Dear Attendees,
We at Cayenne Wellness Center are beyond excited to welcome you to the 16th Annual Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Educational Summit! Our conference hub is in the Cvent App. We hope you’ll enjoy connecting, learning, and supporting one another throughout this incredible event. Get ready for an action-packed lineup of dynamic speakers and engaging workshops designed to keep you on the cutting edge of SCD research, treatment advancements, and advocacy. Let’s make this year’s summit the best one yet!
REGISTRATION in person starts at 11:30 AM.
HERE’S YOUR LINEUP OF EVENTS FOR TODAY
DAY 1 – WED, SEPT 18, 2024 – INDUSTRY DAY
1:20 pm Keynote Address by Captain David Wong, MD
1:30 pm Industry Day – Kevin Wake and Wanda Whitten-Shurney, MD
1:50 pm Five (5) FDA-Approved Modifying Therapies
1:50 pm – Hydroxyurea – Alexandra Power Hays, MD
2:00 pm – L-Glutamine – Charlie Stark
2:10 pm – Voxelotor – Alexandra Spence, PharmD
2:20 pm – Crizanlizumab – Genice Nelson, RN
2:30 pm – Red Blood Cell Exchange – Melissa Anderson, MD
2:40 pm – Review the Poll – Brianna Smith
2:50 pm: – Q & A
3:00 pm Emerging Therapies (Modifying) – Lighthouse
3:00 pm – Agios Pharmaceuticals
3:10 pm – Fulcrum Therapeutics
3:20 pm – Questions and Answers
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Two (2) FDA Approved Gene Therapies
3:45 pm – Casgevy (Vertex)
4:00 pm – Lyfgenia (bluebird bio)
4:15 pm – Q & A
4:30 pm Emerging Therapies (Curative, Transformative)
4:30 pm – Beam Therapeutics
4:45 pm – editas
5:00 pm – Q & A
5:10 pm BREAK
5:10 pm VIP MEDIA
5:30 pm SCDAA’s The Nod to “Naz” Traveling Exhibit: The Hertz Nazaire Collection | Piers 3 and 5 | No Food or Drink Allowed
5:30 pm Wine and Cheese
6:30 pm Dinner – Sponsored by Vertex
8:00 pm Adjourned
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