Meetings

Registration opens today for the 67th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, September 27 to October 1, 2025. Led by ASTRO President Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO, the conference is centered around the theme of “Rediscovering Radiation Medicine and Exploring New Indications” and is expected to attract up to 10,000 oncologists, clinicians, researchers and other health care professionals from around the globe. ASTRO news briefings will feature noteworthy and high-impact research presented at the meeting; briefing details will be announced in early September.

The United States-based National Comprehensive Cancer Network is among groups from up to 75 countries taking part in the Cancer Planners Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Met Office and the University of Exeter will host scientists, policy makers and business leaders for vital talks assessing growing risks from climate change – and action to address it.

THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ENDOCRINOLOGY JOIN TOGETHER THIS WEEKEND FOR THEIR INAUGURAL JOINT CONGRESS – “CONNECTING ENDOCRINOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE”

The first ever Joint Congress between the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) starts today, Saturday 10 May and runs until Tuesday 13 May 2025. This truly joint landmark event, ‘Connecting Endocrinology Across the Life Course’, brings together paediatric and adult endocrine specialists from across Europe and the rest of the world to meet, collaborate and celebrate endocrinology at The Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The event provides a unique opportunity for learning new perspectives and enabling scientific exchanges, coupled with extensive networking opportunities to make new connections with colleagues working in endocrinology across the whole life course.

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Mass General Brigham Gene and Cell Therapy Institute – a hub of innovation dedicated to accelerating groundbreaking research, conducting clinical trials and developing FDA-approved treatments in gene and cell therapy – will present new data at the 2025 American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting, taking place May 13-17 in New Orleans.

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is again participating in this year’s science-based advisory process in advance of the G7 summit. For many years, the G7 countries’ science academies have been involved in the summits’ Science 7 process. Before the heads of state and government meet at the summit, the academies have presented their recommendations as part of the Science 7 Summit, which took place in Ottawa on 7 and 8 May. To Leopoldina President Bettina Rockenbach, attending the summit in Ottawa was her first foreign trip in her current role.