MPE 10th Anniversary and Masterclass 2021 agenda
2 – 3 July 2021 – Virtual meeting
Friday, 2 July 2021
13:00 – 13:30 |
Welcome |
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Opening Remarks, Hans Scheurer, MPE President, and Ananda Plate, MPE CEO |
13.30 – 15.00 |
Updates in Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment |
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The early detection and diagnosis of MGUS and SMM, Marivi Mateos, MD, PhD, Director of the Myeloma Unit at the University Hospital of Salamanca-IBSAL, Spain |
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New developments and controversies in the myeloma treatment pathway, Mohamad Mohty, MD, PhD, Head of the Hematology and Cellular Therapy Department at the Saint-Antoine Hospital at University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France |
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Moderated Q&A |
15.00 – 15.15 |
Coffee Break |
15.15 – 16.45 |
Multiple myeloma patients and patient organizations in the time of COVID-19 |
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COVID-19 and the effect on the treatment and care for myeloma and AL amyloidosis patients in Europe, Mohamad Mohty |
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MPE members response to and resiliency during COVID-19, MPE Member Organizations |
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Moderated Q&A |
16.45 – 17.00 |
Wrap-up, Hans Scheurer, MPE President, and Ananda Plate, MPE CEO |
17:00 – 17:30 |
Coffee Break |
17:30 – 18:30 |
MPE 10th Anniversary Happy Hour! Join us as we cheers to 10 years of MPE, celebrate all that we’ve achieved together, and enjoy a live show from renowned mind reader, Ashley Green! Please note that this is open to MPE members and invited guests only. |
Saturday, 3 July 2021
9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome |
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Opening Remarks, Hans Scheurer, MPE President, and Ananda Plate, MPE CEO |
9.15 – 10.45 |
AL Amyloidosis & other MM related diseases |
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Developments in AL amyloidosis: diagnostic centres of expertise, treatment pathway, and stages of the disease, Monique Minnema, MD, PhD University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands |
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Myeloma related diseases, their presentation and effects on symptoms and quality of life, Paolo Milani, MD, PhD, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy |
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Moderated Q&A |
10.45 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
11.00 – 12.30 |
Access to new treatments |
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Immunotherapy in the treatment of myeloma and AL amyloidosis, Marivi Mateos |
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A clinical perspective on access in central and eastern European and Balkan countries, Roman Hájek, M.D., Ph.D., University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic |
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Moderated Q&A |
12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch break |
13.30 – 15.00 |
Empowering Patient Organisations |
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Palliative Care and quality of life, Christina Gerlach, M.D. |
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Fundraising for patient groups and collaboration with industry, Jan Geissler, Chair, Workgroup of European Cancer Patient Advocacy Networks (WECAN) |
15:00 – 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
15.15 – 16.45 |
Panel discussion on Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) |
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Hans Jacobs, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Immunologist, Radboud University Medical Center, NL |
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Paula van Hennik, Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and member at the European Medicine Agency (EMA) |
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Hans Scheurer, MPE President |
16.45 – 17.00 |
Wrap up and close, Hans Scheurer, MPE President, and Ananda Plate, MPE CEO |