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Friday September 20, 2019
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver- Pacific Ballroom
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast & Mini Morphology Session – Dr. J. Bennett |
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am | CCMDS/AML Welcome- Dr. W. Lam |
| 8:05 am – 12:30 pm | Morning Sessions: Introductions Dr. W. Lam & Dr. A. Shamy |
| 8:05 am – 8:30 am | Genetic Predisposition to MDS/AML – Dr. L. Godley |
| 8:30 am – 8:55 am | Results of Randomized Controlled Trials in MDS – Dr. U. Platzbecker |
| 8:55 am – 9:20 am | Diagnosis and Management of MDS/MPN Overlap Syndromes – Dr. E. Padron |
| 9:20 am – 9:35 am | Question Period- Drs. Godley, Padron & Platzbecker |
| 9:35 am – 9:55 am | Refreshment Break |
| 9:55 am – 10:00 am | The Stephen Couban Keynote Lecture Introduction: – Dr. B. Leber |
| 10:00 am – 10:40 am | The Stephen Couban Keynote Lecture: Scientific and Clinical Aspects of Inflammation in MDS – Dr. A. List |
| 10:40 am – 11:05 am | Clinical Impact of Somatic Mutations in MDS – Dr. R. Bejar |
| 11:05 am – 11:30 am | Clinical Aspects of MDS/MPN – Dr. E. Padron |
| 11:30 am- 12:10 pm | Clonal Hematopoiesis, Relation to MDS and Approach to Management – Dr. D. Steensma |
| 12:10 pm – 12:25 pm | Question Period- Drs. Bejar, List, Padron & Steensma |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Afternoon Sessions: Introductions: Dr. H. Leitch & Dr. A. Karsan |
| 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm | A Canadian Dream- Railway Hotel’s as a National Image- Mr. Michael Kluckner |
| 1:45 pm – 2:10 pm | Mechanisms of Accelerated Atherosclerosis – Dr. F. Vinchi |
| 2:10 pm – 2:35 pm | Monocytes and Dendritic cells in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Targets for Immunotherapy? – Dr. A. van de Loosdrecht |
| 2:35 pm – 2:55 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 2:55 pm – 3:20 pm | Stem Cell Transplantation for MDS – International Panel Recommendations & Beyond- Dr. U. Platzbecker. |
| 3:20 pm – 3:45 pm | Resistance to MDS Therapy – Dr. A. Karsan |
| 3:45 pm – 4:05 pm | Question Period – Drs. Karsan, Platzbecker, Vinchi & van de Loosdrecht |
| 4:05 pm – 4:25 pm | Bridging the Canyon between Discovery & Treatment- Dr. D. Steensma |
| 4:25 pm – 4:30 pm | Closing Remarks – Dr. H. Leitch |
| 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Welcome Reception “Beautiful British Columbia” Hosted by AAMAC- The Roof Top Hotel Vancouver |
Saturday September 21, 2019
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver- Pacific Ballroom
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast – Meet the Experts |
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am | Morning Welcome: Dr. R. Buckstein |
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | Morning Sessions: Introductions: Dr. R. Buckstein & Dr. D. Sanford |
| 8:05 am – 8:30 am | Targeting Leukemia Stem Cells in AML – Dr. J. Wang |
| 8:30 am – 8:55 am | AML Prognosis – Dr. D. Sanford |
| 8:55 am – 9:20 am | High-Risk MDS and AML: One or Two Diseases – Dr. M. Heuser |
| 9:20 am – 9:45 am | AML Canadian Landscape – Dr. A. Schuh |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Question Period- Drs. Heuser, Sanford, Schuh & Wang |
| 10:00 am – 10:20 am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:20 am – 10:45 am | Minimal Residual Disease Directed Therapy for AML – Dr. M. Heuser |
| 10:45 am – 11:10 am | Novel Treatments for AML – Dr. E. Wang |
| 11:10 am – 11:35 am | Cellular Therapy for AML – Dr. K. Hay |
| 11:35 am – 11:50 pm | Question Period- Drs. Hay, Heuser & Wang |
| 11:50 pm – 12:50 pm | Lunch |
| 12:50 pm – 4:15 pm | Afternoon Sessions: Introductions: Dr. M. Geddes & Dr. B. Leber |
| 12:50 pm – 12:55 pm | Introduction to the Carolyne Delage Young Investigator Award- Dr. H. Olney |
| 12:55 pm – 1:05 pm | Carolyne Delage Young Investigator Award – Presented by Dr. B. Leber to: Gold Winner- Elina Cook & Silver Winner -Michael Luo |
| 1:05 pm – 1:30 pm | Survivorship; Long Term Complications of AML – Dr. M. Elsawy |
| 1:30 pm – 1:55 pm | Reducing Toxicity in Stem Cell Transplantation – Dr. C. Cutler |
| 1:55 pm – 2: 20 pm | Aplastic Anemia and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria – Dr. A. Kulasekararaj |
| 2:20 pm – 2:35 pm | Question Period- Drs. Elsawy, Cutler & Kulasekararaj |
| 2:35 pm – 2:55 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 2:55 pm – 3:20 pm | Iron overload in MDS/AML; Recent Data– Dr. H. Leitch |
| 3:20 pm – 3:45 pm | Analyses from the Canadian MDS Registry – Dr. R. Buckstein |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Question Period – Drs. Buckstein & Leitch |
| 4:00 pm – 4:05 pm | Closing Remarks – Dr. H. Leitch |