Part 1 Plenary lectures. Part 2 Symposia: screening for congenital hypothyroidism; steroid hormones and growth; leptin -from basic sciences to practices; endocrinology of the extremely premature child; diabetes - epidemiology, immunology; short stature genes. Part 3 Clinical practice sessions: treatment of obesity in children; investigation and management of hirsutism; clinical management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia; diabetes, management; management of nodular thyroid disease; ambiguous genitalia. Part 4 Oral presentations: adrenal and gonad; growth and growth factors; foetal and neonatal endocrinology; growth III; thyroid; diabetes; gonad and puberty; leptin and obesity; calcium and growth.... Part 5 Poster presentations: foetal and neonatal endocrinology; growth and growth factors; growth hormone treatment; puberty, precocious puberty; adrenals; diabetes and glucose metabolism; thyroid; leptin, obesity; growth and growth factors; growth hormone treatment; Turner's syndrome; puberty, precocious puberty; sex differentiation; diabetes and glucose metabolism; thyroid; calcium, phosphorus, bones; growth and growth factors; gonads; adrenals; diabetes and glucose metabolism; thyroid; calcium, phosphorus, bones; leptin, obesity.