Welcome to the Dutch Hematology Congress 

21 January – 23 January 2026
22 January Nursing Symposium

Papendal – Arnhem – The Netherlands
 

It is our great pleasure to invite you to join us at the 18th Dutch Hematology Congress. This year, the event will be organized, like last year, without any sponsorship. It will be organized by and for Hematological Netherlands. 

The evaluation results of 17 DHC  showed that the marjority of all participants thought the sponsorless conference was an improvement or had no opinon about it. 
There has also been an evaluation with representatives of pharmaceutical companies who were present as our sponsors in previous congresses, and they were also positive with some suggestions.

In view of the positive results, we want to continue the new sponsorless concept.

Important changes in the sponsorless concept are: 

  • The program is evenly divided over the three days (making Friday a full-fledged conference day).
  • Based on the received feedback, more balance has been created in the program by having shorter sessions and longer breaks
  • NVvH committees and HOVON working groups will be actively involved in the implementation of the program.
  • There will be opportunities for meetings of committees, working groups, and study sessions.

The DHC organization believes that it is important to keep the registration fees as low as possible, but also finds it important to maintain the social character with joint activities such as dinner and the social program.

The organization decided not to change the rate of researchers and nurses; this will be similar to previous years.
We are very happy to inform you that for 18 DHC there is a reduced rate for practitioner nurses and physician assistants. 

For medical specialists the rate will increase but remain in line with other conferences such as the NIV days. Within the DHC foundation, HOVON and NvVH will contribute equally to the additional costs for the organization of a conference without sponsors. This specific financial support is only used for participants who belong to the primary target group of the conference, namely employees of hospitals and research institutions in the field of hematology. 
More information about the rates also for external participants you can find here 

We look forward to the next sponsor-free Dutch Hematology Congress and hope to see you at the 18th DHC!

Stijn Halkes (chair NVvH) en Arnon Kater (chair HOVON)
Suzanne van Dorp (chair program committee), Laura van Hussen-Daenen (vice chair program committee)
Shahira Fazel (chair program committee nursing symposium)
Sabina Kersting, Arnon Kater, Stijn Halkes en Annoek Broers (board stichting DHC)

 

 

 

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