Preliminary Programme

1st World NET Forum

Hybrid Event, 8 - 9 March 2022, in Barcelona, Spain

World NET Forum in 2022

ENETS has worked together with our partner NET societies around the world (incl. NANETS, APNETS, COMMNETS, CSNET, CNETS, JNETS, Argentum, NET Initiatives in South America, and INCA) on a first-class scientific programme aimed at bringing the leading scientists in the field of neuroendocrine neoplasms together to connect and inspire clinicians and scientists at the cutting edge of NET research.

Please look at the preliminary programme below.

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Preliminary Programme

8 - 9 March 2022 - Hybrid Event

Tuesday, 08 March 2022

Welcome

Time: Tuesday 11:00 - 11:10

Marianne Pavel, GER /

Session 1: Models in NET research

Time: Tuesday 11:10 - 12:20

Chairs: Jie Chen, CHN / Anne Couvelard, FRA / Robert T. Jensen, USA /

11:10 - 11:40 Keynote address: An organoid biobank of neuroendocrine neoplasms enables genotype-phenotype mapping

Kenta Kawasaki, JPN /

11:40 - 12:00 Talk 1: State-of-the-art NET tumor models: Present & future

Dawn Quelle, USA /

12:00 - 12:20 Discussion

Coffee break

Time: Tuesday 12:20 - 12:50

Session 2: NET tumor biology advances

Time: Tuesday 12:50 - 14:45

Chairs: Emily Bergsland, USA / Aurel Perren, SUI /

12:50 - 13:20 Keynote address: Understanding tumor biology of NEN by integrated genomic analysis

Aldo Scarpa, ITA /

13:20 - 13:30 Discussion

13:30 - 13:45 Talk 1: Epigenetic control of human intestinal neuroendocrine cell differentiation

Ramesh Shivdasani, USA /

13:45 - 13:55 Discussion

13:55 - 14:10 Talk 2: Immune and stromal heterogeneity associated with cellular origin and cancer evolution in GEP-NET

Anguraj Sadanandam, GBR /

14:10 - 14:20 Discussion

14:20 - 14:35 Talk 3: Mechanisms of RB loss in neuroendocrine carcinoma

Nancy Joseph, USA /

14:35 - 14:45 Discussion

Summary of the day

Time: Tuesday 14:45 - 15:00

Justo P. Castaño, ESP /

Wednesday, 09 March 2022

Welcome

Time: Wednesday 11:00 - 11:10

Session 3: Therapeutic advances in NET

Time: Wednesday 11:10 - 12:40

Chairs: Bertram Wiedenmann, GER / Hong Zhao, CHN /

11:10 - 11:40 Keynote address: Deciphering NET tumor invasiveness to potentiate real therapy candidates

Douglas Hanahan, /

11:40 - 11:50 Discussion

11:50 - 12:05 Talk 1: From genomics to functional genomics: The discovery and targeting of ATRX and MEN1 mutations in PanNETs

Yuchen Jiao, CHN /

12:05 - 12:15 Discussion

12:15 - 12:30 Talk 2: Mechanisms of resistance to PRRT and overcoming these

Rod Hicks, AUS /

12:30 - 12:40 Discussion

Coffee break

Time: Wednesday 12:40 - 13:10

Session 4: Novel areas in NET diagnostic and therapy

Time: Wednesday 13:10 - 14:40

Chairs: B.A. Krishna, / Kjell Öberg, SWE / Hironobu Sasano, JPN /

13:10 - 13:40 Keynote address: Precision oncological approach in neuroendocrine tumors (lessons from NET and other cancers)

Andrea Califano, USA /

13:40 - 13:50 Discussion

13:50 - 14:05 Talk 1: New radionuclides for improved diagnosis and therapy in NET

Cristina Müller, SUI /

14:05 - 14:15 Discussion

14:15 - 14:30 Talk 2: CAR-T cell technology

Xianxin Hua, USA /

14:30 - 14:40 Discussion

Summary of the day

Time: Wednesday 14:40 - 14:55

Marianne Pavel, GER /

Closing comments

Time: Wednesday 14:55 - 15:05

Marianne Pavel, GER /