Scientific Program

Four halls. One shared mission.

The scientific program of the 4th Kurdistan Hematology Summit spans Adult Hematology, Pediatric Hematology, Haemophilia & Bleeding Disorders, and Thalassemia & Hemoglobin Disorders — plus a signature panel format designed to change practice.

Hall 1 — Adult Hematology. Ten sessions spanning leukemia, myeloma, lymphoma, myeloid disease, benign hematology, thrombosis, cellular therapy and precision medicine.

01

Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Redefining the Treatment Journey

02

Multiple Myeloma: Moving the Finish Line

03

Lymphoma: A New Era Beyond Chemotherapy

04

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Beyond Symptom Control

05

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: The New Molecular Era

06

CLL: How Much Treatment Is Enough?

07

Benign Hematology: The Difficult Decisions

08

Thrombosis and Hemostasis: Beyond the Guidelines

09

Cellular Therapy and Transplantation: The New Ecosystem

10

Precision Hematology: From Sequencing to the Bedside

Hall 2 — Pediatric Hematology. Nine sessions covering childhood leukemia, hemoglobinopathies, bone marrow failure, bleeding and thrombosis in children, and the transition to adult care.

I

Childhood Leukemia: How Far Can We Push the Cure?

II

Pediatric AML: Beyond the Traditional Backbone

III

Hemoglobinopathies: From Lifelong Disease to the Possibility of Cure

IV

Bone Marrow Failure: When the Marrow Goes Silent

V

The Bleeding Child: Beyond the Factor Level

VI

Pediatric Thrombosis: The New Epidemic We Did Not Expect

VII

Immune Cytopenias: When First-Line Therapy Fails

VIII

Pediatric Transplantation and Cellular Therapy: Who Needs What, and When?

IX

From Childhood to Adulthood: The Hematology Transition Gap

Hall 3 — Haemophilia & Bleeding Disorders. Eight sessions on the treatment revolution in haemophilia, gene therapy, inhibitors, and bleeding disorders often missed by standard tests.

01

Haemophilia 2026: The Treatment Revolution Is Here

02

Gene Therapy: Promise, Reality, and the Questions That Remain

03

Inhibitors: The Battle Is Not Over

04

Zero Bleeds Is Not Enough

05

The Haemophilia Joint: Detecting Damage Before It Is Too Late

06

Women Bleed Too

07

The Bleeding Patient with Normal Tests

08

Acquired Haemophilia: The Emergency Nobody Expects

Hall 4 — Thalassemia & Hemoglobin Disorders. Twelve sessions spanning transfusion, iron overload, organ protection, gene therapy, transplantation, and the realities of an aging thalassemia population.

01

Thalassemia: From Chronic Disease to the Possibility of Cure

02

The Transfusion Dilemma: More Than Maintaining Hemoglobin

03

Iron Overload: The Damage We See and the Damage We Miss

04

The Thalassemia Heart: Protecting the Organ That Changed Survival

05

The Endocrine Price of Survival

06

The New Therapeutic Landscape: Beyond Supportive Care

07

Gene Therapy and Gene Editing: Is the Future Already Here?

08

Transplantation: Still the Standard of Cure?

09

Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia: The Disease We Underestimate

10

Pregnancy, Fertility & Thalassemia: The New Frontier of Survivorship

11

The Thalassemia Patient Is Getting Older

12

Prevention: Can We Imagine a Future Without New Severe Cases?

Signature Style Panel Sessions. A distinctive format built around debate, unsolved cases, and multi-specialist perspectives on the same patient.

01

Late-Breaking Hematology 2026: The most practice-changing studies and major hematology publications

02

Practice-Changing Abstracts: What Will I Do Differently — experts select studies that should change local practice

03

The Hematology Debate: Opposite strategies on one controversial clinical decision

04

The Unsolved Case: A complex real case revealed step by step, with live audience voting

05

The Ferritin Is 5,000 — What Now?

06

Complex Patient With: Hematologist, Radiologist, Cardiologist, Endocrinologist

07

One Patient, Three Roads to Cure: Each expert builds one integrated plan from a different perspective

08

A Young Adult with Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia: Transplantation vs. Gene Therapy vs. Optimized Medical Therapy

09

From Erbil to the World: Can Innovation Reach Every Patient?

10

Access to MRI | Blood Safety | Chelation | New Drugs | Transplantation | Gene Therapy

Session Formats

How the program is delivered

A mix of formats designed to keep every session clinically relevant and interactive.

Keynote Lectures

Expert-led lectures covering recent advances across all four scientific halls.

Debates & Unsolved Cases

Opposing strategies on controversial decisions, and complex cases revealed step by step with live audience voting.

Oral & Poster Presentations

New research from across the region presented and discussed with the wider scientific community.

Multi-Specialist Panels

Hematologists, radiologists, cardiologists and endocrinologists building one integrated plan for the same patient.

Detailed day-by-day agenda coming soon

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