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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