BSH 2020 & 2021: 2021 Programme

Programme

We are hugely grateful to the BSH 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting Programme Committee, who have developed the 2021 Virtual programme.

Sat 24 April
Sun 25 April
Mon 26 April
Tues 27 April
Wed 28 April

Avoiding Pitfalls Today and in the Future of Haematology
Chaired by Suzy Morton and Tom Butler

The popular Pitfalls educational day will be taking place virtually this year. A day aimed at Haematology trainees, consultants, specialist nurses and clinical scientists. Registration for the Pitfalls Day can be secured as part of the registration portal for the Virtual ASM.

Time	Session
10:30 - 11:15	Pitfalls in Managing Patients on the New Haemophilia Agents William Lester Pitfalls
11:15 - 12:00	Pitfalls in the Future of Transfusion Speaker TBC Pitfalls
12:00 - 12:30	Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:15	Pitfalls in the Future of Non-Malignant Haematology Genomics Keith Gomez Pitfalls
13.15 - 14.00	Pitfalls in the Future of CAR-T Cells Tobias Menne Pitfalls
14.00 - 14.20	Break Break
14.20 - 15.05	Pitfalls in the Future of Global Haematology Imelda Bates Pitfalls
15.05 - 15.15	Pitfalls Closing Remarks Suzy Morton and Tom Butler Pitfalls

BSH 2021 Virtual ASM Programme

Please see below BSH 2021 Virtual ASM programme. There are a range of sessions taking place over the course of the four days, including plenary presentations, abstract sessions and speciality specific sessions. Delegates will be able to participate during the live sessions and ask their questions to the speakers. Content from BSH 2021 Virtual ASM will be available for on demand viewing, for all registered participants, through to April 2022. CPD points are available.

Time	Session
08:30 - 08:45	Welcome Address President Adele Fielding and Chair of the Programme Committee Tamara Everington Plenary
08:45 - 09:00	Break Break
09:00 - 10:15	BSH Presidential Session & Medal Lecture BSH Medal Lecture: Beverley Hunt – Thrombosis care: 2021 and beyond David Rees - Red Cells Andrew Goddard - The Medical Workforce The Inspiring Story of the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust Plenary
10:15 - 10:30	Break Break
10:30 - 12:00	British Society for Haemostasis & Thrombosis Chair: Keith Gomez Vittorio Pengo - Antiphospholipid Syndrome Lara Roberts - Predicting the risk of recurrence in Venous Thrombosis Johnny Mahlangu - How to choose between therapeutic options for patients with haemophilia Scientific
10:30 - 12:00	UK Myeloma Forum Chair: John Ashcroft Alessandra Larocca - Clinical assessments of frailty in myeloma Jonathan Kaufman - Biomarkers and lab assessments of frailty Gordon Cook - How do we design clinical trials and affect clinical practice? Scientific
10:30 - 12:00	Symposium 1 Industry
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch Break Break
13:00 - 14:30	UK Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Forum Chairs: Renata Walewska and Piers Patten Othman Al-Sawaf - Treating CLL with novel agents: single agents or combinations in front line CLL treatment Talha Munir - Treating CLL with novel agents: single or combinations in relapsed CLL Jennifer Brown – Treating CLL with novel agents: understanding and managing side effects Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Haemoglobinopathies - Improving Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease Chair: Farrukh Shah Julie Makani - Improving outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease: Experience from Sickle In Africa. Subarna Chakravorty - Improving clinical outcomes through the peer review programme Jo Howard - Improving outcomes for patients with haemoglobinopathies through the new haemoglobinopathy networks Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Symposium 2 Industry
14:30 - 14:45	Break Break
14:45 - 16:15	Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Chairs: Claire Harrison and Donal McLornan Stefan Constantinescu - JAK2 V617F and acquired JAK2 activating mutations from CHIP to clonal MPN diseases Claire Harrison - Prevention of thrombosis in PV Donal McLornan - BMT in Myelofibrosis - who, how, when Francesco Onida - CMML- diagnosis and management Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Paediatric Session Chair: John Grainger Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Symposium 3 Industry
16:15 - 16:30	Break Break
16:30 - 17:15	MacFarlane-Biggs Lecture Chair: Keith Gomez Katherine High - Haemophilia and Gene Therapy Scientific
16:30 - 17:15	NIHR/BSH Awards and the BSH Lifetime Award Ceremony Scientific
16:30 - 18:00	Symposium 4 Industry

