09:00 - 09:15 Thalassaemia International Federation and its Global Contribution in Haematology - A Taher (Lebanon)
09:15 - 10:30 Session 3: Thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies (Part 1)
Chair: B Gulbis (Belgium)
- The Thalassemias: An Overview
A Taher (Lebanon)
- Acute and Chronic Complications in SCD
L De Franceschi (Italy)
- Clinical Cases of SCD
A Inati (Lebanon)
- Panel discussion
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 Session 4: Oral Abstracts
Chair: A Taher (Lebanon) and MD Capellini (Italy)
- Selected oral presentations
CY Wang (United States)
BE Rosato (Italy)
N Tesio (Italy)
N Pourmandi (United States)
12:00 - 13:15 Session 5: New insights in diagnosis and treatments
Chair: A Iolascon (Italy)
- Future use of NGS Technology
A Iolascon (Italy)
- Current and Future Management of PNH
A Risitano (Italy)
- Current challenges and unmet medical needs in MDS
P Fenaux (France)
- Panel discussion
13:15 - 14:45 Lunch break
13:45 - 14:45 Vertex Satellite Symposium: Navigating the haemoglobinopathy transplant journey
Chair: MD Cappellini (Italy)
- Welcome and introduction
MD Cappellini (Italy)
- Navigating the haemoglobinopathy patient transplant journey
MD Cappellini (Italy) & A Kattamis (Greece)
- Interactive Panel discussion and Q&A
All faculty
14:45 - 16:00 Session 6: Iron world (Part 1)
Chair: M Muckenthaler (Germany)
- Iron and erythropoiesis
L Silvestri (Italy)
- Control of systemic iron homeostasis by the Hepcidin/Ferroportin regulatory axis – mechanistic insights into how hematological diseases affect iron homeostasis
M Muckenthaler (Germany)
- Clinical cases of atypical microcytic anemias
Graca Porto (Portugal)
- Panel discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:45 Session 7: Iron world (Part 2)
Chair: D Girelli (Italy)
- The 2022 classification of Hemochromatosis: new recommendations
D Girelli (Italy)
- PIEZO1 and iron overload in dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis
I Andolfo (Italy)
- EuroBloodNet: Five years of experience
B Gulbis (Belgium)
- Panel discussion