The schedule was:-

10.00 Registration & Coffee

10.50 Welcome Shirley Watson

11.00 An overview of ITP Professor Adrian Newland (UK). Presentation.

11.30 Childhood ITP Registries - working towards a personal bleeding risk Dr. John Grainger (UK). Presentation.

12.00 2 Italian ITP studies: 1. Rituximab 2. borderline thrombocytopenia Dr. Roberto Stasi (Italy). Presentation.

12.15 Discussion Groups

1.00 Buffet Lunch

2.00 There’s more to ITP than just the platelet count Professor George Buchanan (US). Presentation.

2.30 Symptomatic approach to therapy in ITP Dr. Drew Provan (UK). Presentation

3.00 Outcome measures in childhood ITP Professor Victor Blanchette (Canada). Presentation.

3.30 A report on the Intercontinental ITP Study Group in Switzerland Dr. Paula Bolton-Maggs (UK). Presentation.

3.50 Tea

4.10 The Patient’s Perspective Professor James George and Deirdra Terrell (US) . Presentation.

4.40 Question Forum (all speakers) chaired by Professor John Lilleyman (UK)