Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Cancer Biology: Virtual Systems & Beyond
Bergamo, Italy : 16 - 18 March 2027
Scientific programme
To download and print the programme, use the links below.
REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH
Light refreshments will be served from 12:00
CONFERENCE WELCOME
SESSION 1: Computational Approaches to Immunotherapy
Chair: Charlotte Bunne
Keynote Lecture
Linghua Wang UT MD Anderson, USA
'Decoding the Cellular Language of Cancer with AI and Spatial Omics for Precision and Predictive Oncology'
Q&A: 13:40-13:55
Raza Ali CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK
'Dynamics of breast cancer tissues treated with immunotherapy'
Q&A: 14:15-14:25
Proffered Paper 1
Q&A: 14:35-14:40
EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS
Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee
COFFEE BREAK & Solo Travellers' Meet-Up
Mingyao Li Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
'Digital tissue twins: shaping the future of cancer data science'
Q&A: 15:40-15:50
Mor Nitzan The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
'Extracting spatial-temporal models of tumorigenesis from large scale biological data'
Q&A: 16:10-16:20
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
3 top abstracts presented as 3-minute flash talks
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
NETWORKING SESSION
WELCOME RECEPTION
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
EARLY POSTER VIEWING
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Session 2: From Target to Molecule: Virtual Screening and Drug Discovery
Chair: Eytan Ruppin
Charlotte Bunne EPFL, Switzerland
Q&A: 09:20-09:30
Proffered Paper 2
Q&A: 09:40-09:45
Mo Lotfollahi Sanger, UK
'Generative AI to describe and engineer tissue'
Q&A: 10:05-10:15
Sophia J Wagner Heidelberg University, Germany
'Toward clinical discovery and forecasting with virtual patient representations'
Q&A: 10:35-10:45
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Hana Aliee CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK
'Causal machine learning in biomedicine'
Q&A: 11:35-11:45
Proffered Paper 3
Q&A: 11:55-12:00
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
3 top abstracts presented as 3-minute flash talks
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
LUNCH
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
Session 3: Emerging Technologies and Virtual Systems
Chair: Marianna Rapsomaniki
Eytan Ruppin Cedars Sinai, USA
'Towards fast and accessible precision oncology'
Q&A: 15:20-15:30
Proffered Paper 4
Q&A: 15:40-15:45
Proffered Paper 5
Q&A: 15:55-16:00
Speaker 10 tbc
Q&A: 16:20-16:30
COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Trey Ideker University of Oxford Big Data Institute, UK
Q&A: 17:20-17:30
Mireia Crispin-Ortuzar University of Cambridge, UK
Q&A: 17:50-18:00
NETWORKING SESSION
Conference Dinner
Optional ticketed event
EARLY POSTER VIEWING
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Session 4: Spatial Omics and Histopathology
Chair: Raza Ali
Marianna Rapsomaniki Swiss Biomedical Data Science Center, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
'Building predictive AI models for precision oncology across scales, modalities and perturbations'
Q&A: 09:20-09:30
Ewa Szczurek Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Q&A: 09:50-10:00
Proffered Paper 6
Q&A: 10:10-10:15
COFFEE BREAK & TRADE
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Lichun Ma NCI, NIH, USA
'Spatial ecosystem of cellular communities in liver cancer'
Q&A: 11:05-11:15
Aristotelis Tsirigos NYU School of Medicine, USA
'Multi-Modal AI Models of Gene Regulation'
Q&A: 11:35-11:45
SUMMARY, AWARDS & CLOSE
DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
18 January 2027
Abstract submission deadline:
18 January 2027
Registration and Payment deadline:
15 February 2027
