Select Power Point presentations from the Aspen Children’s Forum are available. Presentations are hyperlinked within the session in which they were given. All plenary sessions were videotaped and may be accessed via the link following the session title and in the “Watch Sessions” section of this site. All Breakout Sessions were audiotaped and may be accessed via the "Listen to this Breakout Session" link.

A Children-First Discovery Agenda: Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Care
[Watch this Plenary Session]
Remarkable progress in pediatric research and discovery has led to major advances in children’s health, but there is still much work to be done. By highlighting past achievements and future discoveries within reach, we can begin to see the immense impact that pediatric research can have on children and adults, both locally and globally. What would our overall research and development priorities be if we were to put children first?

• Special Address: Alan E. Guttmacher, MD. Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (PPT Presentation) 
• Alan Bernstein, OC, PhD, FRSC, President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
• Jennifer L. Howse, PhD, President March of Dimes
• Moderator: Mary Hart, Former Host, Entertainment Tonight; Trustee, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Preterm Birth—New Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment
[Listen to this Breakout Session]
Preterm birth (before 37 weeks) has an immense impact on the mortaglity and morbidity of infants and children. While there have been numerous breakthroughts over the past 50 years in the delivery of care to premature babies, and the age of viability is much earlier, we still have a long way to go in the prevention and treatment of preterm births. What are the new opportunities on the horizon for prevention and treatment?

• Shoo K Lee, MBBS, PHD, FRCPC, Scientific Director, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PPT Presentation)
• Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Director, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, Seattle Children's (PPT Presentation)
• David K. Stevenson, MD, Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, and Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine (PPT Presentation)
• Moderator: Bertha Alicia Moseson, MD, MPH, Former Medical Director, Clackamas County Community Health

New Frontiers in Scientific Investigation— The Promise of Genomics [Listen to this Breakout Session]
The study of genomics already has unlocked knowledge that has the potential to advance pediatric medicine in ways we are only just beginning to imagine. What are the opportunities for scientific investigation that will further our understanding of the role of genetics in pediatric health and disease?

• Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Applied Genomics, The CHOP Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Stephen W. Scherer, PhD, DSc, FRSC, Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children; Director, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto
• Moderator: Alan Bernstein, OC, PhD, FRSC, President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research