Get a sneak peek below at the exciting keynote lectures and plenary sessions that will be part of the IPVS 2026 Scientific Program.
All times below are in Athens, Greece Local Time – EEST/UTC +2.
*The below content is subject to change.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Opening Keynote and Introduction to IPVS 2026
Speakers
To be announced soon
Friday, October 23, 2026
Plenary Session 1
Local Microenvironments in HPV-associated Cancers
Speakers
Wenkui Dai, PhD – Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, China
Abhishek Aggarwal, PhD – Director, Gilead Sciences, USA
Michael Herfs, MD, PhD – University of Liège (ULiège), GIGA-Cancer – Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Belgium
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Plenary Session 2
From Evidence to Impact: Behavioral Science–Driven Interventions for Equitable HPV Prevention Globally
Speakers
Zeev Rosberger, PhD – McGill University & Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Canada
Nitika Pai, MD, MPH, PhD – McGill University & Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Canada
Jessica Wells, PhD, RN – Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, USA
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Saturday, October 24, 2026
Plenary Session 3
Liquid Biopsies: Early Diagnosis and Clinical Decision-Making in HPV-associated Malignancies
Speakers
Daniel Faden, MD – Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear, USA
Renske Steenbergen, PhD – Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Netherlands
Katharina Harms-Effenberger, PhD – University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
Plenary Session 4
The Next Frontier of HPV Vaccination
Speakers
John Schiller, PhD – National Cancer Institute (NIH), USA
Carolina Porras, PhD – Agencia Costarricense de Investigaciones Biomédicas (ACIB), Costa Rica
Paul Bloem, MSc – World Health Organization (WHO), Swizterland
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