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Pre-Conference Day

Monday, 8th March

Day One

Tuesday, 9th March

Day Two

Wednesday, 10th March

Post-Conference Day

Thursday, 11th March

6:30 am Check In, Morning Coffee & Light Refreshments

7:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Driving ADC Clinical Differentiation in an Increasingly Competitive & Crowded Market Towards Frontline Treatments

7:45 am Establishing Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Residual Her 2 Positive Early Breast Cancer

Clinical Development Functional Excellence Head, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Presenting results from the Destiny Breast 05 programme
  • Outlining the safety profile of T-DXd
  • How to differentiate between radiation pneumonitis and drug-induced ILD

8:15 am Enhertu Now – The Power of the Patient Voice & Advocacy to Bring ADC Drugs to Frontline Treatments for Cancer

Patient, Patient Advocate

8:30 am WuXiDARx™ Conjugation Technology & Proprietary Payload-Linker Platform: A Powerful Alliance for Next-Generation Dual Payload ADC Development

Chief Technology Officer, WuXi XDC
  • Advancing next-generation dual-payload ADCs to address traditional challenges like drug resistance and narrow therapeutic windows
  • Leveraging WuXiDARx™ technology for flexible DAR1-6 and WuXiTecan2™ hydrophilic linker, enabling streamlined dual-payload construction without antibody engineering
  • Demonstrating a substantially wider therapeutic index alongside significantly enhanced anti-tumour efficacy in proof-of-concept studies

9:00 am CEO & ADC Pharma Leaders Think Tank: Solidifying Next-Generation ADCs as Standard of Care Therapies

Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics
CEO, Araris Biotech
Global Commercial Head Oncology Pipeline, Boehringer Ingelheim
CEO, Iksuda Therapeutics
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Early Development Organization, Daiichi Sankyo
Executive Director - Alzheimer’s Disease HCP Marketing, TwoStep Therapeutics
  • Outlining the latest trends across the ADC landscape in 2027 and future vision to develop and deliver novel ADCs with meaningful patient impact with safety and efficacy
  • Highlighting methods to best pursue ADC clinical differentiation across patient selection technologies, combination strategies, and well-executed clinical design
  • With clinical trials advancing in the Far East and Australia, what opportunities does this open for the ADC industry to progress faster?

9:45 am Morning Break & Structured Networking

Discovery

Discovery Track

Chair:

Scientific Leader, GSK

Navigating Target Selection & Validation to Maximise ADC Potential at Discovery Stage

10:45 am Solidifying A New Class of ADC Targets from Discovery to the Clinic

President & Chief Scientific Officer, InduPro
  • Achieving target definition through proximity based co-targeting
  • Creating dual targeting TAPA ADCs to facilitate cell-selective therapeutic delivery
  • Demonstrating selectivity and efficacy over single targets

11:15 am Developing a Site-Specific & Versatile Conjugation Approach Based on Bacterial Transglutaminase & the Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reaction

Senior Director, Chemistry, Abzena
  • Re-purposing maleimides for conjugation to antibodies, a different application that specifically conjugates via cycloaddition reaction
  • Exploring design and synthesis of diene-containing linkers for site-specific transglutaminase conjugation, with modulation for dual-payload ADCs
  • Evaluating in vitro and in vivo activity and assessing stability of ADCs

11:45 am Advancing Multi-Specific Drug Conjugates to Combat Tumour Heterogeneity & Resistance

Executive Director - Alzheimer’s Disease HCP Marketing, TwoStep Therapeutics
  • Presenting the scientific rationale for a multi-specific targeting agent “PIP” and how it enables broad applicability across solid tumours
  • Preclinical development of PIP-drug conjugates, their efficacy and safety, and comparison to clinical benchmarks
  • Comparing the data from a single vs multi-targeted approach to highlight the rationale of multi-specific targeting

12:15 pm TME-Specific Payload Release: Discovery & Preclinical Validation of a Novel Enzyme-Cleavable Linker

Scientific Advisor, Nona Biosciences
  • Addressing tumour heterogeneity and drug penetration challenges with internalisation-independent payload release
  • Screening and identifying a unique linker using a specific TME enzyme expressed across cancer models for next-generation ADC development
  • Achieving superior efficacy and safety with an internalisation-independent linker-payload system in ductal and squamous carcinoma cell lines
Preclinical & Translational
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

