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Thank you to our sponsors:

Shire HGT Mac's Team Myelin Project Boinx Software Shire HGT, Mac's Team, Myelin Project, and Boinx Software who through their sponsorships, grants, and support are making this conference much more affordable for the attending families.


We also wish to thank the individual families for their donations to the scholarship fund.

After Februrary 12th hotel space cannot be guaranteed and will be offered first come, first served. Register for the Munich MLD Family Conference™

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Sponsored by MLD Foundation

March 13-14th, 2009, Schwaig-Oberding, Munich, Germany

working agenda as of 5-March, 2009 - subject to change

Friday March 13th

12:30

Doors open - sign in & registration, respite room opens

Sheraton Schwaig-Oberding

13:00

Welcome & Introductions

Dean Suhr
President, MLD Foundation

MLD 101 ... an overview of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

13:20

What is MLD?
  - Neurology
  - Genetics
  - Testing - diagnosis, mutations


Natural History of MLD - Understanding Neurodevelopment to Optimize Treatment Outcomes

Dr. Lawrence Charnas
University of Minnesota



Dr. Christiane Kehrer
Eberhard Karls Universtiy Childrenüs Hospital Tübingen, Germany

break

3:15

Newborn Screening for Lysosomal Diseases


International MLD Registry & Natural History Project

Questions and Answers

Foundation Presentations , part 1
- Myelin Projekt Deutschland e.V.
- ELA-ASSO

Make a Wish

Dean Suhr
President, MLD Foundation

Dr. Alfried Kohlschütter
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf


Panel


Helmut Birkner, Former Board Member, Myelin Projekt Deutschland e.V.
Guy Alba, President, ELA-ASSO

Christian Bartsch
Make a Wish - Germany

5:45-6:00

Wrap Up

Dean Suhr

6:00-7:00

free time

7:00

Hosted casual dinner

location tbd

Saturday March 14th

6:30am

Hotel breakfast buffet (for hotel guests)

 

8:30am

Doors open - respite room opens

9:00AM

MLD Foundation Update - recent activities, legislation, etc.

Dean Suhr
President, MLD Foundation

MLD Research & Therapy Updates ... the search for a MLD cure

9:15AM

EMEA
New drug & therapy approval process

Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplants
transplantation as a therapy and transplant in conjunction with other therapies

HCT transplantation

tbd

Dr. Lawrence Charnas
University of Minnesota

Dr. Patrick Aubourg
Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul INSERM Paris, France

Gene Therapy ... Repairing the defective genes

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy Trial with Lentiviral Vector


Intracerebral Gene Therapy



France

Dr. Maria Sessa
San Raffaele Institute for Gene Therapy HSR-TIGET
Mil no, Italy

Dr. Patrick Aubourg
Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul INSERM Paris,

break

Enzyme Replacement Therapy ... Providing the ARSA enzyme

What is Enzyme Replacement Therapy?

Phase I/II European Trial Update and report on results

Phase II/III International Trials (including USA) - plans & schedule





Dr. Christine i. Dali - Principal Investigator Phase I/II EU Trials
University Hospital Copenhagen

tbd *

 

12:30 lunch
Practical Living with MLD ... the practical aspects of day to day life with MLD

1:15

Foundation Presentations , part 2
- Bundesverein Leukodystrophie e.V.
- Weisse Wolke

Care to maximize quality and comfort
Quality of Life: pain management, spatiality, practical care, reducing the severity of disease symptoms

Mathias Brandstaetter, Weisse Wolke

Günther Förstner, President, Bundesverein Leukodystrophie e.V.

Dr. Julie Hauer
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital

break

3:15

End of Life Resources & Planning
Hospice, DNR, POLST, Brain & Tissue Bank

Practical Care Panel - Q & A

tbd

panel

5:00-5:30

Call to Action - how we can help each other and accelerate a cure

all

5:30-6:30

free time

6:30

Hosted Group Dinner (leave at 6:30, dinner at 7:00)

Erdinger Weißbräu

Sunday March 15th

Sunday is an optional social day - no formal events are scheduled.
Buffet breakfast is provided for hotel guests. Hotel checkout is at noon.

* Dr. Escolar advised us on 5-Mar she would be unable to supply video for this session. There will be a presentation on PII/III trials - the speaker is tbd.

Representatives from Shire HGT's Global Affairs Group and the head of their MLD Clinical Program, Dr. Norman Barton, will be in attendance but will not formally present due to EU regulations. There will be plenty of time for individual conversations with Shire representatives during breaks.


Register for the Munich MLD Family Conference™After Februrary 12th hotel space cannot be guaranteed and will be offered first come, first served.

Questions?
Contact Dean Suhr <deansuhr@MLDfoundation.org> +1 503-656-4808, USA: 1-800-617-8387, or FAX +1 503-212-0159
This conference is being organized by MLD Foundation. Check with your tax advisor about the deductibility of any expenses associated with this conference.

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