The meeting was held in a castle (Wik Slot), a few miles from Uppsala. The host was Prof. C. Hellerstr6m. About 80 members, guests and invited speakers attended the seven sessions, covering the following topics:
- Perinatal outcome (1 session) 2. Embryogenesis and Teratogenesis (3 sessions) 3. Follow-up of mothers (1 session) 4. Recent advances in diabetic pregnancy (1 session) 5. Long-term follow up of progeny (1 session) Key-notes were given by: -S. Hunter: Embryogenesis and cell differentiation -A.Goldman: Mechanisms and prevention of the diabetic embryopathy -N.Freinkel: The 1989 status of the hypothesis: "Fuel mediated teratogenesis" -M. Lorenzi: A cellular model of glucose toxicity The Jorgen Pedersen lecture was given by J. Roth on: "Intercellular communication in the early embryo: possible participation of insulin and insulin-like growth factors and their receptors". Members and guests contributed with 38 papers to the different sessions.