Detailed Programme - 16 June 2025

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Separate pre-registration required) MorandiAndrea Chair Italy Exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities to improve breast cancer therapy MorandiAndrea Speaker Italy Proffered Paper 5: To be announced in 2025 Proffered Paper 6: To be announced in 2025 Stem cells-based models of tumor initiation and metastasis BaggioliniArianna Speaker Switzerland Refreshment Break Auditorium 8
09:00 14:00	Women in Leadership (Separate pre-registration required) Offsite Venue
10:20 12:00	ASPIC - EACR Joint Symposium BardelliAlberto Co-Chair Italy JerónimoCarmen Co-Chair Portugal γδ T Cells in Cancer and Cancer Immunotherapy SantosBruno Silva Speaker Portugal Zebrafish Cancer Avatars for Clinical Decision-making FiorRita Speaker Portugal IL-7 and IL-7R: Subverting Lymphoid Development Towards Leukemia BarataJoão T. Speaker Portugal Association Between CDH1 Germline Variants and Cancer Phenotypes OliveiraCarla Speaker Portugal Questions & Answers Auditorium 6+7
10:30 12:00	Cancer Researchers to watch - An early career showcase (Separate pre-registration required) JacquemetGuillaume Chair Finland Attaching to and Crossing Endothelial Barriers JacquemetGuillaume Speaker Finland Proffered Paper 7: To be announced in 2025 Proffered Paper 8: To be announced in 2025 Title to be announced CohenMerav Speaker Israel Auditorium 8		Meet the Award Winners - Interactive Session GalligioniEnzo Moderator Italy BishRebecca Moderator United States Title to be announced de VisserKarin E. Speaker Netherlands Lessons from Senescence: Using our model systems as a guide to life KovatchevaMarta Speaker Italy Title to be announced AmitIdo Speaker Israel Discussion with the Experts Career Discovery Area
12:00 14:00	Lunch Break / Exhibition Main Foyer
12:15 13:00	biomodal: Investigating the role of the 6-base genome within the field of Cancer Research with a focus on breast and prostate cancer CharlesworthTom Industry Moderator/ Chair United Kingdom Introduction CharlesworthTom Industry Moderator/ Chair United Kingdom Unlocking Hidden Signals: A multimodal approach to ctDNA detection in early prostate cancer Sadeghi Hanieh Industry Speaker Austria Characterisation of Advanced BC Subtypes in cfDNA by methylation profiling CuttsRos Industry Speaker United Kingdom Auditorium 6+7		Bruker Spatial Biology: Expanding the Limits of Biology: Comprehensive Integrated Technologies for Multiomics in Oncology SheehyKevin Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Introduction SheehyKevin Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Industry-Leading Spatial Solutions for High-Plex Multiomic Tissue Exploration and Discovery KoenigChristoph Industry Speaker Germany Streamlining Next-Gen Spatial Proteomics with EpicIF™ Technology and the PowerOMX™ Engine BraubachOliver Industry Speaker United States Sub-cellular, multiomic imaging of the entire protein-coding transcriptome (18936-plex RNA) and 75-plex Protein on a single-slide FFPE tissue section using CosMx Spatial Molecular Imaging LyssandJohnny Industry Speaker United States Auditorium 8
13:15 14:00	10x Genomics: See Biology in new Ways - Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Methods to Understand Cancer MayClaudia Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Introduction MayClaudia Industry Moderator/ Chair United States Spatial immune landscape of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) prior to immune checkpoint blockade ReschkeRobin Industry Speaker Germany Improving Immunotherapy Strategies Through Single-Cell Profiling of Lung Cancer BischofPhilip Industry Speaker Germany Auditorium 6+7		Standard BioTools: Spatial Predictors of Immunotherapy Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Roberto Spada Industry Moderator/ Chair Introduction Roberto Spada Industry Moderator/ Chair Spatial Predictors of Immunotherapy Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer GiampaoloBianchini Industry Speaker Italy Auditorium 8
14:00 15:15	Top Abstracts CarracedoArkaitz Co-Chair Spain SalvadorBeatriz Co-Chair United Kingdom Details to be announced in 2025 Auditorium 1	Award Winners Special Session OricchioElisa Co-Chair Switzerland CohenMerav Co-Chair Israel Introduction of the Mark Foundation BishRebecca Presenter United States 2025 EACR-Mark Foundation -Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award Lecture: Unravelling cell plasticity in tumor initiation and progression KovatchevaMarta Award Lecture Italy Introduction AstraZeneca Fellowship and Award EACR - AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture: Targeting immunosuppression induced by oncogenic PI3K/AKT signalling to enhance anti-tumour immunity in breast cancer van WeverwijkAntoinette Award Lecture The Netherlands Introduction Boehringer Ingelheim Fellowship and Award HofmannMarco Presenter Austria EACR - Boehringer Ingelheim Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture: Implications of one carbon metabolism in cancer cell proliferation and metastasis KiwelerNicole Award Lecture Luxembourg Auditorium 2		Joint EACR - EACS - Molecular Oncology Session: Keep Research Curious RyanKevin Co-Chair United KingdomMolecular Oncology BernardsRene Co-Chair Netherlands DNA damage, cancer and aging and the unexpected impact of nutritional interventions HoeijmakersJan H. Speaker Title to be announced MahmoodFaisal Speaker United States Decoding the Cancer Connectome of Brain Tumor Networks VenkataramaniVarun Speaker Germany Auditorium 6+7
15:15 15:45	Meet and Greet EACR Ambassador and Solo Travellers Career Discovery Area		Coffee Break / Exhibition Poster and Exhibition Hall
15:45 18:15	EACR 2025 Congress - Opening Session Opening Address SamuelsYardena Chair Israel Welcome by the Mayor of Lisbon MoedasCarlos Presenter Portugal Introduction of Keynote Speaker SamuelsYardena Chair Israel Myeloid Mayhem: Inflammation driven Lung Cancer initiation and progression SwantonCharles Keynote Speaker United Kingdom Pezcoller Award Presentation and Introduction of the Award Recipients GalligioniEnzo Presenter Italy The Pezcoller Foundation-EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award 2025 - Title to be announced AmitIdo Award Lecture Israel The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award 2025 - Dissecting Tumor-Immune Crosstalk in Cancer Progression and Therapy de VisserKarin E. Award Lecture Netherlands Auditorium 1
18:15 18:30	EACR General Assembly and Awards Ceremony (EACR Members only) (18:15 - 18:30) Auditorium 1		Welcome Reception (18:15 - 20:00) Poster and Exhibition Hall
18:45 19:00	Stilla Technologies Industry Spotlight Spotlight Area
19:15 19:30	Agilent Technology Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight Area