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  • Wednesday, September 17, 2025
  • 08:00 - 08:45 East Coast USA Time
    Opening Ceremony
  • 08:45 - 08:50 East Coast USA Time
    9th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium: Welcome
    Speaker: Charise Gleason, NP-C – Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
    Speaker: Wendy Bursey, RN CON(c) (she/her/hers) – Juravinski Cancer Centre
  • 08:45 - 09:30 East Coast USA Time
    Keynote
    Co-Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    Co-Chair: Keith Stewart, MB ChB – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
  • 08:50 - 10:30 East Coast USA Time
    9th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium: Session 1: Cellular Therapies: Building Equity of Access
    Chair: Wendy Bursey, RN CON(c) (she/her/hers) – Juravinski Cancer Centre
    Chair: Charise Gleason, NP-C – Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • 09:30 - 10:50 East Coast USA Time
    Core Session 1: Precursor Disease
    Chair: Vincent Rajkumar, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Co-Chair: Maria-Victoria Mateos, PhD (she/her/hers) – University Hospital of Salamanca
  • 09:35 - 09:55 East Coast USA Time
    9th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium: Session 1: Cellular Therapies: Building Equity of Access
  • 10:50 - 12:40 East Coast USA Time
    9th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium: Session 2: Enhanced Supportive Care Modalities
    Chair: Monica Morris, RN, MSc – Myeloma UK
    Chair: Tracy King, PhD, MSc, RN (she/her/hers) – Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The University of Sydney
  • 11:00 - 11:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 1
    Co-Chair: Rafat Abonour, Professor – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Co-Chair: Meral Beksac, MD (she/her/hers) – Istinye University Ankara Liv Hospital, Department of Hematology
  • 11:00 - 11:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 2
    Co-Chair: Manoj Bhasin, PhD – Emory University
    Co-Chair: Jill Corre, PharmD PhD (she/her/hers) – Unité de Génomique du Myélome, University Hospital, IUCT-Oncopole, CRCT, Toulouse, France
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Amyloidosis
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: MGRS - diagnosis and management
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: MRD in clinical practice
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Poster Discussion
    Co-Chair: Hartmut Goldschmidt, MD (he/him/his) – Internal Medicine V, GMMG Study Group at University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • 12:00 - 13:00 East Coast USA Time
    Lunch and Poster Session
  • 12:40 - 12:45 East Coast USA Time
    9th Nursing & Allied Health Symposium: Close
    Speaker: Monica Morris, RN, MSc – Myeloma UK
  • 13:00 - 14:30 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb: Innovative Approaches for Improved Patient Outcomes in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
    Chair: Luciano J. Costa, MD – University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
  • 14:30 - 15:50 East Coast USA Time
    Core Session 2: Risk Adaptation Management
    Chair: Thierry Facon, MD – University of Lille, CHU Lille, Service des Maladies du Sang, Lille, France
    Co-Chair: Francesca Gay, MD (she/her/hers) – Division of Hematology 1, Clinical trial unit AOU città della salute e della scienza, University of Torino
  • 16:00 - 16:30 East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 16:30 - 17:20 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 3
    Co-Chair: Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD – The University of Chicago
    Co-Chair: Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • 16:30 - 17:20 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 4
    Co-Chair: Francesco Maura, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering
    Co-Chair: Diana Cirstea, MD – Center for Multiple Myeloma, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • 17:30 - 18:20 East Coast USA Time
    IMWG-IMS consensus workshop summaries
    Co-Chair: Vincent Rajkumar, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Co-Chair: Joan Blade, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
  • 18:30 - 20:00 East Coast USA Time
    Trainee Forum and Networking Reception
  • Thursday, September 18, 2025
  • 07:00 - 08:00 East Coast USA Time
    LMIC Breakfast Session
  • 08:00 - 09:00 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by GSK
    Chair: Joseph Mikhael, MD – Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), City of Hope Cancer Center
  • 09:00 - 10:20 East Coast USA Time
    Core Session 3: Immunotherapy
    Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Chair: Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
  • 10:20 - 10:30 East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 10:30 - 12:00 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Johnson & Johnson
    Chair: Jean-Sébastien Claveau, MD – Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Establishing outpatient administration of Bispecifics and immunotherapy
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Extramedullary disease/PCl
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Waldenström's
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Poster Discussion
    Co-Chair: Andrew Spencer, MBBS FRACP, FRCPA, DM – Alfred Health-Monash University
    Co-Chair: Craig Emmitt Cole, MD (he/him/his) – Karmanos Cancer Institute-Wayne State and Michigan State University
  • 12:00 - 13:00 East Coast USA Time
    Lunch and Poster Session
  • 13:00 - 13:50 East Coast USA Time
    Special Session: Joint IMS/EHA Symposium
    Co-Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
  • 14:00 - 14:50 East Coast USA Time
    IMS Award Ceremony
    Co-Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
  • 14:50 - 15:40 East Coast USA Time
    Late Breaking Abstract Session

    Co-Chair: Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Chair: Keith Stewart, MB ChB – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

