Program overview
The preparations are getting more concrete - the program is ready!
You can look forward to plenary lectures by renowned speakers from Germany and abroad, abstract presentations and poster presentations.
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Main topics
- Molecular Biology & Tumor-immune Interplay
- Biomarkers, Novel Technologies & Liquid Biopsy
- Immunotherapy & Clinical Trials
- Radiotherapy & Radiomics
- HPV-associated Head and Neck Cancer
- Surgical Innovations
- Big Data Analysis and Multi-Omics Studies
- Premalignant Disease and Carcinogenises
Satellite Meeting: AI in Head and Neck Oncology
We cordially invite you to our first Satellite Meeting on AI in Head and Neck Oncology on January 22, 2026.
| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| Time: | 12.00–19.00 |
| Location: | University Hospital Essen Room: tba. |
| Registration | Participation requires prior registration. Please refer to the registration for more information. |
Confirmed Speakers & Chairs
Speakers
Hamed Abbasi (Rotterdam/NL)
Ameen Amanian (Vancouver/CA)
Ruud H. Brakenhoff (Amsterdam/NL)
Chia-Jung Busch (Greifswald/DE)
Kevin Matthew Byrd (Richmond/US)
Anthony Richard Cillo (Pittsburgh/US)
Eric Deuß (Essen/DE)
Daniel Faden (Boston/US)
Yen Chen Kevin Ko (Vancouver/CA)
René Leemans (Amsterdam/NL)
Stefan Mattheis (Essen/DE)
Andreas Mock (Munich/DE)
Christian Ottensmeier (Liverpool/UK)
Eitan Prisman (Vancouver/CA)
Behrus Puladi (Aachen/DE)
Jianjun Ren (Sichuan/CN)
Kristian Unger (Munich/DE)
Rieneke van de Ven (Amsterdam/NL)
Lazar Vujanovic (Pittsburgh/US)
Marie Walter (Essen/DE)
Susanne Wiegand (Essen/DE)
Jose Zevallos (Pittsburgh/US)
Chairs
Christian Betz (Hamburg/DE)
Dirk Beutner (Göttingen/DE)
Sven Brandau (Essen/DE)
Anke Daser (Essen/DE)
Andreas Dietz (Leipzig/DE)
Simon B. Eickhoff (Düsseldorf/DE)
Susanne Flach (Munich/DE)
Olivier Gires (Munich/DE)
Orlando Guntinas-Lichius (Jena/DE)
Pawel Golusinski (Poznan/PL)
Maja Guberina (Essen/DE)
Stephan Hackenberg (Würzburg/DE)
Markus Hecht (Homburg/DE)
Max Heiland (Berlin/DE)
Jochen Hess (Heidelberg/DE)
Thomas Hoffmann (Ulm/DE)
René Hosch (Essen/DE)
Timon Hussain (Munich/DE)
Jadwiga Jablonska (Essen/DE)
Andreas Knopf (Freiburg/DE)
Simon Laban (Ulm/DE)
Maximilian Linxweiler (Homburg/DE)
Smiths Lueong (Essen/DE)
Hesham Negm (Giza/EG)
Sebastian Ochsenreither (Berlin/DE)
Jonas J.-H. Park (Hagen/DE)
Michael Pogorzelski (Essen/DE)
Christoph Andreas Reichel (Munich/DE)
Nicole Rotter (Mannheim/DE)
Benedikt Schaarschmidt (Essen/DE)
Giovanni Succo (Turin/IT)
Kerstin Stähr (Essen/DE)
Dietmar Thurnher (Graz/AT)
Markus Wirth (Aachen/DE)
Barbara Wollenberg (Munich/DE)
Henrike Zech (Hamburg/DE)