Opening Ceremony

OPENING CEREMONY

12.45-14.00 hours, Room: Auditorium

OPENING CEREMONY, PRESENTATION FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDEES, JOSÉ CARRERAS LECTURE
Chairs: E. Hellström-Lindberg, EHA President (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
A. Hagenbeek, Congress President (Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
12.45-13.00 hours

OPENING ADDRESS
E. Hellström-Lindberg, EHA President (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
A. Hagenbeek, Congress President (Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
13.00-13.15 hours

PRESENTATION EHA-JOSÉ CARRERAS FOUNDATION YOUNG INVESTIGATOR FELLOWSHIP AND EHA FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
I. Roberts, Chair of EHA Fellowships & Grants Committee (St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals, London, United Kingdom)
13.15-14.00 hours

JOSÉ CARRERAS LECTURE INTRODUCTION
W.E. Fibbe, President-Elect, (Leiden University Medical Center,
Leiden, The Netherlands)

BIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD-DERIVED STEM CELLS
E. Gluckman (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France)