The schedule was:-

Welcome: Shirley Watson: (Founder, ITP Support Association, UK)

There's more to ITP than the platelet count:
Professor George Buchanan
(Professor of Pediatric Hematology, SouthWestern Medical Center, Texas, USA). Presentation.

Reporting on 2 Italian ITP studies (1. Outcome of borderline thrombocytopenia 2. Rituximab trial):
Dr. Roberto Stasi
(Consultant Hæmatologist, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Albano Laziale, ITALY). Presentation.

An overview of ITP:
Professor Adrian Newland, (Professor of Hæmatology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK). Presentation.

Coffee

Outcome measures in ITP - more than just the platelet count:
Professor Victor Blanchette
(Professor of Pædiatric Hæmatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CANADA). Presentation.

Discussion Groups

Buffet Lunch

Do patients get the best out of their appointment?
Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs,
(Consultant Hæmatologist, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK). Presentation.

Symptomatic approach to therapy in ITP:
Dr. Drew Provan
(Senior Lecturer in Hæmatology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK). Presentation

Childhood ITP Registries - working towards a personal bleeding risk:
Dr John Grainger
(Consultant Pædiatric Hæmatologist, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK). Presentation.

The Patient's Perspective:
Professor James George and Dee Terrell
(Hæmatology Department, University of Oklahoma, USA). Presentation.

Question Forum: all speakers addressing questions from the floor, chaired by:
Professor John Lilleyman
(Honorary President, ITP Support Association)