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ASH Annual Meeting Programs

Session Ideas for ASH Scientific Symposia, Spotlights, and Ancestry Origins in Personalized Medicine

The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ (ASH) is crowd-sourcing session ideas for Scientific Symposia, Scientific Spotlight, and the Special Interest Session on Ancestry Origins in Personalized Medicine for the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting. This approach is meant to ensure that the Society continues to feature emerging areas of science in its invited program during the meeting. Below, you can find key details that will be helpful to you as you submit your ideas for consideration.

Please note, you must be an ASH member to submit a session idea for consideration. Members can sign in through their to .

Should you have any questions about this process or the programs in question, please reach out to ASH’s Director, Scientific Affairs, Alice Kuaban, at [email protected].

A person gives a presentation at a podium during the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting

Key Dates

February 28, 2025 Applications Open
March 31, 2025 Deadline for Submissions
May 23, 2025 Final Sessions are Selected by the Annual Meeting Accredited ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Committee
May 26, 2025 Organizers Notified of Application Status

Description of Scientific Symposia, Scientific Spotlight, and Special Interest Sessions

Scientific Symposia

(5 slots available)

These sessions should cover topics that cut across many sub-disciplines of hematology and thus appeal to a wide audience.

  • Talks should focus on science and research – be it basic, translational, or clinical – and not clinical application or patient care.
  • Sessions should address a gap and highlight an exciting “hot topic” that is not covered elsewhere in the Scientific program.
  • Sessions should feature 3 speakers and 1 chair.
  • Sessions will be 75 minutes long.

Scientific Spotlights

(6 slots available)

These sessions are designed for a smaller audience and are usually focused on a specific or niche topic not being covered in the Scientific program.

  • Talks should focus on science and research – be it basic, translational, or clinical – and not clinical application or patient care.
  • ASH strives to feature a balance of malignant and classical hematology topics in the Scientific Spotlight program.
  • Spotlight sessions should have 2 speakers that co-chair the session.
  • Sessions will be 75 minutes long.

Special Interest Scientific Session on Ancestry Origins in Personalized Medicine

(1 slot available)

This session is meant to highlight the implications of ancestry and genomics in the conduct of basic, clinical, and translational research and ultimately personalized medicine.

  • Talks should focus on science and research – be it basic, translational, or clinical – and not clinical application or patient care.
  • Session topics that address how deeply entrenched systems or beliefs can result in poorer outcomes for certain patient populations or the role of ancestry in basic and translational research are preferred.
  • The session should feature 2 co-chairs and no more than 3 speakers.
  • The session will be 75 minutes long.

ASH’s Commitment to Excellence Through Expansion and Inclusion

In an effort to keep each session and the entire Annual Meeting program representative of all individuals who contribute to the field, session organizers should remain mindful of the following:

  • A variety of affiliations and geographic locations (including regional and global variation) throughout each program is encouraged.
  • ASH encourages speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives to participate in each program.
  • The participation of early-career/junior level speakers is also encouraged.

Criteria for Selection

  • Organizers must be ASH members. Members can sign in through their to access the .
  • Organizers should pick one program type (symposia or spotlight or special interest session) to submit a session to.
  • The proposed session must be submitted to the correct program. Organizers should review each program’s description above before submitting the session.
  • The session should be complete with all details listed in the application. Specifically, the following details will be required:
    • Session rationale
    • Session title
    • Proposed session chair and alternate (if applicable)
    • Proposed speakers (one primary and two alternates)
    • Talk titles for each speaker
    • Justification for each speaker
  • The session being proposed should focus on basic, translational, and clinical research (not clinical application).
  • The proposed session should not overlap with an existing Scientific Program session (repeat topics and/or speakers should be avoided).
  • Sessions highlighting emerging areas of science in hematology (e.g., artificial intelligence, computational biology, the role of the microbiome etc.) will be strongly considered.
  • Sessions aligning with and/or addressing topics covered in ASH’s Agenda for Hematology Research will also be strongly considered.

Questions

Should you have any questions about this process or the programs in question, please reach out to ASH’s Director, Scientific Affairs, Alice Kuaban, at [email protected].