Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Speakers & Chairs

• Philippe Aftimos – Institut Bordet, BE
• Ron Bose – Washington University
• Val Brunton – University of Edinburgh, UK
• Matthew F. Covington – University of Utah Health, USA
• Patrick Derksen – UMC Utrecht, NL
• Elleke Dresen – UZ Leuven, BE
• Julia Foldi – UPMC, USA
• Rachel Jankowitz – University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Marleen Kok – Netherlands Cancer Institute, NL
• Christiane Kulh – University Hospital Aachen, DE
• Chris Lord – Institute for Cancer Research, UK
• Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou – Institut Curie, FR
• Jason Mouabbi – MD Anderson, USA
• Rita Mukthar – University of California San Francisco, USA
• Steffi Oesterreich – UPMC, USA
• Fresia Pareja – MSKCC, USA
• Anne Salomon – Institut Curie, FR
• Tanja Spanic – Europa Donna, IT

Breakout sessions

You can download the summary slides of each session by clicking on its name.

Standardization of pathological diagnosis

• Lounes Djerroudi – Institut Curie, FR
• Giuseppe Floris – UZ/KU Leuven, BE
• Myiesha Gibson – Independant Patient Advocate
• Laurie Hutcheson – Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance, USA
• Tone Lien – EBLCAdvocates
• Fresia Pareja – MSKCC, USA
• Anne Salomon – Institut Curie, FR
• Stuart Schnitt – Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, USA
• Gitte Zels – KU Leuven, BE

Imaging primary and metastatic ILC

• Matthew F. Covington – University of Utah Health, USA
• Elleke Dresen – UZ Leuven, BE
• Julia Foldi – UPMC, USA
• Christine Houser – Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance, USA
• Christiane Kulh – University Hospital Aachen, DE
• Caroline Malhaire – Institut Curie, FR
• Jason A. Mouabbi – MD Anderson, USA
• Kirstin Spencer – Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance, USA and METUP UK
• Karen Van Baelen – KU Leuven, BE
• Vincent Vandecaveye – UZ Leuven, BE

Dormancy: clinical challenges and experimental modeling

• Philippe Aftimos – Institut Bordet, BE
• Elia Biganzoli – Univeristy of Milan, IT
• Patrick Derksen – UMC Utrecht, NL
• Rita Mukthar – University of California San Francisco, USA
• Lori Pettiti – Independent ILC advocate, USA
• François Richard – KU Leuven, BE
• Claire Turner – Lobular Breast Cancer UK, EBLCAdvocates

Metastatic ILC

• Christine Desmedt – KU Leuven, BE
• Amanda Fitzpatrick – King’s College London, UK
• Rachel Jankowitz – University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Adrian Lee – UPMC, USA
• Julia K. Levine – Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance, USA
• Christine McKay – Independant Patient Advocate
• Jose Sandoval – Institut Curie, FR

Tumor microenvironment

• Val Brunton – University of Edinburgh, UK
• Tracy Cushing – Front Range ILC
• Thys Koorman – UMC Utrecht, NL
• Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou – Institut Curie, FR
• Steffi Oesterreich – UPMC, USA
• Pamela Robinson Kinnon – Lobular Breast Cancer Australia
• George Sflomos – EPFL, CH

Hormonal and genetic risk factors

• Esther Geven – EBLCAdvocates
• Fabienne Lesueur – Institut Curie, FR
• Elinor Sawyer – King’s College London, UK
• Rian Terveer – EBLCAdvocates