Continuing Medical Education

Imedex^®, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Imedex, LLC designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Who Should Attend
This educational activity is specifically designed for hematologists, internists, oncologists and other physicians, physicians-in-training, and healthcare professionals (nurses, pharmacists) interested and/or involved in the care of patients with myeloproliferative diseases and myelodysplastic syndromes.

Objectives
After completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Review the classification and pathogenesis of myelodysplastic diseases
  
• Discuss current best practices in the treatment of MDS
  
• Comment on novel drugs in MDS, with a focus on management of iron overload
  
• Review new prognostic classifications and their relevance to allogeneic transplantation in primary myelofibrosis
  
• Discuss novel markers and therapies beyond JAK2 in myelofi brosis
  
• Review important genetic abnormalities in myeloproliferative disorders
  
• Comment on the clinical significance of mutations in polycythemia vera
  
• Identify the importance of cerebral circulation in outcomes related to polycythemia vera
  
• Discuss molecular drug targets in myeloproliferative disorders
  
• Review risk factors for thrombosis in MPDs
  
• Review the most current updates in the biology and pathogenesis of CML
  
• Improve response monitoring and overcome drug resistance to improve CML outcomes
  
• Review the management of CML in pregnancy
  
• Discuss second and third generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors and their current and future positioning within the current treatment armamentarium
  
• Review treatment of accelerated and blast phase CML disease
  
• Debate the optimal role of transplantation in CML

Abstract Submission Deadline extended until August 25, 2011.

Call for Abstracts

Participants interested in presenting data should submit abstracts online by August 25, 2011.

Abstracts are subject to acceptance by the Scientific Committee. Once accepted, abstracts will be published in the final course book and scheduled for oral or poster presentation.

Acceptance notifications and guidelines for poster presentations will be sent by September 15, 2011. Authors of accepted abstracts who have not registered will have until October 21, 2011 to do so at the rate of $325. After this date, abstracts without registered presenters will be disregarded.

Abstract Guidelines

• Follow the online instructions
• Abstracts must be written in English
• Accepted format: Word document format, 9 point Arial font, 500 word count limit
• Use a concise title
• List affi liations of author(s) as briefl y as possible, with city, state and country
• Place an asterisk (*) before the name of the presenting author
• Use standard and well-accepted abbreviations
• When using references, use standard and well-accepted formats
• Abstract content should be single-spaced, typed in lower case and contain:
  • Purpose of the study
  • Summarized description of the project
  • Results and conclusions

Submission Deadline Extended: August 25, 2011

To Register: You may register online by October 27, 2011 at www.imedex.com, by calling Imedex at +1 (678) 242 0906 or by returning the registration form in this program by mail or fax to +1 (678) 242 0920. If you mail the form, please keep a copy for your records. Registration confi rmations will be issued before the meeting.

To qualify for special registration fees, registration and full payment must be received by Imedex by the dates specified.

Group Discounts: Each one of multiple registrants from the same institute or practice each receive a $50 discount off the published registration fees, provided all registration forms and payments are received together. Only one discount will apply per physician. Discounts are not available to Nurses/Residents/Students.

Payment: To pre-register, registration and payment must be received no later than October 27, 2011. Please register onsite after this date. Contact Imedex at +1 (678) 242 0906 or visit our website at www.imedex.com to ensure the course is being held as scheduled and to confi rm that the meeting is not full. Registration fees must be remitted by credit card or check. Checks should be payable to Imedex. Attendee is not registered until full payment is received.

Registration Fee Inclusions: Registration fees include admittance to all scientific sessions, conference materials, processing of certificates of attendance or continuing medical education, and all event functions as specifi ed in the agenda.

Cancellation: For registration fees to be refunded, written notice of cancellation must be received at meetings@imedex.com no later than October 27, 2011. The amount of registration fees remitted, minus a $75 administrative charge, will be refunded after the Congress. Substitutions are accepted with written notification. No refunds will be made if notice is received after October 27, 2011.

Imedex does not accept responsibility for covering travel, accommodation or any other costs incurred by registrants in the rare event that this program should be canceled for any reason. Every effort will be made to give reasonable notice in the event of cancellation. The event agenda is subject to change without notice.

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA
Tel.: +1 (718) 246 7000
Fax: +1 (718) 246 0563
www.brooklynmarriott.com

Located in New York City’s most celebrated neighborhood, just across the river from Manhattan sits the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. Fresh from a 2007 expansion and renovation, the hotel boasts a relaxed but modern atmosphere with stateof- the-art amenities. The hotel sits within Renaissance Plaza, adjacent to the Metro Tech Center and surrounding universities and is a short 5 minutes from Manhattan and the Financial District, with 9 major subway lines all within one block.

For the convenience of attendees, a limited number of rooms have been reserved until October 12, 2011 at a discounted rate of $299 single/double occupancy, plus tax (currently at 14.75%) and an occupancy tax of $3.50 per night. This limited number of discounted rooms will be available until October 12, 2011. This discounted rate is not guaranteed outside the conference dates. Reservations received after October 12, 2011 or after the room block has been fi lled (whichever comes fi rst) are subject to availability and prevailing hotel rates.

To reserve your room please contact the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge reservations department at +1 (888) 436 3759 or +1 (718) 246 7000. To receive the group rate, callers must identify themselves as being with the International Congress on Myeloproliferative Diseases and Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Reservation requests received after October 12, 2011 may not be guaranteed the group rate.

You may also make hotel reservations online. Please use this link to access the hotels reservations system:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/imedex

The following companies have provided an educational grant in support of this Congress:

SILVER

BRONZE

Several options are available to companies interested in supporting this conference.
For more information, please contact Imedex at +1 (770) 751 7332, or by email at cme@imedex.com.

Untangling the Controversy:
Impact and Management of Iron Overload in MDS
November 3, 2011 - New York, New York
11:15 am – 1:05 pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
Salon F-I

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: The challenges, successes and strategies for 2012
November 3, 2011 - New York, New York
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
Salon A-D

The following companies are exhibitors at this Congress:

Opportunities are available to companies interested in exhibiting at this conference.
For more information, please contact Cori Gunter at +1 (678) 242 0712, or by email at c.gunter@imedex.com.