About this Event
The Urological Malignancies Virtual Institute (UMVI) is hosting our first open symposium on Tuesday 15 September 2026. The theme of this year will be: Collaboration, Data and Discovery.
This event brings together researchers from across our portfolio, in prostate, kidney and bladder cancers.
The event is open to all researchers in cancer, or anyone with an interest including clinicians, scientists, patients, nurses and other allied health professionals, at all career stages from PhD students to professors.
Want to share your research with us? Submit an abstract for a flash talk and poster.
Anyone with a University of Cambridge or Cambridge University Hospitals affiliation is welcome to attend for free. There is a small charge for other attendees to cover our costs and support our work.
Check our website for an up-to-date agenda.
The sponsors of this event have supported us through a financial contribution towards the symposium, but have had no input into the content. Content from pharmaceutical sponsors is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.
Agenda
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:20 AM
HCP Breakfast
Info: Our Health Care Professional attendees are invited to start the day with hot breakfast sandwiches and short talks from our sponsors. This event is for HCPs only (clinicians, nurses, pharmacists).
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
Opening Remarks
Host: Jason Carroll
Info: Jay Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute Director, welcomes attendees and opens the event.
🕑: 09:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 1: Collaboration
Info: 0940: Grant Stewart + Axel Bex: International Neoadjuvant Kidney Cancer Consortium (INKCC); 1005: James Jones - ARTIST as a resource for kidney cancer research: the first five years; 1030: Justicia Kyeremeh et al.: Digital Twin Assisted Surgery - The Future of Kidney Cancer Surgery; 1055: Pre-break talk from our main sponsor Ipsen
🕑: 11:30 AM - 03:05 PM
Session 2: What's new?
Info: 1130: Bernadett Szabados: Transformations in NMIBC Care: New Drug Approvals and the Emerging Trial Landscape; 1155: Flash talks part 1; 1210: Pre-lunch talk from our main sponsor AstraZeneca; 1215: LUNCH; 1315: Tom Mitchell, Sarah Burge, Will Ince, Charlotte Bevan: Panel discussion: your future in urological cancer; 1350: Flash talks part 2
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Session 3: Data and Discovery
Info: 1430: Serena Nik-Zainal: Mutational signatures in cancer; 1455: Matthew Coelho: Resistance to Therapy; 1520: Harvey Dev: Unlocking the epigenome of early lethal prostate cancer
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:25 PM
Keynote: Samra Turajlic
Host: Samra Turajlic
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Networking
Info: Join us in the atrium for drinks and nibbles.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Robinson Way, Cambridge, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 200.00