  • 15:40 - 16:00 East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 16:00 - 16:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 5
    Co-Chair: Nisha S. Joseph, MD – Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
    Co-Chair: Douglas E. Joshua, Professor (he/him/his) – University of Sydney
  • 16:00 - 16:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 6
    Co-Chair: Gareth Morgan, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRCPATH (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center
    Co-Chair: Lugui Qiu, MD (he/him/his) – Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
  • 17:00 - 18:00 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by AbbVie: Infection Risk with T-Cell Engagers in Multiple Myeloma
    Chair: Ajai Chari, MD – University of California, San Francisco
  • Friday, September 19, 2025
  • 08:00 - 09:00 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Pfizer: A road map for integration of treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma in the community: harnessing the power of BCMA Bispecific Antibodies – A Blueprint for Academic and Community Collaboration
    Chair: Andrew J. Yee, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  • 09:00 - 10:20 East Coast USA Time
    Core Session 4: Relapse within 1-3 lines of therapy
    Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
    Co-Chair: Charlotte Pawlyn, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath (she/her/hers) – The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital
  • 10:30 - 10:45 East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 10:45 - 12:15 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Sanofi: NDMM case files: Practical considerations for a patient-centric approach to anti-CD38 quadruplets
    Chair: Xavier P. Leleu, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital La Mileterie, Poitiers, France
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Bone directed imaging/treatment
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Experimental models
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Optimizing Outcomes with limited resources
  • 12:15 - 13:05 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Bone directed imaging/treatment
  • 12:15 - 13:05 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Experimental models
  • 12:15 - 13:05 East Coast USA Time
    Meet the Experts: Optimizing Outcomes with limited resources
  • 12:15 - 13:05 East Coast USA Time
    Poster Discussion
    Co-Chair: Adam S. Sperling, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Co-Chair: P.Joy Ho, MBBS DPhil FRACP FRCPA (she/her/hers) – Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  • 12:15 - 13:15 East Coast USA Time
    Lunch and Poster Session
  • 13:15 - 15:05 East Coast USA Time
    Plenary Session
    Co-Chair: Evangelos Terpos, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
    Co-Chair: Sundar Jagannath, MD, FASCO (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
  • 15:15 - 16:05 East Coast USA Time
    Riney Session
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Chair: Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
  • 16:15 - 16:30 East Coast USA Time
    Networking Break
  • 16:30 - 17:20 East Coast USA Time
    Regulatory Session
    Co-Chair: Nikhil Munshi, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Chair: Philippe Moreau, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France
  • 17:30 - 18:30 East Coast USA Time
    Industry Symposium Supported by Gilead & Kite and Arcellx: CAR T: Has Multiple Myeloma Finally Met Its Match?
    Chair: Sham Mailankody, MBBS – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025
  • 08:00 - 08:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 7
    Co-Chair: Damian Green, MD (he/him/his) – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami
    Co-Chair: Melissa Alsina, MD (she/her/hers) – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
  • 08:00 - 08:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 8
    Co-Chair: Wee Joo Chng, MB ChB, PhD, FRCP (UK), FRCPath (UK), FAMS (he/him/his) – National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
    Co-Chair: Bruno Paiva, PhD – Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN), Pamplona, Spain
  • 09:00 - 09:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 10
    Co-Chair: Mala Shanmugam, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
    Co-Chair: Enrique M. Ocio, MD, PhD – Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain
  • 09:00 - 09:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 9
    Co-Chair: Vania Hungria, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Clinica São Germano
    Co-Chair: Raphael Szalat, MD; PhD (he/him/his) – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • 10:00 - 10:50 East Coast USA Time
    Future Targets and New Modalities of Therapy
    Co-Chair: Christine I. Chen, MD, FRCPC, MEd (she/her/hers) – PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER CENTRE
    Co-Chair: Joaquin Martínez-López, MD PhD (he/him/his) – H 12 de Octubre/Complutense University
  • 11:00 - 11:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 11
    Co-Chair: Jesus G. Berdeja, MD (he/him/his) – Tennessee Oncology
    Co-Chair: Laura Rosinol, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
  • 11:00 - 11:50 East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session 12
    Co-Chair: Mariateresa Fulciniti, PhD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Co-Chair: Jill Corre, PharmD PhD (she/her/hers) – Unité de Génomique du Myélome, University Hospital, IUCT-Oncopole, CRCT, Toulouse, France
  • 12:00 - 12:50 East Coast USA Time
    Highlights of the 2025 Annual Meeting
    Co-Chair: Donna E. Reece, MD (she/her/hers) – University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
    Co-Chair: Rafael Fonseca, MD – Mayo Clinic
  • 13:00 - 14:00 East Coast USA Time
    Debate on ADCs, Bispecifics or CART
    Co-Chair: Jonathan L. Kaufman, MD – Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
    Co-Chair: Masahiro Abe, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Kawashima Hospital
  • 14:00 - 14:30 East Coast USA Time
    Closing Ceremony