1:00 pm Lunch & Learn Session Presentation Hosted By Proveo

Invitation-only session. For all other attendees, lunch is provided in the exhibition area

Discovery

Redefining ADC Performance in the Clinic Through Novel Payloads & Linker Discoveries

1:45 pm Unlocking a Novel ProAlk Linker Payload Technology to Overcome ADC Payload Resistance Challenges

Vice President, R&D, Iksuda Therapeutics
  •  Addressing resistance to current payloads with novel ADC payload development
  • Setting linker-payload criteria and integrating learnings from failed molecules to improve ADC designs
  • Highlighting challenges in preclinical evaluation to progress a new payload into development

2:15 pm Contrasting Discovery & Preclinical Head-to-Head Comparison of Two ADCs

Chief Scientific Officer, Pharmaron
  • Comparing SG and Dato-DXd with pH-sensitive and protease-specific linkers, respectively
  • Assessing how linker-driven payload release influences efficacy, in vitro and in vivo bystander effects, dosing, and safety
  • Completing physicochemical, structural, in vitro, in vivo, DMPK, and toxicology assessment

2:45 pm Next-Generation ADCs: Advancing Targeted Cancer Therapy

Chief Operating Officer, Adcytherix
  • Developing next-generation ADCs designed to overcome resistance to current ADC therapies
  • Leveraging innovative payloads and advanced conjugation strategies to enhance efficacy and expand the therapeutic window
  • Translating novel ADC technologies into differentiated therapies for patients with high unmet need
Preclinical & Translational
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

3:15 pm Afternoon Break, Networking & Poster Session

Trailblazing Chinese ADC Payload Innovation from Concept to Clinic to Develop Safer & More Efficacious ADC Therapies

4:15 pm Over the Horizon: Demonstrating Dual Payload Innovation

Senior Vice President, Oncology Discovery, Innovent Biologics
  •  Highlighting the progress of dual payloads and identifying the unmet needs in ADC field
  • Unlocking emerging targets and payload the landscape
  • Showcasing the evolution of ADC technology

4:45 pm Improving ADC Quality & Manufacturing While Cutting Programme Costs to Accelerate ADC Development to Patients

Technology Transfer Manager, Large Molecule ADCs Platform, BSP Pharmaceuticals
  • Advancing ADC development through cost-effective solutions
  • Driving ADC success with flexible and high-quality solutions from preclinical to commercial development
  • Ensuring right first-time-approved regulatory submission to save time and costs bringing ADCs to patients in need

5:15 pm Showcasing Phase 1/2a Open-Label Clinical Trial Results Evaluating VBC103, a Nectin-4 & TROP2 Targeted Bi-Specific ADC in Participants with Advanced Solid Tumour Malignancies

Founder and CEO, VelaVigo
  • Leveraging an internal R&D engine for consistent delivery of ADC programmes
  • Designing a novel dual-targeting bispecific ADC that simultaneously targets Nectin-4 and TROP2
  • Showcasing Phase 1/2a open-label clinical trial results evaluating VBC103 in participants with advanced solid tumour malignancies

5:45 pm Harnessing GlycoConnect® Technology for Best-in-Class ADCs: Emerging Clinical Insights

Head Bioconjugates Research, Lonza
  • Exploring how GlycoConnect® and HydraSpace® technologies enable ADCs with best-in-class therapeutic potential
  • Sharing clinical development insights on the rapidly expanding and advancing pipeline of GlycoConnect® technology-based partnered ADC assets
  • Discussing technology expansion towards high-DAR and dual-payload ADCs

6:15 pm Unveiling Non-Internalizing ADC: Linker-Payload Technologies & Clinical Products

Co-founder ,Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Medilink Therapeutics
  • Highlighting current non-internalizing ADC linker-payload technologies and its challenges
  • Demonstrating in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies with TMALIN ADC technology
  • Sharing clinical product examples from TMALIN linker-payload technology to achieve better efficacy, low toxicity and a bigger ADC target space

6:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

As the landscape of innovation is supercharging the next wave of ADC drug development, it is more important than ever to collaborate and learn for the growth of this field. Enjoy an informal end to the busiest conference day with a drink and join our dedicated poster session to share your latest data and make new connections as you discuss your ADC learnings and 2027 objectives.

6:50 pm Scientific Poster Session & Drinks Reception

7:50 pm End of Conference Day One