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REGISTRATION & WELCOME LUNCH

Light refreshments will be served at 12:00

CONFERENCE WELCOME

SESSION 1: Genetics & Genomics

Chair: Aurélie Ernst

Opening Keynote

David Pellman Harvard University & DFCI, USA

'Mechanisms driving the rapid evolution of genomes'

Q&A: 13:40 - 13:55

EMBO Young Investigator Lecture

Aurélie Ernst DKFZ, Germany

'Chromothripsis in cancer'

Q&A: 14:15 - 14:25

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A: 14:35 - 14:40

EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Nicholas McGranahan UCL, UK

Q&A: 15:40 - 15:50

Serena Nik-Zainal University of Cambridge, UK

Q&A: 16:10 - 16:20

Molecular Oncology: Call for Content

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Q&A: 17:00 - 17:10

SPEED NETWORKING RECEPTION

Invited speakers and the conference organizers will each host a table of participants, covering different topics for discussion.

WELCOME RECEPTION

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

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EARLY POSTER VIEWING

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

SESSION 2: Cell Biology

Chair: Renata Basto

Renata Basto Institut Curie, France

Q&A: 09:20 - 09:30

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A: 09:40 - 09:45

Ofer Shoshani Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

'​​Mechanisms and consequences of chromosome catastrophes in cancer​'

Q&A: 10:05 - 10:15

Daniele Fachinetti Institut Curie, France

'Causes and Consequences of Centromeric Instability'

Q&A: 10:35 - 10:45

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

John Maciejowski MSKCC, USA

'Innate immune defenses in cancer'

Q&A: 11:35 - 11:45

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A: 11:55 - 12:00

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Q&A: 12:30 - 12:40

LUNCH

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

SESSION 3: Technologies & Models

Chair: Florian Markowetz

Florian Markowetz CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK

Q&A: 15:20 - 15:30

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A: 15:40 - 15:45

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A: 15:55 - 16:00

Jan Korbel EMBL, Germany

'Elucidating accelerated somatic genome evolution by coupling imaging and genomics'

Q&A: 16:20 - 16:30

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Sarah McClelland Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Q&A: 17:20 - 17:30

Susanne Lens UMC Utrecht, Netherlands

'Understanding recurrent aneuploidy patterns in colorectal cancer'

Q&A: 17:50 - 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION - Career journeys decoded: From academia, industry, publishing and beyond

Moderated by Renata Basto

CONFERENCE DINNER (optional ticketed event)

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EARLY POSTER VIEWING

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

SESSION 4: Oncology & Clinical Opportunities

Chair: Uri Ben-David

EMBO Young Investigator Lecture

Uri Ben-David Tel Aviv University, Israel

'Cancer aneuploidy: From tumor evolution to therapeutic opportunities'

Q&A: 09:20 - 09:30

Beth Weaver McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, USA

'Leveraging chromosomal crisis to optimize anti-cancer therapy'

Q&A: 09:50 - 10:00

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 10:10 - 10:15

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Samuel Bakhoum Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth / Volastra Therapeutics, USA

'Chromosomal instability as a therapeutic target'

Q&A: 11:05 - 11:15

Closing Keynote

Christina Curtis Stanford University, USA

Q&A: 11:45 - 12:00

SUMMARY, AWARDS & CLOSE

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