BSH 2021 Virtual ASM Programme

Time	Session
08:30 - 10:00	Lymphoma Special Interest Group Chairs: Kate Cwynarski and Andrew Davies Christopher Fox - Clinical prognostication in lymphoma Cathy Burton - Molecular biomarkers in lymphoma Judith Trotman - Functional imaging: 'PET-pearls, PET-falls: the role of PET in Follicular lymphoma' Scientific
08:30 - 10:00	National Institute of Health Research (NIHR): Better Blood Research Chairs: Pip Nicolson and Dan Hart Scientific
08:30 - 10:00	Symposium 5 Industry
10:00 - 10:15	Break Break
10:15 - 11:45	Too Much Haematology? Questioning our Approach to Asymptomatic Conditions Chairs: Stephen Hibbs and Trevor Jones Chris Fegan - CLL Survivorship - watch and wait, the neglected cohort Neil Rabin - What does early diagnosis of paraprotein disorders achieve Rebecca Lynch - An anthropological perspective on risk and responsibility Lesley Perkins and Osman Bhatti - Managing the fear of "missing something": the experience of two GPs Scientific
10:15 - 11:45	The CAR T-Cell Revolution Chair: Ram Malladi Sridhar Chaganti - The optimal third line therapy for Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma: Is CAR-T now the standard of care? Andrea Kuhnl - Current outcomes and future prospects for CAR T-cell therapy Scientific
10:15 - 11:45	Symposium 6 Industry
11:45 - 13:00	Lunch Break Break
13:00 - 14:30	UK Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organisation Symposium Chair: Pratima Chowdary Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Nursing/Allied Health Professional Chair: Sarah Jordan Sarah Jordan, Gavin Cooper and Sonia Thomas - Using technology to find new ways of educating Rebecca McLoughlin - Pain management programme for people living with sickle cell Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Symposium 7 Industry
14:30 - 14:45	Break Break
14:45 - 16:15	BSH Guidelines Chair: Jo Howard Haemostasis and Thrombosis Task Force Keith Gomez – Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Heritable Platelet Disorders Will Lester - Guidelines on the assessment of bleeding risk prior to surgery or invasive procedures General Haematology Task Force Eugene Oteng-Ntim - Guidelines on the Management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy Nicholas Cross - Good Practice Paper Genetic tests to diagnose and manage patients with myeloproliferative and myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic neoplasms Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Advanced Care Planning Chair: Karen Stanley Helen McNaught - CAR T Patient perspective interview Debbie Yeatman - Supportive & Palliative Care involvement for patients eligible for CAR-T Cell therapy Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Symposium 8 Industry
16:15 - 16:30	Break Break
16:30 - 18:00	BSH - ASH Plenary Richard Dillon - Different Care for AML Plenary
18:00 - 19:30	NCRI Lymphoma Group Trials Meeting Scientific

