September 30
9:00-10:00 Workshop opening
09:00-09:10 Welcome and opening
09:10-09:20 Introduction to the workshop by Peter van den Burg
09:20-09:35 Host Country presentation – Jorge Monge Ruiz
09:40-10:00 Impact of the SoHO Regulation on the provision of rare blood, Richard Forde
10:00-14:15 Session 1: Testing strategies for finding rare donors
Moderator: Nicole Thornton
10:05:10:10 Introduction to the topic and session
10:10-10:40 The never ending story of new blood group systems, TBC
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-11:40 Rare donor programme in Portugal, Graca Almeida
11:40-11:45 Introduction to break-out rooms’ topics
11:45-12:45 Break-out discussions
12:45-13:00 Feedback from break-out sessions
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 Conclusions & Looking into the future, Nicole Thornton & Peter van den Burg
14:15-17:30 Session 2: HLA HPA typed platelets
Moderator: Peter van den Burg
14:15-14:30 Introduction to the topic and Session 2
14:30-15:00 Different workflows in use in the Netherlands, Judith Somers
15:00-15:30 Different workflows in use in England, UK, TBC
15:30-15:35 Introduction to break-out rooms
15:35-16:05 Coffee break
16:05-17:00 Break-out rooms: spin-off topics from the presentations
17:00-17:20 Feedback from break-out sessions
17:20-17:30 Conclusions & Looking into the future
20:30 Private visit and dinner at the Guggenheim museum
October 1
9:00-12:45 Session 3: International exchange and cryopreservation
Moderator: Ulrike Paulus
09:00-09:10 Introduction of topic and session 3
09:10-09:40 International exchange of rare blood – Australian experience, Tanya Powley
09:45-10:15 Frozen blood new component validation in a changing environment – Canadian experience
10:15-10:25 Introduction to break-out rooms Ulrike Paulus
• Overview of current documentation in use in different organisations for importing/exporting rare blood
• Introduction to considerations for pricing of rare blood
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Break-out rooms:
• output – agree on minimum information to be exchanged between importing and exporting organisations
• output - prepare a proposal for pricing of rare blood units
12:00-12:30 Feedback from break-out sessions
12:30-12:40 Looking into the future and conclusions, Ulrike Paulus & Peter van den Burg
12:45 Closing Peter O’Leary
13:00 Goodbye lunch