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Day 1: Friday, May 8th, 2026

All timings are in Alaska Time (AKDT, GMT-08:00) time.

12:00 PM - 01:00 PMRegistration, Lunch, and Exhibits (Juneau/Haines Room)
01:00 PM - 01:05 PMWelcome (Fairbanks/Kenai Room)
01:05 PM - 02:35 PMSession 1: Hematologic Malignancies (Fairbanks/Kenal Room)

Session Chair: Mengyang Di, MD, PhD

01:05 PM - 01:25 PM

MDS/Leukemias Bart L Scott, MD

01:25 PM - 01:45 PM

Multiple Myeloma Richa Thakur, MD

01:45 PM - 02:05 PM

Lymphoma & CLL Jennifer Huang, MD, PhD

02:05 PM - 02:35 PM

Q&A Session Bart L Scott, MD; Richa Thakur, MD; Jennifer Huang, MD, PhD

02:35 PM - 03:35 PMSession 2: From Barriers to Solutions: Collaborative Models to Improve Access and Equity in Cancer Care (Fairbanks/Kenal Room)

02:35 PM - 02:50 PM

Distance, Weather, and Workforce: Overcoming Barriers to Cancer Care in Alaska Anusiyanthan Mariampillai, MD

02:50 PM - 03:05 PM

Cancer Care in Resource-Constrained Settings: Scalable Models for Equity and Access Binay Shah, MD, MHA

03:05 PM - 03:35 PM

Panel Discussion

03:35 PM - 03:45 PMBreak and Exhibits (Juneau/Haines Room)
03:45 PM - 05:00 PMSession 3: General Oncology (Fairbanks/Kenal Room)

Session Chair: Lee Cranmer, MD, PhD

03:45 PM - 04:05 PM

Sarcoma Lee Cranmer, MD, PhD

04:05 PM - 04:25 PM

Advances in CNS Tumor Toni Cao, MD

04:25 PM - 04:45 PM

Management of Gynecological Cancers Melissa Mary Hardesty, MD, MPH

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Q&A Session Toni Cao, MD; Melissa Mary Hardesty, MD, MPH; Lee Cranmer, MD, PhD

05:30 PM - 06:15 PMThe Binaytara Partnership Session

Day 2: Saturday, May 9th, 2026

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast, and Exhibits (Juneau/Haines Room)
08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome (Fairbanks/Kenai Room)
08:05 AM - 08:30 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities (Fairbanks/Kenal Room)
08:30 AM - 10:00 AMSession 4: Genitourinary Cancer (Fairbanks/Kenal Room)

Session Chair: Umang Swami, MD

08:30 AM - 08:50 AM

Prostate Cancer Updates Li Zhang, MD

08:50 AM - 09:10 AM

Bladder Cancer Updates Petros Grivas, MD, PhD

09:10 AM - 09:30 AM

Kidney Cancer Updates Scott Tykodi, MD

09:30 AM - 09:40 AM

Case Presentation Sirithepphavanh Oliver, DNP

09:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Panel Discussion Li Zhang, MD; Petros Grivas, MD, PhD; Scott Tykodi, MD

10:00 AM - 11:00 AMBreak and Exhibits (Juneau/Haines Room) - Product Theater sponsored by Eli Lilly (non-CME accredited): Reignite the Spark: Clinical Conversations about Jaypirca® (pirtobrutinib) - Moshe Yair Levy, MD (Skagway Room)

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This activity is supported with an Independent Medical Education grant from Gilead Sciences.

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