Research events and conferences

As well as hosting our own events and conferences, our research funding, strategy and partnerships teams attend and exhibit at a range of conferences, meetings and workshops throughout the year.

We find this invaluable in meeting researchers and potential partner organisations to discuss opportunities to work with us. If you have any feedback about the events or information you’d like to see here in the future, or would like to arrange a meeting with our staff at these events, please do get in touch.

Contact us

Cancer Research Horizons Innovation Summit

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Date: 12 November 2024

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Join us for a day filled with inspiring talks from researchers who are translating their research and networking with members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The event will provide you with the opportunity to learn the essential skills and mindset required for embarking on the entrepreneurial journey. You will connect with other entrepreneurs and experts in the field of oncology, and discuss/understand the routes you can take to translate your cancer research into practice. You will also gain insights into circumventing common pitfalls that entrepreneurs often encounter.

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if you have any questions please email us

Exploring children's & young people's cancers: Therapeutic discovery

Children and young people's cancer webinar

Date: 25 November 2024

Time: 3–4:30 PM (GMT) 

Location: Online

The webinar will explore therapeutic discovery research for children's and young people's cancers. You'll hear from researchers working to translate their research to develop more effective, targeted treatments for children and young people affected by cancer. We'll also highlight opportunities to engage with the newly launched international consortium, C-Further.

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If you have any questions, please email us.

Clinical Research Delivery Conference

Clinical Research Delivery Conference 2025

Date: 26 February 2025

Location: The Principal York

The event will unite clinical research nurses and research delivery staff in York to explore the challenges and opportunities for cancer clinical research and celebrate all those involved in delivering clinical trials. The once-day agenda will feature interactive sessions, plenary talks and opportunities to network and share best practices.

Topics explored will include AI in clinical research, the potential of data, gender diversity, the changing workforce and patient burden. 

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If you have any questions, please email us.

The Cancer Prevention Conference

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Date: 25-27 June 2025

Location: London, UK

Our conference aims to share insights from across the research continuum, from discovery biology through to population and implementation sciences.

The event will bring together a multidisciplinary cancer prevention research community and spark new collaborations to enable advances in future cancer prevention approaches.

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If you have any questions, please email us.

Guiding principles for our research events and conferences

Our research events are designed to showcase cutting-edge science, bring together an international scientific community and facilitate collaborations. 

We've prioritised embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, patient and public involvement and environmental sustainability across all our research activities.

Contact our events team

If you are organising an event of interest to our cancer research community, or you would like to invite CRUK staff to attend or speak at an event, please get in touch.

We also have a number of resources that can help CRUK Centres, Institutes and investigators with the organisation, marketing and delivery of meetings and conferences. Talk to our Events team to find out more about what we can do for you.

Email: researchevents@cancer.org.uk

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You can also follow our research events, funding and strategy teams on twitter at @CRUKresearch.