Events
On this page, you will find scientific conferences and events in the fields of pancreatic cancer or liquid biopsy; announcements of PANCAID member participation; and, further down, past and upcoming PANCAID meetings.
Joint Webinar “Approaches to early cancer diagnosis and the impact of artificial intelligence in oncology”
Key information
- Date: 15 October 2025, from 14:00 to 15:00 (CEST).
- Duration: 60 minutes,
- Format: Online via Microsoft Teams, registration is mandatory.
Speakers
- Federica Zanca (moderator). EIC Program Manager for Medical Imaging and AI in Healthcare for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
- John Hermans. Medical Imaging department, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. PANCAIM Project Coordinator with Henkjan Huisman.
- Massimo Alfano. Group Leader at San Raffaele Biomedical Science Park (Milan, Italy). PHIRE Project Coordinator.
- Núria Malats. Head of the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). PANCAID leader of WP3: Data Management and AI Analysis
Abstract
Early cancer detection is one of the most important challenges in oncology today. This 60-minute webinar will bring together healthcare professionals and researchers from three EU-funded research projects, PHIRE, PANCAIM, and PANCAID, to present different approaches to improving early diagnosis through biotechnology and artificial intelligence in pancreatic and bladder cancer. Through different strategies, the three projects share a common goal: making cancer detection faster, more accurate, and more personalised.
The discussion will highlight how collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and AI specialists is leading to real-world improvements in healthcare. The speakers will also explore the broader impact of early diagnosis on patient wellbeing, healthcare costs, and innovation in the biotech sector.
The event will include short project presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session with the audience. Participants will learn about new technologies being developed, such as high-resolution imaging devices, diagnostic tests based on liquid biopsy, and the use of AI to analyse clinical and genomic data.
The webinar is aimed at medical and biotechnology researchers, physicians, healthcare professionals, organisations supporting cancer patients, and AI experts working in the health sector.
Conferences and symposia
2026
- ESMO Congress 2026: Madrid, Spain, 23 – 27 October 2026
- UEG Week: 17 – 20 October 2026
2025
- 14th Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum (CNAPS)
Hong Kong, China
3 – 5 December 2025 - ESMO Congress 2025
Berlin, Germany
17 – 21 October 2025 - UEG Week
Berlin, Germany
4 – 7 October 2025 - AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research
Boston, MA, USA
28 September – 1 October 2025 - 57th Annual Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club
Dusseldorf, Germany
2 – 5 July 2025 - ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2025
Barcelona, Spain
2 – 5 July 2025 - EVs 2025
Paris, France
25 – 27 June 2025 - EACR’s Early Career Researchers’ Conference
virtual
24 – 25 June 2025 - Annual Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR 2025)
Lisbon, Portugal
16 – 19 June 2025 - 14th International Symposium on Minimal Residual Cancer
Nice, France
7 – 9 May 2025 - AACR Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL, USA
25 – 30 April 2025 - 4th Scandinavian Baltic Pancreas Symposium
Vilnius, Lithuania
30 – 31 March 2024 - 44th Annual Meeting of the German Pancreatic Club (DPC)
Heidelberg, Germany
27 February – 1 March 2025 - 10th Simposio Biopsia Líquida
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
23 – 25 January 2025