Antibody–drug conjugates at Antibody Engineering 2026

Dec 13–16, 2026 San Diego, CA ~900 attendees Website

14 organizations at Antibody Engineering 2026 present work in adcs & conjugates: 6 drug developers, 5 suppliers and service providers and 3 academic, government and non-profit bodies. Between them they bring 17 presentations to the program. Most represented: AstraZeneca (3 on the program), City of Hope (2 on the program), Invenra (1 on the program). 7 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Sep 26, 2026.

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OrganizationAntibody Engineering 2026 Attendance
AstraZeneca
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical company developing antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates and multispecifics in oncology and other diseases.
Talk
Sun Dec 13
11:00am–11:45am
Career Path/Experiences Panel Discussion
Early Career Scientist Session · with Macaw Therapeutics, Genentech
Keynote
Mon Dec 14
10:20am–10:55am
From Insight to Impact: Translational Medicine as a Driver of ADC Clinical Success and Future Innovation
Why finding biological markers of response early helps antibodies carrying a cell-killing drug succeed in patients.
ADCs & conjugates
Talk
Wed Dec 16
10:30am–11:00am
CD8-Guided T Cell Engager with Potent Preclinical Efficacy and Superior Therapeutic Index
An antibody that pulls killer T cells onto liver cancer cells while rousing fewer of the T cells that drive dangerous immune reactions.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
2:10pm–2:15pm
Co-Chairs' Remarks
Track 1: Beyond Classic ADCs: Novel Payloads, Modalities & Mechanisms · with Washington University School of Medicine
Talk
Wed Dec 16
2:15pm–2:45pm
Expanding the Toolbox: Non-natural Amino Acids Enable Development of a CD30 Dual-payload ADC
Track 1: Beyond Classic ADCs: Novel Payloads, Modalities & Mechanisms
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Academic
Cancer research and treatment center with a graduate school.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
3:15pm–3:45pm
MPACT: Engineering the Fc–FcγR Interface for Plug-and-Play, Mixed-Valency Multispecific Antibodies
Using a chemical bond at a natural antibody contact point to snap extra targeting or immune-activating parts onto one antibody.
Bispecifics & multispecifics
Talk
Wed Dec 16
4:15pm–4:45pm
Turning up the Heat: Radioimmunoconjugates for Targeted Radiation Therapy
Using antibodies and smaller antibody pieces to carry radioactive atoms that both image and irradiate tumors.
Invenra
Madison, WI
Discovery platformsSilver sponsor
Antibody discovery company offering its B-Body bispecific and T-Body trispecific platforms to partners, including for multispecific antibody-drug conjugates.
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth 108
Mon, Dec 144:00pm–4:45pmTue, Dec 159:45am–4:45pm
Talk
Mon Dec 14
12:15pm–1:15pm
From Bi- to Trispecific Antibodies: Reimagining the Next Generation of ADCs
Antibodies that carry a cell-killing drug and bind several tumor targets, so tumors cannot escape by losing just one.
ADCs & conjugatesBispecifics & multispecifics
Biotech
Develops antibody therapeutics and antibody-drug conjugates for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
5:15pm–5:45pm
Novel, Next-generation ADCs for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
How antibodies carrying a drug payload could be aimed at the immune cells driving inflammation, not just at cancer.
Beyond oncology
Academic
Cancer treatment and research center in New York City.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
3:15pm–3:45pm
DLL3 Antibody-Based Radiotheranostics: From ImmunoPET to Targeted Radioligand Therapy
Antibodies carrying radioactive tags to both image and treat neuroendocrine tumors, and to pick the patients likely to respond.
Merck
Rahway, NJ
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical company, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, developing medicines, vaccines and biologics.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
4:45pm–5:15pm
uPAR Targeting Cytotoxic Antibody Drug Conjugates Selectively Deplete Proinflammatory Myeloid Cells for Autoimmune Indications
Using single-cell data to pick a marker on inflammatory immune cells in rheumatoid arthritis, then killing those cells with a drug-carrying antibody.
Beyond oncology
Biotech
Develops pH-responsive polymer nanoparticles that release drugs in the acidic tumor environment, including the MMAE conjugate ONM-421.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
2:45pm–3:15pm
Antigen-Independent Antitumor Activity of ONM-421, a pH-Responsive Polymer–Drug Conjugate Delivering MMAE to Solid Tumors
A polymer that releases its chemotherapy payload in the acidic environment around tumors, working without needing a tumor marker to bind.
Tacalyx
Berlin, Germany
Biotech
Max Planck spin-out developing antibodies and antibody–drug conjugates against tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens.
Talk
Tue Dec 15
11:00am–11:30am
High Co-crosslinking of Surface Proteins by Anti-carbohydrate Antibodies for Rapid Internalization and Efficient Payload Delivery
Antibodies against tumor sugar structures that clump many surface proteins together, so cells swallow them fast and take up a drug payload.
ADCs & conjugates
Biotech
Develops bispecific antibodies and bispecific antibody–drug conjugates that target both cancer cells and immunosuppressive cells in tumors.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
11:00am–11:30am
TIE-ADC™: A Bispecific ADC Platform Eliminating Cancer Cells and Tumor Immunosuppressor Cells to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity
A drug-carrying antibody that binds both a tumor marker and a marker on immune-suppressing cells, killing both with one payload.
ADCs & conjugates
Academic
Medical school of Washington University in St. Louis.
Talk
Wed Dec 16
2:10pm–2:15pm
Co-Chairs' Remarks
Track 1: Beyond Classic ADCs: Novel Payloads, Modalities & Mechanisms · with AstraZeneca
Lonza
Basel, Switzerland
CRO & CDMOBronze sponsor
Contract development and manufacturing organization for biologics, including antibodies and bioconjugates.
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth T10
Mon, Dec 144:00pm–4:45pmTue, Dec 159:45am–4:45pm
Talk
Tue Dec 15
12:35pm–1:05pm
Lonza Scientific Briefing
Sponsored session · Scientific Briefing 5
Developability & CMC
WuXi Biologics
Wuxi, China
CRO & CDMOBronze sponsor
Contract research, development and manufacturing organization for biologics, including antibodies, bispecifics and antibody–drug conjugates.
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth 209
Mon, Dec 144:00pm–4:45pmTue, Dec 159:45am–4:45pm
Talk
Mon Dec 14
1:15pm–1:45pm
Wuxu Biologics Scientific Briefing
Sponsored session · Scientific Briefing 4
Asymchem
Tianjin, China
CRO & CDMOAssociate sponsor
Contract development and manufacturing organization for small molecules, biologics and bioconjugates.
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth 518
Mon, Dec 144:00pm–4:45pmTue, Dec 159:45am–4:45pm
NJ Bio
Princeton, NJ
CRO & CDMOAssociate sponsor
Contract research and manufacturing organization specializing in antibody–drug conjugates, bioconjugation and linker-payload chemistry, from discovery through GMP manufacturing.
Booth
Exhibiting (no floor booth listed)
Mon, Dec 144:00pm–4:45pmTue, Dec 159:45am–4:45pm

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