Program
Timetable (as of August 2026)As of August 21, 2026
Presidential Lecture
Molecular genetics of myelodysplastic syndromes
October 9 (Fri.) 13:40-14:10
- Chair：
- Motohiro Kato (Department of Pediatrics, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
- Speaker：
- Seishi Ogawa (Department of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
JSH Award Lecture
October 11 (Sun.) 12:50-13:20
ASH Special Lecture
The Role of Regulatory T Cells to Improve Outcomes following Allogeneic Transplantation
October 10 (Sat.) 10:40-11:10
- Chair：
- Akifumi Takaori-Kondo (Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
- Speaker：
- Robert Negrin (Stanford University)
EHA Special Lecture
Novel aspects in the management of AML patients with FLT3 mutations
October 11 (Sun.) 11:00-11:30
- Chair：
- Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto (Department of Hematology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
- Speaker：
- Konstanze Döhner (Section Myeloid Neoplasms, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany)
Special Lecture
Special Lecture1
Deciphering the mysteries of sleep: from basic neuroscience to real-world applications
October 9 (Fri.) 11:15-11:45
- Chair：
- Seishi Ogawa (Department of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
- Speaker：
- Masashi Yanagisawa (International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
Special Lecture2
What makes a stem cell a stem cell and how does it go bad
October 10 (Sat.) 14:00-14:30
- Chair：
- Seishi Ogawa (Department of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
- Speaker：
- John E. Dick (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network)
John Dick is Senior Scientist, Helga and Antonio De Gasperis Chair in Blood Cancer Stem Cell Research, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network and Professor of Molecular Genetics and University Professor, University of Toronto. Dick is recognized for identifying normal and leukemic human hematopoietic stem cells and internationally recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and International Member of both US National Academies of Medicine and Science along with numerous prestigious awards.
Presidential Symposium
BMF/germline (tentative)
October 9 (Fri.) 14:20-16:20
- Chair：
- Seishi Ogawa (Department of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
- Speaker：
- Jaroslaw Maciejewski (Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Center)
Jean Soulier (Paris Saint-Louis Leukemia Institute and University Paris Cité)
Marcin Wlodarski (St Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Next-Generation Insights into Myeloid Neoplasms (tentative)
October 10 (Sat.) 14:45-16:45
- Chair：
- Seishi Ogawa (Department of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
- Speaker：
- Guillermo Garcia-Manero (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Siddhartha Jaiswal (Stanford University)
Tetsuichi Yoshizato (Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
Keynote Lecture
From Precision Medicine to Precision Care: Integrating Quality of Life into Modern Hematology.
October 11 (Sun.) 13:50-14:20
- Chair：
- Yasushi Miyazaki (Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan)
- Speaker：
- Esther Natalie Oliva (London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust)
Plenary Session
October 10 (Sat.) 12:30-14:00
- Chair：
- Kazuya Shimoda (Hematology, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, University of Miyazaki)
Toshihiro Miyamoto (Department of Hematology, Kanazawa University)
JSH-ASH Joint Symposium
Recent Advances in Lymphoma Biology and Treatment Development
October 9 (Fri.) 9:00-11:00
- Chair：
- Koji Izutsu（Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospitao, Tokyo, Japan）
Robert Negrin（Stanford University） - Speaker：
- Daisuke Ennishi（Department of Medical Oncology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan）
Nancy L. Bartlett（Washington University in St. Louis Siteman Cancer Center）
Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto（Department of Hematology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）
Steven Horwitz（Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center）
JSH-EHA Joint Symposium
Advances in research and treatment of MDS
October 11 (Sun.) 8:50-10:50
- Chair：
- Hideki Makishima（Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan）
Konstanze Döhner（Section Myeloid Neoplasms, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany） - Speaker：
- Masahiro Nakagawa（Department of pathology and tumor biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan）
Goro Sashida（Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Tokyo）
Mario Cazzola（Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia）
Eva Hellström Lindberg（Karolinska Institutet）
Symposium
Symposium1
Acute leukemia, recent advances in elucidating the genetic, epigenetic and molecular pathogenesis
October 9 (Fri.) 9:00-11:00
- Chair：
- Yasuhito Nannya（Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, Institue of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo）
Hiroki Yamaguchi（Department of Hematology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan） - Speaker：
- Hartmut Döhner（University Hospital of Ulm）
Yotaro Ochi（Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan）
Masayuki Umeda（Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, US）
