ACCELERATE BCL2 IMPACT FORUM

Advancing BCL2-targeted medicines for paediatric cancers

14 October 2026

Amsterdam, NL

This BCL2 Impact Forum will explore the opportunities and challenges involved in developing BCL2-targeted medicines for paediatric cancers. It will bring together academic experts and regulators to discuss how these therapies can be advanced efficiently and where they may offer the greatest benefit.


The forum will focus on actionable development strategies, including combination approaches, the evidence needed to support earlier use in treatment, and how multiple BCL-2 inhibitors might be assessed within an international development framework.


Programme committee members:

  • Michel Zwaan (co-chair)
  • Todd Cooper (co-chair)
  • Gilles Vassal
  • Nicole Scobie
  • Pam Kearns
  • Paco Bautista
  • Martha Donoghue
  • Dominik Karres
  • Elizabeth Fox


ACCELERATE wishes to extend its gratitude to Prinses Maxima Centrum for hosting the forum and to Blood Cancer United for providing funding. Our sincere thanks to both organisations for their generosity.