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7:30 am Morning Registration & Light Breakfast
8:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Reimagining Drug Development with Liquid Biopsies: Best Practices & Novel Applications
8:30 am 10 Years of Liquid Biopsy: Igniting a New Era in Precision Oncology
- Highlighting key scientific, technological, and regulatory milestones that have shaped the past decade of liquid biopsy innovation
- Identifying the most pressing challenges that still hinder broader adoption across trial phases, tumor types, and clinical settings
- Outlining the next strategic priorities needed to ensure liquid biopsies become a standard, validated tool for patient selection, monitoring, and treatment optimization in every clinical trial
8:50 am Presentation Details to be Released
9:20 am Intercepting Cancer Earlier: Why Pharma Must Lead the Early Detection Agenda
- Reframing early detection as a strategic extension of drug development, not a departure from it
- Using ctDNA and emerging assays to guide earlier intervention, adjuvant decisions, and monitoring
- Aligning innovation with the ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death
9:50 am Presentation Details to be Released
10:20 am Building the ctDNA Blueprint: A Cross-Functional Strategy to Advance Oncology Drug Development
- ctDNA as a predictive marker for therapeutic response and a potential surrogate for survival outcomes, enabling faster, more efficient trial designs
- ctDNA as an early, sensitive marker for tracking tumor burden and minimal residual disease (MRD), allowing for earlier intervention and better monitoring of disease progression
- Longitudinal ctDNA analysis for determining biologically active dosages, allowing for adjustments in dosage regimens to maximize efficacy while minimizing toxicity
10:40 am Morning Break & Refreshments
11:00 am One-to-One Meetings & Structured Networking
A dedicated window for strategic one-to-one discussions and targeted networking, enabling attendees to strengthen key relationships and have purposeful conversations that drive meaningful outcomes in precision medicine.
Enabling Molecular Response Through Liquid Biopsy to Move Beyond Imaging & Drive Smarter Development Decisions
11:30 am The Fit-for-Purpose Clinical Outcome-Driven Tiered Cutoff Strategy in ctDNA & Beyond
- Providing clarity on the necessary cutoff strategy for ctDNA, unsuring results are fit-for-purpose
- Apply tiered threshold strategies that balance sensitivity and specificity depending on clinical decision points and disease context
- Link biomarker cutoffs to meaningful clinical outcomes, strengthening regulatory confidence and enabling clearer clinical actionability
11:50 am Presentation Details to be Released
12:20 pm Panel Discussion: From Signal to Strategy: How Liquid Biopsy is Rewriting Drug Development Decisions
- Turning ctDNA and MRD signals into faster, higher confidence go/no-go decisions across modalities
- Cutting years and cost from development by replacing slow endpoints with early molecular insight
- Making liquid biopsy work in the real world: global logistics, scalability, and ROI for sponsors
12:50 pm Lunch & Networking Break
Advancing Next-Generation MRD to Deliver Standardized Trial Signals for Confident Regulatory Progress
1:50 pm Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Scientific & Operational Barriers to MRD Integration in DLBCL
- Identifying the key knowledge gaps limiting ctDNA use in DLBCL, including variability in shedding, defining meaningful clearance thresholds, and linking molecular response to clinical decisions
- Confronting standardization challenges across assays and data pipelines to enable regulatory confidence and cross trial comparability
- Tackling logistical constraints and patient experience considerations to ensure ctDNA monitoring is feasible, timely, and truly beneficial in aggressive lymphoma settings
2:10 pm Presentation Details to be Released
2:20 pm Reimaging Cures: Next-Generation MRD Testing & Clinical Trials
- Unpack the challenges with evidence generation in the MRD space
- Explain a solution that is emerging to catalyze MRD
- Evidence gaps
2:40 pm Afternoon Networking Break & Poster Session
Join the liquid biopsy community for an interactive poster session, hosted by speakers, guests, and partners, showcasing pioneering ctDNA research, breakthrough LBx technologies and assays, and real-world solutions to accelerate clinical adoption.
The session is open for all registered stakeholders to attend, learn, ask questions and build new connections.
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3:40 pm Panel Discussion: From Exploratory Signal to Regulatory Confidence: Building the Evidence Base for MRD as an Approved Endpoint
- Outlining the evidence regulators expect for ctDNA endpoint consideration, including how multiple myeloma secured its first approval
- Identifying gaps between exploratory biomarker use and surrogate endpoint qualification
- Positioning ctDNA endpoints for inclusion in regulatory dialogue and submission packages
4:20 pm Advancing MRD as a Surrogate Endpoint in Precision Oncology
- Evaluating the clinical and analytical validation required for MRD to serve as a reliable surrogate endpoint across tumor types
- Aligning trial design, assay sensitivity, and timepoint selection to generate robust, regulator-ready evidence
- Exploring how MRD-driven endpoints could accelerate development timelines and inform earlier treatment decisions