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We caught up with a range of speakers at the Annual Scientific Meeting who gave us an overview of their work in haematology as well as what they were aiming to get out of the meeting.

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Previous BSH President听Professor Charles Craddock听on the role of the听BSH and how we support the haematology community in the UK, as well as the society's ambitions for the future.

Professor David Marks听gave us an overview of the IMPACT clinical trials platform, it's key achievements in the first 15 months, as well as what he hopes it will achieve in the future.听

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听Dr Sonia Wolf听on her inaugural Crucible Prize winning presentation - 'Young, Black & Stigmatised', how haematologists do most harm to patients.

听Kenneth Ataga听from the University of North Carolina on the therapeutic advances made in treating sickle cell disease, the barriers to access these treatments and the resources available to support doctors in treating patients with the disease.

听Dr Pip Nicolson听on the haemSTAR programme, what it has achieved so far and how you can be a part of the programme too.

Professor Dame Caroline Watkins听on the importance of empowering nurses in haematology, the impact nurses can have in practice, policy and research and the benefits of nurses attending the BSH conference.

Professor Bob Lowenburg听gives an overview of the current treatment landscape in AML, and what can be done to improve patient outcomes.

Jonjo Rooney听shares his story of his battle with Leukaemia, his treatment and how haematology specialists saved his life. Jonjo speaks about the human side of patient care, and how this is so important when dealing with patients.

Professor Peter Borchmann听ahead of the 'Lymphoma Debate' session where he gave an overview on his stance whether CAR-T cell therapy will become the standard of care for relapsed high grade B cell lymphoma within 5 years.

Dr Michiel Coppens听on the optimal management of patients who develop bleeding disorders.

Professor Willem Ouwehand听on the impact of genome science and how this affects all areas of haematology, including his area of specialism in inherited rare diseases.

Dr Sue Pavord听on her ASM session on the study of pregnant women who have haematological disorders.

Professor Beverley Hunt听gives an overview of her听Clinical Vignette session on red cells at the ASM.

Professor Peter Hillmen听goes into detail on his work on CLL trials.

Dr Patrick Carrington听on the Annual Scientific Meeting, and how it has changed over the last few years and why it is an essential event for the haematology community.

Dr Mari Thomas听on the advances in our understanding of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), prognosis and improving patient outcomes.

Professor David Bowen听on the Cancer Registry, and how the haematology community can engage with it to improve the data that it holds.

Professor Simon Rule听gives us an overview of his听ASM presentation on the pooled analysis and longer term follow up of Ibrutinib in mantle cell lymphoma, as well as why meetings like the ASM are so important.

Professor Anna Schuh听on reviewing new evidence in how to treat CLL with targeted agents.

Professor Claire Harrison听on the importance of individualised care to patients with chronic myeloid disorders.听

We spoke with a range of delegates who told us about their ASM experience, what sessions they enjoyed most and why the conference is a must attend event for all haematology professionals.

Dr Sheila O'Connor

Thomas Ward

Dr Anita Hill

Andrea Hodgkinson

Dr Norah Akinola

Dr Duncan Brian

Dr Rachel Brown

Rukhsaar Ali

Dr Stephen Hibbs

Dr Natasha Ali

Harry Alcock

Dr Gill Lowe

Dr Laura Green

Molly Bradbury

Dr Samuel Durogbola听

Dr Sara Ghorashian

Dr Andrew Doyle

Michael Moles