Career Masterclass for Early Career Cancer Researchers

Virtual Event : 17 - 18 November 2026

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 17th November 2026

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

13:00

CONFERENCE WELCOME

SESSION 1

Chair: Mariangela Russo

13:05

Marta Puyol Scientific Director at the Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association against Cancer (FC AECC), Spain

'Career options after PhD'

Q&A 13:35-13:50

13:50

Giulia Siravegna Harvard Medical School, USA

'Making the transition from academia to industry'

Q&A 14:20-14:35

14:35

PROGRAMME BREAK

Session 2

Chair: Mariangela Russo

14:50

Anna Truini Medical Director, Thoracic Cancers Europe and Canada

'Different careers in industry - what options are available?'

Q&A 15:20-15:35

15:35

PANEL DISCUSSION

Editorial positions

Alfredo Gimenez-Cassina (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden). Alexia-Ileana Zaromytidou (Nature Cancer, USA), Yeliz Yilmaz (FEBS, Germany), Poonam Bheda (EMBO Moledular Medicine and System Biology, Germany)

16:20

SUMMARY DAY ONE

Wednesday 18th November 2026

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

13:00

WELCOME TO DAY 2

Session 3

Chair: George Sflomos

13:05

Marianna Rapsomaniki CHUV, Switzerland

'Safe and wise use of AI'

Q&A 13:35-13:50

13:50

PANEL DISCUSSION

Grants

Alejo Efeyan (CNIO, Spain), Mariona Graupera (Josep Carreras Lekeamia Research Institute, Spain), Alberto Bardelli (IFOM, Italy), Rene Bernards (NKI, Netherlands), Chiara Ambrogio (MBC, Italy)

14:35

PROGRAMME BREAK

Session 4

Chair: Matheus Dias

14:50

Alexis Barr Imperial College London, UK

'Building teams where everyone can thrive'

Q&A 15:20-15:35

15:35

PANEL DISCUSSION

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Mhairi Morris (Loughborough University, UK); Martin Bushell (CRUK Scotland Institute, UK); Syed Mian (Francis Crick Institute, London); Thomas Wells MBE (Weston General Hospital, UK)

16:20

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

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