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
20:15-22:00 Exhibition Opening
Canapes and Conversations
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
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
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
11:30-12:00 Topic: Interventional radiology topic
Speaker: Dr Gary Sudwartz
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
14:00-15:00 Session 4: Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Topic: Advances in the management of MCL
Case study:
Panel discussion and Q+A
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 
Q&A

09:00-10:00 

09:45-10:00

Session 6: CML
Sponsored by Novartis 
09:00-09:30 Topic:  tbc
Speaker:  Prof Vernon Louw  
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
 
10:50-11:00
Q&A
 
11:00-11:20 Topic 2: Novel biomarkes, the FBC and the critically ill patient
Speaker: Prof Christian Hönemann
 
11:20-11:30 Q&A
11:30-12:30 Session 8: Ethics  
11:30-12:15 Topic: Gene Therapy
Speaker : Dr Jacques Malherbe  
12:15-12:30 Panel discussion and Q&A
12:30-12:40 Conference Closing 
Prof Vernon Louw
12:40 Light lunch
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