THANZ SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP
The THANZ Scientific Workshop is for THANZ and non-THANZ members alike; clinicians, scientists and researchers working in the fields of thrombosis and haemophilia. These interactive coagulation workshops are held under the banner of THANZ each year on the eve of the Blood Conference. Previous workshops have been held in New Zealand and all six Australian states. All workshops have been well attended by diagnostic and specialist laboratory scientists and clinical haematologists, alike.
The 2026 Workshop will again precede Blood, on Saturday 17th October at the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC).
Pricing:
- THANZ Member: NZ$155 inc GST
- Non-Member: NZ$315 inc GST
You can register for the THANZ Workshop as part of your main Blood registration.
PROGRAM
Date: Saturday 17 October
| 08:00 | Registration and Tea/Coffee |
| 09:00 | Welcome: Cherry Keragala & Catherine Neal |
| Session 1: Antiphospholipid Syndrome | |
| 09:05 | Updates in antiphospholipid syndrome testing Dr. Karen Breen (Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS foundation Trust, United Kingdom) |
| 09:35 | External quality assessment of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) Prof. Emmanuel Favaloro (Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia) |
| 10:00 | Audit of cardiopulmonary bypass anti-Xa monitoring in patients with baseline prolonged APTT Dr. Rose Brazilek (Alfred Health, VIC, Australia) |
| 10:00 – 11:05 | MORNING TEA and TRADE |
| Session 2: Haemostasis in the perioperative and critical care setting | |
| 11:05 | Can we predict perioperative bleeding? An evidence-based review Dr. Kirollos Kamel (Townsville Hospital, QLD, Australia) |
| 11:30 | Fibrinolysis resistance: the next therapeutic target in sepsis-induced coagulopathy Dr. Lucy Coupland (Liverpool Hospital ICU, NSW; Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Medicine and Health, UNSW, Australia) |
| 11:55 | HOFF assay – Novel sensitive methods of evaluating functional fibrinolysis Dr. Zikou Liu (Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, VIC, Australia) |
| 12:25 – 13:20 | LUNCH and TRADE |
| Session 3: Rare bleeding disorders: where to next? | |
| 13:20 | Thrombin generation in rare bleeding disorders Dr. Caroline Dix (Alfred Health, VIC, Australia) |
| 13:45 | Genetic testing in platelet disorders: when and why? Prof. Ian Morison (Awanui Labs, Dunedin, New Zealand) |
| 14:05 | Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome – Towards a Diagnosis of Inclusion Kent Chapman (John Hunter Hospital, NSW, Australia) |
| 14:20 – 15:00 | AFTERNOON TEA and TRADE |
| Session 4: Case Conundrums | |
| 15:00 | To be confirmed Joanne Clifford (Monash Health, VIC, Australia) |
| 15:15 | To be confirmed Karen Allan/Anna Denholm (Canterbury Health Laboratories, New Zealand) |
| 15:30 | To be confirmed Michael Parker (Monash Health, VIC, Australia) |
| 15:45 | Non-accidental injury Alan Neal (Pathlab, New Zealand) |
| 16:00 | Welcome to the Sundowner drinks |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | SUNDOWNER DRINKS and TRADE |