Platinum Sponsors

Histo BLU3

Gold Sponsor

life ECS illumina

Silver Sponsors

BAG
STEINER
Cytolon

Other Sponsors

NMDP scientronics Austrian

CTO

Preliminary Programme


Thursday, 3 October 2013

DAY 1: International Collaboration
10:00-14:00

Registration
14:00-15:30 OPENING

  • Welcome - Paul Costeas
  • What Are Our Priorities? - Jon Van Rood
  • GEMS: Sustainability through Collaboration - Torstein Egeland
15:30-16:00

Coffee Break
16:00-18:00 SESSION I: International Exchange

  • International Exchange in Numbers - Lydia Foeken
  • Exchange Across the Atlantic - Michael Boo
  • WMDA Accreditation - Martin McGregor
  • Future Collaboration Networks - Michael Jones
19:00

Welcome Reception
 
Friday, 4 October 2013

DAY 2: Challenges and Opportunities
08:30-10:00 SESSION II: Effective Donor Recruitment Strategies

  • HLA Diversity: What is the Optimal Number of Donors - Calrlheinz Muller
  • Registry Size vs. Registry Quality - Alexander Schmidt
  • On-Line Recruitment: Does it really work - Ann O’Leary
  • The Use of Social Media - Andreas Pavlou
10:00-10:30

Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION III: Effective Search Strategies

  • Selecting the Best Matched Donor - Machteld Oudshoorn
  • The impact of EMDIS on Donor Search - David Steiner
  • When a Haploidentical Donor Becomes an Option - Alexandros Spyridonides
12:00-13:00 SESSION IV: HLA Typing Options

  • Current and Future HLA typing Methodologies - Joannis Mytilineos
  • NGS, Coming of Age - Dimitri Monos

13:00-14:30

Lunch Break
14:30-16:30 Sponsored Talks
Histogenetics
Abbott
Life Technologies
Illumina
16:30-17:00

Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 SESSION V: IT Training Workshop (By Registration Only)

  • Social Media Training - Andreas Pavlou
  • BMDW: Advance Search Training - Machteld Oudshoorn
  • Prometheus Training - David Steiner
19:00

Conference Dinner (Optional)
 
Saturday, 5 October 2013

DAY 3: The Next Step

08:30-11:00 SESSION VI: Sharing Experiences

  • Sharing Experiences (Delegates)
  • Abstract Presentations
11:00-11:30

Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Closing Session

  • Closing Remarks (Chairs of Sessions)
13:00-16:00 Closed Meetings

  • Group of European Medium Size Registries (GEMS)
  • Prometheus Users

Organisers:
Karaiskakio

norway