Neonatal Infectious Diseases
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Neonatal Sepsis
• Lung Ultrasound
• Vascular Access Techniques
• Family-Centered Developmental Care
• Parental Engagement in the NICU
• Quality Improvement in Neonatal Care
• Patient Safety
• Medical Error Prevention
• Neonatal Ethics
• Artificial Womb Technology
• Artificial Intelligence in Neonatology
• Machine Learning for Patient Deterioration
• Precision Medicine
• Translational Research
• Long-Term Outcomes of Prematurity
• Social Determinants of Neonatal Health
• Environmental Factors Affecting Neonatal Outcomes

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this congress, participants will be able to:

• Review the latest evidence-based research in neonatal and perinatal medicine.
• Apply updated clinical guidelines to improve neonatal patient care.
• Evaluate current advances in neonatal neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and nutrition.
• Understand the long-term developmental consequences of prematurity.
• Integrate family-centered developmental care into NICU practice.
• Improve neonatal intensive care quality and patient safety.
• Identify strategies for preventing medical errors in neonatal care.
• Apply emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, in neonatal medicine.
• Recognize ethical considerations surrounding advanced neonatal technologies.
• Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration to improve neonatal outcomes.

Skills You’ll Gain

Participants will strengthen practical knowledge and clinical skills in:

• Neonatal Critical Care
• NICU Management
• Neonatal Resuscitation
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Lung Ultrasound
• Neonatal Echocardiography
• Vascular Access
• Developmental Care
• Family-Centered Care
• Clinical Decision-Making
• Neonatal Quality Improvement
• Patient Safety
• Neonatal Research Interpretation
• AI Applications in Neonatology
• Evidence-Based Practice

Clinical Applications

The congress demonstrates practical approaches for improving neonatal outcomes across multiple areas of clinical practice.

Neonatal Intensive Care

• Critical care management
• Respiratory support
• Mechanical ventilation
• Hemodynamic monitoring

Neonatal Cardiology

• Congenital heart disease
• Functional echocardiography
• Cardiovascular stabilization

Neonatal Neurology

• Brain injury assessment
• Neuroprotection
• Long-term neurodevelopment

Neonatal Pulmonology

• Respiratory distress syndrome
• Chronic lung disease
• Pulmonary imaging
• Lung ultrasound

Nutrition and Gastroenterology

• Enteral nutrition
• Human milk feeding
• Feeding intolerance
• Gastrointestinal disorders

Infectious Diseases

• Neonatal sepsis
• Infection prevention
• Antimicrobial stewardship

Quality Improvement

• NICU safety initiatives
• Clinical governance
• Error prevention
• Performance improvement

Who Should Attend?

This congress is designed for physicians, nurses, researchers, educators, and allied health professionals dedicated to neonatal and perinatal medicine.

Ideal participants include:

• Neonatologists
• Pediatricians
• Pediatric Cardiologists
• Pediatric Pulmonologists
• Pediatric Neurologists
• Pediatric Gastroenterologists
• Pediatric Hematologists
• Infectious Disease Specialists
• Neonatal Nurses
• NICU Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Clinical Researchers
• Medical Educators
• Fellows
• Residents

Congress Highlights

• International faculty and keynote speakers
• Evidence-based neonatal education
• Scientific research presentations
• Interactive panel discussions
• Clinical case reviews
• Hands-on practical workshops
• Lung ultrasound training
• Neonatal echocardiography sessions
• Mechanical ventilation workshops
• Vascular access training
• AI and machine learning in neonatology
• Family-centered care strategies
• NICU quality improvement initiatives
• Emerging neonatal technologies
• Multidisciplinary collaboration

Why Attend This Congress?

Neonatal medicine is advancing at an extraordinary pace, driven by scientific discovery, technological innovation, and improved understanding of infant development. Keeping up with these advances is essential for clinicians dedicated to providing the highest standard of neonatal care.

The 6th Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies offers an exceptional opportunity to learn from internationally recognized experts, explore the latest clinical evidence, refine practical skills, and connect with professionals committed to improving outcomes for newborn infants worldwide.

Whether you practice in a neonatal intensive care unit, children’s hospital, academic institution, or research center, this congress provides valuable knowledge that can immediately enhance patient care and support ongoing professional development.

Topics

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• BELGRADE

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: ESN Pre-Congress Course 2 – Neonatologist performed echocardiography – a theoretical and hand-on introduction (9:00 AM – 4:15 PM)

  • 5:30 PM – 7:15 PM: PLENARY SESSION 1 – Opening Ceremony

• SARAJEVO

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: ESN Pre-Congress Course 1 – Mechanical ventilation- everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

• TIRANA

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: ESN Pre-Congress Course 3 – Neonatal and paediatric vascular access (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

• SOFIA

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: ESN Pre-Congress Course 4 – Neonatal metabolism, nutrition and growth (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

• ZAGREB

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: ESN Pre-Congress Course 5 – aEEG/EEG from basics to advanced (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

• LJUBLJANA

  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: Pre-Congress Course 6 – GFCNI Infant- and Family-Centered Developmental Care: Enhancing Breastfeeding and Bonding in the NICU (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

• BELGRADE

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 2 – CIRCULATION 1: PDA, are we there yet? Early and late management approaches

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: PLENARY SESSION 2 – Ethics in emerging technologies

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 7 – BRAIN 2: Early screening and intervention for Cerebral Palsy

  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: PLENARY SESSION 3 – ESPR Bengt Robertson Award

• SARAJEVO

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 1 – BRAIN 1: Translational Research in Perinatal Brain Injury

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 10 – INFECTION 1: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to detect patient deterioration

• TIRANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 5 – Early Career Investigator: Novel technologies and artificial intelligence

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 2 – NEUROLOGY 1

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 12 – RESUSCITATION 1: New Approaches in the Delivery Room

• SOFIA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 3 – NUTRITION 1: Enteral nutrition

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 3 – 41 1 (Note: Topic exactly as stated in source)

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 8 – LUNG 1: BPD

• ZAGREB

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 4 – GFCNI 1: Long-Term Effects of Prematurity and the burden of RSV on Health and Quality of Life

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 4 – PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND GLOBAL HEALTH

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 9 – GFCNI 2: How can we improve preterm infant nutrition, feeding and growth?

• LJUBLJANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 6 – EPIDEMIOLOGY 1: Children’s rights

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 5 – PATIENT SAFETY AND WORKFORCE INNOVATIONS

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 11 – PHARMACOLOGY 1: Drug therapy in special neonatal diseases

• DRINA

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 1 – LUNG 1

• SAVA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – BDP and Apnoea; POSTER WALK – RDS

• DANUBE

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – Infant and family centred developmental care 1; POSTER WALK – Infant and family centred developmental care 2; POSTER WALK – Patient Safety and Parental Involvement

• TISZA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – EPIDEMIOLOGY 1 – Care around birth and short term outcomes; POSTER WALK – EPIDEMIOLOGY 2 – Social and environmental risk factors, longterm outcomes

• SKOPJE

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – BRAIN 1; POSTER WALK – BRAIN 2

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: POSTER WALK – BRAIN 3

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• BELGRADE

  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM: PLENARY SESSION 4 – ESPR Early Career Investigator Prize Session

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 15 – LUNG 2: Respiratory care at the edge of viability

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 6 – HAEMOTOLOGY

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 1: Care of the tiny infant

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM: PLENARY SESSION 5 – ARTIFICIAL WOMB

• SARAJEVO

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 13 – BRAIN 3: Social and Environmental determinants of Outcome

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 8 – NEUROLOGY 2

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 3: Non-invasive ventilation

• TIRANA

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 14 – CIRCULATION 2: Umbilical cord blood transfusion

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 7 – 412 (Note: Topic exactly as stated in source)

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 4: Postnatal transition

• SOFIA

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 16 – NUTRITION 2: Optimizing parenteral nutrition for improved outcomes

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 2: Lung ultrasound

• ZAGREB

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 17 – GFCNI 3: Pain management

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 9 – EPIDEMIOLOGY 1

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 5: Technology meets pharmacology

• LJUBLJANA

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 18 – INFECTION 2: Novel and future therapies for neonatal sepsis

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 10 – RESUSCITATION 1

  • 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM: WORKSHOP N. 6 – GFCNI: Improving the communication with parents – background information and practical aspects

Friday, October 24, 2025

• BELGRADE

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 23 – NURSING 1: Innovations in neonatal nursing

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: PLENARY SESSION 6 – Pediatric Research

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 29 – RESUSCITATION 2: Delivery room management

• SARAJEVO

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 19 – BRAIN 4: Neurophysiology and Neonatal Sleep

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 11 – LUNG 2

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 27 – GFCNI 5: Vascular access, transfusion and patient safety

• TIRANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 20 – LUNG 3: Non-invasive ventilation

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: GFCNI LUNCH SYMPOSIUM – Optimal nutrition for preterm infants

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 12 – NEUROLOGY 3

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 28 – GLOBAL HEALTH: Global maternal and newborn health

• SOFIA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 21 – NUTRITION 3: Nutrition and growth

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 13 – Infant and Family Integrated Developmental Care

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 25 – BRAIN 5: Complicated twin pregnancies and other perinatal injury

• ZAGREB

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 22 – INFECTION 3: Epidemiology of infections, vaccinations, and antibiotic exposure

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 14 – CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 26 – CIRCULATION 3: Cardiovascular monitoring

• LJUBLJANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 24 – GFCNI 4: Transition from traditional parent involvement to a real integrated partnership with parents in a NICU

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 15 – NUTRITION 1

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: PARALLEL SESSION 30: Lung – Brain Interactions

• SKOPJE

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – PDA and NIRS; POSTER WALK – BRAIN 4; POSTER WALK – BRAIN 5; POSTER WALK – PHARMACOLOGY

• SAVA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – RDS and Lung Imaging

• DANUBE

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – NEONATOLOGY 1; POSTER WALK – NEONATOLOGY 2; POSTER WALK – RESUSCITATION 1; POSTER WALK – RESUSCITATION 2

• TISZA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – Ventilatory Support and Clinical Outcomes

Saturday, October 25, 2025

• BELGRADE

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 35 – GFCNI 6: Patient safety and error management

  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: PLENARY SESSION 7 – Long-term consequences of prematurity

• SARAJEVO

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 31 – BRAIN 6: HIE and stroke

• TIRANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 34 – NUTRITION 4: Gastrointestinal complications in preterm infants

• SOFIA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 32 – CIRCULATION 4: Phenotypes of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

• ZAGREB

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 33 – LUNG 4: RDS and surfactant treatment

• LJUBLJANA

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: PARALLEL SESSION 36 – EPIDEMIOLOGY 2: Today’s global pediatric health

• SAVA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – Congenital Heart Disease and Circulation; POSTER WALK – Haemotology and Circulation; POSTER WALK – INFECTION 1; POSTER WALK – INFECTION 2

• TISZA

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: POSTER WALK – NUTRITION 1; POSTER WALK – NUTRITION 2; POSTER WALK – NUTRITION 3; POSTER WALK – NUTRITION 4