ESH EHA Scientific Workshop 
MOLECULAR PROGNOSTIC MARKERS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Chairs: Bob Löwenberg and Hartmut Döhner
October 3 - 5, 2008, Mandelieu, France


Preliminary Programme

 

Friday, October 3
13:00 - 14:00 Welcome Lunch Buffet  
14:00 - 14:15 Welcome: Purpose of Meeting B. Löwenberg, H. Döhner
14:15 - 16:30 Session 1 - Gene Mutations (I) - Chair: H. Dombret  
14:15 - 14:35 NPM1: Biology and prognostic significance B. Falini
14:35 - 14:50 NPM1: Prognostic significance K. Döhner
14:50 - 15:05 NPM1: Therapeutic targeting R. Schlenk
15:05 - 15:20 FLT3: Prognostic significance   R. Gale
15:20 - 15:35 FLT3: Prognostic significance: allelic ratio C. Thiede
15:35 - 15:50 FLT3: Therapeutic targeting D. Small
15:50 - 16:30 Round Table  
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break  
17:00 - 19:15 Session 2 - Gene Mutations (II) - Chair: C. Bloomfield  
17:00 - 17:15 CEBPA: Biology and prognostic significance H. Dombret
17:15 - 17:30 CEBPA: Familial AML   T. Pabst
17:30 - 17:45 KIT: Prognostic significance P. Paschka
17:45 - 18:00 WT1: Prognostic significance J. Fitzgibbon
18:00 - 18:15 MLL: Biology and prognostic significance S. Whitman
18:15 - 18:30 AML1: Biology and relation to cytogenetics S. Schnittger
18:30 - 19:15 Round Table  
Saturday, October 4
08:30 - 10:00 Session 3 - Prognostic Impact of Cytogenetics: New Insights Revisited - Chair: J. Sierra  
08:30 - 08:50 Individual cytogenetic markers C. Bloomfield
08:50 - 09:10 Individual cytogenetic markers B. Löwenberg
09:10 - 09:30 Individual cytogenetic markers D. Grimwade
09:30 - 10:00 Round Table  
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break  
10:30 - 12:15 Session 4 - Gene Expression - Chair: D. Grimwade  
10:30 - 10:45 BAALC: Biology and prognostic significance C. Baldus
10:45 - 11:00 EVI-1: Biology and prognostic significance R. Delwel
11:00 - 11:15 ERG: Biology and prognostic significance G. Marcucci
11:15 - 11:30 MN1: Biology and prognostic significance A. Ganser
11:30 - 12:15 Round Table  
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:15 Session 5 - Modern Genomics Technologies (I) - Chair: B. Ebert  
14:00 - 14:20 SNP in Pediatric AML J. Downing
14:20 - 14:40 SNP in Adult AML B. Young
14:40 - 14:55 Gene expression profilling P. Valk
14:55 - 15:10 Gene expression profilling L. Bullinger
15:10 - 15:25 Gene expression profilling T. Haferlach
15:25 - 15:40 Gene expression profilling M. Radmacher
15:40 - 16:15 Round Table  
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break  
16:45 - 18:45 Session 6 - Modern Genomics Technologies (II) - J. Downing  
16:45 - 17:05 MicroRNA profiling G. Marcucci
17:05 - 17:25 MicroRNA profiling M. Jongen
17:25 - 17:45 Functional genomics screen B. Ebert
17:45 - 18:05 Epigenetic profiling C. Plass
18:05 - 18:45 Round Table  
Sunday, October 5
08:30 - 11:15 Session 7 - Towards an Integrated Prognostic Algorithm - Chairs: E. Estey and A. Burnett  
08:30 - 08:45 Considerations about a composite prognostic score TBA
08:45 - 09:00 Considerations about a composite prognostic score C. Bloomfield
09:00 - 09:15 Considerations about a composite prognostic score A. Burnett
09:15 - 09:30 Considerations about a composite prognostic score H. Döhner
09:30 - 09:45 Considerations about a composite prognostic score H. Dombret
09:45 - 10:00 Considerations about a composite prognostic score E. Estey
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break  
10:30 - 10:45 Considerations about a composite prognostic score B. Löwenberg
10:45 - 11:00 Considerations about a composite prognostic score J. Sierra
11:00 - 11:15 Considerations about a composite prognostic score M. Tallman
11:15 - 12:00 Session 8 - Open Forum - Chairs: H. Döhner and B. Löwenberg
Final Discussion, Conclusions, Recommendations
 
12:00 - 13:30 Farewell lunch