After winning the women's 800-meter race by a large margin at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Athletics in August, Semenya's competitors raised questions over her gender. The controversy brought global attention to the topic of DSD and created a discussion among sports federations and scientists about the best way to address questions of sexual identification in sports. The IOC and the IAAF will use information from the conference and symposium as the basis for establishing guidelines for sexual identity involving future athletes.

Topics at the conference will include up-to-date research on the medical and psychological long-term outcomes of DSD, challenges in sex assignment of patients with DSD, and surgical, medical and psychological factors that affect the care of DSD patients. The conference will also cover topics in endocrinology, including skeletal biology and epigenetics.

Source: The Mount Sinai Medical Center