Monique den Boer（Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology）
Symposium2
Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Acceleration of Hematopoiesis Research
October 9 (Fri.) 9:00-11:00
- Chair：
- Satoshi Yamazaki（The University of Tokyo IMSUT, Tokyo, Japan）
Keiyo Takubo（Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan / Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan / Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan） - Speaker：
- Takao Yogo（Division of Cell Regulation, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan）
Gregory M. Goldgof（Director, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Hematopathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center）
Aaron Newman（Stanford University）
Hiroshi Kobayashi（Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan）
Timm Schroeder（Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering ETH Zurich in Basel）
Symposium3
Pioneers and Game Changers: New Horizons in Leukemia
October 10 (Sat.) 8:30-10:30
- Chair：
- Itaru Kato（Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan）
Mariko Eguchi（Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan） - Speaker：
- Motohiro Kato（Department of Pediatrics, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan）
Charles Mullighan（St. Jude Children's Research Hospital）
Elias Jabbour（MD Anderson Cancer Center）
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa（Division of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute, National Cancer Cetner Japan）
Symposium4
Recent insights in molecular pathogenesis of bone marrow failure
October 10 (Sat.) 8:30-10:30
- Chair：
- Hirohito Yamazaki（Division of Medical Safty, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan）
Tohru Fujiwara（Department of Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan） - Speaker：
- Kohei Hosokawa（Department of Hematology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan）
Satu Mustjoki（University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center）
Hideki Muramatsu（Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan）
Akiko Shimamura（Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School）
Symposium5
Minimal Residual Disease and Post-Transplant Maintenance Therapy
October 10 (Sat.) 14:45-16:45
- Chair：
- Shinichi Kako（Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center）
Ken-ichi Matsuoka（Department of Hematology, Endocrinology and Metabolism Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Tokushima, Japan） - Speaker：
- Yasuyuki Arai（Department of Hematology, Department of Cytotherapy, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan）
Mark J. Levis（Johns Hopkins University）
Koji Sasaki（Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, U.S.A.）
Annalisa Ruggeri（Hematology and BMT, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy）
Symposium6
Personalized treatment for multiple myeloma
October 10 (Sat.) 14:45-16:45
- Chair：
- Satoshi Yoshihara（Department of Hematology, Hyogo Medical University）
Emiko Sakaida（Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan） - Speaker：
- Masaki Ri（Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya, Japan）
Salomon Manier（Lille University Hospital）
Kentaro Serizawa（Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Hospital）
Luciano Costa（Mary and Bill Battle Professor in Multiple Myeloma Director Multiple Myeloma Program UAB, The University of Alabama at Birmingham）
Symposium7
Bleeding disorder of unknown cause (BDUC)
October 11 (Sun.) 8:50-10:50
- Chair：
- Keiji Nogami（Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan）
Nobuaki Suzuki（Department of Transfusion Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan） - Speaker：
- Will Thomas（Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust）
Paula James（Queen's University）
Teruto Hashiguchi（Department of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan）
Hisashi Kato（Department of Blood Transfusion and Cell Therapy, The University of Osaka Hospital）
Symposium8
Cutting Edge of CAR T cell research
October 11 (Sun.) 14:30-16:30
- Chair：
- Miki Ando（Department of Hematology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）
Toshiki Ochi（Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine） - Speaker：
- Ulrike Gerdemann（The Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center）
Yoshitaka Adachi（Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA）
Stefanie R. Bailey（University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology）
Taisuke Kondo（Division of Tumor Immunology, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）
Women Physicians Career Symposium
Empowering Women in Hematology: Where We Stand Globally and in Japan
October 10 (Sat.) 8:30-10:30
- Chair：
- Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto（Department of Hematology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan）
Miki Ando（Department of Hematology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan） - Speaker：
- Belinda Avalos（Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine）
Konstanze Döhner（Section Myeloid Neoplasms, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany）
Junko Takita（Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan）
Kinuko Mitani（Department of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan）
