UK Myeloma Forum Meetings Diary

Forthcoming Meetings

The registration fee for the UKMF Education and Scientific Days are £60. There is a discount fee of £40 available for scientists and nurses.

Thursday 8th & Friday 9th March 2012 - Late Effects in Cancer Survivors

4th Biennial Sheffield Meeting
Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, UK
Click here to download the pdf programme.

Wednesday 14th March 2012 UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day

The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Wednesday 14th March 2012 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Click here on the link below to download a pdf of the 2012 Sceintific Day programme.
UKMF_Scientific_Day_14_March_2012-Final_Programme.pdf

Online Registration is now available via the link below:
http://www.hartleytaylor-registration.co.uk/hartley/registration.aspx?id=UKM2

Thursday 8th November 2012 - UK Myeloma Forum Education Day

The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Thursday 8th November 2012 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Wednesday 13th March 2013 - UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day

The UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Day will be on Wednesday 13th March 2013 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Past Meetings

Thursday 3rd November 2011 UK Myeloma Forum Education Day

The UK Myeloma Forum Education Day on Thursday 3rd November 2011 at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.

To download a copy of the presentations made at the Education Day, please click on the links below:

UKMF chair speech – Dr. Faith Davies

UKMF secretaries report – Cathy Williams

Financial Update – Dr Shirley D’Sa

Multiple Myeloma Case studies UKMF Education Day November 2011 – Kwee Yong 

AL amyloidosis – an update – Ashutosh Wechalekar 

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in 2011 (and beyond?) – Dr Mark Cook

Neuropathies associated with myeloma and other plasma cell disorders – Mike Lunn

Myeloma and Renal Disease – Paul Cockwell

Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia: Similar but Different to Myeloma? – Steve Treon MD, MA, PhD


Wednesday 16th March 2011 UKMF Scientific Day

The UKMF Scientific Day was held on Wednesday 16th March 2011 at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Raphael Fonseca MD from the MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA presented the Michael Morley lecture on ‘Genomic and Precision Medicine in Myeloma; Hype or Reality’.

To download a copy of the presentations made at the Scientific Day, please click on the links below:

Setting the Scene – Dr Faith Davies

Gene Expression and miRNA classification in multiple myeloma – Antonino Neri MD, PhD

DNA Methylation in Multiple Myeloma – Brian Walker

Genomics and Precision Medicine in Myeloma; Hype or Reality? – Rafael Fonseca MD

Feasibility & efficacy of administration of bortezomib-containing regimens to MM patients over 70 years – Christopher Parrish

The Effect of Myeloma Cells on Bone Metabolism is Heterogenous and Correlates with Underlying Genetic Lesions and Bone Disease In Vivo – Deepika Kassen

Key Clinical & Scientific Abstracts from ASH 2010 – Dr. Rakesh Popat

Thursday 4th November 2010 UK Myeloma Forum Education Day

This meeting was held at the Society of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Please click here for the programme.

Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

Tuesday 11th August 2009
Weston Education Centre, Kings College Hospital, London
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Spring: Tuesday 16th March 2010 UKMF Scientific Day

Royal College of Pathologists 2 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AF

To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Education Day, please click on the links below:

Gain of 1q21 Does Not Predict for Immediate Progression in MGUS - Laura Chiecchio

Putative myeloma stem cell and niche in human multiple myeloma - Pr Bernard Klein

Targeting Syndecan-1, the Achilles’ heel of Multiple Myeloma - Steven T. Pals

High dose therapy in myeloma –a large single center analysis - Laura Percy

Inhibition of HDACs and aminopeptidases is highly synergistic in Myeloma cells, disrupting the NF-B signalling pathway - Emma M Smith

GCS-100 targets apoptosis and cell cycle regulation in myeloma cells - Dr. Matthew Streetly

Tracking the stem cell in light chain myeloma - Dr. Niklas Zojer

Autumn: Tuesday 3rd November 2009 UKMF Education Day

This meeting will be held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London.

Please click here for the programme.

