Agenda
2026 agenda – please note this agenda is subject to change
*All times are in EST
Oct
Thu 01
Welcome & framing the conversation
Chairs: Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas
Part 1: Where have we been and where are we going
- Current endpoint landscape in MPN clinical trials: Prithviraj Bose
Part 2: Patient-centered outcomes in MPNs: What matters most
- Reflections of a PV patient after living for 15 years with the disease: Werner Zinkand
- Beyond spleen and symptoms: Evolving MPN clinical trials and endpoints to improve patient outcomes with real-world evidence: David Shoultz
Panel discussion 1: What constitutes meaningful benefit in MPNs today?
Chairs: Claire Harrison, John Mascarenhas & Ruben Mesa
Panellists: Ronald Hoffman, Prithviraj Bose, David Shoultz, Alison Moliterno, Wener Zinkand
Break
Part 3: Regulatory considerations in endpoint development
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Endpoints in MPN and MDS: Regulatory perspective: Tanya Wroblewski
Q & A for Part 3: Regulatory considerations in endpoint development
Part 4: Aligning scientific innovation, patient experience, and regulatory standards
Chairs: Gabriela Hobbs & Francesco Passamonti
- Role of molecular endpoints: Jennifer O’Sullivan
- How best to integrate symptoms and QoL: beat ruxolitinib or non-inferior: Ruben Mesa
- Durability of spleen response: Francesco Passamonti
- Anemia benefit: Abdulraheem Yacoub
- Abolishing venesection vs complete haematological response: Marina Kremyanskaya
Panel discussion 2: Aligning scientific innovation, patient experience, and regulatory standards
Chairs: Gabriela Hobbs & Francesco Passamonti
Panellists: Jennifer O’Sullivan, Ruben Mesa, David Shoultz, Werner Zinkand
Working group session close and next steps
Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas
iwMPN welcome reception
Oct
Fri 02
Welcome and introduction
Claire Harrison & Amer Zeidan
Keynote talk 1
Updates in classification for MDS, MDS/MPN and MPN: Robert Hasserjian
Session 1: Innovation
Chairs: Sanam Loghavi & Francesca Palandri
- Emerging novel targets: a focus on G6B: Beth Psaila
- Are we ready to mainline AI?: Sanam Loghavi
- Wearable devices data and novel approaches to digital data capture: Patrick Harrington
Panel discussion
Break
Session 2: Targeted therapies: CALR, JAK-selective and beyond
Chairs: Shannon Elf & Jason Gotlib
- Latest on CALR biology: Shannon Elf
- Targeting mutant CALR with INCA033989 latest data: John Mascarenhas
- Type II JAK inhibitors: AJ1-11095 – what should we expect: Gabriela Hobbs
- Flonoltinib JAK/CDK/FLT3: Bing Li
Panel discussion
Session 3: Frontline myelofibrosis combination strategies
Chairs: Pankit Vachhani & TBC
- Pelabresib: Raajit Rampal
- Selinexor: Nikolai Podoltsev
- Navtemadlin: Pankit Vachhani
- What treatment for a low-risk MF in 2026: Alex Coltoff
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 4: Second-line myelofibrosis: Sequencing and positioning
Chairs: Marina Kremyanskaya & Srinivas Tantravahi
- Nuvisertib: Joseph Scandura
- Imetelstat: Andrew Kuykendall
- Tasquinimod in myelofibrosis: Lucia Masarova
- Elritercept: Claire Harrison
- Luspatercept: Francesco Passamonti
- DISC-0974: Rupali Bhave
Panel discussion
Break
Session 5: Polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: Emerging agents and targets
Chairs: Steffen Koschmieder & Lindsay Rein
- Is ruxolitinib ready for front line therapy in PV?: Steffen Koschmieder
- Bomedemstat in ET and PV: Lindsay Rein
- Where is the unmet need in ET?: Douglas Tremblay
- Rusfertide in PV: where does it fit in an evolving treatment landscape?: Andrew Kuykendall
Panel discussion
Session 6: Systemic mastocytosis: Rapidly evolving targeted therapy
Chairs: William Shomali & Lindsay Rein
- Considerations on how to evolve systemic mastocytosis response criteria in the KIT inhibitor era: Jason Gotlib
- The evolving landscape of therapy for indolent systemic mastocytosis: Lindsay Rein
- Updates in the treatment of AdvSM: Daniel DeAngelo
Panel discussion
Day 2 conclusions & close
Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas
iwMDS welcome reception
Oct
Sat 03
Welcome to Day 3
John Mascarenhas & Amer Zeidan
Keynote talk 2
icMDS: progress and future directions: Amer Zeidan
Session 7: What is the current best practice in higher-risk MDS?
