EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Group Spring Meeting
23 April 2021 - 24 April 2021
Virtual Event
The EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Group Virtual meeting will be held on 23-24 April 2021 and is only open to individual or site staff members of the group.
Registrations for the meeting are open and the link was sent by email. In case you are an individual or site staff member of the EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Group, and you have not received the registration link, please contact events@eortc.org.
Agenda – Friday 23 April, 08:30-13:25 CEST
| 08:30 | Opening and welcome |
| Christian Simon | |
| 08:45 | Keynote lecture: Comprehensive genomic analysis of salivary gland tumors |
| Damian Rieke | |
| 09:05 | Study proposals under development |
| Christian Simon, Jean-Pascal Machiels, Sjoukje Oosting | |
| 10:05 | EORTC New Governance |
| Denis Lacombe, Vassilis Golfinopoulos | |
| 11:05 | Break |
| 11:20 | Concepts approved by the EORTC board |
| Aron Popovtzer, Panagiotis Balermpas, Carlo Resteghini, Pierre Saintigny, John De Almeida | |
| 12:35 | Studies in activation/recruiting |
| – General study status | |
| – SPECTA update (Athenais van der Elst, Marie Morfouace) | |
| 13:05 | Business meeting |
| Christian Simon, Sjoukje Oosting | |
| 13:25 | Close |
Agenda – Saturday 24 April, 09:00-13:00 CEST
| 09:00 | Artificial Intelligence in Head and Neck Endoscopy |
| Leonardo De Mattos | |
| 09:30 | Brainstorming sessions |
| 1. How to implement AI into clinical trials in locally advanced HNSCC 2. What could be the role of AI for trials in the recurrent/metastatic setting 3. How to make AI decision tools safe and ethical for application in clinical HNSCC trials 4. How to fund AI trials within EORTC 5. How could AI change the design of surgical trials |
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| 10:15 | Debriefing session |
| Christian Simon, Sjoukje Oosting | |
| 10:45 | Steering Committee (CLOSED meeting) |
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