Keynote presentations

Plenary Opening Session:

• Welcome by Maryam Blumenthal, Hamburg’s senator for science, research and equality
• Asa Radix (USA): Transgender Health at a Crossroads: Global Challenges and the Role of Evidence-Based Care
• Marcus Altfeld (Germany): Modulation of Immunity by Steroid Hormones and its Implications for Transgender Health

Public Session:

• Adrian Hector (Germany): I Sued Meta to Defend My Identity –and Won
• Noa Verena Jurilj (Germany – BVT*: Bundesverband Trans*): Beyond Norms: Perspectives and Needs of Trans and Neurodivergent People
• Georg Romer (Germany): Beyond the Cass Review: New Clinical Practice Guidelines and Ethical Recommendations in Youth Transgender Health Care across Europe 

Plenary Session “The year in review”: This recurrent session offers a synoptic review of notable new literature in various sub-specialties of transgender care.

• Fotis Papadopoulos (Sweden): Mental Health (Adults)
• Dagmar Pauli (Switzerland): Mental Health (Children & Adolescents)
• Sabine Hannema (the Netherlands): Endocrinology
• Julia Bohr (Germany): Surgery
• David Matthew Doyle (the Netherlands): Social & Political Sciences
• Florian Schneider (Germany): Reproductive Health
• Dominique Morsomme (Belgium): Voice & Communication
• Peter Dunne (UK): Law, Policy, and Ethics

Plenary Session “Transgender Health Care in Europe”: This recurrent session offers insight in the organisation of health care in various countries on the European continent.

• Katharina Feil: Austria
• Laetitia Martinerie: France
• Pedro Marques: Portugal
• Barbora Vašečková: Slovak Republic