09:00 – 18:00
Programme
Four days of cutting-edge cancer research: hackathon, keynote talks, selected presentations, poster sessions and networking.
The detailed schedule is updated as speakers and selected presentations are confirmed.
September 29–30, 2026
Pre-conference
October 1, 2026
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome Address
Session 1 — Women's Cancers: From Translational Research to Therapeutic Innovation
09:15 – 10:00
Keynote
Florence Dalenc
IUCT-Oncopole (Toulouse, France)
10:00 – 10:20
Selected presentation 1
10:20 – 10:40
Coffee break
Industry sponsors stands
10:40 – 11:00
Selected presentation 2
11:00 – 11:20
Selected presentation 3
Session 2 — Science Communication
11:20 – 12:10
Keynote
Dafna Gold Melchior
Let's clarify it
12:10 – 14:00
Lunch
Industry sponsors stands
In parallel: Round table discussion · Meet the editor (by appointment)
Session 3 — Beyond the Known: Innovation and Advocacy in Pediatric Oncology
14:00 – 14:45
Keynote
Sebastiaan van Heesch
Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
14:45 – 15:05
Selected presentation 4
15:05 – 15:25
Selected presentation 5
15:25 – 15:45
Selected presentation 6
15:45 – 15:55
Tech talk
MedChemExpress
15:55 – 16:15
Coffee break
Industry sponsors stands
16:15 – 17:00
Headline
Leona Knox
Patient advocate · Head of Research at Solving Kids' Cancer UK
17:00 – 17:20
Selected presentation 7
17:20 – 17:40
Lightning talks
1 minute / talk, selected on abstracts
17:40 – 19:15
Poster Session 1
19:45
Scientific Networking Evening — Icebreaker
October 2, 2026
Session 4 — Dynamic States in Cancer: Plasticity and Heterogeneity
09:00 – 09:45
Keynote
Jean-Christophe Marine
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology (Leuven, Belgium)
09:45 – 10:05
Selected presentation 8
10:05 – 10:20
Tech talk
Tech talk 2
10:20 – 10:40
Coffee break
Industry sponsors stands
10:40 – 11:25
Keynote
Marta Kovatcheva
IFOM — FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (Milan, Italy)
11:25 – 11:45
Selected presentation 9
11:45 – 12:05
Selected presentation 10
12:05 – 12:25
Lightning talks
1 minute / talk, selected on abstracts
12:25 – 14:15
Lunch
Industry sponsors stands
In parallel: Poster Session 2 · Meet the editor (by appointment) · Physician corner
Session 5 — Transforming Precision Oncology Through Computational Approaches
14:15 – 15:00
Keynote
Altuna Akalin
Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center (Berlin, Germany)
15:00 – 15:20
Selected presentation 12
15:20 – 15:40
Selected presentation 13
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee break
Industry sponsors stands
Session 6 — The Editor's Perspective
16:00 – 16:40
Keynote
Daniela Marin
Senior Editor, The Lancet Haematology
16:40
Hackathon summary · Closing remarks · Awards ceremony
Best poster & oral presentation awards
Join us in Toulouse
Three days to learn, present, network and shape the future of cancer research.