Cancer Neuroscience

Lyon, France : 5 - 7 October 2027

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 5th October 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

11:30

REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH (from 12 noon)

13:00

CONFERENCE WELCOME

13:10

Opening Keynote Lecture

Humsa Venkatesh Harvard Medical School, USA

Q&A 13:40-13:50

13:50

Simona Parrinello UCL, UK

Q&A 14:10-14:520

14:20

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A 14:30-14:35

14:35

EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS

14:50

COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION AND SOLO TRAVELLERS' MEET-UP

15:20

Frank Winkler University Hospital Heidelberg & DKFZ, Germany

Q&A 15:40-15:50

15:50

Michelle Monje Stanford University, USA

Q&A 16:10-16:20

16:20

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS 1

16:30

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

17:00

Meet the Scientific Programme Committee

An informal session where the organisers for the conference will join together to share their own personal and professional experiences of their path to scientific leadership.

17:30

WELCOME RECEPTION

18:15

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

Wednesday 6th October 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

08:15

EARLY POSTER VIEWING

08:45

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

09:00

Session 2

Varun Venkataramani University of Heidelberg, Germany

Q&A 9:20-9:30

09:30

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A: 9:40-9:45

10:15

Nandini Acharya The Ohio State University, USA

'Glioblastoma Co-opts Trigeminal Nociceptors to Restrain Anti-Tumor Immunity'

Q&A: 10:35-10:45

10:45

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

11:15

Chengcheng Jin University of Pennsylvania, USA

'Tumor-brain communication shapes cancer immunity'

Q&A: 11:35-11:45

11:45

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A: 11:55-12:00

12:00

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS 2

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

12:10

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

12:40

LUNCH

Buffet lunch with tea, coffee, juice and water

13:30

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2

15:00

Session 3

Sebastien Talbot Queens University, Canada

Q&A: 15:20-15:30

15:30

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A: 15:40-15:45

15:45

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A: 15:55-16:00

16:00

Andreas Trumpp DKFZ, Germany

Q&A: 16:20-16:30

16:30

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

17:00

Ekin Demir Technical University of Munich, Germany

Q&A: 17:20-17:30

17:30

"Meet the Editors" Session

Moderated by Barbara Marte (Nature, UK)

19:30

Conference Dinner

Optional ticketed dinner

Thursday 7th October 2027

Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

08:15

EARLY POSTER VIEWING

08:45

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

09:00

Session 4

Fanny Mann IBDM, France

'Decoding signaling and mechanical cues in tumor innervation'

Q&A: 9:20-9:30

09:30

Ilaria Malanchi The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Q&A: 9:50-10:00

10:00

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 10:10-10:15

10:15

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

10:45

Karen Dixon University of Basel, Switzerland

Q&A: 11:05-11:15

11:15

Closing Keynote Lecture

Shawn Hervey-Jumper UCSF, USA

'Activity Dependent Mechanisms in Diffuse Glioma Growth: Translational Implications'

Q&A: 11:45-11:55

11:55

SUMMARY, AWARDS & CLOSE

12:05

DEPART

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