A Conference for Patients Organized by Patients

We are pleased to announce that CLL Canada will be hosting its 6th patient conference on April 24 to 26, 2025 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Education is key for patients and their loved ones to be true partners in their treatment plan. CLL Live conferences provide an opportunity to hear from leading experts in CLL research, treatment and care and as a result, attendees will be better informed and able to discuss relevant concerns and questions with their healthcare team.

“Both my caregiver and myself gained so much information about CLL, 
from markers through treatments, etc.”

CLL Live 2025

Patients and caregivers attending value the opportunity to meet one another and share experiences. Listening to what others have undergone, knowing they are not alone, finding hope from the successes others have had in managing the disease all contribute to a better quality of life following the conference.

“My wife and I are not alone in the CLL battle. 
We met wonderful people with great stories of living with CLL.”

CLL Live 2025 will feature speakers of national and international renown.

  • CLL Basics, Dr. William Wierda, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • CLL Treatments, Dr. Alina S. Gerrie, Centre for Lymphoid Cancer | BC Cancer
  • Case Studies of Patients, Dr. Versha Banerji, Senior Scientist, Cancer Care Manitoba
  • What’s in the Treatment Pipeline, Dr. Nicole Lamana, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Movement and Exercise for CLL patients, Dr. Linda Trinh, Exercise & Cancer Survivorship, U of Toronto
  • Research on CLL and Immune Dysfunction, Dr. Spencer Gibson, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta
  • Self-care and Secondary Cancers, Ms. Nanette Cox-Kennett, Nurse Practitioner, Alberta Health Services
  • Patient Panel
  • Doctor’s Panel
  • Breakout groups for caregivers, untreated and treated patients.

Patients and (one) caregiver attend CLL Live free of charge but are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Conference expenses, including meals, audio-visual expenses and speaker’s travel and accommodation are covered by educational grants from sponsors. Speakers volunteer their time.

“It’s smart. Not overly simplified. People want to understand and contribute as much as they can.”

Registration for the conference will open in January 2025