09.00 – 09.15 am: WELCOME
Markus Müller, Rector of the Medical University of Vienna
Shahrokh Shariat, Head of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna
9.15 – 11.15 am: SESSION I
WHAT'S NEXT IN IMMUNO ONCOLOGY?
Chairs: Renate Kain, Gerald Prager, Manuela Schmidinger
- KEYNOTE: "Concepts to Enable Immunotherapy in CRC"
Florian R. Greten, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Georg Speyer Haus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- "Translating Immune Cell Therapies into the Clinic"
Antonia Müller, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Medical University of Vienna/University Hospital Vienna
- "Role of the Innate Immune Cells in Cancer"
Victoria Stary, Department of General Surgery Medical University of Vienna/University Hospital Vienna
- "MISTRG-6: An Avatar Model for Colorectal Cancer and Precision Immunotherapy"
Dietmar Herndler-Brandstetter, Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna
- "Tumor Sialylation Controls Effective Anti-Cancer Immunity in Breast Cancer"
Stefan Mereiter, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna/University Hospital Vienna
- "Harnessing Innate Immunity to Prevent and Treat Metastases"
Maria Sibilia, Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna
11.15 - 11.45 am: Coffee Break & Poster Walk
11.45 am – 1.15 pm: SESSION II
TRENDS IN CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chairs: Michael Bergmann, Igor Grabovac, Eva Schernhammer
- KEYNOTE: "Evidence for Rising Incidence Rates of Early Onset Cancer – a Global Perspective"
Freddie Bray, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- "Omics-based Research for Identification of Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers"
Stefanie Brezina, Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna
- "Head and Neck Cancer in Transition – The Role of HPV"
Lorenz Kadletz-Wanke, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna/University Hospital Vienna
- "Chronic Inflammation in Health and Cancer"
Dominik Wolf, Department of Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck
1.15 - 2.00 pm: Lunch Break & Poster Walk
2.00 - 2.25 pm: KEYNOTE: "Is It Time for a National Strategy in Science Education to Improve Cancer Outcomes?"
Peter Hégy, Centre for Translational Medicine & Division for Pancreatic Disorders, CVC, Semmelweis University, Budapest
Chairs: Anita Rieder, Shahrokh Shariat
2.25 - 2.30 pm: Impulse Talk: The 2025 EU Mission Cancer Call
Ines Haberl, The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
2.30 - 4.00 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION:
CANCER CARE POLICY & STRATEGY IN AUSTRIA
Moderation: Stephan Polterauer
- "The University Perspective"
Michaela Fritz, Vice-Rector Research, Medical University of Vienna - "The National Health Strategy Perspective"
Christina Dietscher, Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection - "The National Science Strategy Perspective"
Hemma Bauer, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research - "The Patient‘s Perspective"
Thomas Derntl, Multiple Myelom Patient Organisation/The Alliance of Oncological Patient Organisations - "The National Public Health Strategy Perspective"
Elisabeth Kernbauer-Hölzl, The Austrian National Public Health Institute (GÖG) - “The Comprehensive Cancer Center/Austrian Comprehensive Cancer Network Perspective”
Shahrokh Shariat, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Austrian Comprehensive Cancer Network (ACCN)
4.00 – 4.40 pm: Coffee Break & Poster Walk
4.40 – 6.10 pm: SESSION III:
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY & MACHINE LEARNING IN CANCER
Chairs: Georg Langs, Roxane Licandro, Joachim Widder
- KEYNOTE: "AI Model Accurately Predicts Endometrial Cancer Recurrence"
Tjalling Bosse, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
- “Interpretable AI Models in Spatial Transcriptomics with Applications to Immunology and Cancer”
David Fischer, Institut für Artificial Intelligence, Medical University of Vienna/University Hospital Vienna
- "Prediction of Toxicity"
Gerhard Ecker, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna
- KEYNOTE: "The Gemelli Clinic Vision on AI/Radiomics in Connection with Surgery"
Anna Fagotti, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
6.10 - 8.00 pm: Dinner & Moderated Poster Walk
– End of Day I –