Pre-Conference Workshops

The CNS GCT workshop at ISPNO 2026 will provide a platform for clinicians, researchers, and advocates from around the world to develop unified strategies to improve outcome for patients with CNS germ cell tumors. Concepts to refine disease stratification, enhance personalization of therapy, understand susceptibility, and harmonize global research efforts will be explored through this highly interactive session led by experts in the field.

List of Speakers/Panelists/Contributors:

Andrea Cappellano (Brazil); Anthony Liu (Canada); Bo Li (China); Ching Lau (USA); Cynthia Hawkins (Canada); Gabriele Calaminus (Germany); Girish Dhall (USA); Hirokazu Takami (Japan); Jooyoung Kim (Korea); Koichi Ichimura (Japan); Liana Nobre (Canada); Lorena Baroni (Argentina); Matthew Murray (UK); Mohamed Abdelbaki (USA); Shannon MacDonald (USA); Stefan Schoenberger (Germany); Sumanth Nagabushan (Australia); Yasmin Lassen (Denmark) and more…

CNS GCT Workshop

Date: Sunday 28 June, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cost: $55pp - including afternoon tea

  
            Tentative Agenda
        
            12:30-1:00
            Registration
        
            1:00-1:05
            Welcoming
        
            1:05-1:30
            Sharing by People with Lived Experience
        
            1:30-2:30
            Germinoma
        
            2:30-3:30
            Non-germinomatous germ cell tumor
        
            3:30-3:45
            Break
        
            3:45-4:30
            Liquid biopsy
        
            4:30-5:15
            Relapsed disease/novel therapeutics
        
            5:15-5:45
            Tumor Biology
        
            5:45-6:00
            Closing

Tentative Agenda
12:30-1:00	Registration
1:00-1:05	Welcoming
1:05-1:30	Sharing by People with Lived Experience
1:30-2:30	Germinoma
2:30-3:30	Non-germinomatous germ cell tumor
3:30-3:45	Break
3:45-4:30	Liquid biopsy
4:30-5:15	Relapsed disease/novel therapeutics
5:15-5:45	Tumor Biology
5:45-6:00	Closing

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Innovations in Treatment for Neurobehavioural Late Effects Workshop

Date: Sunday 28 June, 2026
Time: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $15pp - including morning tea

8:00 – 8:30 am - Registration
Tea & Coffee

8:30 am - Welcome & Housekeeping
Kim Wark (RCDF) & Cinzia De Luca

MORNING SESSION I — RADIOTHERAPY & PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES

8:40 – 9:00 am - Professor Lisa Kahalley, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Cancer & Hematology Center
Neurocognitive Sparing with Proton Radiotherapy in Paediatric Brain Tumour Patients

9:00 – 9:20 am - Dr Heather Conklin, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memantine for Prevention of Cognitive Late Effects in Children Receiving Cranial Radiotherapy for Localised Brain Tumors

9:40 – 10:10 am - Dr Cinzia De Luca, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
The MET-MED trial: A pharmacological approach to cognitive recovery and brain repair

10:10 – 10:30 am - Morning Tea

MORNING SESSION II — REHABILITATION & PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS

10:30 – 10:50 am - Dr Kiri Ness, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Interventions to promote fitness during and after treatment for childhood brain tumours

10:50 – 11:10 am - Dr Heather Conklin, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Computerised Cognitive Training to Mitigate Cognitive Late Effects among Childhood Cancer Survivors

11:10 – 11:30 am - Dr Leandra Desjardins, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre
Learning from Lived Experience: Optimising Social Competence Interventions for Paediatric Brain Tumour Survivors

11:30 – 11:50 am - Dr Valerie Yap, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Zoom buddies: The feasibility of an online PEERS program for teenage survivors of a brain tumour

11:50 – 11:55 am - Short break

CLOSING

11:55 am – 12:30 pm - Panel Discussion
Watching Isn't Treating: Redefining Survivorship Care for Paediatric Brain Tumour Survivors

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