Finbarr Cotter, MD, PhD from British Society of Hematology (BSH) Conferences and Barts Health NHS Trust, UK discusses the highlights from the 2016 Annual Meeting of the BSH and International Society of Hematology (ISH) held in Glasgow, Scotland. Examples include the joint symposia with the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the area of molecular pathology. Prof Cotter also spoke of how BSH is reorganizing to try to get more involvement at the local level.