Scientific Summits conference — Waregem, 6 & 7 October 2023

We have the honour and the pleasure to invite you to our second Scientific Summits conference of 2023, which will take place on Friday October 6th & Saturday October 7th in the Classic Legends Circle.

TOP SPEAKERS, TOP CONTENT

We are proud to once again offer a top scientific program, with excellent Belgian and international key opinion leaders. The program combines case-based discussions and interactive overviews of important novelties in the field of urothelial, prostate and kidney cancer.

Friday 6 & Saturday 7 October 2023

Live meeting

Classic Legends Circle

Stijn Streuvelsstraat 73A, Waregem

Program – Scientific Summits

Friday October 6th
12h30 – 14h00 

Lunch and WELCOME

14h00 – 15h30

Bladder cancer

14h00 – 14h20 

Lymph node staging: Can imaging replace surgery?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Valérie Fonteyne – University Hospital Gent

14h20 – 14h40 

Bladder sparing approaches

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexandre Zlotta – University of Toronto, Canada

14h40 – 15h00

Multidisciplinary case discussion

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospital Leuven

15h00 – 15h30

Q&A

Pannel:

Dr. Tom Van den Mooter- GZA Antwerp
Dr. Frederiek D’hondt – OLV Aalst
Prof. Dr. Valérie Fonteyne – University Hospital Gent

15h30 – 16h00 

Coffee break

16h00 – 17h30

Kidney cancer

16h00 – 16h20 

Is there an oligometastatic state in RCC?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – University Hospital Leuven

16h20 – 16h40 

A “geriatric” case-based discussion in RCC

Speaker: Dr. Eduard Roussel – University Hospital Leuven

16h40 – 17h00

An update on first line treatment in clear and non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke – AZ Maria Middelares, Gent

17h00 – 17h20

Q&A

Pannel:

Prof. Dr. Charles Van Praet, University Hospital Gent
Dr. Tom Van den Mooter- GZA Antwerp
Dr. Thomas Adams – GZA Antwerp

18h00 – 19h00 

Satellite Symposium by Janssen: Addressing the Challenges in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Tosco – HU Bruxelles

19h00 

Congress Dinner

Saturday October 7th
09h30 – 12h30 

Prostate cancer

09h30 – 10h45

Elective pelvic lymph node dissection: obsolete when negative PSMA PET-CT.

09h30 – 09h50 

Pro the motion

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Johan Stranne – University of Gothenburg, Sweden

09h50 – 10h10 

Against the motion

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nicolaas Lumen – University Hospital Gent

10h10 – 10h30

Case-based discussion

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Benedict Engels – AZ Delta, Roeselare

10h30 – 10h45

Q&A

Pannel:

Dr. Filip Ameye – AZ Maria Middelares, Gent
Prof. Dr. Alberto Bossi – Institute Gustave-Roussy, Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Johan Stranne – University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Nicolaas Lumen – University Hospital Gent

10h45 – 11h00

How to manage local recurrence : a case-based discussion

10h45 – 11h00 

In non-irradiated areas

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – University Hospital Leuven

11h00 – 11h15  

In irradiated areas

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospital Leuven

11h15 – 11h30

Q&A

Pannel:

Prof. Dr. Alberto Bossi – Institute Gustave-Roussy, Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels – AZ Delta, Roeselare
Prof. Dr. Johan Stranne – University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Nicolaas Lumen  – University Hospital Gent

11h30 – 11h45  

Coffee break

11h45 – 12h05

New results of the PEACE-1 trial: important updates

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alberto Bossi – Institute Gustave-Roussy, Paris, France

12h05 – 12h20

PARP-inhibition

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Brieuc Sautois – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège

12h20 – 12h30

Q&A

Panel:

Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – University Hospital Leuven
Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke – AZ Maria Middelares, Gent
Dr. Filip Ameye – AZ Maria Middelares, Gent
Dr. Peter Schatteman – OLV Aalst, Aalst

12h30 

Goodbye lunch and Closing Network Reception