WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER

2:00 pm onwards

early arrival for overnight accommodation if required

THURSDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER

8.00

Breakfast

9:00

Registration and Coffee

Scientific Meeting

10:30  - 12:35 Session 1 Overview
Sponsored by Exosome diagnostics
Chairman – Ian Sargent

10:30 – 10:35 

Welcome and opening remarks – Ian Sargent

10:35 – 11:15 

Overview of Microparticles  in Health and Disease – Rienk Nieuwland

11:15 – 11:55 

The Biology of Exosomes – Michiel Pegtel

11:55 -  12:35 

Microparticles and Tissue Factor – Nigel Mackman

12:35- 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 15:45 Session 2 Industry Sponsored Session (Part 1)
Sponsored by Stago, Hyphen/Quadratech and Technoclone
Chairman – Rienk Nieuwland

13:45 – 14:15

Standardization and Pre-analytical Variables – Francoise Dignat-George

14:15 – 14:45 

Procoagulant Assays –  Barry Woodhams

14:45 - 15:15

Capture Based Assays –   Jean Amiral

15:15 -15:45

Development of a functional assay for thrombogenic microparticles –Helga Vetr

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee

16:15 – 18:15 Session 3 Industry Sponsored Session (Part 2)
Sponsored by Biocytex/Stago, Beckman Coulter, Apogee, Izon
Chairman – Paul Harrison

16:15-16:35

An overview of Novel and Conventional Methods to Detect Microparticles and Exosomes. – Edwin van der Pol.

16:35 – 17:00

The Potential and Limits of Flow Cytometry – Philippe Poncelet

17:00 – 17:25

Impedance Based Flow Cytometry – Jeff Zwicker

17:25 – 17:50

Performance of the latest generation of flow cytometers for the detection of microparticles –  Romaric Lacroix

17:50 – 18:15

Nanopore based characterisation of nanoparticles and bioparticles -
Anne Barnett

18:30 – 19:30

Drinks Reception (Cloisters Area)

19:30 – 21:30

Banquet

21:30

Bar

FRIDAY 24th  SEPTEMBER 2010

8.00

Breakfast

Scientific Meeting

9:00 – 11:00 Session 4 Industry Sponsored Workshop (Part 3)
Chairman Paul Harrison

9:00 – 9:30  

Atomic Force Microscopy – Yuana Yuana

9:30 – 10:00

ISADE – EQELS – Don Gabriel (Invitrox)

10:00 – 10:30

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis – Bob Carr (sponsored by Nanosight)

10:30– 11:00

Thrombolux Device - Elisabeth Maurer-Spurej (Lightintegra Technology)

11:00 -11:30

Coffee Break

11:30– 13:00 Session 5 Clinical Aspects
Chairman Francoise Dignat-George

11:30 – 12 :00

Diagnostic Applications of Microvesicles: The Carisome Platform
- Christine D. Kuslich (sponsored by Caris)

12:00 – 12:30

Exosomes and Microparticles in Cancer – Adrian Harris

12 :30– 13 :00

Microparticles in Pregnancy and Pre-eclampsia – Ian Sargent

13:00- 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Session 6  Nanotechnology
Chairman Ian Sargent

14:00 – 14:40

Microparticles/Nanoparticles for drug delivery – Karl Morten

14:40 – 15:20

The Emerging Role of Inorganic nanoparticles in biology and medicine - – Quentin Pankhurst

15:20 – 15:30

Closing Remarks  - Ian Sargent

15:45

Departure

Accommodation in the college is available on Friday night

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER

8.00

Breakfast

10:00

Departure of all Delegates (no delegates can stay on Saturday night as there is another meeting)