Day 1 – Tuesday, February 25th
08:00-08:10 Opening Welcome and Introduction
Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
08:10-09:40 Session 1: Multiple Myeloma – Biology
Chairs: Cirino Botta, Italy, Bruno Paiva, Spain, Alessandra Romano, Italy
  From research to the clinical practice: the milestones of myeloma biology
Alessandra Romano, Italy
  Targeting the bone marrow microenvironment in multiple myeloma
Cirino Botta, Italy
  Unmasking novel biomarkers to sketch future trajectories in multiple myeloma therapy
Vanessa DeSantis, Italy
  Adhesion molecule interactions at the multiple myeloma interface: new insights
Antonio Solimando, Italy
  How and when to integrate flow cytometry in daily practice of multiple myeloma
Bruno Paiva, Spain
  How to modulate immune system in mutiple myeloma?
Annamaria Gullà, Italy
09:40-10:55 Session 2: Multiple Myeloma – Clinical Session
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy, Irene Ghobrial, USA, Hans Lee, USA
  How I manage smoldering multiple myeloma
Maria Victoria Mateos, Spain
  Multiple myeloma: State-of-the-art in Europe
Claudio Cerchione, Italy
  Multiple myeloma: State-of-the-art in the USA
Hans Lee, USA
  Multiple myeloma cured in 2030: what are the next steps?
Kenneth Anderson,
USA
  Is it time for biomarkers-driven approach in smoldering and multiple myeloma?
Irene Ghobrial, USA
10:55-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-11:45 Session 3: Multiple Myeloma – Front-line Setting
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Angelo Maiolino, Brazil; Vittorio Montefusco, Italy
  How I manage multiple myeloma in frontline setting
Vittorio Montefusco
, Italy
  New insights and opportunities: autologous SCT as backbone in induction therapy or bispecific/CAR-T?
Angelo Maiolino, Brazil
   
11:45-12:50 Session 4: Multiple Myeloma – Relapsed/refractory
Chairs: Francesco Di Raimondo, Italy; Paul Richardson, USA, Renato Zambello, Italy
  How to manage early relapses
Bispecific antibodies, ADC and CAR-Ts: Joshua Richter, USA
Other options: Claudio Cerchione, Italy
  How to manage heavily pretreated RRMM
Francesco Di Raimondo,
Italy
  Determinants of resistance to CAR-T and T-cell engages in multiple myeloma
Paola Neri, Canada
  Mechanisms of disease resistance to T-cell based therapies: a clinical perspective
Paul Richardson, USA
12:50-13:00 Break – Lunch Pick-up
13:00-14:00 New perspectives for RRMM TCR patients
Industry-supported Lunch Symposium
by Oncopeptides
  Prof. Claudio Cerchione: Melflufen, mechanism of action and data from clinical trials
  Dott. Vittorio Montefusco: Therapeutic options in patients not eligible for immunotherapy
  Prof.ssa. Alessandra Romano: Clinical cases in real world practice
  Prof. Paul Richardson: Past, present and future of PDC
  Discussion
14:00-14:10 Short Break
14:10-14:25 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Multiple Myeloma
Cirino Botta, Italy, Bruno Paiva, Spain, Alessandra Romano, Italy; Irene Ghobrial, USA, Hans Lee, USA; Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Angelo Maiolino, Brazil; Vittorio Montefusco, Italy; Maria Victoria Mateos, Spain; Paola Neri, Canada, Joshua Richter, USA; Evangelos Terpos, Greece
14:25-15:30 Session 5: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chairs: Antonio Cuneo, Italy; Alessandra Ferrajoli, USA; Gianluca Gaidano, Italy; Ahmad Ibrahim, Lebanon
  How I manage CLL
At MDACC: Alessandra Ferrajoli, USA
In Italy: Antonio Cuneo, Italy
  Which current sequencing in CLL in the real world?
Gianluca Gaidano, Italy
  How to use novel agents in elderly CLL
Ahmad Ibrahim, Lebanon
  What prognostic models should we use in CLL?
Stefano Molica, Italy
15:30-16:15 Session 6: Hodgkin and T-Cell Lymphomas: State-of-the-art
Chairs: Amanda Cashen, USA; Carmino De Souza, Brazil; Adrián Mosquera, Spain
  How I manage Hodgkin in Disease in the USA
Amanda Cashen, USA
  Advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma: the end of ABVD and BEACOPP?
