May 5, 2026

Day 1

8:00-8:45           Mentoring Breakfast (Academic Careers in DD)-Event Hall
Panelists TBA

8:30-9:00           Registration, light breakfast, and coffee

9:00-9:05           Welcome

Autumn Marsden, Gulf Coast Consortia
David Kummer, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Session 1         Neurodegenerative Diseases

Convenor         David Kummer, MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:05-9:40           Keynote Presentation
Talk title tba
Alison Goate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

9:40-10:10         Talk title tba
Jim Ray, MD Anderson Cancer Center

10:10-10:40       Talk title tba
Jeannie Chin, Baylor College of Medicine

10:40-11:10       Vendor Show and Networking Break

Session 2         Core Showcase

Convenor          Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M

11:10-11:50        5 min each

11:50-1:30         Lunch and Poster Session 1, odd-numbered posters-Event Hall
11:50-12:30       Lunch
12:30-1:30         Poster Session-odd-numbered posters

Session 3         Induced Proximity Therapeutics

Convenors         Jin Wan, Baylor College of Medicine

1:30-2:05           Keynote Presentation
Talk title tba
Ryan Potts, Amgen, Inc.

2:05-2:35           Talk title tba
Mingxing Teng, Baylor College of Medicine

2:35-3:05           Talk title tba
Hojong Yoon, MD Anderson Cancer Center

3:05-3:35          Molecular Convergence between Chemical and Genetic Neomorphs
Brian Liau, Harvard University

3:35-4:00         Break

Session 4         Radiopharmaceuticals
Convenors         TBD

4:00-4:30           Talk title tba
Steve Cho, MD Anderson Cancer Center

4:30-5:00          Talk title tba
Charles Manning, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Session 5       Local Resources

Convenors     Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M

5:00-5:30          5 min each

5:30-6:30         Networking Reception-Event Hall

May 6, 2024

Day 2

8:00-8:50         Mentoring Breakfast (Industry Careers in DD)

8:30-9:00           Registration, light breakfast, and coffee

9:00-9:05         Welcome: Nassim Beiranvand, TMC Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics

Session 6          AI in DD

Conveners      Jason Cross, IACS; MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:05-9:40           Keynote Presenter
Talk title tba
TBA

9:40-10:10         Talk title tba
Jon Stokes, McMaster University

10:10-10:40       Speaker 2 TBA

10:40-11:10       Vendor Show and Networking Break

11:10-11:40       Speaker 3 TBA

11:40-12:10       Speaker 4 TBA

12:10-2:10         Lunch and Poster Session-even-numbered posters

12:10-1:10 Lunch

1:10-2:10   Poster Session-even-numbered posters

Session 6         Cancer Focus
Convenor         TBA

2:10-2:40           talk title tba
Chandra Mohan, University of Houston

2:40-3:10           Harnessing Synthetic Lethality for Rational Immuno-Oncology Therapies
Weiyi Peng, University of Houston

3:10-3:40           Speaker 3 TBA

3:40-4:00           Break

Session 7         Panel: Investor Perspective

Convenor         Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M

4:00-4:50           Panelists TBA

4:50                  Closing Remarks
TBA