PCWG Conferences and Meetings

UpComing Conferences and meetings

AACR SPECIAL CONFERENCE IN CANCER RESEARCH: FUSION-POSITIVE CANCERS

January 13 – 15, 2026
Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Conference Co-Chairs

Natasha J. Caplen, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
Mark E. Hatley, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Ross A. Okimoto, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Kimberly Stegmaier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

past Conferences and meetings

AACR SPECIAL CONFERENCE IN CANCER RESEARCH: DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN PEDIATRIC CANCER- FROM BIOLOGY TO BREAKTHROUGH THERAPIES

September 25 – 28, 2025
The Westin Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts

Conference Co-Chairs

Alanna J. Church, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Meredith S. Irwin, SickKids, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charles W. M. Roberts, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

AACR SPECIAL CONFERENCE in CANCER RESEARCH: ADVANCES IN PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH

September 5 – 8, 2024
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Conference Co-Chairs

Alejandro Gutierrez, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis Tennessee
Cynthia E. Hawkins, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andrea A. Hayes-Dixon, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC
Gilles Vassal, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

AACR SPECIAL CONFERENCE IN CANCER RESEARCH: PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES

February 19-22, 2023
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Conference Co-Chairs

Terry J. Fry, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado
Mignon L. Loh, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
Alejandro Gutierrez, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts