Programme Overview
| Friday 02 October 2026 | |||
| 18:00-19:00 | Registration Opens | ||
| 19:00-19:05 | Welcome: Prof Vernon Louw | ||
| 19:05-20:15 | SYMPOSIUM: CLL Topic: Bridging evidence and practice: BTK inhibition in CLL and MCL – real world case perspectives Sponsored by Astra Zeneca |
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| 20:15-22:00 | Exhibition Opening Canapes and Conversations |
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| Saturday 03 October 2026 | |||
| 07:00 | Registration & Exhibition Opens | ||
| 08:00-08:05 | Conference Opening : Professor Vernon Louw | Nurses’ Symposium | |
| 08:10-09:10 | SYMPOSIUM: CLL Topic : Evolving strategies in CLL: Optimizing care for long-term outcomes Sponsored by BeOne |
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| Q&A | |||
| 09:10-09:30 | Standing on the Shoulders of Giants | ||
| 09:30-10:30 | Session 1: Multiple Myeloma Sponsored by J&J | ||
| 09:30-10:05 | Topic: Transplant Ineligible Multiple Myeloma Speaker : Prof Mohamad Mohty |
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| 10:05-10:15 | Case Study | ||
| 10:15-10:30 | Q & A | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 11:00-12:10 | Session 2: Image Matters | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Topic: Nuclear medicine Speaker: Prof Mariza Vorster |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Topic: Interventional radiology topic Speaker: Dr Gary Sudwartz |
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| 12:00-12:10 | Panel Discussion with Q & A | ||
| 12:10-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Session 3: ALL | ||
| Topic: tbc Panel discussion and Q&A |
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| 14:00-15:00 | Session 4: Mantle Cell Lymphoma | ||
| Topic: Advances in the management of MCL | |||
| Case study: Panel discussion and Q+A |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 15:30-16:30 | Session 5: Oral Presentations | ||
| 16:30-16:35 | Poster Gallery briefing | ||
| 16:35-17:00 | Poster session | ||
| 17:00-18:00 | SACHAS AGM | ||
| 19:00-23:30 | Conference Dinner | ||
| Sunday 04 October 2026 | |||
| 08:00-09:00 | SYMPOSIUM : Bleeding disorders – Haemophilia and beyond Topic: Factors – more than you think… Sponsored by NovoNordisk |
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| Q&A | |||
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09:00-10:00 09:45-10:00 |
Session 6: CML Sponsored by Novartis |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Topic: tbc Speaker: Prof Vernon Louw |
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| 09:30-09:40 | Case study: | ||
| 09:40-09:45 | Patient advocate: | ||
| 09:40-09:45 | Panel discussion and Q&A | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:30-11:30 | Session 7: Patient Blood Management | ||
| Chair: Prof Vernon Louw | |||
| 10:30-10:50 | Topic 1: Reticulocyte Haemoglobin in facilitating patient blood management in low and middle income countries Speaker: Prof Christian Hönemann |
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| 10:50-11:00 | Q&A |
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| 11:00-11:20 | Topic 2: Novel biomarkes, the FBC and the critically ill patient Speaker: Prof Christian Hönemann |
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| 11:20-11:30 | Q&A | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Session 8: Ethics | ||
| 11:30-12:15 | Topic: Gene Therapy Speaker : Dr Jacques Malherbe |
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| 12:15-12:30 | Panel discussion and Q&A | ||
| 12:30-12:40 | Conference Closing Prof Vernon Louw |
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| 12:40 | Light lunch | ||