Universities and research institutes at ESMO 2026

Oct 23–27, 2026 Madrid, Spain ~37k attendees Website

149 universities and research institutes are at ESMO 2026 — 345 presentations on the program. Most represented: Medical University of Vienna (11 on the program), University College London (8 on the program), University of Turin (6 on the program). 48 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Sep 29, 2026.

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OrganizationESMO 2026 Attendance
University & institute
Public medical university in Vienna, Austria, whose clinical departments are based at Vienna General Hospital.
Talk
Fri Oct 23
13:30–13:50
How to select the optimal adjuvant therapy
Update on the mangement of endometrial cancer in the era of molecular classification
Gynaecological cancers
Chair
Fri Oct 23
13:30–15:00
Update on the mangement of endometrial cancer in the era of molecular classification
with European Institute of Oncology (IEO)
Gynaecological cancers
Abstract
Fri Oct 23
13:35–13:40
Abstract
Fri Oct 23
14:37–14:42
703RO - Inflammatory and epigenetic signatures in progressive brain metastases after cranial radiotherapy
Rapid oral: CNS tumours
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Keynote
Fri Oct 23
15:15–15:20
Introduction
Keynote lecture 1
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Chair
Fri Oct 23
15:15–15:45
Keynote lecture 1
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Talk
Sat Oct 24
08:50–09:10
Immune niche development and metastases
Metastases: Understanding and targeting cancer spread
Biomarkers & precision oncology
Satellite
Sat Oct 24
13:00–13:10
Overview GI Cancers: Translating Innovation into Practice and Better Patient Care
Servier - GI Oncology in Motion : Real-World Cases and Patient Centric Care
Gastrointestinal cancersBiomarkers & precision oncology
Satellite
Sat Oct 24
13:00–14:30
Servier - GI Oncology in Motion : Real-World Cases and Patient Centric Care
with Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Gastrointestinal cancersBiomarkers & precision oncology
Chair
Sun Oct 25
09:00–10:00
YO Clinical case discussions
with Aga Khan University Hospital
Abstract
Sun Oct 25
09:42–09:52
Invited Discussant 3588O and 3592O
Proffered paper 2: Genitourinary tumours, renal and urothelial
Genitourinary cancers
Abstract
Sun Oct 25
10:15–10:25
Chair
Sun Oct 25
10:15–11:45
Proffered paper: CNS tumours
with IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Chair
Sun Oct 25
10:15–11:45
Tumour systemic immunity
with Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)
Chair
Sun Oct 25
10:30–11:15
YO Brunch 2
with Krankenhaus Nordwest
Chair
Sun Oct 25
14:45–16:15
Key challenges in managing patients with metastatic breast cancer
with Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Breast cancer
Chair
Mon Oct 26
14:45–16:00
Modern management of leptomeningeal metastases
with Maastricht UMC+
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Chair
Mon Oct 26
14:45–16:15
Rapid oral: Prevention, early detection and intervention
with Netherlands Cancer Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Talk
Mon Oct 26
15:10–15:30
Systemic therapies for leptomenigeal disease
Modern management of leptomeningeal metastases
Sarcoma, CNS, head & neck and rare cancers
Abstract
Mon Oct 26
15:27–15:39
Invited Discussant 3884RO, 1150RO and 1151RO
Rapid oral: Prevention, early detection and intervention
University College London
London, United Kingdom
University & institute
Public research university in London, England, with a medical school and a cancer institute.
Chair
Fri Oct 23
13:30–15:00
Key biological concepts and their clinical implication
with National Autonomous University of Mexico
Biomarkers & precision oncology
Talk
Fri Oct 23
14:10–14:30
Cancer cell plasticity and cancer evolution
Key biological concepts and their clinical implication
Biomarkers & precision oncology
Abstract
Sat Oct 24
11:10–11:20
Chair
Sat Oct 24
14:45–16:00
Management of locally advanced HCC
with Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Gastrointestinal cancers
Talk
Sat Oct 24
14:50–15:05
View of the medical oncologist: Integration of systemic therapies with locoregional therapy
Management of locally advanced HCC
Gastrointestinal cancers
Talk
Sun Oct 25
11:15–11:30
Advanced/metastatic prostate cancer: Discussion
ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines 2
Breast cancerGenitourinary cancers
Chair
Sun Oct 25
14:45–16:15
Proffered paper 1: Basic science and translational research
with Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)
Abstract
Sun Oct 25
14:50–14:55
Abstract
Sun Oct 25
15:05–15:15
4237O - Radiological tracking of metastatic growth and its molecular correlates in lung cancer
Proffered paper 1: Basic science and translational research
Abstract
Sun Oct 25
15:57–16:07
Invited Discussant 4238O and 4239O
Proffered paper 1: Basic science and translational research
Chair
Mon Oct 26
12:15–12:45
Abstract
Mon Oct 26
15:05–15:17
Invited Discussant 4240O, 4241O and 4242O
Proffered paper 2: Basic science and translation research
Biomarkers & precision oncology
University & institute
Public university in Turin, Italy, with a school of medicine and a molecular biotechnology research centre.
Chair
Sat Oct 24
08:30–10:00
Proffered Paper: Haematological malignancies
with Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)
Haematological malignancies
Chair
Sat Oct 24
12:00–12:50
ESMO-EACR: What oncologists should know about molecular oncology
with Gustave Roussy, VIB
Biomarkers & precision oncology
Talk
Sat Oct 24
12:00–12:15
RAS biology
ESMO-EACR: What oncologists should know about molecular oncology
Biomarkers & precision oncology
Satellite
Sat Oct 24
18:30–18:45
At a pivotal time: Where we stand today
PharmaMar - More time for patients: Reframing the course of ES-SCLC
Lung & thoracic cancers
Satellite
Sat Oct 24
18:30–20:00
Talk
Sun Oct 25
08:50–09:10
Novel approaches challenging the role of transplantation in the treatment of front-line myeloma
Changing paradigms in lymphomas and myeloma
Haematological malignancies
Satellite
Sun Oct 25
13:00–14:30
Satellite
Sun Oct 25
13:00–13:05
Welcome and Introductions
BeOne Medicines - Data, Debate, and New Directions in the NSCLC Continuum:​From Early-Stage Immunotherapy to New Modalities in Advanced Disease · with Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
Lung & thoracic cancers
Satellite
Sun Oct 25
13:20–14:05
Neoadjuvant vs Perioperative Immunotherapy: An Expert Clinical Debate
BeOne Medicines - Data, Debate, and New Directions in the NSCLC Continuum:​From Early-Stage Immunotherapy to New Modalities in Advanced Disease · with University Hospital Cologne, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda +1 more
Lung & thoracic cancers
Satellite
Sun Oct 25
14:25–14:30
Close
BeOne Medicines - Data, Debate, and New Directions in the NSCLC Continuum:​From Early-Stage Immunotherapy to New Modalities in Advanced Disease · with Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
Lung & thoracic cancers
Chair
Mon Oct 26
08:30–10:00
Navigating cellular aging: Optimising cancer therapy in the aging population
with Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Talk
Mon Oct 26
08:55–09:20
The immunotherapy challenge in aging: From MSS to MSI
Navigating cellular aging: Optimising cancer therapy in the aging population

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