30 November 2026
DKFZ Communication Center
Europe/Berlin timezone

Program

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Overview (detailed pdf program for download) 

09:00 - 09:25: Welcome and Introduction to DKTK Heidelberg
Christiane Opitz, spokesperson DKTK Translation Center Heidelberg, DKFZ

09:25 - 10:00: Keynote lecture: Artificial Intelligence in translational cancer research
Jakob Kather, TU Dresden / University Hospital Heidelberg

10:00 – 10:45: Enabling successful translation: clinical development, regulatory
requirements and CRO support (1)

o Julia Schüler, IQVIA Laboratories
o Daniel Nowak, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI)

10:45 – 10:55: Comfort Break

10:55 – 12:00: Enabling successful translation: clinical development, regulatory
requirements and CRO support (2)

o Sophie Bartsch, Johner Institut GmbH
o Julia Stingl, University Hospital Heidelberg
o Titus Brinker, DKFZ

12:00 – 12:45: Group picture and Lunch Break, Foyer

12:45 – 13:05: Successful translation in practice
aiPTO, Haikun Liu, DKFZ

13:05 - 14:15: Short presentations and Flash Talks from selected poster abstracts
• Short presentations of projects funded in the Seed Funding and Bridge to Translation Funding Calls 2026
• Selected Poster Abstracts

14:15: - 15:30: Poster Session and Coffee Break, Foyer

15:30 - 16:00: Wrapping it up: Current priorities and future strategies of DKTK Heidelberg
Podium discussion

16:00: Farewell and end of retreat

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  • Abstracts for Reviewer