Programme outline 

Invited Speakers:
Prof Steven Marsh, London UK
Prof Peter Parham, Stanford USA
Dr Shlomo Cohney, Melbourne Australia
Call for abstracts : opens  April 2010 : closing July 2010

Day 1- Tuesday 16th November

• 9-12 am Company sponsored Workshop with special theme
• APHIA Council meeting
• 2- 5 pm APHIA Quality Assurance Programme
• Welcome and Introducation followed by 2 plenary lectures

Welcome reception/wine tasting

Day 2 – Wednesday 17th November

• PLENARY SESSION 1.  Advances in Solid Organ Transplantation
• PLENARY SESSION 2.  Advances in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Poster session with wine and cheese

Evening “Café Crawl” in Queenstown

Day 3 – Thursday 18th November
Free morning for tourism activity, Queenstown-style!
Lunch & Afternoon sessions:

• Transfusion Support and Best abstracts

18.00 Conference Dinner - Cruise on tss Earnslaw to Walter-Peak Station for dinner

Day 4 – Friday 19th November

• Genetics/donor selection
• Abstracts: Future Trends in HLA and Tissue Typing
• Update on 16th IHWS UK.

Conference close at 3pm

Conference venue -  The Millennium Hotel  a beautiful property in the centre of this mountain resort , with a variety of accommodation rooms, a large room for conference sessions adjacent to the exhibition/posters and catering area
www.millenniumhotels.co.nz/millenniumqueenstown/index.html
There will be other apartment and motel options for groups to share- see conference website for updates www.dcms.co.nz/aphia