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AACR To Host Oncology Industry Partnering Event, April 16-17

April 7, 2026

SAN DIEGO – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host the third AACR Oncology Industry Partnering Event: From Cancer Discoveries to Patients on April 16-17 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Complimentary registration is available for media interested in covering the event. Please note that this event will be held in person only, without a virtual component. 

Held immediately prior to the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, this event will include presentations from major pharmaceutical companies as well as small to midsize biotechnology companies. Researchers and industry partners will come together for two days of programming and networking, where they will share innovation strategies for drug development and present analysts and investors with new partnership and licensing opportunities to advance these concepts.

PROGRAM

The three cochairs for the AACR Oncology Industry Partnering Event are renowned experts in drug development and clinical research from academia, industry, and the investing community:

  • Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR, City of Hope; AACR Treasurer and former AACR President (2017-2018)
  • Christiana Bardon, MD, MBA, MPM | BioImpact Capital
  • William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR, Johnson & Johnson (ret.); AACR Chief Scientific Advisor and former AACR President (2007-2008)

The full event program is available on the AACR’s website, with confirmed Spotlight Sessions featuring:

  • Bayer AG
  • Lilly
  • Pfizer
  • Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
  • Merck
  • Genentech and Roche
  • BeOne Medicines
  • GSK
  • AbbVie
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Gilead Sciences
  • Amgen
  • AstraZeneca
  • Novartis Biomedical Research

The event will feature a closing fireside chat with Richard Pazdur, MD, former director of the Oncology Center of Excellence at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

MEDIA REGISTRATION

Registration for the AACR Oncology Industry Partnering Event is not included with registration for the AACR Annual Meeting 2026. Journalists who have already registered for the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 will need to register separately for the AACR Oncology Industry Partnering Event.

Journalists may register to attend the event in person in San Diego. There will be no virtual attendance option or access to recordings, slides, or other materials after the event.

To submit a request for complimentary media registration, please review the AACR’s media registration requirements and policies and fill out this form. Contact Kathleen Medora at [email protected] with any registration questions.

CONTACT

For more information about the AACR Oncology Industry Partnering Event, please contact a member of the AACR public relations team:

  • Kathleen Medora, senior manager, public relations, [email protected] or 215-290-5408