Meeting program

3rd EHA-Balkan Hematology Day - Novel Therapies of Lymphoma

09:00 - 09:15 EET Opening remarks

  • Welcome of participants
    M Pagoni (Hellenic Society of Haematology) & E Terpos (Hellenic Society of Haematology)
  • History of the meeting
    D Coriu (European Hematology Association & Romanian Society of Hematology)
  • Introduction meeting program
    I Baltadakis (Hellenic Society of Haematology)
  • About HSH & EHA
    M Pagoni (Hellenic Society of Haematology) & D Coriu (European Hematology Association & Romanian Society of Hematology)

09:15 - 10:45 EET Session 1: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Indolent Lymphomas

Chairs: M Guenova (Bulgaria) & M Škerget (Slovenia)

  • State-of-the Art: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): Selection of The Optimal First-line Treatment
    K Stamatopoulos (Greece)
  • First-line therapy of Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
    S Sachanas (Greece)
  • Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma (FL): Current and Emerging Therapies
    E Spanoudakis (Greece)
  • Richter’s Transformation: Which are the Therapeutic Options?
    F Gashi (Kosovo)

10:45 - 11:00 EET Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 EET Session 2: Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Chairs: M Michael (Cyprus) & P Panayiotidis (Greece)

  • State-of-the Art: Novel Off-the-Self Immunotherapies for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 
    B Ferhanoğlu (Türkiye)
  • Primary CNS Lymphoma: Is Autologous Transplantation Beneficial?
    K Venkov (Bulgaria)
  • Front-line Therapy for Double and Triple-Hit Lymphomas
    OD Preda (Romania)
  • Peripheral T cell Lymphomas: The Role of Transplantation
    A Cili (Albania)

12:30 - 13:30 EET Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 EET Session 3: CAR-T Cell Therapies

Chairs: V Cavolli (Kosovo) & S Badelita (Romania)

  • State-of-the Art: CAR-T Cell Therapy in Lymphomas
    I Baltadakis (Greece)
  • CAR-T in Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 
    M Sever (Slovenia)
  • CAR-T and the treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)
    S Bašić-Kinda (Croatia)
  • CAR-T in Follicular Lymphoma (FL)
    S Ratip (Türkiye)

15:00 - 15:15 EET Coffee break

15:15 - 17:00 EET Session 4: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL)

Chairs: O Mehtap (Türkiye) & G Pangalis (Greece)

  • State-of-the Art: First-Line Therapy of Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL): The Role of Novel Agents
    T Vassilakopoulos (Greece)
  • The role of Interim PET
    A Agathocleous (Cyprus)
  • Prioritizing Therapeutic Options for Primary Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL)
    S Buruiana (Moldova)
  • Management of Relapsed Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL) After Autologous Transplantation
    M Tsirogianni (Greece)
  • Management of advanced stage HL: Initial therapy and beyond
    I Urosevic (Serbia)

17:00 - 17:30 EET EHA Lighting the Flame & Regional Collaboration Session

Chairs: H Parker (European Hematology Association), M Pagoni (Hellenic Society of Haematology) & C Matsouka (Hellenic Society of Haematology)

  • EHA Lighting the Flame
    M Nikolaidou (European Hematology Association) & E Solomou (Greece)
  • HSH & EHA collaboration
    Maria Pagoni (Hellenic Society of Haematology) & E Papadaki (Greece)
  • Regional (Balkan) collaboration opportunities and involvement within EHA
    H Parker (European Hematology Association)

 17:30 - 17:45 EET Closing remarks

  • Thank you & goodbye by meeting chairs
    M Pagoni (Hellenic Society of Haematology), I Baltadakis (Hellenic Society of Haematology), D Coriu (European Hematology Association & Romanian Society of Hematology) & E Terpos (Hellenic Society of Haematology)

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