Agenda
Draft 2025 agenda – subject to change
*All times are in EST
Jun
Fri 27
Welcome & introduction
Meeting Chairs: Claire Harrison & Amer Zeidan
Session 1: Challenging and uncommon scenarios in MPN (part I)
Chairs: Claire Harrison & Nicola Polverelli
- Young patients: Marta Sobas
- Pregnancy in MPN: Susan Robinson
- Skin cancer: Jon Lambert
Panel discussion
Session 2: Challenging and uncommon scenarios in MPN (part II)
Chairs: Andreas Reiter & Deepti Radia
- Transplantation for rare MPN: Nicola Polverelli
- Management of eosinophilia: Andreas Reiter
- Management of indolent systemic mastocytosis – a case-based discussion: Deepti Radia
Panel discussion
Break
Session 3: Novel approaches to upfront management of MF (part I)
Chairs: Alessandro Vannucchi & TBC
- Classification and risk stratification: Alessandro Vannucchi
- When should a low-risk patient be treated and with what?: Prithviraj Bose
- What is a suboptimal responder?: Stephen Oh
Panel discussion
Session 4: Novel approaches to upfront management of MF (part II)
Chairs: Prithviraj Bose & Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali
- Selinexor: TBC
- Updates on JAK inhibitors & JAKi-naïve studies: Prithviraj Bose
- Pelabresib: Adam Mead
- Navetamadlin: Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 5: Updates on new therapies (part I)
Chairs: Jan Bewersdorf & Firas El Chaer
- Interferon: Jan Bewersdorf
- Imetelstat: Alessandro Vannucchi
- Nuvisertib: Firas El Chaer
- Elritercept: Claire Harrison
Panel discussion
Session 6: Updates on new therapies (part II)
Chairs: Bethan Psaila & Shahram Kordasti
- Targeting mutant CALR: Bethan Psaila
- Updates with hepicidin targets in PV: Marina Kremyanskaya
- Type 2 or mutation specific JAKi: David Steensma
- Targeting inflammation – lessons from MDS: Shahram Kordasti
Panel discussion
Break
Session 7: Novel thoughts on blastic phase and transplantation
Chairs: Adam Mead & Donal McLornan
- Diagnosis and risk stratification of AP and BP: Adam Mead
- New insights to the biology of leukaemic transformation in MPN: Charlotte Brierley
- Options for management of accelerated and blast phase: Should they be treated in the same way and how should we incorporate BMT? Donal McLornan
- Transplant for MF: Juan Carlos Hernández-Boluda
Panel discussion
Day 1 wrap up
Claire Harrison
Jun
Sat 28
Welcome to Day 2
Amer Zeidan
Keynote talk 1
Immunome in prognostication and immune interventions management in MDS: Shahram Kordasti
Session 8: MDS classification and risk stratification
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- Molecular classification of MDS: Robert Hasserjian
- Roadmap for harmonization of classifications in MDS: The icMDS recommendations: Luca Lanino
- Consistent trial design for CHIP, CCUS, and MDS clinical trials – the icMDS recommendations: Zoey Xie
- AI in classification and risk stratification of MDS: Adrián Mosquera Orgueira
- Clonal hematopoiesis in CAR T recipients, clinical relevance and risk for therapy-associated MDS: Klaus Metzeler
Panel discussion
Break
Session 9: Translational advances
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- Genetic characterization of TRMN: Francesc Sole
- Clonal evolution in MDS: TBC
- Spatial multi-omics in myeloid cancers: TBC
- Cardiovascular health in MPN patients: Alexander Lyon
Panel discussion
Session 10: Defining response criteria in MDS
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- An update on response assessment in MDS: Lisa Pleyer
- Debate: MRD should be an endpoint in the assessment of MDS
- Yes: Arjan Van De Loosdrecht
- No: Austin Kulasekararaj
- Should CR be achieved before alloBMT for HR-MDS? Maximilian Stahl
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 11: Targeting mutations in MDS
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- DDX41-mutated MDS/AML: Carmelo Gurnari
- How should TP53-mutated MDS be classified?: Matteo Della Porta
- TP53-mutated MDS targeting – New directions: Thomas Cluzeau
- HMA use in TP53-mutated MDS: Tariq Kewan
Panel discussion
Session 12: Novel pathways and therapeutic targets in MDS
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- Updates on the biology of telomerase inhibition in MDS: Valeria Santini
- Is there a pathway forward for RARA agonists in MDS?: Amy DeZern
- Updates on PK agonists and HIF pathway targeting in MDS: Amer Zeidan
- Updates on TGF pathway modulation in MDS: Hetty Carraway
Panel discussion
Break
Session 13: iwMDS 2025: Recognition awards
Chairs: Amer Zeidan & Valeria Santini
- Introduction: David Steensma
- Talk title TBC: Ghulam Mufti
- MDS and CMML. What has really improved over the years?: Pierre Fenaux
Day 2 wrap up
Amer Zeidan
Jun
Sun 29
Welcome to Day 3
Amer Zeidan
Keynote talk 2
Updates on QoL assessment in MDS: the icMDS recommendations: Fabio Efficace
Session 14: Evolving strategies in the management of lower-risk MDS
Chairs: Eva Hellström-Lindberg & TBC
- How to define disease modification in LR-MDS: Rami Komrokji
- What do we know about luspatercept + ESA combinations for LR-MDS? Lionel Ades
- How do I sequence imetelstat in MDS?: Mikkael Sekeres
- Trial updates for elritercept: TBC
- Standardized reporting of MDS clinical trials – The icMDS recommendations: Andrew Brunner
Panel discussion
Session 15: Advancements in targeted therapies and immunomodulation in MDS
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- IRAK inhibitors in MDS – What’s next?: Anne Sophie Kubasch
- An update on immune checkpoint use in MDS/AML: Amer Zeidan
- Venetoclax in MDS: Yazan Madanat
- IDH inhibitors for MDS: Marie Sebert
- An update on oral hypomethylating agents in MDS – what’s next?: Elizabeth Griffiths
Panel discussion
Break
Session 16: Controversies in transplant for MDS
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- Debate: TP53 HR-MDS – Should you transplant or not?
- Transplant: Coleman Lindsley
- No transplant: Alain Mina
- Recommendations for transplant for MDS in 2025: Carmelo Gurnari
- Current situation of allogeneic transplantation for MDS in Japan: Yasushi Miyazaki
- Outcome for patients with MDS/MPN undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation: An analysis of >300 patients across 12 German centers: Katharina Götze
Panel discussion
Session 17: Global perspectives on MDS trials – Clinical trials and real-world evidence
Chairs: TBC & TBC
- MDS trials in China: Bing Li
- MDS trials in France: Lionel Ades
- MDS trials in Italy: Valeria Santini
- MDS trials in Spain: TBC
- MDS research in Greece: Hellenic experience: Ioannis Kotsianidis
- Scandinavian MDS research efforts: Astrid Olnes
Panel discussion
Meeting summary and close
Claire Harrison & Amer Zeidan