Thursday, December 2

1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Training Program Directors' Workshop/Business Meeting

3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

Friday, December 3

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Friday Satellite Symposia
(sponsored by nonprofit organizations)

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Trainee Day
(open to trainees wearing a blue badge only; pre-registration is required for this event)

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Learning Session
(ticketed session)

12:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Friday Satellite Symposia
(sponsored by nonprofit and for-profit organizations)

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Trainee Welcome Reception and Meeting Overview
(open to trainees only)

Saturday, December 4

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Break
(poster hall)

9:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Poster Session I - Viewing

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Open Time for Lunch

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Exhibits Open

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Meet-the-Expert Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Practice Makes Perfect Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Career-Development Lunch Sessions
(open to trainees wearing a blue badge only)

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Ham-Wasserman Lecture

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Coffee Break
(exhibit hall)

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break
(exhibit hall)

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Poster Session I - Presentations

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception
(poster hall)

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Practice Forum
(reception follows from 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Promoting Minorities in Hematology Presentations and Reception

Sunday, December 5

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Grassroots Network Breakfast

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Hematology Course Directors' Meeting

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Break
(poster hall)

9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Poster Session II - Viewing

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

ASH/ASCO Joint Symposium

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Education Program / Scientific Program

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Open Time for Lunch

11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Exhibits Open

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Meet-the-Expert Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Trainee Simultaneous Didactic Sessions
(open to trainees wearing a blue badge only)

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

ASH/EHA Joint Symposium

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Announcement of Awards

• Mentor Award
• Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Scientific Session

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Coffee Break
(exhibit hall)

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Education Spotlight Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Reception
(poster hall)

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Poster Session II - Presentations

6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Blood and Beyond: Searching the Scientific Literature Online

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The HVO Volunteer Experience: Sharing Your Hematology Expertise Globally

Monday, December 6

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

E. Donnall Thomas Lecture

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break
(exhibithall)

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Exhibits Open

10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Poster Session III - Viewing

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Simultaneous Sessions

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Education Spotlight Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Open Time for Lunch

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Trainee Simultaneous Didactic Sessions
(open to trainees wearing a blue badge only)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize

2:30 p.m. -2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break
(poster hall)

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Education Spotlight Sessions
(ticketed sessions)

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Special Symposium – 60th Anniversary of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Poster Session III - Presentations

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Reception
(poster hall)

6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

Tuesday, December 7

7:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Attendee Registration

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Simultaneous Sessions

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Late-Breaking Abstracts Session

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Special Symposium on the Basic Science of Hemostasis and Thrombosis (invited presentations)

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Announcement of the Dameshek Prize and the Stratton Medal

9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Presidential Symposium

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Business Meeting

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Best of ASH

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Special Symposium on the Basic Science of Hemostasis and Thrombosis (simultaneous oral sessions)