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-Donahue, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
11:30- 11:45 | Patient perspective |
11:45- 12:15 | Poster highlights |
12:15- 13:30 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
13:30- 15:30 | Role of the exposome Paco Real, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (Chair) Nicola Gagliani, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Nuria Malats, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, CNIO (Other speakers to be confirmed) |
15:30- 16:00 | Networking break |
16:00- 18:00 | Tumour heterogeneity Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona (Chair) Linghua Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center Jose Espejo Valle-Inclan, Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre Direna Alonso-Curbelo, IRB Barcelona (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 Claus Jorgensen, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester (Chair) Giulia Biffi, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge Marina Pasca Di Magliano, University of Michigan Florent Ginhoux, Gustave Roussy |
11:00- 11:30 | Networking break and exhibition |
11:30- 13:00 | Innovative technologies Eirini Velliou, University College London (Chair) Brian Brown, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Peter Bailey, Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre (Other 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 Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge (Chair) Roland Rad, Technical University Munich Talia Golan, Sheba Medical Center Laura Soucek, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (Other 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 Anirban Maitra, NYU Langone Health (Chair) Nigel Jamieson, University of Glasgow Pilar Acedo, University College London (Other speakers to be confirmed) |
11:00- 11:30 | Networking break |
11:30- 13:00 | Systemic disruptions in pancreatic cancer Eithne Costello, University of Liverpool (Chair) Maria Rohm, Helmholtz Munich Suresh Chari, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Other 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-Donahue, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Andreas Trumpp, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge
Claus Jorgensen, Cancer Research Manchester Institute, University of Manchester
Eirini Velliou, University College London
Eithne Costello, University of Liverpool
Paco Real, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Vincenzo Corbo, University of Verona
Brian Brown, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Direna Alonso-Curbelo, IRB Barcelona
Florent Ginhoux, Gustave Roussy
Jose Espejo Valle-Inclan, Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre
Laura Soucek, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
Linghua Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Maria Rohm, Helmholtz Munich
Marina Pasca Di Magliano, University of Michigan
Nicola Gagliani, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Nigel Jamieson, University of Glasgow
Nuria Malats, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Peter Bailey, Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre
Pilar Acedo, University College London
Roland Rad, Technical University Munich
Suresh Chari, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Talia Golan, Sheba Medical Center