BSH 2021 Virtual ASM Programme

Time	Session
09:00 - 10:30	Who's Looking After Me? Personal Cost and Joy in our Profession Chairs: Stephen Hibbs and Sarah Whitaker Scientific
09:00 - 10:30	British Blood Transfusion Society - American Association of Blood Banks Symposium Chairs: Simon Stanworth and Mike Murphy Chris Tormey - Use and misuse of point-of-care testing for difficult bleeding problems Rebecca Cardigan - New blood products for the management of bleeding Mike Desborough - Management of upcoming emergency surgery or major bleeding in patients on anti-platelet agents Scientific
09:00 - 10:30	Symposium 9 Industry
10:30 - 10:45	Break Break
10:45 - 12:00	BSH-EHA Plenary Nichola Cooper - Intelligent platelets: more than just bleeding Emma Morris - Adult Immunodeficiency Disorders Martin Hutchings - Bispecific Antibodies Plenary
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch Break Break
13:00 - 14:30	UK Myelodysplastic Syndrome Forum Chair: Sally Killick Matthew Collin - Looking for an inherited cause of bone marrow failure/MDS - what could we be missing? Alan Warren - Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Victoria Potter - Transplanting patients with inherited bone marrow failures (MDS and AA) - considerations and challenges Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Clinical Practice and Education Chair: Tom Butler Tanya Pankhurst - The role of AI in healthcare Ander Cohen - AI in thrombosis & haemostasis clinical practice and research Nasir Rajpoot - The role of AI in Pathology Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Symposium 10 Industry
14:30 - 14:45	Break Break
14:45 - 16:15	Obstetric Haematology – Then and Now Chairs: Sue Pavord and Beverley Hunt Mark Kilby - New therapies in the management of RhD disease Magbor Akanni - Developments in the management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy Helena Maybury - Modern management of post partum haemorrhage Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Chamber 101: CLL and Related Problems Chair: Renata Walewska Helen Parry Piers Patten George Follows Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Symposium 11 Industry
16:15 - 16:30	Break Break
16:30 - 18:00	UK ITP Forum: Autoimmune Haematology 2021 Chair: Quentin Hill Drew Provan - An update on adults with ITP John Grainger - An update on children with ITP Quentin Hill - An update on AIHA Marie Scully - An update on TTP This session is comprised of a discussion forum between all speakers who will discuss all of the topics mentioned above. Scientific
16:30 - 18:00	CLOT: Anticoagulation in 2021 Chair: Huw Rowswell Victoria Speed - Prescribing in extremes to include prescribing for children Michaela Scheuermann-Freestone - Anticoagulation and cardiology Rob Greig - Fielding anticoagulation failures in ED on an Island Scientific
16:30 - 18:00	Symposium 12 Industry

BSH 2021 Virtual ASM Programme

Time	Session
08:30 - 10:00	The Crucible: What Lessons can Haematology Learn from Others? Judges: Jenny Darlow, Subarna Chakravorty, Rebecca Hallam, Seye Kolade and Simon Stanworth Marquita Camilleri - Lessons from oncology and palliative care: it’s about time Amy Cooper - What can haematology learn from linguistics? Back to basics Joel Cunningham - Valid consent and shared decision-making in clinical practice Anna Dillon - Physician know thyself: Learning to value our learned experience Michelle Kenyon - Why separate the inseparable? Integrating mind and body care in haematology Plenary
10:00 - 10:15	Break Break
10:15 - 11:45	Laboratory Management: Challenges and Opportunities Chairs: Tom Butler and Eric Watts Scientific
10:15 - 11:45	Global Haematology Chair: David Roberts Scientific
10:15 - 11:45	Symposium 13 Industry
11:45 - 13:00	Lunch Break Break
13:00 - 14:30	Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Chair: Charlie Craddock Paresh Vyas - New therapeutic options in older adults with AML Sylvie Freeman - How to use MRD quantitation to optimise treatment in adult AML Hervé Dombret - New therapies in the management of fit adults with AML Charlie Craddock - Who should we transplant in AML, and how Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Current Issues in Haemostasis Chair: Tamara Everington John Dean - Transgender issues in haematology Simon Noble - Anticoagulation in advanced cancer: when to start, when to stop and when to call the priest Jennifer Cole - The approach of the Infected Blood Inquiry Scientific
13:00 - 14:30	Symposium 14 Industry
14:30 - 14:45	Break Break
14:45 - 16:15	Teenage and Young Adult Haematology Chair: Ben Uttenthal Rachael Hough - The future in TYA ALL – new strategies for the front line and relapse Victoria Potter - Aplastic anaemia in young patients – should everyone be transplanted? Sheila Lane - Does fertility really matter? Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Psychiatry and Mental Health in Haematology Patients Chair: Sonia Wolf Christian Williams - Recognising and addressing mental health needs in haemato-oncology Gary Bridges - Transitional care issues in young people (16-24) with sickle cell disease Chloe Beale - Capacity, consent and the law Scientific
14:45 - 16:15	Symposium 15 Industry
16:15 - 16:30	Break Break
16:30 - 17:30	Amyloid Session Chair: Shameem Mahmood Scientific
16:30 - 17:30	Morphology Chairs: Roger Owen and Sheila O'Connor Scientific
16:30 - 18:00	Symposium 16 Industry
18:00 - 18:30	Take Away Messages Jahanzaib Khwaja Simon Stanworth Subarna Chakravorty Scientific
18:30 - 18:45	Closing Remarks President Adele Fielding and Chair of the Programme Committee Tamara Everington