To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Education Day, please click on the links below:

Induction therapy – Myeloma IX and XI - Faith Davies

What is the importance of CR? Insights from results of Myeloma IX flow data? - Roger Owen

Management of renal failure in myeloma patients: MERIT results - Judith Behrens

Insights into myeloma from the MRC trials - Mark Drayson

Plenary lecture: Prognostic factors as a guide to treatment and overview of recent IFM trials - Philippe Moreau

Myeloma UK clinical trials strategy - Eric Low

Peripheral neuropathy and management of neurological side effects of myeloma treatment - Shirley D’Sa

Revlimid – A practical guide to use in the treatment of myeloma - Kwee Yong


Spring: Thursday 19th March 2009

UKMF Scientific Meeting including the Michael Morley Lecture. 76 Portland Place, London.

Please click here for the programme.

To download a copy of the presentations made at the recent Scientific day, please click on the links below:

Novel Targets at the Bone Tumor Interface for Myeloma Bone Disease’ - Professor Roodman

How should we define complete remission; bringing to bear new technology’ – Roger Owen

Prognostic significance of achieving a major response & implications of novel agent based regimens on future of ASCT’ - Kwee Yong

Therapy of relapsed Myeloma. Is there a role for second transplant?’ Gordon Cook

Bursary winner presentations
This year, the UKMF awarded 6 travel bursaries. The winners of the bursaries attended the International Myeloma Workshop in Washington. They also presented at the UKMF Scientific Day. If you wish to download a copy of their presentations, please follow links below.

APRIL induces proliferation of primary myeloma cells expressing cyclin D2 – John Quinn (University College London)

Bortezomib in real patients: a single-centre experience – Laura Percy (University College London)

Association of genetic variants with fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) – based karyotyping status in Multiple Myeloma patients – David Johnson (Institute of Cancer Research)

DSG2, a novel key player regulating cell proliferation and cell cycle progression in t(4;14) myeloma – Jose Luis Brito (Institute of Cancer Research) * slides to follow once research has been published

17p deletion in myeloma – Kevin Boyd (Institute of Cancer Research)

Development of a whole cell assay to monitor proteasome activity in Multiple Myeloma – Andrea Liggett (Queens University Belfast)


Thursday 23rd October 2008

Education Day at the Institute of Physics. 76 Portland Place, London. Please click here to download the presentations.


13th March 2008

UKMF Scientific and Clinical Trials Day.  Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Please click here for a programme.

‘Michael Morley Education Lecture’, February 2008, London.
The person on the left is Dr Steve Schey, UKMF Chairman and the person receiving the award is Prof  Antonio Palumbo from Torino who gave the Morley Memorial lecture at the February Education Meeting.


Thursday 8th March 2007

UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Meeting. Institute of Physics, London.
Please click here for a programme.
To download a registration form for this event please click here or contact Anne Baxter on 01772 687976


Thursday 10th November 2005

Education Day. London Zoo.


Thursday 30th June 2005

UK Myeloma Forum Summer Meeting. Key questions in the management of lymphoproliferative disorders. Royal Institute of British Architects


Thursday 3rd February 2005

Annual Scientific Meeting. Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London


Thursday, 26th February 2004

Annual Scientific Meeting. Royal College of Pathology


Friday, 25th June 2004

Annual Meeting and Clinical Trials Update.


Thursday, 11th November 2004

Education Day. London Zoo.


Thursday, 13th November 2003

Autumn Educational Meeting. Huxley Conference Suite, London Zoo, Regents Park, London NW1


Wednesday 25th June 2003

Clinical meeting and AGM. 76, Portland Place, London W1B 1NT.


Friday 7th February 2003

Fourth Annual UK Myeloma Forum Scientific Meeting. The Royal Society, London. *** Abstracts ***


Monday 25th November 2002

The UKMF Annual Educational Meeting. Royal College of Pathologists, London. *** Abstracts ***


Friday 12th July 2002

Notification of Annual General Meeting and Clinical Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers. *** Abstracts ***


Friday 8th February 2002

Third Annual UKMF Scientific Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers.


Wednesday 14th November 2001

The UKMF Annual Educational Meeting. Royal College of Pathologists, London


Thursday 14th June 2001

Notification of Annual General Meeting and Clinical Meeting. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers.


Friday 26th January 2001

2nd Scientific Meeting: Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma. The Royal Society. *** Abstracts ***


Monday 11th December 2000

Clinical Trials Meeting. The Royal College of Pathologists.


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