Program –
Satellite Symposium

Satellite Symposium of the EAPM special Interest Group ”Climate Change, Environmental Pollution and Perinatal Health” CEPPH at the IFPA Congress 2025 Jena/Erfurt

Mi 17.09.2025: Universitätsklinikum Jena, Lecture Hall 2

8:00 a.m.

Shuttle from Erfurt to Jena
(Departure from NYX Hotel Erfurt | Juri-Gagarin-Ring 127)

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Udo Markert, Jena | Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany

Opening and Introduction

9:10 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Vienna – Austria

The Climate Crisis and Health

9:45 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Matthew Chersich, Johannesburg – South Africa

Effects of Global Warming on perinatal health

10:20 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Petra Arck, Hamburg – Germany | Isabel Graf, Hamburg – Germany

Placental development and function under heat stress

10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Stefan Hansson, Lund – Sweden

Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Preeclampsia

12:00 p.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Alexandre Urban Borbely, Maceió – Brazil

Exposure of microplastics on placenta function and perinatal health

12:35 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.

Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany

Environmental sustainability in gynaecology and perinatology

12:55 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Udo Markert, Jena – Germany | Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany

Closure remarks

2:00 p.m.

Shuttle to Erfurt