Meeting Overview

On behalf of our meeting chairs, Eva Kimby, MD, PhD, and Michael Keating, MB, BS, we are pleased to invite you to our symposium “Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Identifying Challenges and Evaluating Solutions” during the 15th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Barcelona, Spain, on 10 June 2010.

Location

Fira de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Hall G
16.15 – 18.15

Faculty

CHAIRPERSONS
Eva Kimby, MD, PhD
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

And

Michael Keating, MB, BS
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

FACULTY
Francesc Bosch, MD
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Spain

John Gribben, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci
Barts and The London School of Medicine
London, United Kingdom

Anders Österborg, MD, PhD
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD
University of Ulm
Ulm, Germany

Agenda

16.15  

Welcome & introduction
Eva Kimby, MD, PhD

16.20  

Clinical opinion poll

16.25  

What’s lacking in our current management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
Stephen Stilgenbauer, MD

16.45   Clinical opinion poll
16.50  

Next generation of anti-CD20 antibodies 
John Gribben, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci

17.05  

Clinical opinion poll

17.10  

Refractory CLL: Improving outcomes with novel strategies
Anders Österborg, MD, PhD

17.35  

Challenging the experts
All Faculty: Francesc Bosch, MD; Michael Keating, MB, BS; Eva Kimby, MD, PhD; John Gribben, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci; Anders Österborg, MD, PhD; Stephen Stilgenbauer, MD 

18.00  

Symposium pearls
Michael Keating, MB, BS

Support

Support for this activity has been provided by GlaxoSmithKline