To all our local organizers, IMS leadership, faculty, presenters, attendees, and sponsors, thank you for making the 17th International Myeloma Workshop (IMW) a great success!
Over 3200 registered delegates attended the 17th IMW, the largest in the history of the workshop. In addition to 150 invited faculty, over 600 study abstracts were presented at the 17th IMW in oral and poster sessions, including 150 from young investigators.
Congratulations to the 40 young investigators who were honored at the 17th IMW, and to Professor Giampaolo Merlini who received the Jan Gosta Waldenstrom Award for lifetime contributions to myeloma; Dr. Constantine Mitisades who received the Kenneth C. Anderson Young Investigator Award for Basic and Translational Research; and Dr. Francesca Gay who received the Bart Barlogie Young Investigator Award for Therapeutics.
The 18th IMW will be held September 8-11, 2021, in Vienna, Austria under the auspices of professors Heinz Ludwig, Hermann Einsele, Hartmut Goldschmidt and Roman Hajek. More information on the 18th IMW will be forthcoming at https://www.myelomasociety.org/
Steve Treon, Paul Richardson, Ken Anderson, Nikhil Munshi
and all the organizers of the 17th IMW
September 12-15, 2019 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston MA, USA
The 17th International Myeloma Workshop under the auspices of the International Myeloma Society (IMS) is devoted to fostering scientific and clinical exchange on the latest breakthroughs in multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders. The conference will take place September 12-15, 2019 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston MA, USA. Over 3,000 participants are expected to attend the 17th IMW that will cover the latest genomic advances, insights into immune and microenvironmental dysregulation, new drug targets and agents, immunotherapeutic approaches including Car T-cell therapies, and breaking results from early and large randomized clinical trials.
The IMW 2019 will also feature a greatly expanded program of speakers and poster presenters selected from abstract submissions. Up to 40 young investigator award recipients will be selected from submitted abstracts for travel awards, and the chance to present their work and be honored at the Opening Ceremonies at the Boston Museum of Science. A dinner event honoring IMS award recipients and workshop attendees will be held at the world-renowned Boston Museum of Fine Arts for the Closing Ceremonies. The 17th IMW will also feature a dedicated nursing symposium covering management and treatment of multiple myeloma. Nurses and allied health professionals are invited to attend and submit abstracts. Please join us for this defining conference on myeloma and the related plasma cells disorders.
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International Myeloma Society members attending the International Myeloma Workshop in Boston are invited to a Members Only event.
Please join other IMS members on Wednesday, September 11 from 7 to 9 PM at Abe and Louie's Restaurant (across from the Hynes Convention Center).
12:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Join the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation to learn the latest updates from the International Myeloma Workshop in Boston.
Don't Miss this FREE Event!
Principal Organizers | |
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Professor Steve Treon, Chair Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Professor Paul Richardson, Co-Chair Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Professor Ken Anderson, Co-Chair Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Professor Nikhil Munshi, Co-Chair Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Christopher Patterson Dana Farber Cancer Institute 17th IMW Secretariat |
Local Organizing Committee | |
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Professor Noopur Raje Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School |
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Professor Irene Ghobrial Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Professor Raymond L. Comenzo John C. Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program Tufts University School of Medicine |
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Professor Vaishali Sanchorawala Amyloidosis Center Boston University Medical Center |
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Dr. Ruben Carrasco Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
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Professor David Avigan Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School |
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Dr. Constantine Mitsiades Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School |
Workshop Organizers
Christopher Patterson
IMW 17 Secretariat
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