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7:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
Dr. Pilarski (Canada)#
Defining the malignant clone in WM
8:15 AM
Dr. Sahota (UK)#
Origins of the malignant clone in WM
8:30 AM
Dr. Fonseca (USA)
Cytogenetics of WM
8:45 AM
Dr. McMaster (USA)
Family Studies in WM
9:00 AM
Dr. Shaughnessy (USA)
Gene expression profiles in WM
9:15-9:30
Dr. Pilarski (Canada)
Panel Discussion
9:30 AM
Dr. Avet-Loiseau (France)
14q32 translocations discriminate IgM MM from WM
9:45 AM
Dr. N. Mitsiades (USA)
Proteomic analyses in WM
10:00 AM
Dr. Leitch (UK)*
Dysregulation of apoptosis in WM does not involve NF-kß
10:15 AM
Dr. Adamia (Canada)*
Overexpression and novel splice variants of Hyaluronan synthases in WM
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
Session Break
Refreshments
11:00 AM
Dr. Kyle (USA)
IgM monoclonal gammopathies
11:15 AM
Dr. Morra (Italy)
Prognostic factors for transformation in IgM MGUS
11:30 AM
Dr. Montoto (Spain)*
Malignant transformation in IgM MGUS
11:45-12:00
12:00-1:15
Lunch
1:15 PM
Dr. Remstein (USA)
Clinicopathological overview of WM
1:30 PM
Dr. San Miguel (Spain)
Immunophenotypic characterization of WM
1:45 PM
Dr. Roger Owen (UK)
Developing diagnostic criteria in WM
2:00 PM
Dr. Pangalis (Greece)
Differential diagnosis of WM from other B-cell disorders
2:15 PM
Dr. Alexanian (USA)
Asymptomatic WM
2:30-2: 45
2:45-4:15
Dr. Owen (UK)
Report of Consensus Panel One on the Clinicopathological definition of WM
Dr. Dimopoulos (Greece)
Discussion and Consensus Summary
4:15-4:45
4:45 PM
Dr. Merlini (Italy)
Prognostic Factors in WM
5:00 PM
Dr. Morel (France)
Prognostic Factors in WM: Description of complications during disease evolution
5:15 PM
Dr. Barlogie (USA)
Prognostic factors and response to Fludarabine: Update from a U.S. Intergroup Trial
5:30 PM
Dr. Bjorkholm (Sweden)
Patterns of clinical presentation and outcome in WM
5:45 PM
Dr. Cesana (Italy)*
Smoldering WM: Factors predicting evolution to symptomatic disease
6:00-6:30
7:30 PM
Night Tour of Athens and Dinner Reception at Dionysos in Plaka
*Young Investigator Fellowship Award Recipient Sponsored by the International Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Foundation
# Smokler Research Grant recipient Sponsored by the RFW, Ltd.
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