DRAFT SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Subject to change after IMS 2026

Pre-Conference Workshops: (12-Feb-2027)
Session Time Topic
Pre-Conference Workshops on 12 February 2027
(Details shall be updated soon)
1 Flow MRD
2 Cytogenetics
3 Imaging
4 Nursing and care of central venous devices
Day 1: (12-Feb-2027)
Session Time Topic
12:00 – 1:00 PM Quiz Prelims: All Teams
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch (in NINE)
Session 1 PRECURSOR CONDITIONS & SMOLDERING MYELOMA
1:35 – 1:45 PM Epidemiology of Plasma cell dyscrasias in India
1:45 – 2:00 PM Evolving novel techniques for paraprotein detection
2:00 – 2:25 PM Debate: Should We Treat High-Risk Smoldering Myeloma in India Today?
   For: To treat
   Against: Not to treat
2:25 – 2:40 PM Who, When, and How to Treat precursor conditions (including Smoldering Myeloma): Lessons for India from Global Trials
2:40 – 3:00 PM RUNNING TEA BREAK & INTERACTION
Session 2 MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY-RELATED DISEASES
3:00 – 3:15 PM MGRS
3:15 – 3:30 PM MGRS Indian Data / Monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance
3:30 – 3:45 PM Monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance
3:45 – 4:15 PM Panel discussion: MGUS, SMM, MGCS
4:15 – 4:30 PM RUNNING TEA BREAK & INTERACTION
Session 3 NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA (NDMM)
4:30 – 4:45 PM Risk stratification of newly diagnosed MM
4:45 – 5:00 PM Frontline Therapy of transplant-eligible NDMM in 2027
5:00 – 5:15 PM Frontline Therapy of transplant-ineligible NDMM in 2027
5:15 – 5:50 PM Panel: Real-world practice of treatment of NDMM in India
6:00 – 7:30 PM Conference Inauguration
End of Day 1 : Dinner at PGI Community Center (Sector 24, Chandigarh) – 7:30 PM onwards
Day 2: (13-Feb-2027)
Session Time Topic
7:45 – 8:45 AM Mentor–Mentee Breakfast Interaction Session
9:00 – 10:00 AM CPC
Session 4 NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA (NDMM)
10:00 – 10:25 AM Debate: Role of Auto HSCT in Myeloma
   For: Alive and kicking
   Against: Dead and Buried
10:25 – 10:40 AM Current status of Maintenance therapy in Myeloma
10:40 – 11:00 AM Different facets of relapse and clinical implications (biochemical vs clinical, speed of relapse)
11:00 – 11:15 AM RUNNING TEA BREAK
Session 5 RELAPSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA
11:15 – 11:30 AM Role of ADC in Relapsed Myeloma
11:30 – 11:45 AM Role of BiTEs in Relapsed Myeloma
11:45 AM – 12:00 Noon Role of CAR T-cell therapy in Relapsed Myeloma
12:00 – 12:15 PM Role of traditional agents in Relapsed Myeloma
12:15 – 1:00 PM Panel: Balancing Efficacy, Toxicity, and Access in Relapsed Myeloma in India
1:00 – 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 – 3:15 PM Mini Oral Presentations + Company Symposium + Poster
3:15 – 3:30 PM TEA
Session 6 POEMS
3:30 – 3:45 PM POEMS update
3:45 – 5:00 PM POEMS Indian Data
5:00 – 5:20 PM RUNNING TEA BREAK
Session 7 AMYLOIDOSIS
5:20 – 5:35 PM Clinical manifestations and challenges in diagnosis of Amyloidosis
5:35 – 5:50 PM Management of amyloidosis
5:50 – 6:30 PM Panel discussion on Amyloidosis
6:30 – 7:15 PM Cultural Event
End of Day 2 : Dinner Symposium + Dinner – 7:30 PM onwards
Day 3: (14-Feb-2027)
Session Time Topic
7:45 – 8:45 AM Interactive Quiz with Trainees
9:00 – 10:00 AM Final Oral Paper Session
10:00 – 10:15 AM TEA BREAK
Parallel Session 10:00 – 11:00 AM Parallel Session – Patient Group meeting
Session 8
10:15 – 10:30 AM Sequencing therapies in relapsed MM
10:30 – 10:45 AM How to overcome T cell exhaustion in Multiple Myeloma
10:45 – 11:00 AM Prevention and management of infections in Myeloma
11:00 – 11:45 AM Challenges, treatment access and opportunities in Myeloma care in South Asia
11:45 AM – 12:00 Noon Myeloma Cure: Light at the end of the tunnel
12:00 Noon : Prize Distribution and Closing Ceremony