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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, September 25, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Opening Ceremony
  • 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Welcome
    Chair: Fernanda Lemos, RN – member of organization comitee - IMS
    Chair: Tracy King, PhD, MSc, RN – Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote
  • 9:10 AM – 10:20 AM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Session 1: Move'ing Forward with Bone Health
    Co-Chair: Tiffany A. Richards, PhD, ANP-BC AOCNP (she/her/hers) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Chair: Tracy King, PhD, MSc, RN – Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Precursor Disease
    Chair: Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Co-Chair: María-Victoria Mateos, MD, PhD – University Hospital of Salamanca/IBSAL/CIC/CIBERONC, Salamanca, Spain
    Plenary
  • 10:20 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Session 2: Managing and Supporting Patients with Precursor Disease
    Co-Chair: Charise Gleason, NP-C – Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
    Co-Chair: Orla McCourt, PhD – University College London NHS Foundation Trust
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 1
    Co-Chair: Natalie Callander, MD – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Chair: Sergio Giralt, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 2
    Co-Chair: Niccolo Bolli, MD, PhD – University of Milan
    Co-Chair: Michel Delforge, MD/Phd (he/him/his) – University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 11:45 AM – 12:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Session 3: Treatment Delivery - Real World Solutions
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 12:55 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Close
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb: Role of immune strategies in consolidation and maintenance
    Chair: Joseph Mikhael, MD – Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), City of Hope Cancer Center
    Industry Symposium
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Newly Diagnosed
    Chair: Jesus San Miguel, PhD. MD. (he/him/his) – Clínica Universidad de Navarra
    Co-Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    Plenary
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    MRD is an Endpoint: Our Success Story
    Co-Chair: Jean-Luc Harousseau, MD – INSTITUT DE CANCEROLOGIE DE L'OUEST FRANCE
    Co-Chair: Brian GM Durie – Cedars-SInai Cancer Center, Los Angeles CA 90046
    Plenary
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Discussion
  • Thursday, September 26, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Extramedullary disease/PCl
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Frailty-adapted therapy
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: How to manage 2L+ in the near future?
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Role of Transplant
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by GSK: Outpatient treatment regimens: Impact on an aging myeloma patient population
    Co-Chair: Rakesh Popat, MD, PhD – University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Co-Chair: Edvan q. Crusoe, MD, MDc, PhD (he/him/his) – UFBA and Rede D'or Oncologia
    Industry Symposium
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    High Risk Disease
    Co-Chair: Faith E. Davies, MD (she/her/hers) – Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
    Plenary
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Janssen: Moving T Cell Directed Therapies to Earlier Lines
    Chair: Jayr Schmidt, MD (he/him/his) – A.C.Camargo Cancer Center
    Industry Symposium
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    8th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium - Poster Session
    Nursing & Allied Health Symposium
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    IMS Awards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    IMS/EHA symposium: Current and Future Guidelines
    Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    Plenary
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Relapsed: Treatments Outside of Immunotherapy
    Co-Chair: Keith Stewart, MB ChB – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
    Chair: Vania Hungria, MD, PhD – Department of Hematology, Clinica São Germano, São Paulo, Brazil
    Plenary
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 3
    Co-Chair: Charlotte Pawlyn, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath (she/her/hers) – The Institute of Cancer Research
    Oral Abstract Session
  • Friday, September 27, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Sanofi: Beyond a one-size-fits-all approach: Personalizing therapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
    Chair: Thomas Martin, MD – Department of Hematology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Industry Symposium
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 5
    Co-Chair: Meral Beksac, MD (she/her/hers) – Istinye University
    Co-Chair: Michael O'Dwyer, MD – University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 6
    Co-Chair: Manoj Bhasin, PhD – Emory University
    Co-Chair: Francesco Maura, MD – University of Miami
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 4
    Co-Chair: Steven P. Treon, MD, PhD, FACP, FRCP (he/him/his) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Bing Center for Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia
    Co-Chair: Andrew Spencer, MBBS FRACP, FRCPA, DM – Alfred Health-Monash University
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Immunotherapy
    Chair: Noopur Raje, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Plenary
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Myeloma defining events: renal failure and bone disease
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Supportive care in the setting of TCR
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch and Poster Sessions
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Riney Session
    Co-Chair: Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Plenary
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary Session
    Co-Chair: Leif Bergsagel, MD – Mayo Clinic Arizona
    Co-Chair: Kwee L. Yong, PhD (she/her/hers) – University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Use of Bispecifics and CAR T cells in South America
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Waldenstrom's and other plasma cell disorders
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Moving the Paths to Approval: Regulatory Considerations
    Co-Chair: Thierry Facon, MD – University of Lille, CHU Lille, Service des Maladies du Sang, Lille, France
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Plenary
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 7
    Co-Chair: Tanya Wildes, MD, MSCI (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine
    Co-Chair: Enrique M. Ocio, MD, PhD – Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 8
    Co-Chair: Jens Hillengass, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
    Co-Chair: Nicola Giuliani, MD, PhD – Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Discussion
  • Saturday, September 28, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Career as a Clinical Trialist
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Career in Basic Science
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Career in Translational Research
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Expert: Women in Science
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Pfizer: Transforming Therapy for Patients with Relapsed Multiple Myeloma: Era of BsAb
    Chair: Mohamad Mohty, MD, PhD – Sorbonne University, Saint-Antoine Hospital, AP-HP INSERM UMRs 938, Paris, France
    Industry Symposium
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Emerging Targets in Drug Therapies
    Co-Chair: Sundar Jagannath, MD, FASCO (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Chair: Robert Z. Orlowski, PhD, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Plenary
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 10
    Co-Chair: Gareth Morgan, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRCPATH (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center
    Co-Chair: Leo Rasche, MD – Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 9
    Co-Chair: Javier de la Rubia, Prof. Dr. (he/him/his) – Hematology Department, University Hospital La Fe
    Co-Chair: Cyrille Touzeau, MD, PhD – CHU Nantes
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 11
    Co-Chair: Samir Parekh, MD – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    Co-Chair: Brian A. Walker, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 12
    Co-Chair: Damian Green, MD (he/him/his) – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami
    Co-Chair: Mehmet K. Samur, PhD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Oral Abstract Session
  • 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Novel Biomarkers - personalizing therapy in myeloma
    Chair: Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Co-Chair: Shaji K. Kumar, MD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US
    Plenary
  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Ceremonies