Carmino De Souza, Brazil
  Decision support systems: a new paradigm in medical information
Adrián Mosquera, Spain
16:15-18:00 Session 7: Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas: State-of-the-art
Chairs: Andrés Ferreri, Italy; Stefano Luminari, Italy; Gerardo Musuraca, Italy
  How I manage follicular lymphoma
Stefano Luminari, Italy
  How I manage marginal zone lymphoma
Luca Arcaini, Italy
  Current and future therapeutic approach in first line in DLBCL
Umberto Vitolo, Italy
  How I manage RR in DLBCL – Bispecific antibodies
Gerardo Musuraca, Italy
  How I manage CNS lymphomas
Andrés Ferreri, Italy
  How I manage aggressive lymphomas in elderly patients
Raúl Córdoba, Spain
  How to integrate academic CAR-T in daily treatment of hematologic malignancies
Julio Delgado, Spain
18:00-18:15 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Lymphomas and CLL
Antonio Cuneo, Italy; Alessandra Ferrajoli, USA; Gianluca Gaidano, Italy; Ahmad Ibrahim, Lebanon; Amanda Cashen, USA; Carmino De Souza, Brazil; Adrián Mosquera, Spain; Andrés Ferreri, Italy; Stefano Luminari, Italy; Gerardo Musuraca, Italy; Enrio Derenzini, Italy
18:15-19:15 Session 8: Allogenic SCT in Hematological Malignancies: Dead, or Alive and Kicking?
Chairs: Jean El Cheikh, Lebanon; Filippo Milano, USA; Arnon Nagler, Israel
  Towards the future: Allogenic SCT as standard of care:
Arnon Nagler, Israel
  New conditioning regimen pre-allogenic SCT in hematologic malignancies
Jean El Cheikh, Lebanon
  How to develop an innovative cellular therapies center: from clinical trials to real-world data
Filippo Milano, USA
19:15-19:25 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Cell Therapies
Jean El Cheikh
, Lebanon; Filippo Milano, USA; Arnon Nagler, Israel
19:25 Oral Communications Session
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  Inborn errors of immunity meet with real-life clinical settings: a single centre experience of gene sequencing of humoral immune defects
Alessandro Andriano, Italy
  BVD vs DVD in RRMM: updates on OS and efficacy in DREAMM-7
Claudio Cerchione, Italy
  Connecting senescence and metabolic changes in mesenchymal stromal cells from patients with myelodyplastic syndromes
Giuseppe Nicolo Conti, Italy
  Integration of [18F]FDG-PET radiomics with liquid biopsy improves outcome prediction in newly diagnosed DLBCL
Riccardo Dondolin, Italy
  Dexamethasone and daratumumab impair T-cell mediated killing in MM: implications for sequential therapies
Ilaria Dulcamare, Italy
  The inflammasome negatively drives HO-1 activation regulating bone marrow fibrosis in primary myelofibrosis
Jessica Ferrigno, Italy
  Transgelin-2 as a prognostic marker in newly diagnosed MM patients with renal damage
Rasha Magdy, Egypt
  Clonal hematopoiesis in FL: analysis of the Phase III FIL FOLL12 trial
Nawar Maher, Italy
  Prevalence and clinical impact of clonal hematopoiesis in CLL
Samir Mouhssine, Italy
  Updated clinico-biological profile and treatment outcomes of CLL
Vasile Musteata, Moldova
  Lipid dysregulation and anti-BCMA immunotherapy resistance in MM
Enrico La Spina, Italy
Day 2 – Wednesday, February 26th
08:00-08:10 Welcome to Day 2
Claudio Cerchione, Italy, Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
08:10-09:00 Session 9: CAR-T and Cellular Therapies in Hematological Malignancies: From Dream to Reality
Chairs: Massimo Dominici, Italy; Franco Locatelli, Italy, Massimiliano Mazza, Italy
  From the preclinical to the production stage: a CAR for T-cell malignancies
Massimiliano Mazza, Italy
  Balancing efficacy and toxicity in CAR-T and bispecific antibodies-based therapies: the point of view from the reanimation room
Giuliano Bolondi, Italy
  CAR-T– from research to clinical applications
In solid tumors: Massimo Dominici, Italy
In hematology: Franco Locatelli, Italy
09:00-09:10 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Cell Therapies
Massimo Dominici, Italy; Franco Locatelli, Italy, Massimiliano Mazza, Italy
09:10-09:40 Session 10: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia – Clinical Session
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  How I manage ALL at MDACC
Hagop Kantarjian, USA
  How I manage Elderly ALL at MDACC
Elias Jabbour, USA
09:40-10:00 Coffee Break
10:00-11:15 Session 11: Acute Myeloid Leukemia – State-of-the-art
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  How I manage AML at the MDACC
Hagop Kantarjian, USA
  Non-Intensive treatment of elderly/unfit patients with AML at MDACC
Tapan Kadia, USA
  Past, present and future of FLT3 inhibitors in AML: moving towards cure
Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  How I manage IDH-mutated AML at MDACC
Courtney DiNardo, USA
  TP53 mutated AML – where are we?
Naval Daver, USA
11:15-12:15 Session 12: Acute Myeloid Leukemia – Special Entities
Chairs: Michael Andreeff, USA, Brunangelo Falini, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  Is all oral therapy of AML a reality for the future?
