Bulletin

EBMT Congress Bulletin

Dear EBMT Member,

Prior to the EBMT 2006 meeting in Hamburg next week, I am pleased to send a congress bulletin to highlight a few sessions and circulate the agendas of some of the Working Party business meetings to which you are all invited.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Kind regards,

Sara Notley
EBMT Secretariat
admin@ebmt.org

. Open Window Project

A novel art intervention in a stem cell transplant facility

Open Window is a novel art intervention that uses new media technology to create a virtual window in the patient’s room.
Through this ‘window’ patients can connect with the outside world. The impact of this intervention is being evaluated in a randomised prospective trial

The session is chaired by Andrea Bacigalupo and will take place on:

Monday 20th March
18.15 -19.15, Hall 8, First Floor
Hamburg Congress Centre

see flyer

. Working Parties

Business Meetings Overview

The following Working Parties have asked for the agenda of their business meetings to be circulated:

Aplastic Anaemia Sunday, March 19, 2006 11.00-13.00 Hall 16 agenda	Late Effects Sunday, March 19, 2006 09.00-11.00 Hall 16 agenda
Acute Leukaemia Sunday, March 19, 2006 09.00-11.30 Hall 13/14 agenda	Lymphoma Sunday, March 19, 2006 13.30-15.30 Hall 12 agenda
Autoimmune Diseases Monday, March 20, 2006 16.30-17.30 Hall 15 agenda	Paediatric Diseases Sunday, March 19, 2006 10.30-12.30 Hall 8 agenda

The following subcommittees would like to draw your attention to the sessions they will hold in Hamburg:

Statistical Sub-Committee:

All delegates are invited to the statistical Symposium that will take place at EBMT 2006 in Hamburg on Tuesday 21st March, 16.30 - 18.30 in Hall 13/14. It is especially dedicated to an audience of clinicians and data-managers and will contain lectures on "statistics for non-statisticians".

We hope that you can join us! .

For more information about the Statistical Sub-Committee click here

Clinical Trials:

GCP and Quality management
If you are participating in clinical research or preparing for JACIE accreditation this session is for you! Tuesday 21st, 15:30-16:30, Hall 5.1: presenting
Good Clinical Practice: The 12 Golden Rules for Investigators
Quality in Healthcare -Theory into Practice: JACIE Inspection and Accreditation.

Outreach Sub-Committee:

Join Jane Apperley, Vladimir Koza, Eliane Gluckman and other members of the Outreach sub-committee for discussions on the Outreach programme, Tuesday 21 March, 13.00 - 14.00 in Hall 8.