Friday, July 13
8:00 AM: Pump It Up For Platelets! Hike & Seek
3:30 — 6:00 PM: Registration/Exhibits Open
5:00 — 5:15 PM: Welcome
5:15 — 6:45 PM: Concurrent Sessions
- Inquire & Inspire: patients ask the experts & share personal journeys (small group sessions)
- Canadian Patients & Caregivers
- Children with ITP: treatments, school & sports
- For Teens Only
6:45 — 7:00 PM: Dinner Registration
7:00 — 8:00 PM: Educational Dinner Program
8:00 — 9:00 PM: The Immune System Strikes Back & 20+ Years of ITP: Take the Jeopardy Challenge
SATURDAY, JULY 14
8:00 — 9:00 AM:
- Registration
- Continental Breakfast
- Exhibits open
9:00 — 10:00 AM: 20 Years of ITP: What Has Changed Over the Last 2 Decades
10:00 — 10:15 AM: Break
10:15 — 11:30 AM: Inquire & Inspire: patients ask the experts & share personal journeys (small group sessions)
11:30 - 11:45 AM: Break
11:45 — 12:45PM: Concurrent Sessions
- Communicating with Your Doctor
- Women & Girls: The Unique Challenges of Living with a Bleeding Disorder
12:45 — 1:45 PM: Lunch Break with PDSA Medical Advisors
1:45 — 2:45 PM: Consideration for Treating ITP in the Future
2:45 — 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 — 4:00 PM: Inquire & Inspire: patients ask the experts & share personal journeys (small group sessions)
4:00 — 4:15 PM: Break
4:15 — 5:15 PM: PDSA-Patient Centered Research: emergency management of bleeding in ITP and predicting acute and chronic ITP
5:15 — 5:30 PM: Announcements
5:30 — 9:30 PM: Break
9:30 — 11:30 PM: Saturday Evening Event
SUNDAY, JULY 15
9:00 — 10:30 AM
- Continental Breakfast
- Support Group Facilitators’ Breakfast (pre-registration requested)
10:30 — 11:30 AM: KEYNOTE: Stress Management & Resilience: How to be Your Best Self While Living with Chronic Disease
11:30 — 11:45 AM: Break
11:45 — 12:45 AM: Living with ITP - Patients share their stories
12:45 AM — 1:00 PM: Closing Remarks
*A separate track for teens and young adults will run Friday & Saturday
**Agenda and speakers subject to change
