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Day 1: Friday, February 27th, 2026

All timings are in Pacific Time (PDT, GMT-07:00) time.

12:30 PM - 01:30 PMRegistration, Networking, & Exhibits (Seascape Room)
01:30 PM - 02:00 PMSession 1: Plenary Lecture (Peninsula Room)

01:30 PM - 01:50 PM

Plenary Lecture Brian Sworder, MD, MD, PhD, PhD

01:50 PM - 02:00 PM

Q&A

02:00 PM - 03:15 PMSession 2: Lymphoma (Peninsula Room)

Session Chair: Matthew Mei, MD

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM

CLL - How to approach cases refractory to both a covalent BTKi and a BCL2 Inhibitor Matthew J. Cortese, MD, MPH

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

Have we solved HL? What are the unmet needs in 2025? Harsh Shah, DO

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Update in R/R MZL Matthew Mei, MD

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion Lihong Wu, MD

03:15 PM - 03:45 PMBreak & Exhibits (Seascape Room)
03:45 PM - 05:15 PMSession 3: Leukemia (Peninsula Room)

Session Chair: Vinod Pullarkat, MD; Brian A Jonas

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

Induction for acute myeloid leukemia: Does anyone still need 7+ 3 ? Brian A Jonas

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Adding targeted agents to AML therapy backbone Amanda Blackmon, DO

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Chemotherapy or chemotherapy free : Treatment of Philadelphia positive ALL Tamer Othman, MD

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Who needs transplant for ALL in CR1 : Genetics vs MRD Vinod Pullarkat, MD

04:45 PM - 05:15 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion Robert Matthew Carroll, MD

Day 2: Saturday, February 28th, 2026

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast, & Exhibits (Seascape Room)
08:00 AM - 08:15 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities (Peninsula Room)

Conference Chair: Justin Ryan Marquart, MBA

08:15 AM - 09:45 AMSession 4: Optimizing Frontline Treatment Multiple Myeloma (Peninsula Room)

Session Chair: Jonathan L Kaufman, MD; Michael Rosenzweig, MD

08:15 AM - 08:30 AM

Newly Diagnosed TI - Optimal Treatment in 2026 – Which regimen and for how long ? Michael Rosenzweig, MD

08:30 AM - 08:50 AM

Debate: Frontline TE in MM

08:30 AM - 08:40 AM

MRD stands for Make the Right Decision on Transplant Aaron S Rosenberg, MD

08:40 AM - 08:50 AM

MRD stands for DON’T Make the wRong Decision regarding Upfront Transplant Jodi Lipof, MD

08:50 AM - 09:05 AM

Optimal Maintenance - Which agents for SR/HR - MRD Guided? Jonathan L Kaufman, MD

09:05 AM - 09:20 AM

Evaluation and Treatment of the Frail Patient J Christine Ye, MD

09:20 AM - 09:35 AM

Triplets and ADCs – When and How to Sequence in RRMM Sarah S Lee, MD, MD

09:35 AM - 09:45 AM

Case Presentation Kwan-Keat Ang, MD, MD

09:45 AM - 10:15 AMBreak & Exhibits (Seascape Room)
10:15 AM - 11:45 AMSession 5: Leukemia II (Peninsula Room)

Session Chair: Vinod Pullarkat, MD; Jerald Radich, MD

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Prognostication of MDS and timing of stem cell transplant Wanxing Chai-Ho, MD

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

MRD monitoring in AML. How and when? Jerald Radich, MD

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Treatment of aplastic anemia in adults: Choosing IST vs transplant Ryotaro Nakamura, MD

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

MPN: Do available drugs provide survival benefit? Angela Fleischman, MD, MD, PhD

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Case-Based Panel Discussion Idoroenyi Amanam, MD; Saro Kasparian

11:45 AM - 12:30 PMSession 6: Pharmacist & APP Session: Monitoring and managing side effects of targeted agents for AML (Peninsula Room)

11:45 AM - 11:55 AM

IDH Inhibitors Diana Tran Samuels, PharmD, PharmD

11:55 AM - 12:05 PM

Menin Inhibitors Maria Motta, DNP, ARNP

12:05 PM - 12:15 PM

FLT3 Inhibitors Gabriel Park, PharmD

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion Maria Motta, DNP, ARNP; Gabriel Park, PharmD; Diana Tran Samuels, PharmD, PharmD

12:30 PM - 01:30 PMLunch & Exhibits (Seascape Room)

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