Programme

8:00

Registration desk open

8:45

Introduction, welcome messages

G. Isacchi

9:00

Introductory Lecture Archaeology of the human globin genes

G. Fiorelli

SESSION 1: DIAGNOSTICS

Chairs: B. Giardina / A. Colosimo

9:20

New approaches in diagnostics for Thalassemia

C. Harteveld

9:50

Advances in the methods for identification and characterization of abnormal hemoglobins

H. Wajcman

10:20

Discussion

10:40

Coffee break

SESSION 2: PREVENTION

Chairs: P.C. Giordano / A. Panà

11:00

Primary and secondary prevention of hemoglobinopathies in non-endemic areas

P.C. Giordano

11:15

The national antenatal screening programme for sickle cell and thalassaemia in England

A. Streetly

11:45

Primary prevention in Greece and PGD

J. Traeger Synodinos

12:15

Prevention in Cyprus and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis

M. Kleanthous

12:45

Newborn screening for hemoglobin disorders in the USA

C. Hoppe

13:15

Discussion

13:30

Lunch

SESSION 3: CLINICS

Chairs: M.D. Cappellini / L. Pagano

14:45

Life expectancy in patients with TM: work in progress

C. Borgna

15:30

Treatment of thalassemia: what's the news?

M.D. Cappellini

16:00

Discussion

16:15

Silvestroni and Bianco International Award - First Edition

SESSION 4: FUTURE

Chairs: G. Avvisati / B.M. Ricerca

16:45

Gene therapy for thalassemia: the next future

G. Ferrari

17:15

Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in hemoglobinopathies: from thalassemia to sickle-cell anemia

G. Lucarelli

17:45

Discussion

18:00

Conclusions

18:30

ECM test