
Conference Chairperson
Panos Englezos, President, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)
Organizing Committee
Androulla Eleftheriou
Executive Director, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)
Michael Angastiniotis
Medical Advisor, Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)
International Scientific Advisory Committee
Maria Domenica Cappellini
Professor of Haematology, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ca’ Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy
Dimitrios Farmakis
Associate Professor, Cardiology, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
John Koskinas
Professor in Medicine – Hepatology, 2nd Academic Department of Medicine, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cavazzana Marina
Professor of Haematology, Director of Dept. of Biotherapy at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Director of INSERM/ Assistance Publique – Hospitals of Paris GHU Ouest Biotherapy Clinical Investigation Centre, Paris, France
Antonio Piga
Professor of Paediatrics & Dean of the Medicine School, San Luigi University Hospital, Turin University, Turin, Italy
John Porter
Professor of Haematology, Head of the Joint Red Cell Unit for UCLH & Whittington Hospitals, Haematology Department, University College London, London, UK
Stefano Rivella
Professor of Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP), University of Pennsylvania, Kwame Ohene-Frempong Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia, Philadelphia, USA
Ashraf Soliman
Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Ali Taher
Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Director – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute Vice Chair – Research, Department of Internal Medicine Founding Director – Fellowship and Residents Research Program, Faculty of Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Ali Taher
Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Director – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute Vice Chair – Research, Department of Internal Medicine Founding Director – Fellowship and Residents Research Program, Faculty of Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Vip Viprakasit
Research Director, Thalassaemia Center and Division of Haematology-Oncology Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Evangelia Yannaki
Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle Director, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, Hematology Dpt-BMT Unit G.Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
International Patients/Parents Advisory Committee
HH Sheikha Sheikha Bint Seif Al-Nahyan
TIF Board Member, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates
Michelle Abi Saad
TIF Board Member, Chronic Care Center, Lebanon
Saeed Al Awadhi
TIF Board Member – Ass. Treasurer, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates
Angelo Loris Brunetta
TIF Board Member, Associazione LigureThalassemici, Italy
George Constantinou
TIF Board Member – Ass. Secretary, UK
Riyad Elbard
TIF Board Member – Treasurer, Thalassaemia Foundation of Canada, Canada
Robert Ficarra
TIF Board Member, Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, USA
Fatemeh Hashemi
TIF Board Member, Charity Foundation for Special Diseases, Iran
Abdul Baset Mohd Merdas
TIF Board Member, Emirates Thalassemia Society, United Arab Emirates
Eleni Michalaki
TIF Board Member, Greek Thalassaemia Federation, Greece
Elena Mylona
TIF Board Member – Secretary, Cyprus Thalassaemia Association, Cyprus
Anton Skafi
TIF Board Member, Thalassemia Patients Friends Society (TPFS), Palestine
Shobha Tuli
TIF Board Member – Vice President, Thalassemics India, India
*Names are in alphabetical order based on surname