Wednesday October 21, 2026
09:00-10:30
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP I
Banqueting Hall
09:00-09:30
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) – INTRODUCTION
MC3 Hall
09:30-10:30
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) SESSION I: THE WHO CALL TO ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER
MC3 Hall
10:30-10:45
BREAK
Banqueting Hall
10:30-12:00
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) SESSION II: HPV VACCINATION: THE EMERGING FEATURE
MC3 Hall
10:45-12:30
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP II
Banqueting Hall
12:00-12:30
COFFEE BREAK
MC3 Hall
12:30-13:00
BREAK
Banqueting Hall
12:30-13:30
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) SESSION III : HPV VACCINATION: CONTROVERTIAL ISSUES
MC3 Hall
13:00-14:30
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP III
Banqueting Hall
13:30-14:00
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION): LECTURE
MC3 Hall
14:00-15:00
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) SESSION IV: CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
MC3 Hall
14:30-15:00
BREAK
Banqueting Hall
15:00-17:00
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP IV
Banqueting Hall
15:00-15:30
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) SESSION V: HPV AWARENESS
MC3 Hall
15:40-16:00
12TH MEETING OF THE HELLENIC HPV SOCIETY (GREEK SESSION) – LIGHT LUNCH
MC3 Hall
Thursday October 22, 2026
07:45-08:45
WELCOME MEETING FOR SCHOLARS - BY INVITATION ONLY
Banqueting Hall
09:00-10:30
INTERDISCIPLINARY FUNDAMENTALS SESSION
Trianti Hall
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP V
Banqueting Hall
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
11:00-12:30
PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDAMENTALS 01: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HPV AND RELATED DISEASES: BURDEN AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVENTION
Trianti Hall
CLINICAL SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 01: EMERGING TRENDS AND THERAPIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GENITAL AND EXTRA-GENITAL HPV-RELATED (PRE)CANCERS
Skalkotas Hall
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP VI
Banqueting Hall
BASIC SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 01: HPV BIOLOGY: FROM INFECTION TO CANCER
MC3 Hall
12:30-13:30
NOON BREAK
Exhibition
POSTER NETWORKING HOUR I
Poster Area, Level -1
POSTER HIGHLIGHTS SHIFT 1
Poster Area, Level -1
12:45-13:45
CRUK & ACS SIDE EVENT: WHO ARE WE MISSING? UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS FOR CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION
Banqueting Hall
13:45-15:15
PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDAMENTALS 02: PRIMARY & SECONDARY PREVENTION OF HPV-RELATED DISEASES: WHAT ARE THE CURRENT APPROACHES?
Trianti Hall
CLINICAL SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 02: HPV-RELATED DEBATES FOR HPV-RELATED DISEASES
Skalkotas Hall
BASIC SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 02: HPV IMMUNOLOGY: FROM NATURAL HOST RESPONSES TO VACCINE-INDUCED IMMUNITY
MC3 Hall
14:00-15:00
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKSHOP VII
Banqueting Hall
15:00-16:30
GAVI & JHPIEGO SIDE EVENT: INTEGRATING ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND HPV VACCINATION FOR CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION: OPERATIONAL LESSONS FOR SCALE FROM 11 GAVI-SUPPORTED LMICs
MC2 Hall
15:15-15:25
SHORT BREAK
Exhibition
15:25-16:25
PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDAMENTALS 03: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT HPV PREVENTION: HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Trianti Hall
CLINICAL SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 03: HPV AND THE ANUS. SAMPLING, SCREENING, TREATING
Skalkotas Hall
BASIC SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 03: BIOMARKERS OF HPV PERSISTENCE AND ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATION: MECHANISMS AND MOLECULAR SIGNATURES
MC3 Hall
16:25-17:00
COFFEE BREAK
Exhibition
16:30-16:50
IPVS NEW MEMBERS MEET AND GREET
IPVS Hub
17:00-18:05
OPENING CEREMONY & KEYNOTE 01
Trianti Hall
18:20-21:00
THE IPVS 2026 GATHERING
Exhibition
Friday October 23, 2026
08:00-09:00
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 1: HPV TESTING: VALIDATION, TRIAGE, AND PERFORMANCE
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 2: DELIVERING HPV VACCINATION: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Skalkotas Hall
SCHOLARS CONNECT: IDEAS & IMPACT
Banqueting Hall
SEXUAL PARTNER CONSIDERATIONS WHEN DELIVERING HPV-POSITIVE RESULTS
MC3 Hall
HEAD & NECK SYMPOSIUM 01: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TRENDS: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HPV-ASSOCIATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER
MC2 Hall
FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS (FGS): A NEW FRONTIER FOR INTEGRATION OF THREE WHO PREVENTION PRIORITIES
IPVS Hub
09:00-09:30
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
09:10-09:25
FLASH TALKS 01: MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITIES (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 1
FLASH TALK 02: HPV GENOMICS AND INTEGRATION (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 2
FLASH TALK 03: VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 3
FLASH TALK 04: DIGITAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL INNOVATIONS IN PREVENTION (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 4
09:30-11:00
PLENARY SESSION 01: LOCAL TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS IN HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS
Trianti Hall
11:15-12:15
THEMED SESSION 01: HUMAN AND VIRAL GENETICS SHAPING CANCER RISK
Trianti Hall
LOW-RISK HPV: ARE ANOGENITAL WARTS AND RRP TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN?
