What Can You Expect in 2026?
Marking its 10th anniversary, the Liquid Biopsy for Precision Oncology Summit is the world’s leading meeting dedicated to advancing liquid biopsy across discovery, development and delivery. Over the past decade, the field has seen ctDNA and MRD transform from exploratory assays into powerful clinical tools, with multi-omic approaches, methylation profiling, AI, and fragmentomics now unlocking unprecedented insights.
As liquid biopsy moves closer to routine clinical adoption, standardization now stands as one of the greatest challenges: from aligning definitions and analytical thresholds, to building the evidence regulators, payers and clinicians need for confidence.
The 2026 agenda responds directly to this call, bringing together leaders from pharma, biotech, diagnostics, academia, advocacy and policy to define solutions that accelerate validation, reimbursement and access.
What’s New?
First-time Perspectives from Organizations New to the Conversation
Session Spotlights
First-time Perspectives from Organizations New to the ConversationÂ
Celebrating 10 Years of Liquid Biopsy Innovation
A landmark anniversary: celebrate a decade of breakthroughs with a retrospective keynote and future vision from Bristol Myers SquibbÂ
MRD Moves from Promise to Proof
This year’s agenda takes MRD beyond detection — with sessions on regulatory qualification, payer alignment and adoption as a surrogate endpoint in solid tumorsÂ
Driving Standardization
BLOODPAC leads interactive sessions on shared definitions, metrics, and thresholds to finally enable reliable, scalable global adoptionÂ
Beyond ctDNA & Beyond Cancer
Cutting-edge sessions on AI, fragmentomics, and methylation — plus the first-ever focus on liquid biopsy in Alzheimer’sÂ
Bigger Stage, Bigger Network
250+ leaders spanning pharma, diagnostics, policy and payers make this the largest and broadest summit yetÂ
Specialized Content, Bespoke to Your Needs
Plenary Talks
Confronting Complexity: Defining the Next Decade of Liquid Biopsy in Precision Oncology
Steffan Ho, Vice President – Translational Medicine, Pfizer
Conference Day One
Translating MRD into Regulatory Evidence: Defining the Approval & Adoption Pathway in Solid Tumors
Claudia Dollins, Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, GSK
Conference Day Two
Preclinical & Early Translational
Leveraging Mutation & Methylation-Based ctDNA Profiling to Capture Tumor Heterogeneity & Enhance Clinical Readouts
Anneleen Daeman, Executive Director of Translational Medicine, ORIC Pharmaceuticals
Conference Day One
From Assay to Action – Making MRD a Practical Tool for Treatment Decisions in Hematology
Yanwen Jing, Distinguished Scientist, Genentech
Conference Day Two
Clinical Development & Commercialization
Building Standardized ctDNA & MRD Strategies to Accelerate Clinical Development of Immune-Based Therapies
Cedric Dos Santos, Global Product Leader, AstraZeneca
Conference Day One
Navigating the Complex, Uncertain Regulatory Environment to Expedite Global Patient Access to Liquid Biopsy Testing
Michelle Neff, Associate Vice President - Global Regulatory Affairs, Diagnostics & Companion Diagnostics, Eli Lilly
Conference Day Two
Explore the Full Event Guide
- 30+ expert speakers sharing cutting-edge insights
- 12 hours of dedicated networking including 1-to-1 meetings and receptions
- 4 workshops and engagers with leading innovators
- 2 focused tracks covering discovery to adoption
- Full information on attending stakeholders across pharma, biotech, diagnostics, academia, and advocacy
Attending Companies Include
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Dive into 2 tracks, 4 workshops and 40+ expert speakers shaping the future of liquid biopsy
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