Agenda

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2026 agenda – please note this agenda is subject to change

*All times are in EST

Oct

Thu 01

2:00PM -2:10PM

Welcome & framing the conversation
Chairs: Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas

2:10PM -2:20PM

Part 1: Where have we been and where are we going

  • Current endpoint landscape in MPN clinical trials: Prithviraj Bose
2:20PM -2:40PM

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
2:40PM -3:10PM

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

3:10PM -3:40PM

Break

3:40PM -4:10PM

Part 3: Regulatory considerations in endpoint development

  • Endpoints in MPN and MDS: Regulatory perspective: Tanya Wroblewski

Q & A for Part 3: Regulatory considerations in endpoint development   

4:10PM -5:00PM

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
5:00PM -5:20PM

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

5:20PM -5:40PM

Working group session close and next steps
Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas

6:30PM -8:00PM

iwMPN welcome reception

Oct

Fri 02

8:15AM -8:25AM

Welcome and introduction
Claire Harrison & Amer Zeidan

8:25AM -8:45AM

Keynote talk 1
Updates in classification for MDS, MDS/MPN and MPN: Robert Hasserjian

8:45AM -09:55AM

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

09:15AM -10:15AM

Break

10:15AM -11:25PM

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

11:25PM -12:45PM

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

12:45PM -1:45PM

Lunch

1:45PM -3:15PM

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

3:15PM -3:45PM

Break

3:45PM -4:55PM

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

4:55PM -5:45PM

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

5:45PM -5:55PM

Day 2 conclusions & close
Claire Harrison & John Mascarenhas

7:00PM -8:00PM

iwMDS welcome reception

Oct

Sat 03

8:15AM -8:20AM

Welcome to Day 3
John Mascarenhas & Amer Zeidan

08:20AM -08:35AM

Keynote talk 2

icMDS: progress and future directions: Amer Zeidan

8:35AM -10:15AM

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

 

10:15AM -10:30AM

Keynote talk 3
Exciting progress and major updates in BPDCN for 2026 and beyond: Naveen Pemmaraju

10:30AM -11:00AM

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

11:00AM -11:20AM

Break

11:20AM -12:30PM

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

12:30PM -1:20PM

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

12:50PM -1:50PM

Lunch

2:20PM -3:40PM

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

3:30PM -4:40PM

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 

4:40PM -5:00PM

Break

5:00PM -6:10PM

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

6:10PM -6:20PM

Keynote talk 4  

Clinical development of lenalidomide in LR-MDS a lesson in drug development: Alan List

6:35PM -6:40PM

Day 3 conclusions & close 
John Mascarenhas & Amer Zeidan

7:00PM -10:00PM

Faculty dinner

Oct

Sun 04

8:30AM -8:40AM

Welcome to Day 4
Amer Zeidan

8:40AM -10:20AM

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

10:20AM -10:55AM

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

10:55AM -11:15AM

Break

11:15AM -11:55AM

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

11:55AM -12:55PM

Lunch

12:55PM -1:45PM

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

1:45PM -2:35PM

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

2:35PM -2:45PM

Meeting summary and close
Amer Zeidan