Programme 2026
British Summer Time (BST)
3rd September 2026 – Thursday 13:00 – 18:30
13:00 – 13:10
Welcome by the Chairs
Opening remarks and overview of the IUCS 2026 scientific programme
Giuseppe Luigi Banna (UK) & Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Precision Oncology through Biomarkers: Assessing What Matters Most (75’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Pasquale Rescigno (UK)
13:10 – 13:35
Prostate
Debora Mukherji (EAU)
13:35 – 14:00
Renal
Stefanie Zschäbitz (Germany)
14:00 – 14:25
Bladder
Syed Hussain (UK)
14:25 – 14:55
Symposium (30’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
14:55 – 15:25
Coffee Break (30′)
Integrating Loco-Regional and Systemic Approaches (75’)
Chair: Giuseppe Banna (UK)
Discussants: Jeremy Teoh (Hong Kong – remotely) and Param Mariappan (UK)
15:25 – 15:50
Prostate
Alison Tree (UK)
15:50 – 16:15
Bladder
Param Mariappan (UK)
16:15 – 16:40
Bladder-sparing
Darren Poon (Hong Kong)
16:40 – 16:55
Symposium (15’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
Poster Session & Awards (50’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Sebastiano Buti (Italy)
16:55 – 17:00
Poster Award Ceremony
17:00- 17:30
Presentations from 3 awarded posters
17:30- 17:45
Poster discussion
Emre Yekedüz (Turkey)
17:45- 18:15
ePoster sessions (30′)
Michele Maffezzoli (Italy)
18:15- 19:15
Networking Cocktail
4th September 2026 – Friday 09:00 – 16:10
When Diagnostics Meet Therapeutics (75’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Simon Crabb (UK)
09:00 – 09:25
Renal Cancer
Sumanta Kumar Pal (USA)
09:25 – 09:50
Prostate Cancer
Neeraj Agarwal (USA)
09:50 – 10:15
Bladder Caner
Petros Grivas (USA)
10:15 – 10:45
Symposium (30’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break (30′)
Navigating the Uncommon: Optimising Therapy for Variant Histologies (75’)
Chair: Giuseppe Banna (UK)
Discussant: Yüksel Ürün (Turkey)
11:15 – 11:40
Prostate
Vincenza Conteduca (Italy)
11:40 – 12:05
Bladder & Renal
Vadim Koshkin (USA)
12:05 – 12:30
Testicular
Daniele Raggi (UK)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch (60’)
Identifying the At-Risk: Predictors of Vulnerability and Appropriate Interventions in Optimising Cancer Care (75’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Akash Maniam (UK)
13:30 – 13:55
Old & frail patients
Vanita Noronha (India)
13:55 – 14:20
irAEs
Xue-Yan Jiang (UK)
14:20 – 14:45
Digital vulnerability
Aruni Ghose (UK)
Clinical Case Quiz (30′)
Chair: Akash Maniam (UK)
Discussant: María Natalia Gandur Quiroga (Argentina)
14:45 – 15:15
Clinical Cases
Maria Barbu (Romania)
Akash Maniam (UK)
15:15 – 15:45
Symposium (30’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
15:45 – 16:10
Closing Remarks by the Chairs
Giuseppe Luigi Banna (UK)
Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Summary of highlights, acknowledgements, and closing of IUCS 2026.