PCR-PM Program

Program PCR-PM, Bergen 2024

Location: Auditorium U364 in U1 of Blokk 8, Glasblokkene, Haukelandsbakken 1, Children and Youth Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital (HUH).

Locations for break-out groups: Auditorium U364 in U1 of Block 8, as well as rooms 1322 & 1323 on 1st floor of Glasblokk 7 (close to the auditorium)

Note: Auditorium U364 at Glasblokk 8 is reserved from 9-17 on Thursday the 14th and 9-16 on Friday the 15th. Rooms 1322 and 1323 are reserved on the 14th from 16-17 and the 15th from 10-12.

Day 1: Thursday 14th November

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (registration required)

13:00 – 13:05 Welcome note by organisers (MWG/LH)

13:05 – 13:15 Welcome note by The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Society

13:15 – 14:00 Plenary keynote lecture 1 (webinar): Dr. Olivier E. Pardo (Division of Cancer at Imperial College, London, UK)

14:00 – 14:20 Dr. Sébastien Wälchli (OUH)

14:20 – 14:40 Researcher Constance de Montlaur (HUH/UiB)

14:40 – 15:00 Coffee and mingle

15:00 – 15:20 Prof. Lars Herfindal and Dr. Reidun Æsøy(UiB)

15:20 – 15:40 Dr. Lars O. Baumbusch (OUH) – TBA

15:40 – 16:00 Dr. Swapnil Bhavsar (UiT)

16:00 – 16:05 Concluding remarks day 1 (MWG/LH)

16:05 – 17:00 Break-out groups for collaborations/networking

19:00 Conference Dinner at Opus XVI (Vågsallmenningen 16, Bergen), free of charge but registration required.

Entertainment by Mannskoret Laudes

Day 2: Friday 15th November

08:45 – 09:00 Coffee and mingle

09:00 – 09:45 Plenary Keynote Lecture 2: Prof. Pablo Menéndez (The Josep Carrera Leukaemia Research Institue, Barcelona, Spain)

09:45 – 10:05 MD, PhD Monica Munthe-Kaas (OUH, Den Norske Barnekreft Biobanken)

10:05 – 11:00 Coffee and mingle + break-out groups for collaborations

11:00 – 11:20 MD, PhD Christian M Thaulow (HUH)

11:20 – 11:40 PhD Student: MSc Britt Nygard Tvilde (UiB)

11:40 – 12:40 Lunch (registration required)

12:40 – 13:00 Prof. Ola Myklebost (UiB, OUH)

13:00 – 13:20 MD, PhD Ann E. Åsberg (St. Olavs/TUH, NorPreM)

13:20 – 13:30 Farewell and concluding remarks (MWG/LH)

13:30 – 16:00 Break-out groups for collaborations

Registration