Anirban Maitra is Director of the GI Cancer Center and Associate Director of Translational Research at the Perlmutter Cancer Center. His lab aims to improve the survival of patients with pancreatic cancer through earlier detection, cancer interception and rational therapies.
Dieter is a physician–scientist and Professor of the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Head of the Division of Translational Cancer Research at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Director of the Institute of Experimental Cancer Therapy at the Technical University of Munich. His lab focuses on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive therapy resistance, immune evasion, and subtype‑specific evolution in gastrointestinal cancers, with a primary focus on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
Giulia Biffi is a Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, co-lead of the pancreatic cancer programme at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Her lab aims to develop tailored therapeutics for groups of pancreatic tumours by targeting malignant cell-fibroblast crosstalk in primary and secondary micro-environments.
09:30 - 10:30 | Registration, networking and poster set-up |
10:30 - 10:45 | Welcome |
10:45 - 11:30 | Keynote address Christine Iacobuzio-Donohue, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
11:30 - 11:45 | Patient video |
11:45 - 12:15 | Poster highlights |
12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
13:30 - 15:30 | Role of the exposome Chair: Paco Real, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre Speakers to be confirmed |
15:30 - 16:00 | Networking break |
16:00 - 18:00 | Tumour heterogeneity Chair: Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona Speakers: Linghua Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center Other speakers to be confirmed |
18:00 - 18:10 | Day 1 closing remarks |
18:10 - 19:15 | Networking reception and poster viewing |
07:30 - 08:30 | Light breakfast |
08:30 - 08:55 | Registration and networking |
08:55 - 09:00 | Opening remarks |
09:00 - 11:00 | Malignant-stromal cell evolution Chair: Claus Jorgensen, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester Speakers: Giulia Biffi, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge Marina Pasca Di Magliano, University of Michigan Florent Ginhoux, Gustave Roussy Other speakers to be confirmed |
11:00 - 11:30 | Networking break and exhibition |
11:30 - 13:00 | Innovative technologies Chair: Jakob Kather, Technical University Dresden Speakers to be confirmed |
13:00 - 13:30 | Panel discussion |
13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
14:30 - 16:30 | Beyond KRAS: alternative drivers and targets Chair: Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge Speakers to be confirmed |
16:30 - 17:00 | Poster highlights |
17:00 - 18:15 | Networking drinks and poster session |
19:00 - late | Networking dinner |
07:30 - 08:30 | Light breakfast |
08:30 - 08:55 | Registration and networking |
08:55 - 09:00 | Opening remarks |
09:00 - 11:00 | Early detection and interception Chair: Anirban Maitra, NYU Langone Health Speakers: Núria Malats, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) Other speakers to be confirmed |
11:00 - 11:30 | Networking break |
11:30 - 13:00 | Systemic disruptions in pancreatic cancer Chair: Eithne Costello, University of Liverpool Speakers to be confirmed |
13:00 - 13:30 | Panel discussion |
13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch and exhibition |
14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote address Andreas Trumpp, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) |
15:15 - 15:25 | Comfort break No refreshments will be served during this break |
15:25 - 16:00 | Closing remarks and poster winner announcement |
Christine Iacobuzio-Donohue, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Andreas Trumpp, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Paco Real, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona
Claus Jorgensen, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester
Jakob Kather, Technical University Dresden
Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge
Eithne Costello, University of Liverpool
Linghua Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Marina Pasca Di Magliano, University of Michigan
Florent Ginhoux, Gustave Roussy
