Program

Osman30 | Im Media Park 8 | 50670 Cologne (Day 1)
BALLONI Hallen | Ehrenfeldguertel 96 | 50823 Cologne (Day 2+3)

05:30 PM - 10:00 PM 4h 30min

Osman30 | Im Media Park 8 | 50670 Cologne

Opening Day 1

  • 05:30 PM - 07:15 PM
    Strategy commission (closed session)
    KAMINLOUNGE

  • 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
    Welcome Reception
    RESTAURANT

  • 07:45 PM - 08:15 PM
    Opening Lecture
    Assessment of frailty in CLL: Does it still matter in the era of targeted agents?

    V Goede

08:15 PM - 10:00 PM 1h 45min

Working Dinner

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08:00 AM - 08:45 AM 45min

BALLONI Hallen | Ehrenfeldguertel 96 | 50823 Cologne

Opening Day 2

  • 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
    Check-In | Registration

  • 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
    Welcome

    B Eichhorst

08:45 AM - 10:15 AM 1h 30min

Young Investigator Meeting (YIM)

A Condolucci, E Goergen, P Hampel

YIM 1: Clinical & Translational Research

  • 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
    MCL1 Copy Number Gain Is a Recurrent Mark of Venetoclax Resistance in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    C Croizier

  • 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
    Inflammatory signaling reshapes the microenvironment and determines therapeutic vulnerabilities in Richter Transformation

    C Tomasoni

  • 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
    Unearthing the dependency of the aggressive B-cell lymphoma cancer stem cell niche on CD164-CXCR4 driven adhesion interactions

    S Blakemore

  • 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
    Normal B cells in people with IGHV-unmutated MBL follow a different maturation pathway compared to people with IGHV-mutated MBL

    G Blanco

  • 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
    Forced IgD-mediated antigen uptake by chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells overcomes T-cell exhaustion and allows enhance antigen–specific T cell activation and proliferation

    M Cardillo

  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
    Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia cells drive exaggerated proximal CD3-mediated TCR signaling underlying T cell dysfunction

    C López Sánches

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM 30min

Coffee & Tea

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 1h 30min

Young Investigator Meeting (YIM)

A Condolucci, E Goergen, P Hampel

YIM 2: Translational & Basic Research

  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
    Prognostication by End-of-Treatment Lymph Node Size and Measurable Residual Disease Status – A Pooled Analysis of German CLL Study Group Phase 3 Trials

    J Stumpf

  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
    Linking T Cell Phenotype and Function to Clinical Outcomes in a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia trial (HOVON 139)

    E Camerini

  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
    Is Absolute Lymphocyte Count–Only Progression Clinically Relevant in CLL?

    X Wu

  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
    Intraclonal diversification in immunoglobulin light chain genes refines prognostication in early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    R Moia

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
    Pirtobrutinib (Pirto) in Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL): a Multicenter Real-World Analysis.

    P Lopedote

  • 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
    A whole-food plant-based diet restricts oncogenic kinase signaling and reduces leukemic burden in early-stage CLL patients

    M Knauer, A Herr

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM 1h

Lunch

01:15 PM - 02:25 PM 1h 10min

German CLL Study Group studies

M Hallek, T Illmer

Read out studies and long term follow-up

  • 01:15 PM - 01:25 PM
    CLL13

    M Fürstenau

  • 01:25 PM - 01:35 PM
    CLL14

    K Fischer

  • 01:35 PM - 02:05 PM
    Proteogenomics: Identifying new molecular subgroups - translational data from CLL13 & CLL14

    T Oellerich, R Zahedi

  • 02:05 PM - 02:15 PM
    CLL17

    O Al-Sawaf

  • 02:15 PM - 02:25 PM
    CLL2000

    K Fischer

02:25 PM - 03:05 PM 40min

German CLL Study Group studies

M Hallek, T Illmer

Recruiting studies 1

  • 02:25 PM - 02:35 PM
    CLLRT1

    V Lipinsky

  • 02:35 PM - 02:45 PM
    CLLRT2

    S Stilgenbauer

  • 02:45 PM - 02:55 PM
    CLL16

    N Kutsch

  • 02:55 PM - 03:05 PM
    CLL18

    P Cramer

03:05 PM - 03:25 PM 20min

Coffee & Tea

03:25 PM - 03:55 PM 30min

German CLL Study Group studies

M Hallek, T Illmer

Recruiting studies 2

  • 03:25 PM - 03:35 PM
    CLLRR1

    O Al-Sawaf

  • 03:35 PM - 03:45 PM
    CLLReVenG

    O Al-Sawaf

  • 03:45 PM - 03:55 PM
    HO165 -Aether

    A Kater

03:55 PM - 04:35 PM 40min

German CLL Study Group studies

M Hallek, T Illmer

Planned studies

  • 03:55 PM - 04:05 PM
    CLLFrail2

    F Simon

  • 04:05 PM - 04:15 PM
    CLL-Move (CLL15)

    P Langerbeins

  • 04:15 PM - 04:25 PM
    CLL2-TaME

    R Lewis

  • 04:25 PM - 04:35 PM
    NCT-CART20

    N Kutsch

04:35 PM - 04:55 PM 20min

Coffee & Tea

04:55 PM - 05:40 PM 45min

Session I: Genomics and biology of CLL

D Rossi, A Schuh

  • 04:55 PM - 05:05 PM
    On BCL2 inhibition and CLL

    MA Anderson

  • 05:05 PM - 05:15 PM
    Richter Transformation

    E ten Hacken

  • 05:15 PM - 05:25 PM
    Archetypes of clonal dynamics

    M Kwok

  • 05:25 PM - 05:40 PM
    Discussion: Genomics and biology of CLL

    MA Anderson, E ten Hacken, M Kwok

05:40 PM - 06:10 PM 30min

Lilly Satellite Symposium

  • 05:40 PM - 06:10 PM
    Connecting the evidence: CLL data updates and their impact on treatment management

