Emili Montserrat, MD from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain expresses his positive views on the Young Investigator Meeting (YIM) at the International Workshop for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) 2017 in New York, NY. Prof. Monsterrat is pleased to see so many young investigators pursuing a career in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) research and believes the YIM is an excellent opportunity for them to present their data to the CLL community.