13th International Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Update Meeting

08.00	Registration and Coffee
09.50	Welcome and Opening of the Conference
09.55	Introduction to the Meeting Angela Thomas, Conference Chair, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
SESSION 1	UPDATE IN HAEMATOLOGY
10.00	Lecture 1 Leukaemia: ALL Nick Goulden, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
10.30	Lecture 2 Leukaemia: AML Brenda Gibson, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK
11.00	Lecture 3 Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Josu de la Fuente, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
11.20	Lecture 4 HLH and Aplastic Anaemia Mary Morgan, Southampton General Hospital, UK
11.40	Lecture 5 Haematological emergencies Sally Kinsey, Leeds General Infirmary, UK
12.00	Discussion
12.15	Lunch/Exhibition/Poster Viewing
SESSION 2	TUMOURS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
13.30	Lecture 6 Surgery: Craniopharyngioma management: the whole picture Chris Chandler, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
13.50	Lecture 7 Radiotherapy Mark Gaze, University College London Hospitals, UK
14.10	Lecture 8 But what about the blood brain barrier? Chemotherapy for Brain Tumours Martin English, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
14.30	Lecture 9 Outcomes Colin Kennedy, University of Southampton, UK
14.50	Discussion
15.10	3 oral presentations of the best abstracts
15.40	Tea/Exhibition/Poster Viewing
SESSION 3
16.10	Lecture 10 Oncology emergencies Sheila Lane, Oxford Children's Hospital, UK
16.40	Lectures 11 and 12 Debate: Is it worth crossing the Atlantic for treatment? Featuring David Walker, University of Nottingham, UK
17.10	Debate opens to the audience
17.35	Conclusions from today’s programme Angela Thomas, Conference Chair, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

08.00	Registration and Coffee

08.00 – 09.00	Satellite Symposium Hot Topics in Bone Marrow Transplantation - Symposium supported by Pierre Fabre
	Towards individualized conditioning regimens in pediatrics: reducing toxicity and better disease control Dr Jaap Boelens, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands Reduced Intensity Conditioning (RIC) in children: Hype or Reality? Professor Mohamad Mohty, Professor of Haematology University Hospital Nantes, France and Chair of Acute Leukaemia Working Party on EBMT The challenge of treating children with high-risk neuroblastoma Dr Peppy Brock, President of SIOPEN and Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Great Ormond Street, London, UK This meeting is supported by an unrestricted medical education grant from Pierre Fabre

08.00 – 09.00

Satellite Symposium
Hot Topics in Bone Marrow Transplantation - Symposium supported by Pierre Fabre

Towards individualized conditioning regimens in pediatrics: reducing toxicity and better disease control
Dr Jaap Boelens, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Reduced Intensity Conditioning (RIC) in children: Hype or Reality?
Professor Mohamad Mohty, Professor of Haematology University Hospital Nantes, France and Chair of Acute Leukaemia Working Party on EBMT

The challenge of treating children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Dr Peppy Brock, President of SIOPEN and Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Great Ormond Street, London, UK

This meeting is supported by an unrestricted medical education grant from Pierre Fabre

SESSION 4
09.00	Lecture 13 Treatment of classical Hodgkin Lymphoma in children and adolescents Dieter Körholz, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany
09.30	Lecture 14 How to improve survival from Bone Sarcomas Jeremy Whelan, University College London Hospitals, UK
10.00	Lecture 15 Care of TYA patients Sue Morgan MBE, Teenage Cancer Trust Unit, Leeds, UK
10.30	Discussion
10.45	Coffee/Exhibition/Poster Viewing
SESSION 5	NEW THERAPIES
11.15	Lecture 16 New drug development, including Phase 1 Trials Bruce Morland, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
11.45	Lecture 17 Emerging targeted therapies in childhood cancer Darren Hargrave, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, UK
12.15	Discussion
12.30	Lunch/Exhibition/Poster Viewing
SESSION 6	TWINNING AROUND THE GLOBE
13.30	Lecture 18 Pacific Islands Scott MacFarlane, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
14.00	Lecture 19 Malawi Simon Bailey, Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
14.30	Lecture 20 Ghana Emma Johnson, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
15.00	Discussion
15.15	Closing Remarks and Conclusions Angela Thomas, Conference Chair, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

The Gala Dinner

Thursday 3rd May 2012

£55.00 per person

For 2012, we will enjoy the luxury, boutique environment of the Scotsman Hotel for our Gala Dinner. The Scotsman holds an enviable location on North Bridge, nestled between the hustle and bustle of the New Town and the historical Old Town. The Hotel is close to Princes Street, is easy to find and is considered to be one of the top hotels in Edinburgh.

Scotsman Hotel

The IPHOUM Gala Dinner is always popular and all colleagues are encouraged to attend to enjoy this opportunity for a relaxed evening together.

There is limited capacity for the Gala Dinner so we urge you to book early because it may well sell out.

The ticket price includes reception drinks, a 3 course dinner, wine and music
Dress code: Lounge suits

13th International Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Update Meeting

3rd and 4th May 2012 at The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

The Gala Dinner

3rd and 4th May 2012
at The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh