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HAEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCIENTISTS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (HBTSSN)
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2020
Venue: Atlantic Hall, Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES
DAY 1 Monday, 16th March 2020-
5.00- 7.00 pm Arrival and Cocktail party at National Secretariat, 2B Railway Close(NITEL), D-Line, Port Harcourt(6 pm)
9.00-9.30 am Formal Opening Ceremony
9.30-10.00am Investiture and Award Ceremony of the Incorporated Board of Trustees
10.00-10.30am Presentation of staff of office to National Officers and Expanded Executive Committee
10.30-11.15 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
HEALTHY BLOOD, HEALTHY NATION: THE HAEMATOLOGY SCIENTISTS BEQUEST by Professor A.O Emeribe
11.15-11.45am TEA BREAK
PLENARY SESSIONS
11.45- 12.15pm Talk 1-
DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO HAEMOSTATIC DISORDERS IN NIGERIA: DISCOVERING THE MISSING LINK– Dr E.A.Usanga
12.15-12.30am Product Presentations
12.30-1.00 pm Talk 2–
BRIDGING THE MENTORING GAP FOR THE FUTURE OF HAEMATOLOGY IN AFRICA– Dr Dakuku Peterside
1.00- 2.00 pm LAUNCH
2.00- 3.00pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS –
3.00- 3.45pm POSTER SESSIONS –
3.45- 4.00 INTERACTIONS & NETWORKING
4.00- 5.00 CLOSING FORMALITIES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
9.00 – 9.30 am Opening Formalities
9.30 -10.00 am Product Presentations & TEA BREAK
PLENARY SESSION
10.00-10.40am Talk 3–
PROVISION OF SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES IN AFRICA: MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS ON CALL– Mr Idris Salihu
COMPONENT BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS AS KEY TOWARDS ATTAINING A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED AND SUPPLY-Mr Salami Yakub
11.30-12.10am Talk 5–
BLOOD DONOR DEFERMENTS: ETHICS OF SAFEGUARDING THE DONOR AND TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS– Air Comodore Abayomi Akinwale Ph.D(RTD)
12.10-12.30pm QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION/ PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS
12.30-1.30PM ORAL PRESENTATIONS-
1.30-2.00PM POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2.00-4.00 pm HAEMATOLOGY STUDENTS’ QUIZES
4.00-5.00 pm CLOSING FORMALITIES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
9.00-10.00am Opening Formalities/Poster Presentations
10.00-10.30am TEA BREAK
SPECIAL WORKSHOP:
Building a Successful Research Career in Haematology (5 modules in 1) CPD Credit Units
10.30-11.15am MODULE 1:Writing Winning Proposals
11.15-12.30pm MODULE 2: Experimental Designs & Statistics
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12.30-1.15pm MODULE 3: Research Supervision & Integrity
1.15-2.00pm MODULE 4– Research Project Management-
2.00-2.45pm MODULE 5:Scientific Writing & Publishing-
2.45-3.00pm QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
3.00- 7.00 PM ANNUAL GENERAL CONGRESS
7.00- 7.30pm CLOSING
FRIDAY 20th March 2020—- DEPARTURE