Program at a glance

- 16:00 to 23:00

Welcome of participants

- Morning

	Opening Conference : "The iron foundations of life" (Günter Wächtershäuser )
	Plenary Session 1 A : Regulation of iron - dependent gene expression

- Afternoon

Plenary Session 1 B : HLA-H : gene and protein

Parallel Sessions 1

Proteins of iron metabolism		Disorders of iron metabolism
Structure/ function relationships		Classification and diagnosis, prevalence of HLA-H mutations

- Morning

	Plenary Conference : "Iron and reactive oxygen species" (Lester Packer )
	Plenary Session 2 : Iron as a damaging co-factor

Poster Buffet
A limited number of posters will be selected for short oral presentation by the chairperson

- Afternoon

	Plenary Conference : "Mechanisms of erythroid-specific gene expression" (Stuart Orkin)
	Plenary Session 3 : Iron and erythropoiesis

- Morning

Plenary Session 4 : Iron in the brain, its relation to neurological disorders

Parallel Sessions 2

Proteins of iron metabolism		Disorders of iron metabolism
Regulation of gene expression		Porphyria, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia

- Afternoon
Social Program

- Morning

	Plenary Conferences : "The iron and copper connection" (Andrew Dancis )
	"Bacterial iron transport" (Volkmar Braun )
	Plenary Session 5 : Iron transport through biological membranes
	Selected cornrnunications

Poster Buffet
A limited number of posters will be selected for short oral presentation by the chairperson

- Afternoon

Plenary Conference : "Iron-related disorders throughout the world" (Lawrie Powell )

Parallel Sessions 3

Proteins of iron metabolism		Disorders of iron metabolism
Molecular aspects of iron uptake		New insights into iron disorders

Selected communications		Selected communications

Conference Banquet

- Morning only

Satellite meetings

Genetics of Hemochromatosis

Iron Chelators

End of the Meeting