Congress Programme

Time	Session

07:30 08:30	Registration
08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 4: Curative Therapies in Sickle Cell Disease Alexis Thompson Co-Chair Nosa Bazuaye Co-Chair
10:00 10:30	Break
10:30 12:00	Parallel Session 13: Using Technology to Advance Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis and Care Patrick McGann Co-Chair Umut Gurkan Co-Chair	Parallel Session 14: Stigma of Sickle Cell Disease Kofi Anie Co-Chair Prof Biree Andemarian Co-Chair		Parallel Session 15: Preventive Care for Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Countries and India Dipty Jain Co-Chair Prof Dapa Diallo Co-Chair
12:00 13:00	Lunch		Poster Sessions
13:30 14:30	Symposium 5: Pharma Sponsored Symposium - Novartis Pharmaceuticals
14:30 16:00	Oral Abstracts Top Abstracts - Six Abstracts Prof Kunle Adekile Co-Chair Prof Najibah Galadanci Co-Chair
16:00 16:30	Break
16:30 18:00	Parallel Session 16: Quality of Life in Sickle Cell Disease: What Matters for Mental Health and Well-being? Dr Nchangwi Syntia Munung Co-Chair Marsha Treadwell Co-Chair	Parallel Session 17: SickleInAfrica – Registry and Standards of Care		Parallel Session 18: Animal Models of Sickle Cell Disease David Archer Co-Chair Prof Solomon Ofori-Acquah Co-Chair
18:00 19:00	Symposium 6: Global Gene Therapy Initiative ( Dr. Jennifer Adair) Prof Julie Makani Speaker