    S Stilgenbauer, S O'Brien

06:10 PM - 08:00 PM 1h 50min

Flying Dinner & YIM 3: Guided Poster Walk

  • 06:10 PM - 06:50 PM
    Flying dinner

  • 06:50 PM - 07:00 PM
    YIM-Poster: Classification of 1,530 ATM Variants in CLL employing a Five-Factor Score derived from matched Non-Tumor Controls

    C Brey

  • 07:00 PM - 07:10 PM
    YIM-Poster: Genome-wide profiling of mosaic chromosomal alterations identifies prognostic lesions and ancestry-associated heterogeneity in CLL

    R Griffin

  • 07:10 PM - 07:20 PM
    YIM-Poster: Baseline Immune Phenotyping in Older (≥80 years) and Frail Patients with CLL: Associations with Infections, SPMs, and IGHV Status

    B M Mechtel

  • 07:20 PM - 07:30 PM
    YIM-Poster: A novel combination of endocytosis inhibitor and CAR-T cells to enhance therapeutic efficacy against chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    M K Hasan

  • 07:30 PM - 07:40 PM
    YIM-Poster: Development of novel microenvironment-driven patient-derived preclinical models of CLL

    V Klapp

  • 07:40 PM - 07:50 PM
    YIM-Poster: Mathematical Modeling of Single-Cell Program–Driven State Transitions Predicts Ibrutinib Adaptive Resistance, Relapse Hazard, and Personalized Dosing Strategies in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    R Fajar

  • 07:50 PM - 08:00 PM
    YIM-Poster: Lisocabtagene Maraleucel for Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Outcomes in a Real-World Cohort

    J Huang

08:00 PM - 08:40 PM 40min

Keynote

  • 08:00 PM - 08:10 PM
    Introduction

    B Eichhorst

  • 08:10 PM - 08:40 PM
    Keynote Lecture
    Elucidating genomic alterations in CLL and Richter's transformation

    E Campo

08:40 PM - 10:00 PM 1h 20min

Discussion & Get together

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07:45 AM - 08:45 AM 1h

Opening Day 3

BALLONI Hallen | Ehrenfeldguertel 96 | 50823 Cologne

  • 07:45 AM - 08:30 AM
    Check-In & Registration

  • 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
    CLL2000: Investigator meeting for participating study centers

    K Fischer

  • 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
    Welcome

    B Eichhorst

08:45 AM - 09:50 AM 1h 5min

Session II: Novel Concepts in CLL

C Niemann, T Tadmor

  • 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
    Current first-line considerations : Lessons from FLAIR and CLL17

    O Al-Sawaf, T Munir

  • 09:15 AM - 09:25 AM
    MRD: Defining, detecting and quantifying

    A Rawstron

  • 09:25 AM - 09:35 AM
    Outcome measures: What MRD can and cannot tell us

    B Wierda

  • 09:35 AM - 09:50 AM
    Discussion: Novel concepts of CLL

    O Al-Sawaf, T Munir, A Rawstron, B Wierda

09:50 AM - 10:20 AM 30min

BeOne Satellite Symposium

  • 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM
    Fireside chat: The human side of CLL therapy: Shared decisions, patient preference and psychological outcomes

    J Förner, C Karamanidou

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM 30min

Coffee & Tea + Group Photo

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM 30min

J&J Satellite Symposium

  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
    Transforming data into clinical practice - optimizing 1L treatment for CLL patients

    H Huber, A Tedeschi

11:20 AM - 12:05 PM 45min

Session III: Thinking beyond the CLL cell: Novel strategies

A Kater, L Scarfò

  • 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
    Using degraders in CLL

    E Tausch

  • 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
    How to engage T-cells in hematological malignancies

    A Ramsay

  • 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM
    T-cell-based therapies in CLL

    F Peters

  • 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM
    Discussion: Novel strategies

    E Tausch, A Ramsay, F Peters

12:05 PM - 12:20 PM 15min

YIM Award

12:20 PM - 01:20 PM 1h

Lunch

01:20 PM - 01:50 PM 30min

Abbvie Satellite Symposium

  • 01:20 PM - 01:50 PM
    A decade of CLL therapy: From innovations to standards

    P Staber

01:50 PM - 02:20 PM 30min

AstraZeneca Satellite Symposium

  • 01:50 PM - 02:20 PM
    Beyond undetectable - decoding MRD in CLL. Bridging individual - and trial-level surrogacy to inform clinical decisions

    M Ritgen, M Hoechstetter

02:20 PM - 03:05 PM 45min

Session IV: CLL, A lifelong journey - The patients’ perspective

R Clifford, P Staber

  • 02:20 PM - 02:30 PM
    Patient advocacy

    J Förner

  • 02:30 PM - 02:40 PM
    Population registries to study outcomes and quality of life

    S Kersting

  • 02:40 PM - 02:50 PM
    Leveraging Big Data to predict patient outcomes

    R Agius

  • 02:50 PM - 03:05 PM
    Discussion: CLL, A lifelong Journey

    J Förner, S Kersting, R Agius

03:05 PM - 03:35 PM 30min

CLL Workshop 2026

  • 03:05 PM - 03:25 PM
    What we've learnt and where we are going?

    B Eichhorst, A Kater, B Wierda, J Brown, P Ghia

  • 03:25 PM - 03:35 PM
    Closing remarks

    B Eichhorst

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Day 1

04/16/2026

Day 2

04/17/2026

Day 3

04/18/2026