Meeting program

11:15–11:45 Satellite symposium 1: Roche

12:00–12:15 Opening

12:15–14:00 Session 1: Hemophilia

• Lecture: Hemophilia: an overview
  Roger Schutgens (The Netherlands)
• Challenges in the management of acquired hemophilia in elderly patients
  Melen Brinza (Romania)
• A case of acquired post-partum hemophilia
  Doroteya Todorieva (Bulgaria)
• Role of Hemophilia Centre in improving medical practice in hemophilia care (Real data in Albania)
  Bledi Kalaja (Albania)
• Self-assessment case
  Roger Schutgens (The Netherlands)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

14:00–14:45 Lunch

14:45–16:30 Session 2: Thrombocytopenia & platelets

• Lecture: Investigation of inherited platelet disorders: When should we test platelet function?
  Paolo Gresele (Italy)
• ITP case presentation
  Barbara Skopec (Slovenia)
• Paradoxical Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a patient with Immune Thrombocytopenia
  C Pontikoglou (Greece)
• Self-assessment case
  Paolo Gresele (Italy)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

16:45–17:15 Satellite symposium 2: Amicus

17:30–18:30 Special session: Rare diseases in the region

• Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) – Clinical case and Romanian experience
  Andreea Jercan (Romania)
• The patient pathway in Serbia
  Andrija Bogdanovic (Serbia)

08:30–09:00 Satellite symposium 3: Novartis

09:15–11:00 Session 3: Disorders of iron metabolism / Hemolytic anemia

• Lecture: Genetic and acquired Iron Overload Disorders: similarities and differences
  Domenico Girelli (Italy)
• A Diagnostic Odyssey in rare anemias
  Şefika Akyol (Türkiye)
• Hemosiderosis in children: Possibility, probability, reality
  Vladimir Iacomi (Moldova)
• Self-assessment case: Hemochromatosis
  Domenico Girelli (Italy)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

11:00–11:15Coffee break

11:15–13:00 Session 4: Thrombosis (cancer associated)

• Lecture: Prevention and Treatment of VTE in Patients with Hematological Malignancies
  Grigoris Gerotziafas (France)
• Thrombosis associated with hematological malignancies
  Marijo Vodanović (Croatia)
• Thrombosis in solid cancers
  Nikica Sabljic (Serbia)
• Self-assessment case: Case of Multiple Myeloma Associated Thrombosis: Pitfalls and Challenges
  Grigoris Gerotziafas (France)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

13:00–14:00 Lunch

13:00–14:00 Meet-the-Expert: Roche (Booth)

13:30–14:00 Satellite symposium: Takeda

14:30–16:15 Session 5: Thrombosis (general)

• Lecture: VTE diagnosis, treatment and prevention in pregnancy: Where is the evidence pointing?
  Fionnuala Ní Ainle (Ireland)
• Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: ​A case beyond the typical presentation​
  Fatoş Dilan Köseoğlu (Türkiye)
• Deep venous thrombosis in patients with atresia of the inferior vena cava and right kidney hypoplasia (KILT syndrome)
  Nikola Pantić (Serbia)
• Self-assessment case
  Fionnuala Ní Ainle (Ireland)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

16:15–16:30 Coffee break

16:30–18:15 Session 6: Hereditary anemias / Anemia (hereditary / thalassemias), congenital / rare anemias

• Lecture: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease: Focus on diagnosis and clinical manifestations
  Maria Dimopoulou (Greece)
• GATA-2 syndrome
  Elena Solomou (Greece)
• Methemoglobinemia
  Kristina Tomic Vujovic (Serbia)
• Self-assessment case
  Maria Dimopoulou (Greece)
• Panel discussion
  All speakers

18:15–18:30 Closing