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Friday, April 25, 2014
3:00 pm | Registration Opens |
4:00 pm | Welcome, Opening Remarks and Weekend Overview (Sahana Vyas and Will Zrnchik) |
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm SESSION I – INTRODUCTION TO P/P | |
4:15 pm | Pemphigus: Disease Classification & Clinical Features (Animesh Sinha) |
4:45 pm | The IPPF Registry and PV: What the Data Tells Us (Amit Shah) |
5:00 pm | Pemphigoid (Razzaque Ahmed) |
5:30 pm | Q&A (Ahmed, Sinha, Shah) |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception sponsored by KabaFusion |
Saturday, April 26, 2014
8:00 am | Morning Beverage Service |
8:00 am | Registration Opens |
8:30 am | Opening Remarks (Sahana Vyas and Will Zrnchik) |
8:35 am | IPPF Awareness Campaign (Kate Frantz) |
8:45 am | Being a Citizen of the IPPF (Badri Rengarajan) |
9:00 am – 10:30 am SESSION II – TREATMENT OPTIONS | |
9:00 am | Treatment Options (Grant Anhalt) |
9:30 am | Personalized Treatment (Sergei Grando) |
10:00 am | Treatment Side Effects (Razzaque Ahmed) |
10:30 pm | Understanding IVIg (Mike Rigas) |
10:50 am | Break (coffee, tea, water, breads, etc) |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm SESSION III – LIVING WITH P/P | |
11:00 am | Building a Personal Support Network (Victoria Carlan) |
11:20 am | Awareness and You (Kate Frantz) |
11:40 am | Stress and Autoimmunity (Firdaus Dhabhar) |
12:30 pm | Afternoon Overview and Instructions (Sahana Vyas and Marc Yale) |
12:30 pm | Attendees on their own / Speaker Open Discussions |
5:30 pm – 10:30 pm | IPPF 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration |
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception |
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm – 7:10 pm | Congressman Danny Davis Keynote (Sahana Vyas) |
7:10 pm – 7:15 pm | Recognizing 20 Years (Grant Anhalt) |
7:15 pm – 7:20 pm | TBD |
7:25 pm – 7:30 pm | Founder’s Award Presentation (Zrnchik/Segall) |
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm | Casino Night and Live DJ |
10:00 pm | Chip Counts and Prize Selections |
10:30 pm | Evening Ends |
Sunday, April 27, 2014
8:00 am | Morning Beverage Service |
8:00 am | Welcome Back and Workshop How-To (Sahana Vyas and Marc Yale) |
8:05 am | Patient Panel Discussion (PHCs, invited patients) |
8:35 am | IPPF and You (Badri Rengarajan and Will Zrnchik) |
9:00 am – 11:20 am SESSION IV – WORKSHOPS (snacks/beverages available) | |
Workshops running concurrently; attendees SELECT ONE WORKSHOP FOR EACH BLOCK Each workshop is 40 minutes with 10 minutes between. Formats may vary (10 minutes presentation, 30 minutes Q&A; 10 minutes presentation, 20 minutes practical application, 10 minutes Q&A; 20 minutes presentation, 20 minutes Q&A; Group Discussion) | |
9:00 am – 9:40 am | Block I
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9:50 am – 10:30 am | Block II
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10:40 am – 11:20 am | Block III
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11:30 am – 12:45 pm SESSION V – Ask the Experts (Moderator: Sergei Grando) | |
11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Q&A (presubmitted questions) |
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Q&A (open mic) |
12:50 pm | Closing Remarks |