1st Young Researchers & 2nd WG Meetings - Agenda

Neutro-NARPS:
From Bench to Bedside

KRAKOW
03-05 September
2026

COST ACTION NEUTRO NARPS: From Bench to Bedside

1^st YOUNG RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP/MEETING &

2^nd WORKING GROUPS MEETING

joint with

THE 34th LOCAL LIAISON PHYSICIAN MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE

SEVERE CHRONIC NEUTROPENIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY (SCNIR)

KRAKOW, 03-05 September, 2026

Host: Prof Joanna Cichy and the Dept. of Immunology

Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology (FBBB),
the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Venue: Audytorium Maximum, Krupnicza 33 St.,

AGENDA outline (time zone local, CEST)

DAY 1
YOUNG RESEARCHERS (YR) WORKSHOP

08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 10:00	Introductory Sessions Welcome (Helen Papadaki, Carlo Dufour, Joanna Cichy) Welcome and Presentation of Young NEUTRO-NARPS Group, Ice-breakers (Vasilis Kargas, Anita Skakic)
10:00 – 12:30	2 Sub-groups of YR sessions Separate pre-defined groups of ECIs will try to work on preselected questions/queries on Chronic Neutropenias under the supervision of facilitators/tutors. Their findings and proposals will be presented and discussed on the third day of the Meeting. (pre-registration will be needed among invited participants) General moderators: V.Kargas, A.Skakic Group 1: Congenital Neutropenia: a case based workshop focused on patient diagnosis,follow-up, novel and experimental therapies (e.g. CRISPR/gene therapy, iPS, etc) Tutors: Joanna Skrzeczynska-Moncznik, Anna-Sophia Hellmuth Group 2: ACKR1/DARC-associated neutropenia (ADAN): a case based workshop focused on the diagnosis, follow-up, clinical significance, known data and unknown parameters of mechanisms leading to low ANC Tutors: Iordanis Pelagiadis, Konstantia Pavlaki
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00	Meet-the-Expert Sessions (Chairs: H.Papadaki, J.Cichy, C.Dufour) ADAN (ACKR1/Duffy null associated neutropenia) – what is new? (Jan Palmblad) How to establish a Neutropenia Clinic in 2026 (Carlo Dufour) Microbiome–Inflammation–Neutrophil Axis in Acquired Chronic Neutropenia (Ilias Lagkouvardos) What does your blood remember? The memory of hematopoietic stem cells” (Krzysztof Szade)
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00	Time allocated to Young Researchers for preparation of the presentation on Day 3

Networking dinner

DAY 2
WORKING GROUPS MEETING

07:30 – 08:00	Registration
08:00 – 09:00	WG-1 Session (Leaders: A.Warren, Karl Welte, Ivo Touw, M.Bartels) Speakers, topics TBA
09:00 – 10:00	WG-2 Session (Leaders: F.Fioredda, A.Eliopoulos, G.Tsaknakis) Speakers, topics TBA
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30	WG-3 Session (Leaders: H.Latsoudis, G.Cavalca) Speakers, topics TBA
11:30 – 12:30	WG-4 Session (Leaders: C.Karali, M.Spanoudakis, A.Pierini) Speakers, topics TBA
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30	WG-5 Session (Leaders: J.Skokowa, J.Cichy, V.Bezzerri) Speakers, topics TBA
14:30 – 15:30	WG-6 Session (Leaders: C.Zeidler, C.Karamanidou, E.Laane) Speakers, topics TBA

Guided Tour
Networking dinner

DAY 3
PARALLEL SESSIONS

YOUNG RESEARCHERS (YR) MEETING

08:00 – 09:00	Oral presentations of abstracts (Chairs: M.Klimiankou, J.Skrzeczyńska, O.Steinberg-Shemer)
09:00 – 10:30	Poster Walk Moderators: (V. Tomacinschii, A.Mazur, R.Cercueira)
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45	Presentations of Young sub-groups from Day 1 (Chairs: A.Skakic, V.Kargas)
11:45 – 12:15	JOINT EHA & NEUTRO-NARPS Session (Chairs: Helen Papadaki, C.Dufour) The EHA/Neutro-NARPS interaction (Volodymyr Lotushko)
12:15 – 13:45	Neutro-NARPS Partners and Industry session (Chairs: Helen Papadaki, C.Dufour) RARE Diseases ORG Greece (K. Theochari) Results of survey of Diversity/Inclusion/Equality Team (Aleksandra Catic) Seeing More, Discovering More: An Introduction to Full Spectrum Profiling (Erwin Swart, Cytek® Bioscience) X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Speaker TBA)
13:45 – 14:45	Lunch break