PROGRAM UPDATE as of November 1, 1998

PLENARY SPEAKERS

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BLOOD GROUPS
D. Anstee, Bristol, UK
A PRIMER ON PRIONS
H. Baron, Montrouge Cedex, France
TRANSGENIC BIOLOGY: IMPACT ON TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
I. Cottingham, Edinburgh, Scotland
VIRAL TESTING OF BLOOD DONORS. WHERE WILL IT END?
P. Holland, Sacramento CA, USA
ARTIFICIAL OXYGEN CARRIERS
R. Winslow, Washington, DC, USA

MINISYMPOSIA and CHAIRPERSONS

1. NEW AND FUTURE TRANSFUSION PRODUCTS
   Chairperson: G. Sandler, USA
2. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
   Chairperson: A. Nagler, Israel
3. RBC ANTIGENS; STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
   Chairperson: D. Anstee, UK
4. CJD and BSE
   Chairperson: M. Contreras, UK
5. CYTOKINES AND TRANSFUSION REACTIONS
   Chairperson: C. Martin-Vega, Spain
6. AUTOIMMUNITY
   Chairperson: Y. Shoenfeld, Israel
7. CLINICAL IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
   Chairperson: B. Zupanska, Poland
8. BLOOD TRANSFUSION SAFETY
   Chairperson: P. Holland, USA
9. NEW CONCEPTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA
   Chairperson: V. Blanchette, Canada
10. APHERESIS
    Chairperson: C. Smit-Sibinga, Netherlands
11. IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION
    Chairperson: M.A. Blajchman, Canada
12. IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF PLATELET AND LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES
    Chairperson: C. Kaplan, France
13. MANAGING THE MASSIVELY BLEEDING PATIENT
    Chairperson: J. Hess, USA
14. PLASMA SOURCING AND THE FRACTIONATION INDUSTRY
    Chairperson: W.G. van Aken, Netherlands
    

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NEW REDUCED RATES

LECTURES SCHEDULED (AS OF NOV 1, 1998; INCOMPLETE LIST)

NEW, POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT VIRUSES IN THE BLOOD SUPPLY
J-P Alain, Cambridge, UK
PLATELET AUTOIMMUNITY AND IMPLICATIONS
D. Beardsley, New Haven, CT, USA
ARTIFICIAL PLATELETS
M.A. Blajchman, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS
M.A. Blajchman, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
APPLICATION OF FLOW CYTOMETRY IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
D. Blanchard, Nantes, France
ALLOGENEIC AND AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
A.M. Carella, Genova, Italy
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF Rh
J-P Cartron, Paris, France
VIRAL INACTIVATION OF CELLULAR BLOOD PRODUCTS
L. Corash, San Fransisco, CA, USA
CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION AND BANKING
E. Gluckman, Paris, France
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRAUMA AND BLOOD PRODUCT SUPPORT
J. Hess, Washington, DC,USA
TRAUMA SURGERY FOR EXANGUINATING HEMORRHAGE - MODERN CONCEPTS
A. Hirshberg, Tel Hashomer, Israel
NEW TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HEMORRHAGE CONTROL
J. Holcomb, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, USA
TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED GVH
P. Holland, Sacramento, CA, USA
PLATELET ALLOIMUNIZATION
C. Kaplan, Paris, France.
ALLOIMMUNIZATION AND AUTOIMMUNIZATION AFTER BONE MARROW AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
R. Kekomaki, Helsinki, Finland
NEUTROPHIL IMMUNOLOGY-NEW ANTIGENS AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING
R. Minchinton, Brisbane, Australia
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE ABO SYSTEM
M. Olsson, Lund, Sweden
ANTIGENS ON BAND 3 AND GLYCOPHORIN A
J. Poole, Bristol, UK
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE KELL SYSTEM ANTIGENS
M. Reid, NY, USA
CAMOUFLAGED RED BLOOD CELLS
M. Scott, Albany, NY, USA
UNRELATED BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION
A. Zander, Hamburg, Germany
CLINICAL APPLICATION OF FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS FOR PREDICTING THE CLINICAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF RED CELL ANTIBODIES
B. Zupanska, Warsaw, Poland

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

David Anstee, UK
M.A. Blajchman, Canada
Victor Blanchette, Canada
Marcela Contreras, UK
Ian Cottingham, Scotland
Paul Holland, USA
Cecille Kaplan, France
Alice Maniatis, Greece
Carmen Martin-Vega, Spain
Umberto Rossi, Italy
Valentin Russanov, Russia
S. Gerald Sandler, USA
Cees Th. Smit-Sibinga, The Netherlands
N. Nuri Solaz, Turkey