Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research

Speakers

James Amatruda Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA
Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay Harvard Medical School, USA
Ana Banito DKFZ German Cancer Research Center, Germany
Elaine Mardis Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA

Delilah Hendriks Princess Máxima Center, The Netherlands
Caroline Hutter St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute, Austria
Kevin Jones The University of Utah, USA
Genevieve Kendall Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Claudia Kleinman McGill University, Canada
Marcel Kool Princess Máxima Center, The Netherlands
Verena Korber University of Oxford, UK
Lena Kutscher Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Germany
JP Martinez-Barbera University College London, UK
Timothy Phoenix University of Cincinnati, USA
Martine Roussel St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Alice Soragni University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Joelle Straehla Seattle Children’s, USA
Eleni Tomazou St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute, Austria
Michael Underhill University of British Columbia, Canada
Michelle Wedemeyer Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Marc Zuckermann Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Germany

Registration fees

The meeting will start with registration and lunch on Tuesday 13 October and will finish on the afternoon of Thursday 15 October.

The fees will include;

• Registration and meeting costs
• Lunches and coffee breaks each day
• Evening reception drinks on 13 and 14 October

N.B. Evening meals are not included, with the exception of Wednesday 14 October, which can be added as an option at registration.

It is expected that all attendees will stay for the duration of the meeting.

Prices including dinner

	PhD students /postdocs	Academia	Industry
Until 19 June 2026	$650	$800	$1,100
From 20 June – 31 August 2026	$800	$950	$1,250

Prices NOT including dinner

	PhD students /postdocs	Academia	Industry
Until 19 June 2026	$600	$750	$1,050
From 20 June – 31 August 2026	$750	$900	$1,200

VAT will be charged at the applicable rate

Please email dmm26meeting@biologists.com if you have any questions.

Key dates

Early-bird deadline – 19 June 2026

Abstract deadline – 17 July 2026

Final registration deadline – 31 August 2026

Meeting dinner

The meeting dinner will take place on Wednesday 14 October, at the Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus on N. High Street, Columbus .

Built in 1897 by the Bott family and originally opened as Bott Brothers’ Billiards the building is on the National Registry of Historic Landmarks and has been restored to much of its original grandeur.

Dinner will include soup, salad, main and dessert along with drinks and will be served in the upstairs restaurant where the whiskey was once distilled.

The Elevator Brewery is about a 10 minute drive from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. We will arrange shuttles to the dinner venue after the poster session but attendees are expected to make their own way back to their hotels at the end of the evening.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Conference Center

The Nationwide Children’s Hospital is situated in downtown Columbus, Ohio with the conference center centrally situated on its main campus.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is about a 15 minute drive from John Glenn Columbus International Airport.