We are pleased to share with you the preliminary programme of the meeting.


09:30 – 10:00 Welcome coffee (Redwood Area)
10:00 – 12:00 Part 1. Morning session organized by the FAKB/AABC
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break (Redwood Area)
13:00 – 14:45 Part 2. Hot topics in laboratory hematology
Chairs: TBD
13:00 – 13:30 How to follow MRD in plasma cell malignancies?
Prof. Hans Jacobs, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands
13:30 – 14:00 How to monitor CAR-T cells?
TBD
14:00 – 14:30 How to monitor unfractionated heparin in 2026: guidelines from ISTH
Prof Isabelle Gouin-Thibault, Department of Hemostasis, University Hospital Rennes, France
14:30 – 14:45 Oral Communication: Best abstract in Hematology
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break (Redwood Area)
15:15 – 16:15 Part 3. Driving value in laboratory hematology
Chairs: Prof. François Mullier (CHU UCL Namur)
15:15 – 15:35 Appropriate prescription of hematology analyses, From overtesting to right testing
Prof Delphine Borgel, Department of Hemostasis, University Paris-Saclay, France
15:35 – 15:55 Appropriate ordering in hemostasis: interventions to reduce overuse and underuse
Prof. François Mullier, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Hematology-hemostasis laboratory, UCL Namur, Namur, Belgium
15:55 – 16:15 Minimal retesting intervals in hematology: how to determine them
Prof. Dr. Ivana Lapić, University Hospital Zagreb, Croatia
16:15 – 18:00 Part 4. Key Note session
Chairs: TBD
16:15 – 16:30 Presentation BeMedTech Best Paper Prize
16:30 – 17:30 European working group on data exchange
Dr. Ruben Smeets, Radboud University Hospital, The Netherlands
17:30 – 18:00 Data exchange at a national level, the Belgian perspective
Apr. Ann Verdonck, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
18:00 – 19:00 Congress Cocktail Reception
19:30 Congress Dinner