AACR 2025

Event details

Date: April 25, 2025 - April 30, 2025
Website: Registration Page
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Keynote Speakers

Plenary Sessions

Saturday, April 26, 2025 
Discovery Science Plenary
Novel mechanisms influencing cancer evolution
Chair: Ashok Venkitaraman, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (Singapore)
Speakers:

  • Inigo Martincorena, Wellcome Sanger Institute (Cambridge, UK)
  • Nicola Segata, University of Trento (Italy)
  • Yang Shi, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Oxford, UK)
  • M. Celeste Simon, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute (PA, USA)

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Opening Plenary Session 
Unifying cancer science and medicine: a continuum of innovation for impact
Chairs: Matthew Vander Heiden, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (MA, USA); Lillian Siu, UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Toronto, Canada)
Speakers:

  • Johanna A. Joyce, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Paul S. Mischel, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford (CA, UAS)
  • Kevan M. Shokat, University of California San Francisco (CA, UAS)
  • Catherine J. Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (MA, USA)

Monday, April 28, 2025
Innovative Technologies Driving Advances in Cancer Research
Chair: Alberto Bardelli, IFOM and University of Turin (Italy)
Speakers:

  • Marcela V. Maus, Massachusetts General Hospital (MA, USA)
  • Trevor J. Pugh, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
  • Matthias P. Lütolf, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Muhammad Shaalan Beg, National Cancer Institute (MD, USA)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Targeting the Cancer Ecosystem
Chair: Mara Sherman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY, USA)
Speakers:

  • Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, University College London Cancer Institute (UK)
  • Matthew (Max) F. Krummel, University of California San Francisco (CA, USA)
  • Yardena Samuels, Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel)
  • Kurt A. Schalper, Yale University (CT, USA)

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 
Opportunities in Predictive Oncology
Chair: David Craig, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center (CA, USA)
Speakers:

  • Andrea Califano, Columbia University (NY, USA)
  • Christina Curtis, Stanford University, Stanford (CA, USA)
  • Trey Ideker, University of California San Diego (CA, USA)
  • Marleen Kok, Netherlands Cancer Institute (Amsterdam, Netherlands )

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 
AACR Annual Meeting 2025 Highlights: Vision for the Future 
Chairs: Matthew Vander Heiden and Lillian Siu