Congress Programme

Day 1 June 3

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Registration
09:00 09:30	Welcome Conference Organisers Chair of Local Organising Committee Professor Obiageli Nnodu Speaker Program Overview Chair of Scientific Committee Professor Kenneth Ataga Speaker Guest of Honor Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, CON, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Services, Federal Republic of Nigeria Patient perspective Mr Ade Adebisi Speaker
09:30 11:00	Plenary Session 1: Progress in Management of Sickle Cell Disease Since the 4th Global Congress in 2022 Professor Isaac Odame Co-Chair Professor Mariane de Montalembert Co-Chair Africa Professor Adekunle Adekile Speaker India Professor Rabindra Jena Speaker Caribbean and South America Professor Jennifer Knight-Madden Speaker Europe and North America Professor Caterina Minniti Speaker Middle East Professor Miguel Abboud Speaker
11:00 11:30	Break
11:30 13:00	Plenary Session 2 – Newborn screening for sickle cell disease Professor Alex Osei-Akoto Co-Chair Professor Russell Ware Co-Chair Overview Professor Russell Ware Speaker Caribbean and the Americas Professor Jennifer Knight-Madden Speaker India Professor Dipty Jain Speaker Sub-Saharan Africa Dr. Emmanuela Ambrose Speaker
13:00 14:00	Lunch
14:00 15:00	Symposium 1: Addressing Catastrophic Diseases Globally: The Childhood Cancer Experience Sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dr Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo Speaker Ms. Suheir Rasul Speaker
15:00 16:30	Parallel Session 1: Pathophysiology of sickle cell disease: Inflammation, hemolysis and complement activation Dr Enrico Novelli Co-Chair Professor Fernando Costa Co-Chair Arginine Deficiency: A consequence of hemolysis that creates a distinctive nutritional requirement Professor Claudia Morris Speaker Complement activation in hemolytic manifestations of sickle cell disease Professor Pablo Bartolucci Speaker Inflammation and hyperadhesion as diagnostic and therapeutic targets in sickle cell disease Dr Enrico Novelli Speaker	Parallel Session 2 - Drug trials for sickle cell disease Ms Adebokunola Telufusi Co-Chair Professor Leon Tshilolo Co-Chair Globalization of sickle cell disease trials Professor Russell Ware Speaker Conducting SCD Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa: Success stories and Lessons Learned Ms Adebokunola Telufusi Speaker Clinical trials of sickle cell disease in India Professor Rabindra Jena Speaker Exploring the impact of international partnerships on enhancing sickle cell disease clinical trials capabilities in Africa Professor Adekunle Adekile Panelist Professor Mariane de Montalembert Panelist Professor Norah Akinola Panelist	Parallel Session 3: Global progress in sickle cell disease Lancet Commission on Sickle Cell Disease Dr Fred Piel Chair Overview of progress towards the Commission's recommendations, future global outlook regarding data Dr Fred Piel Speaker Future global outlook regarding screening Professor Obiageli Nnodu Speaker Future global outlook from a patient's perspective Dr. David Issom Speaker The future of sickle cell in India Dr Vinita Srivastava Speaker Future global outlook regarding treatments
16:30 17:00	Break
17:00 18:00	Symposium 2: Navigating clinical trials: Insights and challenges in low to medium economic countries Sponsored by: Fulcrum Therapeutics Dr Ugochi Ogu Chair Dr Livingstone Dogara Panelist Professor Caterina Minniti Panelist Professor Dipty Jain Panelist Professor Fatma Ebeid Panelist Professor Johnny Mahlangu Panelist Professor Miguel Abboud Panelist Professor Mojisola Adeyeye Panelist Professor Oluseyi Oniyangi Panelist