Day 1 – December 2, 2026

Cell-extrinsic mechanisms

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WELCOME by the Scientific Organizers
SESSION 1 - Microenvironment

Maria Alcolea
University of Cambridge, UK

Silvia von Karstedt
University Hospital Cologne, Germany

Michael Quante
University Hospital Freiburg, Germany

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
Marina Pasca di Magliano
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Lunch break

SPECIAL SESSION - Cancer Surveillance 
Isabelle Soerjomataram
IARC, Lyon, France
SESSION 2 - Exogenous factors 
Marika Caruso
VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium

Georg Halder
VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium

William Hill
CRUK Manchester Institute, UK

Kirsten Kübler
Charité, Berlin, Germany

Museum tour of Paul Ehrlich's historical laboratory

Day 2 – December 3, 2026

Cell-intrinsic mechanisms

SESSION 3 - Genetics 
Rod Bremner
Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Jeong Ho Lee
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Karol Nowicki-Osuch
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
Owen Sansom
CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK

Lunch break

SESSION 4 - Epigenetics 
Arianna Baggiolini
IOR, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Trevor Graham
ICR & Barts Cancer Institute, London, UK

Moritz Mall
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

Céline Vallot
Institut Curie, PSL University, Paris, France
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Museum tour of Paul Ehrlich's historical laboratory