Programme 2026
British Summer Time (BST)
3rd September 2026 – Thursday 12:30 – 18:15
12:30 – 12:40
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 (65’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Pasquale Rescigno (UK)
12:40 – 13:02
Prostate
Debora Mukherji (EAU)
13:02 – 13:24
Renal
Stefanie Zschäbitz (Germany)
13:24- 13:45
Bladder
Syed Hussain (UK)
13:45 – 14:15
Symposium (30’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
14:15 – 14:45
Coffee Break (30′)
Integrating Loco-Regional and Systemic Approaches (65’)
Chair: Giuseppe Banna (UK)
Discussants: Jeremy Teoh (Hong Kong – remotely) and Param Mariappan (UK)
14:45 – 15:07
Prostate
Alison Tree (UK)
15:07 – 15:29
Bladder
Param Mariappan (UK)
15:29 – 15:50
Bladder-sparing
Darren Poon (Hong Kong)
15:50 – 16:30
Symposia (40’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
Poster Session & Awards (50’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Sebastiano Buti (Italy)
16:30 – 16:35
Poster Award Ceremony
16:35- 17:05
Presentations from 3 awarded posters
17:05- 17:20
Poster discussion
Emre Yekedüz (Turkey)
17:20 – 17:40
Symposium (20’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
17:40- 18:15
ePoster sessions (35′)
Michele Maffezzoli (Italy)
18:15- 20:30
Networking Event
4th September 2026 – Friday 09:00 – 16:10
When Diagnostics Meet Therapeutics (65’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Simon Crabb (UK)
09:00 – 09:22
Renal Cancer
Sumanta Kumar Pal (USA)
09:22 – 09:44
Prostate Cancer
Neeraj Agarwal (USA)
09:44 – 10:05
Bladder Caner
Petros Grivas (USA)
10:05 – 10:45
Symposia (40’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break (30′)
Navigating the Uncommon: Optimising Therapy for Variant Histologies (65’)
Chair: Giuseppe Banna (UK)
Discussant: Yüksel Ürün (Turkey)
11:15 – 11:37
Prostate
Vincenza Conteduca (Italy)
11:37 – 12:59
Bladder & Renal
Vadim Koshkin (USA)
12:59 – 12:20
Testicular
Daniele Raggi (UK)
12:20 – 12:50
Symposium (30’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
12:50 – 13:45
Lunch (55’)
Identifying the At-Risk: Predictors of Vulnerability and Appropriate Interventions in Optimising Cancer Care (65’)
Chair: Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Discussant: Akash Maniam (UK)
13:45 – 14:07
Old & frail patients
Vanita Noronha (India)
14:07 – 14:29
irAEs
Xue-Yan Jiang (UK)
14:29 – 14:50
Digital vulnerability
Aruni Ghose (UK)
14:50 – 15:30
Symposia (40’)
(Title and speakers to be confirmed)
Clinical Case Quiz (30′)
Chair: Akash Maniam (UK)
Discussant: María Natalia Gandur Quiroga (Argentina)
15:30 – 16:00
Clinical Cases
Maria Barbu (Romania)
Akash Maniam (UK)
16:00 – 16:10
Closing Remarks by the Chairs
Giuseppe Luigi Banna (UK)
Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore)
Summary of highlights, acknowledgements, and closing of IUCS 2026.