DAY 1

10 April 2008-Thursday 

Registration & Poster mounting

Bosco Memorial Lecture: Global Issues on Stem Cell research

Prof. Emeritus Dr. SK Cheong

Opening Ceremony by Director General of Health

Tea Break/Poster viewing

Plenary 1: Matched Unrelated Donor Transplants

Dr. Gernot Stuhler

Symposium 1: Stem Cells

Cord Blood Stem Cells and their potentials

Dr. William Hwang

Adult Stem Cells: Characteristics, isolation, therapeutic potentials

Dr. Gernot Stuhler

Stem Cell Banking: Indications and regulations

Dr. William Hwang

DAY 2

11 April 2008-Friday

Symposium 2: Lymphomas

Diagnosis of Lymphomas: An update on histopathological and immunophenotypic features

Prof. Peh Suat Cheng

Role of radiation therapy in lymphoma

Dr. Foo Yoke Cheng

Relapsed and primary refractory lymphoma

Dr. John Catalano

Plenary 2: First line management of follicular lymphoma

Dr. John Catalano

Tea Break/ Poster viewing

Symposium 3: Transplant Complications

Graft versus host disease

Dr. Chang Kian Meng

Infections in transplants

Dr. Gernot Stuhler

Mucositis

Prof. Shaun McCann

Lunch Symposium 1: Current and future concepts of CML management

Dr. Giuseppe Saglio

Lunch/ Poster viewing

Symposium 4A: Transfusion Medicine

Microchimerisms

Dr. V S Nadarajan

rFVIIa in massive bleeding and the Australian registry

Dr. Scott Drunkley

Case presentations on laboratory problems

Symposium 4B : Anaemias

Iron overload in transfusion dependant anaemias

Dr. Giuseppe Saglio

Aplastic Anaemia

Dr. Kok Keng Weng

Clinical case presentations

Symposium 5A: Myeloproliferative Disorders

Treatment of PRV in the JAK2 era

Dr. Grace Kam

Pathophysiology and treatment of platelet-mediated microvascular disturbances, major thrombosis and bleeding in essential thrombocythaemia

Dr. Jameela Sathar

Myelofibrosis: New developments in pathogenesis and treatment

Dr. Grace Kam

Symposium 5B : Laboratory haematology

Assessment of MRD: Where are we now?

Dr. Charles Chuah

Applications of cytogenetics in haematological malignancies

Dr. Zubaidah Zakaria

Blood bank pretransfusion testing in the local setting

Dr. C G Lopez

Quality and accreditation of the stem cell laboratory

Dr. Roshida

MSH AGM (for members only)

DAY 3

12 April 2008-Saturday

0800-0930

Symposium 6: Acute Leukemias

New insights in the management of APML

Assoc. Prof. Chou Wen-Chien

ALL-Childhood protocols: Lessons for the adult haematologists

Dr Hishamshah

Acute Leukemia in the elderly

Dr. Alan Teh

0930-1015

PLENARY 3: Adoptive Immunotherapy in Haematological Malignancies

Dr. Gernot Stuhler

1015-1030

Tea/ Poster viewing

1030-1210

Symposium 7A: Anaemias

Auto immune haemolytic anaemia

Dr. Ng Soo Chin

Anaemia in cancer: Update studies on erythropoiesis stimulating drugs

Prof. Aziz Baba

Thalassaemia screening: The right approach

Prof. E George

1030-1210

Symposium 7B: Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Updates in the pathogenesis of MDS

Dr Lily Wong

Significance of the WHO classification for MDS

Dr. Subramaniam

Updates in the treatment of high risk MDS and CMML

Dr. Visalachy Purushotaman

1145-1210

Mophology quiz

1210-1245

Lunch Symposium 2: New approaches in the management of acquired haemophilia

Dr. Scott Drunkley

1245-1400

Lunch

1400-1530

Symposium 8A: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Mechanism of Imatinib resistance, in-vitro and clinical data of the new tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Prof Shaun McCann

CML in the Asia-Pacific: Update data on imatinib resistance

Dr. Charles Chuah

Blastic/accelerated CML : Biology and therapy

Prof Shaun McCann

1400-1530

Symposium 8B: Oncology Nursing

The role of the transplant coordinator

Sr. Tan Swee Kim

Nursing care of a transplant patient

Sr. Margaret

Management of extravasation and other side effects of chemotherapy

Mrs. Harbans Dhillon

1550-1630

Prize presentation & Closing remark