Yoshiko Atsuta（Japanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation）
Special Symposium
October 11 (Sun.) 14:30-16:30
- Chair：
- Motohiro Kato (Department of Pediatrics, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Takahiro Maeda (Division of Precision Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan) - Speaker：
- Kentaro Fukushima (Department of Hematology and Oncology, The University of Osaka, Suita, Japan)
Junya Kanda (Department of Hematology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
Nana Akiyama (Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospita, Tokyo, japan)
Mizuki Watanabe (Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Genetic Medicine and Services, National Cancer Center Japan, Tokyo, Japan)
Hideki Makishima (Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan) - Panelist：
- Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto (Department of Hematology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
Yasuhito Nannya (Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, Institute of Medical Science, Th eUniversity of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Yayoi Ando (Clinical Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)
JSH-EHA Travel Grant Awardee's Session in JSH2026
October 10 (Sat.) 14:45-16:45
- Chair：
- Naoki Hosen (The University of Osaka)
Konstanze Döhner (University Hospital of Ulm, Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm, Germany)
Prognosis and treatment-related toxicities in Down syndrome acute lymphoblastic leukemia in JCCG ALL-B12
Shunsuke Yamamoto (Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)
Cord blood-derived NK cells engineered with a novel high-affinity CAR recognizing CLL-1 exhibit significant anti-leukemia effects in vivo
Makiko Suga (Hematology and Oncology, The University of Osaka, Japan, Hematology, Osaka Minami Medical Center, Japan)
Baseline predictors of survival in ruxolitinib-treated myelofibrosis: development of the R-PSS
Alessandro Laganà (Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I-Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)
Dissecting the regulatory mechanisms of CD47 expression and its therapeutic targeting in central nervous system lymphoma
Yusuke Kubota (Division of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
Targeting PCYT1A induces synthetic lethality in monocytic AML by triggering PEMT-dependent metabolic catastrophe and one-carbon imbalance
Jakushin Nakahara (Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Co-inhibition of PARP1 and ATM results in synthetic lethality in venetoclax resistant AML
Justinas Daraskevicius (Biotech Research & Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Metabolic rewiring via metformin restores venetoclax sensitivity in AML
Mai Fujita (Hematology, Saga University, Saga, Japan)
Single-cell joint profiling of genotypes, epigenome, and transcriptomes in TET2-mutant clonal pre-leukemic lesions
Masanori Motomura (Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
The machine learning-based Eosinophilia Differentiation Score (EDS)
Johannes Luebke (Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany)
Spatial transcriptomics reveals stepwise formation of distinct cutaneous niches in nodal T follicular helper cell lymphoma
Yuri Tsuboi (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Department of Hematology, Japan)
Comprehensive landscape of coding and non-coding driver alterations revealed by deep wholegenome sequencing of myeloid neoplasms
Koji Okazaki (Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Department of Hematology, Kyoto University)
Mapping stem cell diversity in MDS by flow cytometry: insights for prognosis and leukemic evolution
Emanuele Pacini (Hematology Unit, University of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy)
Comprehensive whole-genome sequencing reveals unrecognized genomic subtypes in pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Miwako Toyohara (Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Genomic landscape of newly diagnosed adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Hidehito Fukushima (Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Asian Joint Panel Discussion
Hematologic malignancies in adolescents and young adults
October 11 (Sun.) 8:50-10:50
- Chair：
- Fumihiko Hayakawa (Division of Cellular and Genetic Sciences, Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Yu Hu (Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology) - Speaker：
- Yuki Naito (Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Mei Heng (Institute of hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Hematology)
Yung-Li Yang (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine. National Taiwan University Hospital)
Chantana Polprasert (Center of Excellence in Translational Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital)
Kyung Taek Hong (Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Tathagata Chatterjee (Senior Professor Haematology, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, India)
Chieh Hwee Ang (Singapore General Hospital)
Educational Lecture
Resistance to BCL-2 Inhibition in AML
October 11 (Sun.) 15:50-16:20
- Chair：
- Hitoshi Kiyoi (Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan)
- Speaker：
- Daniel Pollyea (University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado, USA)