BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:DKFZ/NCT/DKTK HARPOON 2026
DTSTART:20261105T080000Z
DTEND:20261106T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20261104T133600Z
UID:indico-event-1581@indico.dkfz.de
CONTACT:harpoon@lists.nct-heidelberg.de
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce this year’s DKFZ/NCT/DKTK HARPOON
  (HArmonization of Reporting in PrecisiOn ONcology) conference on new deve
 lopments in precision oncology in Heidelberg\, hosted by the German Cancer
  Research Center (DKFZ)\, the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)\, a
 nd the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK):\nRegistration closed!\nPlease cont
 act harpoon@nct-heidelberg.de for more information.\n \nDate: November 5 
 + 6\, 2026\nSite: Heidelberg Congress Center\, Czernyring 20\, 69115 Heide
 lberg \nRegistration fee: 85 € (includes participation at all sessions 
 & catering on both days\, as well as reception on Thursday evening)\nSchol
 arships: This year\, DKFZ/NCT/DKTK HARPOON offers up to 10 competitive sch
 olarships (covering registration fee\, travel expenses and accommodation\,
  max. 500 €). Please submit your application via the registration proces
 s.\nTarget audience: Everyone involved in multiomics-guided precision onco
 logy and molecular tumor boards (bioinformaticians\, data scientists\, mol
 ecular biologists\, pathologists\, clinicians\, clinical / medical trialis
 ts\, patient advocates)\nContent: The conference is intended to provide a 
 platform for exchange and networking and to foster interaction between the
  One NCT\, DKTK\, and other networks. We expect highlight talks on precisi
 on oncology activities\, including recent developments in multiomics data 
 analysis (e.g.\, by artificial intelligence) as well as forward and revers
 e translation\, underlining the central role of multidimensional tumor cha
 racterization as fuel for innovative clinical trials and scientific discov
 ery in Germany and beyond.\nAs the program continues to evolve in response
  to current developments\, it does not only feature cutting-edge research 
 hightlights\, but also includes several special elements\, such as a prese
 ntation from patients involved in applied cancer research.\nPlease note th
 at this year\, participants will have the opportunity to upload materials 
 (e.g.\, contact details\, posters\, presentations) and share the link as a
  QR code at the symposium. This will enable a virtual showroom and provide
  more space for discussions for essentially all participants. Further deta
 ils will be shared right after the registration deadline (early October 20
 26).\nConfirmed speakers of 2026:\nAlexander Beck (LMU\, Munich)\nHakim Be
 nkirane (CentraleSupélec\, PRISM Institute)\nBernd Bodenmiller (Universit
 y of Zurich\, ETH Zurich)\nIrene Brana (VHIO\, Barcelona)\nTheresa Bunse (
 UMM Mannheim\, DKFZ\, Heidelberg)\nChristopher Deacon (University of Notti
 ngham)\nSantiago Demajo (IRB Barcelona)\nKeynote Jonathan Fletcher (Brigha
 m and Women's Hospital\, Harvard Medical School\, Boston)\nJulien Frick (P
 atient Research Council NCT Heidelberg)\nWolfgang Herr (University Clinic 
 Regensburg)\nKeynote Ken Herrmann (University of Duisburg-Essen and Germa
 n Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen)\nWolfgang Huber (EMBL Heide
 lberg)\nKeynote Nada Jabado (McGill University\, Montreal)\nNatalie Jäger
  (DKFZ\, Heidelberg and Epignostix GmbH)\nJens Kleesiek (University Hospit
 al Essen)\nSonja Loges (DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at the University Med
 ical Center Mannheim)\nKendra Maaß (Hopp-Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ)\
 , Heidelberg)\nLena Maier-Hein (DKFZ and NCT Heidelberg\, University Heide
 lberg)\nChristophe Massard (Gustave Roussy Cancer Center\, Villejuif)\nKla
 us Pantel (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)\nAhmed Sadik (DKFZ
  Heidelberg)\nEva Schäfer (NCT Heidelberg and University Clinic Heidelber
 g)\nMartina Schmidt (DKFZ and NCT Heidelberg)\nNana Talvard-Balland (Unive
 rsity Medical Center Freiburg)\nMarcel Trefny (LMU\, Munich)\nJulien Viber
 t (Gustave Roussy Cancer Center\, Villejuif)\n \n... more information can
  be found here: DKFZ/NCT/DKTK HARPOON\n \n \n\nOrganizer:\n\nThis event 
 is subject to the DKFZ data protection policy \n\nHosts: \nStefan Fröh
 ling\, German Cancer Research Center\, Heidelberg \n\n\nhttps://indico.dk
 fz.de/event/1581/
LOCATION:Conference Center (Heidelberg Congress Center)
URL:https://indico.dkfz.de/event/1581/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR