Saturday 17/10/2026
12.45-13.15 Satellite Symposium I (BAG-ZAFEIROPOULOS)

Chairs: Katerina Tarassi, Mina Fylaktou
 
Τitle: Evaluation of HISTO SPOT® HLA antibody identification assay
Speaker: Ella Gorton, Clinical Scientist, Anthony Nolan, UK
14.15-14.45 Satellite Symposium II (THERMOFISHER)

Chairs: Mina Fykaktou,  Angeliki Vittoraki  
 
Title: Why expand HLA-DQ representation in single antigen bead assays?
 
Speaker: James Jones, MSc, Sr. Customer Service Training Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
16.45-17.15 Satellite Symposium III (GENDX)
Chairs: Katerina Tarasi,  Mariana Pavel-Tanasa
 
Τitle: One Portfolio, One Transplant Journey: From Rapid HLA Typing to Post-Transplant Monitoring
 
Presentations
- The Power of Long-Read Sequencing for HLA Typing with NGS Pronto
Speaker: Paul Kyle, BSc, Technical Support Representative & Area Sales Manager, GenDx
- NGS-Based Chimerism Monitoring with AlloSeq HCT: A Laboratory Validation
Speaker: Monica Duțescu, MD, PhD, National Institute for Transfusion, Bucharest, Romania
- Q&A