Program highlights for ESHCML2026 – See you in Gothenburg!

In just a few weeks, the CML community will come together in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the ESH-iCMLf 28th Annual John Goldman Conference on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Biology and Therapy, October 2–4, 2026.

Bringing together CML clinicians, scientists and researchers from around the world, the conference provides a unique forum to share new and often unpublished data, discuss the latest advances in CML biology and treatment, and strengthen global collaboration.

This year’s program spans CML biology and clinical management, with sessions on the CML microenvironment, immunology and stem cells, resistance and transformation, clinical trials and treatment-free remission (TFR), alongside interactive workshops, symposia, Meet-the-Expert sessions and a dedicated TFR debate.

The program also features special and Prize lectures, including the Rowley Prize, 
Goldman Prize and iCMLf Prize lectures.

With the conference just around the corner, we are delighted to share some of the key program highlights and speakers you can look forward to in Gothenburg.
 

Program highlights – A preview

Selected Scientific Sessions:

• Session 1: Top Scoring Abstracts 2026 
  – Chairs: François Xavier Mahon (Bordeaux) & Tiffany Ricketts (Birmingham)
• Session 2: Microenvironment – Chair: Richard Van Etten (Irvine)
• Session 3: Immunology and stem cells – Chair: Mhairi Copland (Glasgow)
• Session 4: Resistance and transformation – Chair: Simona Soverini (Bologna)
• Session 5: Clinical trials – Chair: Ehab Atallah (Milwaukee)
• Session 6: Treatment-free remission – Chair: Delphine Réa (Paris)
   

Debate: 
Are we too obsessed with achieving TFR, often to the detriment of the patient?
– Chair: Jorge Cortes (Birmingham)
 

Workshops for Non-Clinical Scientists: 

• Workshop #1: Glycobiology in hematopoiesis
  Chairs: Michael Deininger (Ann Arbor) & Daniela S. Krause (Mainz)
• Workshop #2: Biology around cell death
  Chairs: Ravi Bhatia (Birmingham), Vignir Helgason (Glasgow)
   

Meet the Expert Sessions (pre-registration required):

• How do I choose frontline therapy? 
  – Massimo Breccia (Rome), Hemant Malhotra (Jaipur)
• Blast phase – Mhairi Copland (Glasgow), Michael Mauro (New York)
• Role of transplant in CML today 
  – Jane Apperley (London), Vivian Oehler (Seattle)
• MRD – Othman Al-Sawaf (Cologne), Richard Dillon (London)
• Pediatrics in CML – Nirmalya Roy Moulik (Mumbai), Meinolf Suttorp (Dresden)
   

Special Lectures & Symposia

• Tessa Holyoake Memorial Lecture on 25 years of TKIs 
  – Chair: Rüdiger Hehlmann (Weinheim)
• Michele Baccarani Special Symposium
  Significance and assessment of MRD in various hematologic disorders 
  – Chair: Nick Cross (Southampton)
• Additional special lectures on inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis by modifying stem cell RNA regulation and overview of what ASXL1 is doing. 
   

2026 iCMLf Prize ceremonies & lectures

• Rowley Prize: Junia V. Melo (Adelaide)
  CML: when BCR-ABL1 was just BCR-ABL
• Goldman Prize: Meinolf Suttorp (Dresden)
  CML in the first two decades of life – a pediatrician’s viewpoint
• iCMLf Prize: Amha Gebremedhin (Addis Ababa)
  Chronic myeloid leukemia in Ethiopians
   
• ESH International John Goldman Research Award 
  – Chair: Hervé Dombret

Click here to access the full program

Have you already registered for the conference?
If not, register today to secure your place at this premier CML conference.

Click here to register for the conference 

John Goldman Fun Run – Join us for a good cause

Continue a favourite conference tradition! Join CML colleagues on Sunday, October 
4 at 7:00 a.m. for the 5-km John Goldman Fun Run, organised by the iCMLf, and start the final conference day with energy and a good cause.

Register for the Fun Run and collect your 2026 charity T-shirt at the iCMLf booth. 
All proceeds will directly support the work of the iCMLf.

Click here to register for the John Goldman Fun Run

We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference.