ICBMT 2026

Scientific Program

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Plenary Session 1

CAR T Cell Therapy

Sep. 17 (Thu), 10:30-11:50
Room A
(1F)
Chair(s) Nack-Gyun Chung (College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
  • Stephen A. Grupp

    Current Real World Practice to Optimize Outcomes of CAR T Cell Therapy for Pediatric ALL

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

  • He Huang

    Eliminating GVHD Prophylaxis: A New Era of Sequential CAR-T and Allogeneic HSCT

    The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China

Plenary Session 2

GVHD

Sep. 17 (Thu), 13:00-14:20
Room A
(1F)
Chair(s) Hee-Je Kim (College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
  • Pavan Reddy

    Beyond Immunosuppression: Enhancing Tissue Resilience to Mitigate GVHD

    Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA

  • Bruce R. Blazar

    Immunologic Mechanisms and Modulation of Graft-Versus-Host Disease

    University of Minnesota, USA

Joint Symposium 1 (ASTCT-KSBMT)

Evolving T-cell Manipulation Strategies: Optimization of PTCy and New Frontiers in T Cell Depletion

Sep. 17 (Thu), 14:30-16:00
Room A
(1F)
  • Margaret MacMillan

    TBD

    University of Minnesota, USA

  • Marie Bleakley

    TBD

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA

  • TBD

    TBD

    TBD, TBD

Scientific Session 1

Next-Generation Immune Effector Cell Therapies: Emerging Platforms and Biological Insights

Sep. 17 (Thu), 14:30-16:00
Room B
(1F)
Chair(s) Seok Jin Kim (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
Deok Hwan Yang (Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea)
  • Rizwan Romee

    Biomarkers and Immune Fitness Shaping Outcomes of Immune Effector Cell Therapies

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA

  • Heng Mei

    In Vivo CAR-T Engineering for Lymphoid Malignancies

    Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

  • Dok Hyun Yoon

    Overcoming Resistance in T-cell Malignancies: From Phase 1 Study of CD5-targeted Allogeneic CAR-NK Cells

    University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

Scientific Session 2

Advances in Immunotherapy and Transplant Strategies in Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies

Sep. 17 (Thu), 14:30-16:00
Room C
(2F)
Chair(s) Keon Hee Yoo (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
Jun Eun Park (Korea University College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Susan E. Prockop

    Virus-specific T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA

  • Krzysztof Kalwak

    Strategies for Determining Treatment Flow of CAR T-Cell Therapy and HSCT in Pediatric ALL

    Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

  • Hee Young Ju

    Clinical Applications of Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in Pediatric Malignancies

    Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

Education Session 1

Additional Cellular Support after Allogeneic Transplantation

Sep. 17 (Thu), 14:30-16:00
Room D
(2F)
Chair(s) Yeung-Chul Mun (Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea)
Hyoung Soo Choi (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Eun Sang Yi

    Management of Poor Graft Function in Chilren

    Korea University College of Medicine, Korea

  • Hyunkyung Park

    Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI) in 2026: Indications, Dosing, and GVHD Trade-offs

    University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

  • Koen Van Besien

    Cellular Support Beyond the Graft: Integrative Strategis after Allogeneic HSCT

    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA

Joint Symposium 2 (EBMT-KSBMT)

Evolving Donor Issues in Allogeneic HSCT: From HLA Matching to Germline Screening and Emerging Concerns

Sep. 17 (Thu), 16:50-18:30
Room A
(1F)
Chair(s) Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha (Lille University Hospital, France)
  • Carmelo Gurnari

    TBD

    University of Tor Vergata, Italy

  • Juan Montoro

    Which Donor Should We Use in the Absence of a Matched Sibling in Aplastic Anemia?

    La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Spain

  • TBD

    TBD

    TBD, TBD

  • Yunsuk Choi

    TBD

    University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

Scientific Session 3

Post-Transplant Residual Disease in Acute Leukemia: Monitoring and Therapeutic Strategies

Sep. 17 (Thu), 16:50-18:20
Room B
(1F)
Chair(s) Myungshin Kim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
Ho-Jin Shin (Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea)
  • Jacqueline Cloos

    Flow Cytometric MRD for AML: Updates in 2026

    Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands

  • Ran Reshef

    Targeting Residual Disease after Transplant: The Convergence of HSCT and Engineered Cellular Therapies

    Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA

  • Saeam Shin

    Clinical Experience with NGS-based Chimerism Analyses in HSCT Patients

    Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Scientific Session 4

Science Behind Treatment Response and Relapse

Sep. 17 (Thu), 16:50-18:20
Room C
(2F)
Chair(s) Won-Sik Lee (Inje University College of Medicine, Korea)
Sung-Soo Yoon (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Semin Lee

    Longitudinal Single-Cell Dissection of Venetoclax Resistance in Secondary AML

    UNIST, Korea

  • Tae Kon Kim

    Mechanism of Immune Evasion in AML

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA

  • Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski

    Immune Escape as a Mechanism of Post-transplant Relapse

    Taussig Cancer Institute, USA