DAY 1

22 April 2010-Thursday 

Registration & Poster mounting

John Bosco Memorial Lecture: History and challenges of blood transfusion in Malaysia

CG Lopez (MY)

0830-0900

Welcome address and opening ceremony

Symposium 1: Lymphomas I

Current role of imaging techniques and the role of PET

Felix Sundram (MY)

Immunopathology of lymphoma

Noridah Masir (MY)

Prognostication of lymphoma

YL Kwong (HK)

1030-1050

Tea break

1050-1130

Plenary 1: T-cell lymphomas

WS Kim (KR)

1130-1300

Symposium 2: Lymphomas II

Extra nodal lymphoma

YL Kwong (HK)

Cutaneous lymphoma

Miles Prince (AU)

Novel strategies in Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

WS Kim (KR)

1300-1400

Lunch Symposium (CML: Importance of molecular response. Jeff Szer)

1400-1530

Symposium 3: Stem cell transplantation

Graft engineering and novel approaches in stem cell transplantation

Mickey Koh (UK)

Reduced intensity transplantation - current role and future prospects

Huang He (CH)

Updates in diagnosis, classification and management of GVHD

Jeff Szer (AU)

1530-1545

Tea break

1545-1715

Symposium 4a: Acute leukemias

Challenges in the treatment of adult ALLM

Mickey Koh (UK)

Management of relapsed APL

M Chandi (IN)

AML local experience

Chang KM (MY)

1545-1715

Symposium 4b: Blood transfusion

Towards zero risk in transfusion - an attainable goal?

CF Leong (MY)

Prevention and management of platelet refractoriness

Diana Teo (SG)

Informatics and the blood bank

VS Nadarajan (MY)

1900-2000

Dinner Symposium

DAY 2

23 April 2010-Friday

1730-0815

Breakfast Symposium (Role of rfVIIa in congenital Haemophilia with inhibitors: Allison Street)

Symposium 5 : Chronic myeloid leukemia

Optimising TKI therapy - challenges in the Asean context

YT Goh (SG)

The role of BMT in the era of TKI

Saengsuree Jootar (TH)

Developing CML guidelines in an ASEAN country

SC Ng (MY)

Plenary 2: Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

Jeff Szer (AU)

Tea Break/ Poster viewing

Symposium 6 : MDS/MPD

Novel agents in the treatment of MDS

M Chandi (IN)

Updates in the diagnosis and classification of MPD

Jameela Shatar (MY)

Issues in stem cell transplantation for MDS and MPD

Jeff Szer (AU)

Lunch Symposium (Prophylaxis, empirical, pre-emptive therapy in Hematolological patients:Asok Kurup ; Biological Markers - Do They Improve the Outcome?: Orla Morrissaey)

Symposium 7: Laboratory haematology

Cytogenetics update

Linda Campbell (AU)

Immunophenotyping update

Liu Te Chih (SG)

Morphology update/challenges

P Kuperan (SG)

1530-1545

Tea break

Symposium 8A: Autoimmune disorders

APS - challenges in laboratory diagnosis and treatment

P Kuperan (SG)

Management of ITP

Alison Street (AU)

Transplantation in autoimmune disease

Huang He (CH)

Symposium 8B: Tropical Haematology

Issues in the management of Dengue

Umpaiwan Chaunsumrit (TH)

Tropical infections in the immunocompromised host

Norliza Ariffin (MY)

Emerging infections in the 21st century

KB Chua (MY)

1900-2000

Dinner Symposium (Meeting the challenges of ITP management: Gregory Cheng)

DAY 3

24 April 2010-Saturday

0800-0930

Symposium 9: Myeloma

Choosing upfront and salvage therapy for myeloma in the Asian context

Daryl Tan (SG)

Role of transplantation in myeloma

Miles Prince (AU)

Treatment advances in frontline myeloma and the management of elderly patients

Philippe Moreau (FRA)

1010-1030

Tea break

1030-1200

Symposium 10A: Haematology in the East

Genetic polymorphisms and impact on drug therapy

GG Gan (MY)

Blood group polymorphisms and impact on blood banking

Malaria and red cell disorders

SK Cheong (MY)

1030-1200

Symposium 10B: Venous thromboembolism

Epidemiology of VTE on the East

HJ Ng (SG)

Issues in thromboprophylaxis

Alison Street (AU)