Chairs:Rami Komrokji & Yazan Madanat
- Debate: Venetoclax still has a role for venetoclax in higher-risk MDS
- Yes: Yasmin Abaza
- No: Mikkael Sekeres
- How I will treat higher-risk MDS in 2027: Yazan Madanat
- Evolving antibodies in management of higher risk MDS: Amer Zeidan
- Lessons learned from a decade of higher-risk MDS trials: Maximilian Stahl
- Ethical issues in over- and under-treatment of older MPN/MDS patients: Gregory Abel
- Strategies for bridging HR-MDS patients to allogeneic transplantation: Klaus Metzeler
Panel discussion
Keynote talk 3
Exciting progress and major updates in BPDCN for 2026 and beyond: Naveen Pemmaraju
Session 8: From CHIP to blast phase
Chairs: Kelly Bolton & Naveen Pemmaraju
- Clonal evolution in MPN how often to screen, when to act and what to do: Paola Guglielmelli
- Accelerated and blast phase management including fit and unfit patients: Vikas Gupta
Panel discussion
Break
Session 9: From CHIP to MDS
Chairs: Maximilian Stahl & Lynette Chee
- The role of NK cells in the progression from CH to MDS: Simona Colla
- Biological insights on marrow microenvironment driving progression in CH: Katharina Götze
- Using the CHIVE registry to better understand risk of CH: Michael Savona
- How to design studies for CCUS and CHIP: Uma Borate
Panel discussion
Session 10: MDS/MPN overlaps and VEXAS
Chairs: Hetty Caraway & TBC
- JAK inhibitors and evolving therapies for MDS/MPN overlaps: Abdulraheem Yacoub
- Novel therapies in VEXAS: Carmelo Gurnari
- Systemic mastocytosis: 2026 updates: William Shomali
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 11: CMML
Chairs: Michael Savona & Douglas Tremblay
- Improving prognostication in CMML: Luca Lanino
- Oral HMAs for CMML: Daniel Wiseman
- Novel therapies for CMML: Mrinal Patnaik
- CMML response criteria: Somedeb Ball
Panel discussion
Session 12: Diagnosis, classification and prognostication in MDS and MDS/MPN
Chairs: Valeria Santini & Matteo Della Porta
- Incorporation of flow cytometry in diagnosis and classification of MDS: Arjan van de Loosdrecht
- Prognostication in TP53-mutated MDS – is there any “good” subtype?: Tariq Kewan
- How can AI help in MDS prognostication and management?: Matteo Della Porta
- Development of the icMDS-PRO score: Fabio Efficace
Panel discussion
Break
Session 13: What is the role of allo-SCT for the treatment of MDS?
Chairs: Olatoyosi Odenike & TBC
- Debate: Should we transplant TP53-mutated MDS patients?
- No: Alain Mina
- Yes: Talha Badar
- Which MDS patients should be transplanted in the era of PTCy?: Amy DeZern
- Does non-transplant cellular therapy have a future in MDS?: Mohamed Kharfan Dabaja
Panel discussion
Keynote talk 4
Clinical development of lenalidomide in LR-MDS a lesson in drug development: Alan List
Day 3 conclusions & close
John Mascarenhas & Amer Zeidan
Faculty dinner
Oct
Sun 04
Welcome to Day 4
Amer Zeidan
Session 14: What are the right endpoints for future MDS clinical trials?
Chairs: Amer Zeidan & Valeria Santini
- What are the right endpoints for lower-risk and higher-risk MDS trials?: Rami Komrokji
- Peripheral blood CR as a new endpoint in clinical trials: Lisa Pleyer
- Industry perspective on drug approval for MDS: Harold Keer
- FDA views on drug approval for MDS: Nina Kim
- Statistical perspectives and trial designs for MDS: Radhika Avadhani
- Clinical trial reporting in MDS: Andrew Brunner
Panel discussion
Session 15: Quo vadis MDS? Where do we go from here? Short perspectives on future plans for clinical trials from around the world (Part 1)
Chairs: Amer Zeidan & Steven Gore
- CTEP views on use for novel agents in MDS: Steven Gore
- Important US MDS trials: Olatoyosi Odenike
- The Canadian plan for MDS trials: Rena Buckstein
Panel discussion
Break
Session 16: Quo vadis MDS? Where do we go from here? Short perspectives on future plans for clinical trials from around the world (Part 2)
Chairs: Astrid Olsnes & Ioannis Kotsianidis
- The Chinese plan for MDS trials: Bing Li
- The Scandinavian plan for MDS trials: Astrid Olsnes
- The Greek plan for MDS trials: Ioannis Kotsianidis
- The Australian plan for MDS trials: Lynette Chee
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 17: Novel targets in MDS
Chairs: Michael Savona & Valeria Santini
- What are the next promising targets for higher-risk MDS?: Hetty Carraway
- What are the next promising targets for lower-risk MDS?: Elizabeth Griffiths
- Targeting the TGF pathway and inflammation in MDS: Maria Diez-Campelo
Panel discussion
Session 18: How should we think about MRD in MDS?
Chairs: Maximilian Stahl & Coleman Lindsley
- Flow cytometry for MRD in MDS: Arjan van de Loosdrecht
- Molecular MRD in MDS – What can we learn from longitudinal deep sequencing in higher-risk MDS?: Coleman Lindsley
- Clinical application and limitations of measurable residual disease in MDS: Andrew Brunner
Panel discussion
Meeting summary and close
Amer Zeidan
