4th Nordic Platelet Symposium
Reykjavik 28. – 29. March 2025

Day 1: March 28, 2025
9:30 – 11:30
Immune Thrombocytopenia
(Chairs: Waleed Ghanima and John Semple)

1. The Pathophysiology of ITP – what have we learned since the 3rd platelet symposium? (Sylvain Audia)
2. The role of molecular biology in predicting response to treatment of ITP? (Tomas Jose Gonzales-Lopez)
3. Real World Evidence exploring the potentials of existing agents (Henrik Frederiksen)
4. ITP: New targets, new agents and new possibilities (Galina Tsykunova)
5. The Potential Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Immune Thrombocytopenia Research (Drew Provan and Waleed Ghanima)

11:30 – 11:45
Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:15
Platelet Clinical Lab
(Chair: Marie-Therese Ahlen)

1. Assessment of platelet phenotypes by immunofluorescence microscopy on peripheral blood smears (Carlo Zaninetti)
2. Platelet Function Studies (Timea Szanto)
3. The APAC Antiplatelet-Anticoagulant Story (Riitta Lassilla)

13:15 – 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30
Whole Genome Sequencing in Platelet Disorders
(Chairs: Mimi Kjaersgaard and Eva Leinøe)

1. WGS and inherited thrombocytopenia – new kids in the block (Eva Leinøe)
2. An evidence-based framework to evaluate the Clinical Validity of Gene-Disease Associations (Andreas Ørslev Rasmussen)
3. Outcome of WGS in ITP – pilot study (Eva Zetterberg)

15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:30
Nordic Platelet Symposium Keynote Lecture
Hemostasis without clot formation – how platelets guard the vasculature in inflammation, infection, and malignancy (Steffen Masberg)

16:30 – 17:15
Abstract Presentations

19:30
Dinner

Day 2: March 29, 2025
9:30 – 11:00
Platelets in Other Diseases
(Chairs: Riitta Lassila and John Semple)

1. The association between BDNF, platelet dysfunction, and cognitive impairment (Marie Lordkipanidze)
2. EV and serum markers and VTE population-based studies (Omri Snir)
3. Platelet Factor 4 associated syndromes (Hanna Pitkänen)

11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45
Platelets and Complement Disease
(Chair: Eva Zetterberg)

1. The complement and contact systems in thrombotic kidney disease (Diana Karpman)
2. The paradigm of complement inhibition in PNH (Alexandros Arvanitakis)
3. Interactions between platelets and complement (Per Nilsson)

12:45 – 13:45
Lunch Break