Scientific Program 80th anniversary of the AVIS FOUNDATION - FIODS Symposium Blood donation in the European countries: How far are we from standards harmonization? Organizing Secretariat September 22 - 23, 2007 Medea Communications s.r.l. Via Menza 19/L 95126 Catania Tel: +39 095 377 412 mailto: [email protected] web: www.medeacom.com Mondello, (Palermo) - Italy Hotel La Torre Saturday, September 22nd k k k k k k Scientific Program k k Introduction and welcome address Filippo Drago President, European Delegation FIODS (Italy) Andrea Tieghi President, AVIS (Italy) Niels Mikkelsen President, FIODS (Denmark) Paolo Marcianò National Medical Councillor, AVIS (Italy) Domenico Alfonzo President, AVIS Sicilia (Italy) Marcello Romano Medical Councillor, AVIS Sicilia (Italy) Saverio Ciriminna General Director, Health Regional Office, Sicilia (Italy) Piero Bonomo Past President, Italian Society of Transfusional Medicine (Italy) Giuliano Grazzini President, National Blood Centre, Ministry of Health (Rome) k Chairmen: Paolo Marcianò (Italy), Niels Nikkelsen (Danmark) 11-30:12:00 The EU directives for blood donation Jean-Jacques Huart (France) 12:00-12:30 Standards foor blood donor admission Karin Magnussen (Danmark) 12:30-13:00 Discussion 13:00-14:30 Lunch pause Chairmen: Philip Chircop (Malta), Jean-Jacques Huart (France) 14:30-15:00 Problems with drug compliance in blood donation Filippo Drago (Italy) 15:00-15:30 Standards for blood validation Antonio Medarde Agustín (Spain) 15:30-16:00 Discussion 16:00-16:30 Pause Chairmen: Antonio Medarde Agustín (Spain), Karin Magnussen (Denmark) 16:30-18:30 Round table Daniele Consoli (Italy) Giovanni Garozzo (Italy) Gigi Scalzo (Italy) Chris Scerri (Malta) Ed Slot (The Netherlands) Jiulia Tamme (Estonia) k Sunday, September 23rd 09:00-11:00 K Meeting of the National Medical Councillors Philip Chircop Vice-president, FIODS (Malta) Daniele Consoli Member FIODS, Executive Committee (Italy) Giovanni Garozzo Member, Italian Society of Transfusional Medecine (Italy) Jean-Jaques-Huart National Medical Councillor (France) Speakers and Chairpersons 10:30-11:30 k Karin Magnussen National Medical Councillor (Danmark) Antonio Medarde Agustin Medical Advisor, FIODS (Spain) Gigi Scalzo Advisor, Health Regional Office, Sicilia (Italy) Chris Scerri National Medical Councillor (Malta) Ed Slot National Medical Councillor (The Netherlands) Julia Tamme National Medical Councillor (Estonia)