Agenda 7:15 –8:00 Registration and Breakfast 8:00 –8:10 Ed Conway, MD, PhD, UBC Opening Remarks 8:10 –8:30 Alvin Schmaier, MD, Case Western Reserve U. "Factor XII -What most people do not know about it" 8:40 –9:00 Ed Pryzdial, PhD, Canadian Blood Services, CBR, UBC “Viruses, clotting and tissue factor” 9:10 –9:20 Storma McDonald, “A patient’s perspective on sickle cell and comprehensive care” …. introduced by Dr. HatoonEzzat, UBC 9:25 –9:35 Tammy Truong, McMaster U.“Identification of the HRGP domain responsible for inhibition of factor XIIa” 9:40 –10:00 Hatoon Ezzat, MD, UBC “Sickle cell disease: New insights”