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APHIA Programme outline JULY 10 subject to change
Tuesday 16th November 2010 |
8.00 : 21.00 |
Registration |
9.00 : 12.00 |
User Group Meetings – (1) One Lambda (2) Diagnostic Solutions |
9.00 : 12.00 |
APHIA Council Meeting |
12.00 : 13.00 |
Lunch in exhibition and poster area |
13.00 : 15.00 |
APHIA Quality Assurance Programme |
15.00 : 15.30 |
Tea Break in exhibition and poster area |
15.30 : 16.00 |
Welcome, Introduction and Keynote |
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History of tissue typing in the Asia-Pacific Region, Brian Tait (Melbourne) |
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Peter Parham, Topic TBA |
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Current approaches to overcoming blood group incompatibility and donor specific HLA antibodies in solid organ transplantation, Shlomo Cohney (Melbourne) |
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Welcome reception with Central Otago wine tasting to be held in the hotel garden courtyard
Sponsored by: Histogenetics |
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Evening free to dine in Queenstown or in hotel |
Wednesday 17th November 2010 |
8.00 : 21.00 |
Registration |
8.30 : 12.30 |
PLENARY SESSION 1
“Advances in solid organ transplantation” |
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Advances in tissue typing and their clinical application in solid organ transplantation, Shlomo Cohney (Melbourne) |
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Paired exchange organ transplantation, Frank Christiansen (Perth) |
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Organ trafficking, Ian Dittmer (Auckland) |
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Tea Break in exhibition and poster area |
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Relevance of luminex antibodies, crossmatches and SOT, Ilias Doxiadis (Leiden) |
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Selected abstracts for oral presentation #1: relevance of luminex antibodies, crossmatching and solid organ transplantation (5-6x 7+2 mins) |
12.30 : 13.30 |
Lunch in exhibition and poster area |
13.30 : 17.00 |
PENARY SESSION 2
“Advances in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation” |
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Jim McCluskey (Melbourne,) Topic TBA |
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MHC polymorphism, John Trowsdale (Cambridge) |
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KIR polymorphism, Derek Middleton (Liverpool) |
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Tea Break in exhibition and poster area |
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Advances in matching and umbilical cord transplantation, Lochie Teague (Auckland) |
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Selected abstracts for oral presentation #2 (5-6x 7+2 mins) |
18.00 : 19.30 |
Poster session with wine/cheese
Sponsored by: Roche Diagnostics NZ Ltd |
20.00 : 23.00 |
“Café Crawl”- dining in 3 restaurants, entrée, main, dessert
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APHIA Council Dinner with invited speakers |
Thursday 18th November 2010 |
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Specialist Interest Group (SIG) and Workshop Meetings |
13.00 : 14.00 |
APHIA Annual General Meeting |
14.00 : 15.30 |
Scientific Session“HLA genomics” |
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Reductio ad inheritum, Malcolm Simons (Melbourne) |
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Peter Parham (Stanford), Topic TBA |
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MHC and non MHC genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes, Brian Tait (Melbourne) |
15.30 : 16.00 |
Tea Break in exhibition and poster area |
16.00 : 17.00 |
Scientific Session “Transfusion support” |
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Transfusion reactions and haemovigilance, Dorothy Dinesh (Auckland) |
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Platelet immunology, speaker TBA |
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Managing the platelet refractory patient, Jon Downing (Auckland) |
18.00 : 22.00 |
Cruise on TSS Earnslaw to Walter-Peak Station and Conference Dinner, incl prize presentation (x 2)
Sponsored by : Conexio Genomics, Biofortuna and Wiratech |
Friday 19th November 2010 |
8.30 : 10.30 |
Scientific Session
“Genetics and donor selection” |
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Steve Marsh (London) Topic TBA |
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Finding donors for NZ HSCT patients, Hilary Blacklock (Auckland) |
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HLA migration to remote Oceania, Geoff Chambers (Wellington) |
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Campbell Witt (Perth), Topic TBA |
10.30 : 11.00 |
Tea Break in exhibition and poster area |
11.00 : 15.00 |
Scientific Session
“Modern population genetics in the Asia-Pacific region” |
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To be confimed. |
12.00 : 13.00 |
Lunch in exhibition and poster area |
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KIR population genetics in Indonesia, Marija Velickovic (Sydney) |
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KIR polymorphism in Thai blood donors, Pimpun Kipotke (Bangkok) |
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HLA diversity in Thai bone marrow and cord blood donors, Pawinee Kupatawintu (Bangkok) |
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Update on new nomenclature and 16th IHWS, Steve Marsh (London) |
15.00 : 15.10 |
APHIA 2011 |
15.10 |
Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea |
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