Dates: February 4-6, 2021 Chairs: H Einsele (EHA) & C Chabannon (EBMT) For the 3rd time now the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)…

"We (women) need to empower ourselves, learn to be confident and understand that are many ways of being a successful researcher and leader. But to make this possible we need institutions and research associations to help us by providing secure networks, structures and resources that help in boosting this change.” - Dr Alba Maiques-Diaz (Spain).

T2EVOLVE is a new breakthrough alliance of academic and industry leaders in cancer immunotherapy under the European Union's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). The key objective of T2EVOLVE is to accelerate development and increase awareness and access of cancer patients to immunotherapy with immune cells that harbor a genetically engineered T cell receptor (TCR) or synthetic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Simultaneously, T2EVOLVE aims to provide guidance on sustainable integration of these treatment into the EU healthcare system.

This scientific meeting was organized together with the EHA Scientific Working Group on Immune Therapies for Hematological Disorders.

November 13, 2020 Meeting Chairs: Prof J Gribben (European Hematology Association) Prof G Stemmelin (Argentinian Society of Hematology) On November 13, EHA and the Argentinian Society of Hematology (SAH) kicked-off the second…

The European Hematology Association (EHA) has joined the European Cancer Organisation, a not-for-profit federation of organizations working in cancer at the European level. EHA’s membership application was approved by the General Assembly of the European Cancer Organisation on November 18, 2020.

Professor Willem E. Fibbe has been involved in EHA over a period of twenty years, starting as counselor from 2000-2004. From 2007-2009 he served as President of EHA and spent ten years as a member of the EHA Board. He has recently joined several committees including the Nomination Committee, Research Committee and the Governance Committee. Meet Prof Fibbe and learn about what he does and why he has been volunteering at EHA through all these years.

Strategic Partnership: EBMT and EHA aim to position Europe in the lead of the global cellular therapy field with the new GoCART coalition

EHA has initiated a series of online workshops dedicated to guidelines (produced or endorsed by EHA) for diagnosis and treatment of hematologic diseases.

This second edition of HOPE Asia was presented together with the Sri Lanka College of Haematologists (SLCH) on October 16 and 17, 2020. HOPE Asia 2020 was originally planned in Colombo, but due to governmental restrictions this meeting was made fully virtual.

In the second weekend of October, EHA and the Turkish Society of Hematology (TSH) kicked-off the very first virtual HOPE meeting. The meeting was attended by more than 300 attendees from Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkan (EMEA) region, in total 34 countries were represented.

Professor Shai Izraeli been involved in EHA since 2006 and has been a member of several Committees at EHA ever since. He is currently the EHA Treasurer, a member of the Executive Board, and the incoming Chair of the Research Committee. Meet Prof Izraeli and learn about what he does and why he has been volunteering for EHA for all these years.

Medical societies and patient advocates across disciplines have joined forces with EHA to call for urgent action to make clinical trials less bureaucratic and more patient-centered, efficient and cheaper.

I serve the EHA as chairman of the Study working group on “Red cells and iron” since June 2014. It was a very fruitful and exciting period.

EHA IN COLLABORATION WITH BALTIC SOCIETIES CONCLUDE THE FIRST HYBRID TUTORIAL MEETING IN EHA HISTORY!   EHA-Baltic Hematology Tutorial on Bleeding Disorders & Thrombosis August 28 – 30, 2020 Virtual & Riga, Latvia  Meeting Chairs: Prof…