Congress Programme

Day 1 June 3

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Registration
09:00 09:30	Welcome Conference organizers (Chair of Local Organizing Committee) Prof Dr Obiageli Nnodu Chair Program Overview (Chair of Scientific Committee) Prof Kenneth Ataga Chair Government representative Patient perspective
09:30 11:00	Plenary Session 1: Progress in Management of Sickle Cell Disease Since the 4th Global Congress in 2022 Isaac Odame Co-Chair Prof Mariane de Montalembert Co-Chair Africa Prof Kunle Adekile Speaker India Prof Dr RABINDRA JENA Speaker Caribbean and South America Jennifer Knight-Madden Speaker Europe and North America Caterina Minniti Speaker Middle East Miguel Abboud Speaker
11:00 11:30	Break
11:30 13:00	Plenary Session 2 – Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease Alex Osei-Akoto Co-Chair Russell Ware Co-Chair Overview Russell Ware Speaker Caribbean and the Americas Jennifer Knight-Madden Speaker India Dipty Jain Speaker Sub-Saharan Africa 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 Fernando Costa Co-Chair Arginine Deficiency: A consequence of hemolysis that creates a distinctive nutritional requirement Claudia Morris Speaker Complement activation in hemolytic manifestations of sickle cell disease Pablo Bartolucci Speaker Inflammation and hyperadhesion as diagnostic and therapeutic targets in sickle cell disease Dr Enrico Novelli Speaker	Parallel Session 2: Clinical Science – Drug Trials for Sickle Cell Disease Ms Adebokunola Telufusi Co-Chair Prof Leon Tshilolo Co-Chair Clinical trials in India Prof Dr RABINDRA JENA Speaker TBC Ms Adebokunola Telufusi Speaker	Parallel Session 3: Global Progress in Sickle Cell Disease Lancet Commission on Sickle Cell Disease PIEL Frédéric Chair Overview of progress towards the Commission's recommendations, future global outlook regarding data PIEL Frédéric Speaker Future global outlook regarding screening Prof Dr Obiageli Nnodu Speaker Future global outlook regarding treatments Russell Ware Speaker Future global outlook from a patient's perspective The future of sickle cell in India Mrs vinita Srivastava Speaker
16:30 17:00	Break
17:00 18:00	Symposium 2: Pharma-sponsored symposium Sponsored by: Fulcrum Therapeutics