Programme
Tentative program
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER
12.00-13.00 Registration + poster set up + coffee
13.00-13.30 Welcome address Gustaf Ljungman, Johanna Sandgren
The Swedish Childhood Tumor Biobank
Invited dignitaries
13.35-14.10 Globalizing Access to State-of-the-Art Molecular Tumor Diagnostics – Stefan Pfister
14.15-14.50 Childhood cancer biobanks
The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Biobank, TBA Lars Baumbusch
The Latvian Pediatric Cancer Biobank, TBA Representative
14.55-15.30 Large scale biomedical initiatives and resources for precision medicine
U-CAN, Biobank Sverige, TBA Tobias Sjöblom
Precision Omics Initiative Sweden (PROMISE), TBA Tuuli Lappalainen
15.30-16.00 Coffee and poster exhibition
16.00-16.35 Access to targeted therapies, TBA
16.40-17.15 Innovative Therapies for Children and adolescents with Cancer – ITCC, TBA
Open studies in the Nordic countries, TBA
Access to targeted therapies in Sweden, TBA
16.50-17.25 Liquid biopsies in pediatric cancer
Liquid biopsies for CNS-tumors, TBA Emma Tham
Liquid biopsies for extracranial solid tumors, TBA Martin Dalin
17.25-17.50 Rapid Fire Poster presentation
17.50-18.45 Poster exhibition and networking
19.00-21.00 Dinner at Haga Bottega
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER
08.30-09.05 Application of novel diagnostic methodology and AI in pediatric brain tumors, TBA Felix Sahm
09.10-09.45 Impact of developments in pathology and immunology for pediatric cancer patients
Tumor cell evolution/heterogeneity, TBA David Gisselsson Nord
Immunological understanding for the development of novel therapies, TBA Petter Brodin
09.50- 10.25 New diagnostics and integration of health data for research and clinical value
Potentials of radiology and pathology images and AI in pediatric brain tumor diagnostics Neda Haj-Hosseini
Genomic Medicine Sweden Childhood Cancer and Brainchild David Gisselsson Nord
10.25-10.55 Coffee and poster exhibition
10.55-11.30 Pediatric Cancer Predisposition
Childhood Cancer Predisposition – ChiCaP Ann Nordgren
TP53 cancer predisposition syndrom, TBA Svetlana Lagerkrantz
11.35-12.10 Oncolytic viruses for immune therapy in children, TBA Martha Alonso
12.10-13.00 Lunch and poster exhibition
13.00-13.35 Resistance mechanisms for different therapies, TBA Pratiti Bandopadhayay
13.40-14.15 Application of functional precision medicine in cancer
Importance and prerequisites for precision medicine, TBA Pävi Östling
Models for testing novel treatments in childhood cancer Fredrik Swartling
14.20-14.55 Selected presentations from submitted abstracts/posters (2)
14.55-15.20 Coffee and poster exhibition
15.20-15.55 Next generation precision medicine for childhood tumors -Mathias Uhlen
16.00-16.15 Concluding remarks and best poster awards
Contact
Academic Conferences - symposium administration office
- Email: btbsymposium2025@akademikonferens.se
- Phone: +46 18 67 10 03

Important dates
1 April 2025
Abstract submission opens
June 30 2025
Early bird deadline
September 15 2025
Abstract submission deadline
November 13 2025
Last day to register
27-28 Nov 2025
Barntumörbanken Symposium