PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME ROME MEETING THURSDAY JUNE 11th
Morning session
9.00h Welcome by Marina Frontali and introduction by Gerry Evers-Kiebooms
9.30h Subgroup 2: “Testing of minors” by Pascal Borry + one hour subgroup report + discussion
11.00h Coffee break
11.15h Subgroup 1: “PGD” by Guido de Wert + one hour subgroup report + discussion
12.45h-14h Lunch
Afternoon session
14.00h Report and discussion subgroup 3
15.15h Report and discussion subgroup 4
16.00h Coffee break
16.15h Report and discussion subgroup 5
17.30h Discussion
18.00h End day one
20.00h Dinner
FRIDAY JUNE 12th
Morning session
9.00h Next steps and Conclusions for the “Updating of the guidelines)
11.00h Coffee break
11.15h Presentation of Gioia Jacopini: Communication of risk to children
11.45h Presentation of Dan van Kammen: Increased people comfort in participating in expanded HD gene testing
12.15h Discussion and Conclusions
13.30h End of the meeting | | Subgroup composition Subgroup 1: PGD 1) Christine de Die (leader) 2) Aad Tibben 3) Claudia Downing 4) Inge Liebaers 5) Gerry Evers-Kiebooms 6) Guido de Wert 7) Peter Braude Subgroup 2: "predictive testing of minors" 1) Marina Frontali (leader) 2) Ruth Glew 3) Asuncion Martinez-Descals (IHA) 4) Bea De Schepper (EHA) 5) Lucienne van der Meer 6) Pascale Ribaï 7) Milena Cannella 8) Alexandra Dürr 9) Reinier Timman 10) Pascal Borry Subgroup 3: intermediate alleles 1) Alicia Semaka (leader) 2) Michael Hayden (co-leader) 3) Dan van Kammen 4) Bonnie Lee La Madeleine 5) Rhona MacLeod 6) Maria Garcia Barcina 7) Jorge Sequeiros 8) Pascale Ribaï Subgroup 4: 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 (limitation of the test …information….. about age of onset) 1) Michael Hayden (leader) 2) Alicia Semaka 3) Claudia Downing 4) Christine Verellen 5) Pascale Ribaï 6) Peter Como 7) Ferdinando Squitieri 8) Gerry Evers-Kiebooms
Subgroup 5: 2.8 (‘All laboratories are expected to meet rigorous standards of accuracy… must work with genetic counsellors….) 1) Jorge Sequeiros (leader) 2) Sara Seneca 3) Oliver Quarrell 4) Emilio di Maria 5) Maria José Trujillo Tiebas 6) Ulrika Hösterey-Ugander |