IPFA/PEI 30th International Workshop on Surveillance and Screening of Blood-borne Pathogens

2024 Marks the 30^th anniversary of our event and IPFA and PEI are delighted to announce that the fully onsite workshop will be hosted by the Aarhus University Hospital, taking place in the wonderful city of Aarhus, Denmark on 15 & 16 May, 2024.

It is appropriate that we return to a Nordic country for our 30^th anniversary following the launch of this important international meeting in Helsinki, Finland in 1993. But also to acknowledge the innovative initiatives contributing to blood safety and public health from this region.

The scientific programme is under development and will reflect feedback from delegates expressing their wish to maintain a focus on microbiological safety of blood and PDMPs. Topics identified for the workshop will include:

HIV, PrEP and MSM donors
Hepatitis B
Commensal Viruses in Donors
Testing vs Inactivation of blood and plasma-borne viruses: methods, yields and reduction capacity
Vector borne Diseases
Updates on selected topics
Industry research and developments

We will provide further details once the programme has been developed.

As always, we look forward to meeting our regular attendees and new delegates where you can be sure of a warm welcome and stimulating and informative scientific discussion led by experts in the field.

We warmly invite you to attend this meeting but, for now, please save the date in your calendar!

Registration

The registration fee includes full attendance to the Workshop, coffee breaks and lunch on both days and access to the on-line proceedings after the event.

Participants from low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies can benefit from a discounted registration fee. You can find the list of eligible countries on the website of the World Bank here

New this year is the Student fee. Individuals must present proof of fulltime enrolment at a recognized university/institute at both the time of registration and during the Workshop dates. During the registration process, the applicant must upload a letter signed by the head of the relevant university/institute department and stamped with the university/institute official stamp.

Hotel

We are pleased to offer discounted rates of 1.495DKK per night, based on a single room, including breakfast at the Radisson BLU Scandinavia Hotel. This award-winning hotel is conveniently located in the city center next to the Workshop venue, the Musikhuset.

To book a room, please click on the below button to visit the website. You can update the pre-filled dates and continue with the promotional code: IPFA1405. The promotional code is valid for stays from 13 – 17 May, 2024 and upon availability.

Registration Fees	Early fee Until 14 March	Regular fee 15 March – 30 April	Late fee From 1 May
IPFA Members	€ 545	€ 595	€ 645
Non-members	€ 845	€ 895	€ 945
Low/Lower-Middle Income Countries	€ 225	€ 275	€ 325
Student*	€ 150	€ 200	€ 250
Workshop dinner 15 May	€ 85	€ 85	€ 85

All deadlines mentioned end at 23:59 hours, CEST.

Corporate Partners

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to be one of the corporate sponsors for this event!

As a corporate sponsor you can be assured that our fully on-site event offers excellent networking
opportunities with recognised international experts. We expect around 200 delegates from the
European and international scientific community, blood transfusion services, regulatory agencies,
plasma fractionators and manufacturers and distributors of plasmapheresis related devices.
The structure of the meeting will allow time for discussion and interaction with all interested
participants, including your own experts, should they wish to attend.

The meeting, taking take place at the Aarhus Concert Hall, facilitates dialogues with guest speakers and other delegates both in the meeting forum and during breaks and social events

There are a number of sponsorship categories, to profile and represent your company. We hope that you will consider these options and inform us on your intention. Should you have any questions regarding these arrangements, or any other suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us at Workshop@ipfa-events.nl

Thank you to our sponsors

Abbott

Roche

Contact

Venue

The Workshop will take place at Musikhuset Aarhus.
Musikhuset is the largest Concert hall of Scandinavia and conveniently located in the heart of Aarhus.

The Concert Hall of Aarhus
Thomas Jensens Allé 2
8000 Aarhus C
https://www.musikhuset.dk/en

Travel to Aarhus

The City of Aarhus is well connected via rail, road and to numerous destinations worldwide via international airports.

Air
Aarhus airport
• 26 Direct routes
• Transfer time: 30-40 minutes to Aarhus city centre. Visit the website for the bus time table.

Billund airport
• The second largest airport in Denmark
• 84 Direct routes & 540 one-stop destinations to the world.
• Transfer time by bus: about 1 hour to Aarhus city centre. You can buy a ticket in the bus, or online via this website.

Copenhagen airport
• Up to ten daily flights each way to/from Copenhagen Airport.
• Transfer time: 30-40 minutes to Aarhus city centre

Train
The Danish railway system is clean, friendly, safe and efficient and routes connecting Aarhus to Copenhagen run frequently every hour. Aarhus is mainly connected to Europe by a railway hub in Hamburg, reached within four hours. From here you will find connections to larger European cities and within 14 hours you can reach Aarhus by train from a great part of Europe – Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.

Please visit DSB or DSB Journey planner to find all your connection route options.