June 7 - 12, 2008
Macao SAR, China
Venetian Macao Resort Hotel

Programme

Thursday, June 12

08.30 – 10.00 Florence

Parallel Session S36: History of blood transfusion
 

08.30 – 09.30
4D-S36-01 NORMAN BETHUNE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF TRANSFUSION
P.J. Schmidt (Florida Blood Services, Tampa Florida, USA)

09.30 – 10.00
4D-S36-02 NORMAN BETHUNE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND BATTLEFIELD MEDICAL RESCUE IN CHINA
Z.R. Zou (Shanghai Red Cross Blood Center, Shanghai, China)

08.30 – 10.00 Milan

Parallel Session S37: Rare Blood group
 

08.30 – 09.00
5A-S37-01 ISBT WP ON RARE BLOOD
S. Nance (American Red Cross, Philadelphia, USA)

09.00 – 09.30
5A-S37-02 MOLECULAR BACKGROUND OF THE RARE BLOOD IN CHINESE POPULATION
Z. Ziyan (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)

09.30 – 09.45
5A-S37-03 GENE TRANSFER MEDIATED SILENCING AND OVEREXPRESSION OF SELECTED BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN : A TOOL FOR THE GENERATION OF RARE BLOOD GROUP CONTROL SAMPLES
C. Bagnis, S. Chapel, J. Chiaroni, P. Bailly (EFS, Marseille, France)

09.45 – 10.00
5A-S37-04 A PARTIAL RH4 PHENOTYPE
M. Reid, C. Lomas-Francis, J. Ong, P.S. Walker, E. Schmulbach, J. Storry, S. Vege, C. Westhoff (New York Blood Center, New York, USA)

08.30 – 10.00 Napels

Parallel Session S38: Transfusion in resource limited countries
 

08.30 – 09.00
5A-S38-01 EXPERIENCEAS WITH DEVELOPMENTS PROGRAMMES: THE PEPFAR INITIATIVE
J. Reilly (American Associates of Blood Banks, Arnold MD, USA)

09.00 – 09.30
5A-S38-02 THE CHALLENGE OF COMPONENT THERAPIES
C.Th. Smit Sibinga (Academic Institute IDTM, Groningen, The Netherlands)

09.30 – 09.45
5A-S38-03 BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE IN SERBIA
N. Vasiljevic, N. Karanovic (National Blood Transfusion Institute, Belgrade, Serbia)

09.45 – 10.00
5A-S38-04 UNDERSTANDING THE CLINICIANS' PERSPECTIVE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF TRANSFUSED CASES AT A PUBLIC SECTOR HOSPITAL IN INDIA
K. Chaudhary (Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India)

08.30 – 10.00 Florence

Parallel Session S39: Tissue Banking
 

08.30 – 09.00
5A-S39-01 CORD BLOOD BANKING
S. Kato (Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan)

09.00 – 09.30
5A-S39-02 WHY MONEY SHOULD NOT BE THE FIRST (T)ISSUE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION IN TISSUE BANKING
W.L.A.M. de Kort, C.M. Verhagen

09.30 – 09.45
5A-S39-03 INNOVATIVE TISSUE ALLOGRAFT CONSIGNMENT PROGRAM
N.D. Kalmin, M.B. Fisk, J.A. Borbon, D.A. Weeks (South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, San Antonio, USA)

09.45 – 10.00
5A-S39-04 EVALUATION OF HUMAN BONE MARROW STEM CELLS HARVESTED WITH MARROWXPRESS
J. Li, M. Nguyen, J. Chapman (Thermogenesis Corp, Rancho Cordova, USA)

08.30 – 10.00 Florence

Parallel Session S40: Meet the experts: Immunohematology and Rh

Y. Colin (Inserm, Paris, France)
W. Ouwehand (NHS Blood and Transplant Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
A. Brand (Sanquin Blood Supply, Leiden, The Netherlands)

10.00 – 10.30

COFFEE/TEA BREAK

10.30 – 12.00 Ballroom G - L

Plenary Session 5
 

10.30 – 11.15
5B-PL05-01 MODERN ETHICAL ISSUES IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION PRACTICE
K. Sazama (The Univ. of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA)

11.15 – 12.00
5B-PL05-02 TRANSFUSION MEDICINE IN DISASTERS
M. Bayik (Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey)

12.00 – 12.15 Ballroom G - L

CLOSING CEREMONY