08:00 a.m. – Opella Breakfast symposium
Are All Probiotics the Same? The Importance of Compositional Quality of
Probiotics
Roberto Berni Canani, Hania Szajewska, Emilia Ghelardi
Session VII
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chair: Ener Çağrı Dinleyici, Roberto Berni Canani
09:00 a.m. – Treatment of Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis
Hania Szajewska
09:20 a.m. – Prevention of Pediatric URTIs with Pro/Prebiotics
Metehan Özen
09:40 a.m. – Prevention of Pediatric Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
Francisco Guarner
10:00 a.m. – Discussion
10:20 a.m. – KEYNOTE LECTURE
Prevention of Common Pediatric Infections with
Probiotics/Prebiotics/Symbiotic Infant Formula
Ener Çağrı Dinleyici
10:40 a.m. – Coffee Break and Poster Walking
02:30 p.m. – Oral presentations
Presented by: Vanessa Dargenio, Ruggiero Francavilla
Session VI
GUT-BRAIN AXIS
Chair: Pedro Gutierrez-Castrellon, Sylvia Cruchet
03:30 p.m. – The Use of AI to Explore the Role of the Gut Microbiome in
Autism
Sabina Tangaro
03:45 p.m. – Early-Life Gut Microbiota and Neurodevelopment:
Foundations for Lifelong Health
Rochellys Diaz Heijtz
04:00 p.m. – Gut-immune-brain interactions during neurodevelopment:
from a brain-centric to a multisystem perspective
Pasquale Striano
04:15 p.m. – Discussion
05:00 p.m. – Nutricia Symposium
Restoring balance early: biotic based approaches for gut microbiota
alterations
Remco Kort, Flavia Indrio, Jan Knol
Pizzica and Panzerotti
RATIONALE
SCIENTIFIC
World Scientific Association of Probiotics Prebiotics Postbiotics in
Pediatrics is an international non-profit organization with primary focus
to develop the science of Biotics and related substances, such as
symbiotics, postbiotics and fermented foods focused in pediatric
population.
Founded in 2020, WSA4P brings together global leading scientific
experts to disseminate the scientifically accurate information on
microbiome science to enhance the understanding and collaboration
among researchers, students, and healthcare providers on evidencebased
recommendations for the use of probiotics, prebiotics and
postbiotics, and fermented food as well.
Our scope is to spread the knowledge, scientific information and
experience to health care professionals and the society regarding the
judicious use of appropriate biotics in pediatrics and to underline their
beneficial effects on health
11:00 a.m. – Oral communication
Presented by: Cristina Targa, Giacomo Perrone
Session VIII
MICROBIOME & ALLERGY
Chair: Catalina Ortiz, Mario Vieira
11.30 a.m. – Clinical Management of Allergy and the Microbiota
Sylvia Cruchet
11:50 a.m. – Microbiome Relevance for Modulating the “Allergy-Obesity-
Asthma” Triangle
Liam O’Mahony
12:10 p.m. – Lung Microbiome in Pediatric Allergy
Pedro Gutierrez-Castrellon
12:30 p.m. – Diet-Microbiome-Epigenetics Axis in Pediatric Cow
Milk Allergy
Roberto Berni Canani
12:50 p.m. – Discussion
01:00 p.m. – Conclusion and Closing Remarks