14:00 - 14:15 Opening Remarks
14:15 - 16:00 Session 1: Red cell and iron
Chair: A Ibrahim (Lebanon)
- Novel approaches to oral iron treatment
N Stoffel (Switzerland)
- The diagnostic potential of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin
A Armitage (United Kingdom)
- The iron status and malaria infection
R Gozzelino (Portugal)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:15 Keynote lecture
Chairs: J Gribben (United Kingdom)
- Hemoglobinopathies
A Taher (Lebanon)
17:15 - 18:15 Regional symposium on Hemoglobinopathies
Chairs: J Gribben (United Kingdom), M Qari (Saudi Arabia) & A Taher (Lebanon)
- Sickle cell disease update in management
M Ghamrawy (Egypt)
- Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) in children with sickle cell disease
BM Garallah Al Fugair (United Arab Emirates)
- Molecular diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies at SMC
A Radhi (Bahrain)
- Sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology and national prevention program
A Alzaki (Saudi Arabia)
- New approaches in blood safety and novel therapeutics in thalassemia
Y Aydınok (Turkey)
- Health-related Quality of Life of children and adolescents with non-transfusion dependent thalassemia
MKH Alasfoor (Iraq)
- Epidemiology of Sickle cell disease in an hematological service
A Meriem (Tunisia)
18:15 - 18:45 Regional Round Table
Chairs: J Gribben (United Kingdom), M Qari (Saudi Aabia) & A Taher (Lebanon)
18:45 - 19:00 Opening Ceremony
19:00 - 20:00 Poster Session & Welcome Reception
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