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 Sponsored by Astra Zeneca
	Chair: Prof Vernon Louw
	Topic: Bridging evidence and practice: BTK inhibition in CLL Speaker: tbc
	Case Study :
	Q&A
20:15 – 22:00	Canapes and Conversation
Saturday 03 October 2026
07:00	Registration & Exhibition Opens
08:00 – 08:05	Conference Opening : Prof Vernon Louw	Nurses Session
08:10 – 09:10	SYMPOSIUM: CLL Sponsored by BeOne
	Chair:
	Evolving strategies in CLL: Optimizing care for long-term outcomes Speaker : Dr Talha Munir
	Q&A
09:10 – 09:25	Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
09:25 – 09:30	“100 in 10 programme”
09:30 – 10:30	Session 1: Multiple Myeloma
	Chair:
09:30 – 10:05	Topic: Transplant Ineligible Multiple Myeloma Speaker : Prof M Mohty (sponsored by J&J)
10:05 – 10:15	Case Study
10:15 – 10:30	Q & A
10:30 – 10:50	Refreshment Break
10:50 – 12:00	Session 2: Image Matters
	Chair:
10:50 – 11:20	Topic: The evolving role of Nuclear Medicine in Haematological Malignancies Speaker: Prof Bawinile Hadebe
11:20 – 11:50	Topic: The intersection of Interventional Radiology and the Bleeding patient Speaker: Dr Gary Sudwartz
11:50 – 12:00	Panel Discussion and Q & A
12:00 – 12:10	Campaigning for Cancer – call to Action
12:10 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 14:05	Session 3: Mantle Cell Lymphoma
	Chair: tbc
13:00 – 13:20	Topic: Pathology updates in MCL Speaker: Dr Tomek Piorkowski (Sponsored by Pathcare)
13:20 – 13:50	Topic: Advances in the management of MCL Speaker: Prof Talha Munir (Sponsored by BeOne) Panel discussion and Q&A
13:50 – 14:05	Panel discussion and Q&A
14:05 – 15:00	Session 4: ALL
	Chair: Dr David Brittain
14:05 – 14:40	Topic: Updates in ALL – from clinical guidelines to MRD guided treatment and an inevitable immunotherapy revolution? Speaker: Dr Perry Loebenberg
14:40 – 15:00	Panel discussion and Q+A
15:00 – 15:30	Refreshment Break
15:30 – 16:30	Session 5: Oral Presentations
	Chairs: Dr Karen Gunther 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 September 2026
08:00 – 09:00	SYMPOSIUM : Bleeding disorders – Haemophilia and beyond Sponsored by NovoNordisk
	Chair: Prof Jaco Joubert
	Topic: Factors – more than you think… Speaker : to be confirmed?
	Q&A
09:00 – 10:00	Session 6: CML
	Chair:
09:00 – 09:30	Topic: Beyond Survival: Shared decisions, better lives in CML Speaker: Prof Vernon Louw (Sponsored by Novartis)
09:30 – 09:45	Case study/Patient advocate?
09:45 – 10:00	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: Improved diagnosis of Iron Deficiency Anaemia in the Critically Ill via Fluorescence Flowcytometric Haemoglobin Biomarkers Speaker: Christian Hönemann
10:50 – 11:10	Topic 2: Exploring new Cellular Biomarkers from routine blood count using Fluorescence Flowcytometric parameters: The potential of The Intensive Care Infection Score. Speaker: Christian Hönemann
11:10 – 11:20	Q&A
11:20 – 12:20	Session 9: Ethics
	Chair:
11:20 – 12:00	Topic: AI
	Speaker : Prof Jacques Malherbe
12:00 – 12:15	Q&A
12:15 – 12:30	Conference Closing
	Prof Vernon Louw
12:30	Light lunch