Programme

Scientific Programme

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Symposia topics include:

• CAR-T Cell Therapy: From Engineering Concepts to Clinical Implementation
• AI and machine learning to turn genome information into therapy predictions
• Cancer Initiation
• Systems immunology in cancer
• Signalling and Cancer
• Metabolic deregulation in cancer
• Cancer Neuroscience
• Cancer Ecosystems in Space, Time, and Therapy
• Epigenetics and RNA Regulation in Cancer
• Next generation pre-clinical models
• Paediatric Cancers
• Immunotherapy advances and predicting response
• Cancer prevention and genomic instability / Epidemiology and molecular evidence to inform cancer prevention
• Cancer evolution, somatic mutation, and early detection
• Tumour microenvironment
• Cancer plasticity, metastasis, and therapy resistance
• Oncogenic signaling beyond cancer
• Emerging concepts in cancer biology
• Cancer and extrinsic influences
• Learning how to use AI in Cancer Research
• Persister Cells
• Revisiting MYC

Plus keynote lectures on further cutting-edge topics

Session types and formats

Symposium: the main building block of the scientific programme, each symposium is focussed on a specific topic and is composed of three presentations given by invited speakers, along with two presentations selected through the abstract submission process. After each presentation, there will be time for Q&A with the audience, moderated by a session chair or co-chairs.

Meet the Expert: informal interactive sessions where an expert is invited to meet, connect and answer questions with participants on a given topic. The aim of these sessions is not to have a 1-hour presentation, but rather have a short presentation followed by a very lively discussion and Q&A session with participants around a specific topic.

Keynote Lecture: a renowned speaker is invited to give a presentation on a topic that is either of very high interest, highly controversial, ground-breaking or extremely relevant to attendees.

Career Development Session: dedicated to early-career researchers who are looking to boost their career by learning tips and tricks on different professional pathways. The session room will be organised with round tables, each focused on a given topic and expertise, and participation will be limited to 9 participants per table per time slot. These sessions will be open only to pre-registered attendees.