May 5, 2026

Day 1

8:00-8:45         Mentoring Breakfast (Academic Careers in DD)

Registration, light breakfast, and coffee

9:00                 GCC Welcome: Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis
IDDD Welcome: David Kummer, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Session 1       Neurodegenerative Diseases

Convenor       David Kummer, MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:10-9:45         Keynote Presentation
Talk title tba
Alison Goate,  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

9:45-10:10       Talk title tba
 Jim Ray, MD Anderson Cancer Center

10:10-10:35    Talk title tba
Jeannie Chin, Baylor College of Medicine

10:35-11:05    Vendor Show and Networking Break

11:05-11:30    TBA

11:30-11:55    TBA

11:55-1:30       Lunch-Event hall

Session 2       Induced Proximity Therapeutics

Convenors     Jin Wan, Baylor College of Medicine

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

2:05-2:30        Talk title tba
Mingxing Teng,  Baylor College of Medicine

2:30-2:55        Talk title tba
Hojong Yoon, MD Anderson Cancer Center

2:55-3:20        Talk title tba
Brian Liau, Harvard University

3:20-3:35         Networking Break

Session 3       Core Showcase

Convenors     Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis

3:35-4:15         5 min each

Session 4       Local Resources

Convenors     Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis

4:15-5:00        5 min each

5:00-6:15         Poster Session-odd-numbered posters & Networking Reception-Event hall

May 6, 2024

Day 2

8:00-8:45         Mentoring Breakfast (Industry Careers in DD)

Registration, light breakfast, and coffee

9:00-9:35         Welcome: Nassim Beiranvand, TMC Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics

Session 5          AI in DD

Conveners     Jason Cross, IACS; MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:05-9:40         Keynote Presenter TBA

9:40-10:05 Talk title tba
Jon Stokes, McMaster University

10:05-10:30    Speaker 2 TBA

10:30-11:00    Vendor Show and Networking Break

11:00-11:25    Speaker 3 TBA

11:25-11:50    Speaker 4 TBA

11:50-1:30       Lunch  and Poster Session-even-numbered posters

11:50  Lunch

12:30   Poster Session-even-numbered posters

Session 6       Cancer Focus

Convenor       TBA

1:30-2:05         Keynote presenter TBA

2:05-3:00         talk title tba
 Charles Manning,  MD Anderson Cancer Center

3:00-3:25         talk title tba
Chandra Mohan, University of Houston

3:25-3:50         Harnessing Synthetic Lethality for Rational Immuno-Oncology Therapies
Weiyi Peng, University of Houston

3:25-3:40         Break

Session 7       Panel: Investor Perspective

Convenor       Suzanne Tomlinson

3:40-4:30         Panelists TBA

4:30                 Closing Remarks
TBA