Speakers
Keynotes

TOM OSBORN
Shamiri Institute, Nairobi

EDMUND SONUGA-BARKE
King's College, London

CARMEN MORENO
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid

ANDRES MARTIN
Child Study Institute, Yale School of Medicine

SAMUELE CORTESE
University of Southampton, UK
State of the Art

LAELIA BENOÎT
Child Study Institute, Yale School of Medicine

DIANE PURPER-OUAKIL
Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent Saint Eloi, CHU Montpellier

CHRISTOPHE GAULD
University Hospital, Lyon

NEELTJE VAN HAREN
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

ANTONIO PERSICO
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

DAVID MATAIX-COLS
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

CHARLOTTE CECIL
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

LOES KEIJSERS
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

HILARY CASS
Child Health for Health Education England, UK
Lectures
- Gender identity and gender dysphoria in young people : past, present and future
Lectures
Baroness Hilary Cass
Chair of the Independent Review into Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People
Dr Hilary Cass was appointed by NHS England and NHS Improvement to chair the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for children and young people in late 2020, and her final report was published in April 2024.
A former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2012-2015, Dr Cass has recently stepped down from her role as Chair of Together for Short Lives, and remains as a Trustee for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice.
Since retiring from clinical practice, she has established a group leading work on how to address the challenges for both families and professionals in supporting the rising numbers of children with complex medical conditions and disability.
She remains an honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust. Other recent roles include acting as the Senior Clinical Advisor for Child Health for Health Education England and Chair of the British Academy of Childhood Disability.
Dr Cass held a range of senior education and management roles and was previously Head of School of Paediatrics in London. Her consultant clinical practice was as a tertiary neurodisability consultant. Dr Cass was closely involved in the development of paediatric palliative care services at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
She was awarded the OBE for services to child health in 2015, and a peerage in the Dissolution Honours in July 2024