THE 11^th ESH-EBMT TRAINING COURSE ON

BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

April 25-29, 2007

Alicante, Spain

Chairpersons : J. Apperley, E. Carreras, E. Gluckman, A. Gratwohl, T. Masszi

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Welcome and introduction

18.00-18.45 Keynote lecture R. Negrin

18.45-19.15 EBMT organization and activities A. Gratwohl

20.00 Cocktail reception

7.15-8.15 : Meet with students to rehearse selected case reports presentation

Session I : Stem Cell Biology and Procurement / Chair : TBD

08.30-09.00 Novel insights into bone marrow biology A. Wodnar-Filipowicz

09.00-09.30 The stem cell product A. Urbano-Ispizua

09.30-10.00 Mesenchymal stem cells K. Le Blanc

10.00-10.30 Coffee break

Session II : Choice of donor / Chair : TBD

10.30-11.00 HLA J.-M. Tiercy

11.00-11.30 Non HLA E. Holler

11.30-12.30 Case presentation / choice of donor T. Masszi

12.30-13.30 Lunch

Session III : Transplant management and complications / Chair : TBD

13.30-14.15 Conditioning A. Bacigalupo

14.15 -15. 00 Early complications E. Carreras

15.00-15.30 Late complications A. Tichelli

15.30-16.00 Acute GVH TBD

16.00-16.30 Chronic GVH A. Devergie

16.30-17.00 Coffee break

17.00-18.30 Case presentation H. Greinix

08.00-09.00 : Breakfast Meet the Expert sessions

· Lymphomas A. Sureda

· CLL T. Masszi

· New indications of autologous transplant E. Carreras

· Jacie accreditation J. Apperley

Session IV : HSCT in Leukaemia / Chair : TBD

09.15-09.45 Minimal residual disease A. Orfao

09.45-10.15 GVH/GVL E. Holler

10.15-10.45 Treatment of relapse C. Guglielmi

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-11.45 AML prognostic markers and treatment indications B. Löwenberg

11.45-12.15 ALL prognostic markers and treatment indications V. Rocha

12.15-13.00 Case discussion

13.00 Lunch and Free afternoon

08.00-09.00 : Breakfast Meet the Expert sessions

· Case discussion on ABO haemolysis A. Devergie

· Outreach programme T. Masszi, E. Gluckman, J. Apperley

· Choice of donor TBD

· Myeloma TBD

Session V : Infection / Chair : TBD

09.15-10.30 Infection E. Carreras, M. Rovira

10.15-10.45 Case discussion

10.45-11.15 Coffee Break

11.15-12.45 : Simultaneous sessions

· Paediatric diseases

- Acute leukaemia G. Dini

- Immune deficiencies P. Veys

- Fanconi anaemia E. Gluckman

- Haemoglobinopathies F. Locatelli

- MDS F. Locatelli

· Adult diseases

- Myeloma TBD

- The role of Stem Cell Transplantation in the treatment of MDS T. de Witte

- CLL E. Montserrat

- CML J. Apperley

- BMT in the elderly D. Blaise

13.00-14.00 Lunch

Session VI : Research on stem cell therapy

14.00-14.30 Regenerative medicine F. Prosper

14. 30-15.00 Cord blood E. Gluckman

15.00-15.30 Immunotherapy TBD

15.30-16.00 Gene therapy G. Cossu

16.00-16.30 Coffee break

16. 30-17.00 Immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic

stem cell transplantation in humans A. Toubert

17.00-17.30 Late complications TBD

17.30-18.30 : Simultaneous sessions

· Case discussion

· Workshop on statistical analysis M. Labopin, R. Szydlo

20.00 Dinner Meet the Expert

Dinner tables :

1 - Complications of BMT

2 - Analyzing results of BMT

3 - Infection

5 - ALL

7 - Lymphoma myeloma

8 - Myeloproliferative diseases

9 - Alternative donor transplants

10 - Conditioning

08.00-09.00 : Breakfast Meet the Expert sessions

· Stem cell procurement V. Rocha

· Methodology of clinical trials G. Socié

· Fertility and late effects J. Apperley

· Transplant in auto immune diseases

Session VII : Indications and results / Chair : TBD

09.15-09.45 Aplastic anaemia A. Bacigalupo

09.45-10.15 Myeloproliferative diseases J. Apperley

10.15-10.45 Hodgkin A. Sureda

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-11.45 NHL H. Schouten

11.45-12.15 General discussion