Farhad Ravandi, USA
  How I treat unfit patients with AML
Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
  Targeted therapy of NPM1-mutated AML
Brunangelo Falini, Italy
  TP53 in myeloid leukemias: targeting the guardian of the genome
Michael Andreeff, USA
12:15-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-13:30 Session 13: Acute Myeloid Leukemia – Clinical Session
Chairs: Sara Galimberti, Italy; Mauricette Michallet, France
  Digital droplet PCR in hematologic malignancies: a new useful molecular tool
Sara Galimberti, Italy
  Therapy-related AML: CHIP documentation in cancer, new perspectives in prognosis and treatment
Mauricette Michallet, France
13:30-13:45 Special lecture: Role of AI in Diagnostics
Torsten Haferlach, Germany
13:45-14:00 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Acute Myeloid and Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Nicola Stefano Fracchiolla, Italy; Michele Gottardi, Italy; Carmelo Gurnari, Italy; Francesco Lanza, Italy; Federico Lussana, Italy; Agostino Tafuri, Italy; Calogero Vetro, Italy; Daniele Vallisa, Italy; Naval Daver, USA; Courtney DiNardo, USA; Ilaria Iacobucci, USA; Elias Jabbour, USA; Tapan Kadia, USA; Naveen Pemmaraju, USA; Farhad Ravandi, USA; Jose Maria Ribera, Spain
14:00-14:45 Session 14: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms – State-of-the-art
Chairs: Hanan Hamed, Egypt; Alessandro Lucchesi, Italy; Tariq Mughal, UK
  Novel combination and JAK and non-JAK inhibitor therapies on the horizon
Tariq Mughal, UK
  Neutrophilia other than CML
Hanan Hamed, Egypt
  A new pathogenetic paradigm for MPN: the “circulating wound”
Alessandro Lucchesi, Italy
14:45-15:30 Session 15: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia – State-of-the-art
Chairs: Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini, Italy, Giantonio Rosti, Italy
  CML history: the transition from interferon to TKI therapy
Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini, Italy
  Stopping therapy (TFR) from clinical trials to real world – which patients, when and how to monitor
Gianantonio Rosti, Italy
15:30-15:45 SOHO Insights Roundtable – CML and MPN
Massimo Breccia, Italy; Paola Guglielmelli, Italy; Nicola Polverelli, Italy; Hanan Hamed, Egypt; Alessandro Lucchesi, Italy; Tariq Mughal, UK; Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini, Italy; Giantonio Rosti, Italy; Elias Jabbour, USA
15:45-17:00 Session 16: Myelodysplastic Syndromes – State-of-the-art
Chairs: Carlo Finelli, Italy, Esther Oliva, Italy; Phillip Scheinberg, USA
  Progress in medical therapy in aplastic anemia: why it took so long?
Phillip Scheinberg, USA
  How I treat lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Esther Oliva, Italy
  Is a personalized treatment approach possible for myelodysplastic syndromes: when is the optimal time for a transplant?
Elena Crisà, Italy
17:00-17:15 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Carlo Finelli, Italy, Esther Oliva, Italy; Matteo Della Porta, Italy; Phillip Scheinberg, USA; Guillermo Garcia-Manero, USA
17:15-18:30 Session 17: Spotlights on Rare Entities and Non-Malignant Diseases
Chairs: Domenico Girelli, Italy; Valeh Huseynov, Azerbaijan; Hans Lee, USA; Arcangelo Liso, Italy
  How I manage AL amyloidosis at MDACC
Hans Lee, USA
  How I manage advanced systemic mastocytosis
Daniela Cilloni, Italy
  New Insights in iron deficiency anemia
Domenico Girelli, Italy
  New insights in transfusion medicine
Valeh Huseynov, Azerbaijan
18:30-18:45 SOHO Insights Roundtable: Rare Diseases
Domenico Girelli, Italy; Valeh Huseynov, Azerbaijan; Hans Lee, USA; Arcangelo Liso, Italy
18:45 Conclusions. See You Next Year
Claudio Cerchione, Italy; Giovanni Martinelli, Italy
Day 2 – VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS – evening round
19:00 Session 18: VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
  How I manage bone disease and its complications in multiple myeloma
Evangelos Terpos, Greece
  How I manage extramedullary disease and plasma cell leukemia
Daniele Derudas, Italy
  How I manage RR in DLBCL – CAR-T
Enrico Derenzini, Italy
  Towards the future: CAR-T as standard of care
Nitin Jain, USA
  Life after CAR-T
Jose Maria Ribera, Spain
  How I manage secondary AML
Alessandro Isidori, Italy
  How I manage BPDCN
Naveen Pemmaraju, USA
  The pathogenesis of acute leukemias: approaches and molecular insights
Ilaria Iacobucci, USA
  How I manage CML at MDACC
Elias Jabbour, USA
  A practical approach to molecular pathology of myelodysplastic syndromes
Matteo Della Porta, Italy
  How I treat high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes in MDACC: a total approach
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, USA
  How I manage Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia in the era of novel agents
Steven Treon, USA