Skalkotas Hall
IGCS SESSION: MAKING THE THIRD PILLAR OF WHO ELIMINATION OF CERVICAL CANCER CALL TO ACTION A REALITY: INVESTIGATING THE UPSCALING OF TREATMENT FOR PRE-CANCER AND EARLY INVASIVE CANCER
Banqueting Hall
CAN HPV WITH EXTENDED GENOTYPING PLUS AI REPLACE CYTOLOGY AND COLPOSCOPIC BIOPSY?
MC3 Hall
HEAD & NECK SYMPOSIUM 02: BIOLOGY AND MECHANISMS: HOW OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER IS DISTINCT FROM CERVICAL CANCER
MC2 Hall
12:15-13:30
NOON BREAK, POSTER VIEWING
Exhibition
12:50-13:20
FLASH TALKS 05: RISK STRATIFICATION AFTER HPV-POSITIVE SCREENING (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 1
FLASH TALK 06: NOVEL DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 2
FLASH TALK 07: HPV VACCINATION IMPLEMENTATION AND DELIVERY (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 3
FLASH TALK 08: MICROBIOME (Poster Board Shift 1)
Station 4
13:30-15:00
HOT TOPIC DEBATE SESSION
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 03: NON-CERVICAL HPV CANCERS: BIOLOGY, BIOMARKERS AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
Skalkotas Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 04: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: HIV, UNDERSERVED AND HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS
Banqueting Hall
HEAD & NECK SYMPOSIUM 03: PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
MC2 Hall
13:30-14:15
AWARENESS SESSION 01: OPENING SESSION: FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION: LISTENING, LEARNING, LEADING WITH PATIENTS
MC3 Hall
14:15-15:00
AWARENESS SESSION 02: ADVANCING MULTI-CANCER HPV AWARENESS ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND CONTEXTS
MC3 Hall
15:00-15:15
SHORT BREAK
Exhibition
15:15-16:00
AWARENESS SESSION 03: STRENGTHENING HPV VACCINE READINESS IN INDIA: LESSONS FROM INTEGRATED AWARENESS AND DELIVERY MODELS
MC3 Hall
15:15-16:30
SCHOLARS COMPETITION
MC2 Hall
IPVS WEBINAR WATCH PARTIES I
IPVS Hub
15:20-15:50
FLASH TALK 09: NEXT-GENERATION PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC VACCINES
Poster Area 1
FLASH TALK 10: SCREENING IMPLEMENTATION AND TRIAGE PATHWAYS
Poster Area 2
FLASH TALK 11: HPV-RELATED IMMUNITY, GENOMICS AND TREATMENT BIOMARKERS
Poster Area 3
FLASH TALK 12: HPV DIVERSITY, GENOTYPE DISTRIBUTION AND HOST FACTORS
Poster Area 4
16:00-16:30
AWARENESS SESSION 04: EXPANDING HPV PREVENTION THROUGH COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
MC3 Hall
FLASH TALK 13: SELF-SAMPLING: IMPLEMENTATION, ACCEPTABILITY AND CLINICAL PERFORMANCE
Poster Area 1
FLASH TALK 14: EQUITY AND HPV PREVENTION IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Poster Area 2
FLASH TALK 15: AI-ENABLED CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION
Poster Area 3
FLASH TALK 16: LATE BREAKING I: CERVICAL SCREENING PROGRAMMING, FOLLOW-UP & AWARENESS
Poster Area 4
16:30-16:50
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
IPVS COUNTRY CHAPTERS REPORT 1
IPVS Hub
16:50-18:20
PLENARY SESSION 02: FROM EVIDENCE TO IMPACT: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE–DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS FOR EQUITABLE HPV PREVENTION GLOBALLY
Trianti Hall
18:30-19:30
THEMED SESSION 02: THE PITFALLS AND BIAS INHERENT IN AI
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 05: PROPHYLACTIC HPV VACCINES: IMMUNOGENICITY, INNOVATION, AND MODELING
Skalkotas Hall
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP 01: BEYOND THE LAB: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
Banqueting Hall
CELL BIOLOGY OF THE CERVICAL TRANSFORMATION ZONE - REFINING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CERVICAL CANCER PROGRESSION AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES
MC3 Hall
SUSTAINING HPV VACCINATION WITHIN ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SYSTEMS: EVIDENCE FROM REAL-WORLD IMPLEMENTATION
MC2 Hall
19:40-20:40
LGBTQ RECEPTION
IPVS Hub
19:45-21:45
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER NETWORKING EVENT
Outside the Venue
Saturday October 24, 2026
06:00-07:30
IPVS 2026 WALK OR RUN (OUTSIDE THE VENUE)
Outside the Venue
08:00-09:00
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 06: HPV EPIDEMIOLOGY: DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND ANATOMIC SITES
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 07: KNOWLEDGE, STIGMA, AND COMMUNICATION IN HPV PREVENTION
Skalkotas Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 08: THERAPEUTIC HPV VACCINES: DESIGN TO CLINICAL TRIALS
Banqueting Hall
OPTIMISING TRIAGE OF HPV-POSITIVE WOMEN: VALIDATION AND GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION OF DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
MC3 Hall
CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION LAB: ACCELERATING 90–70–90 UNDER REAL-WORLD CONSTRAINTS
MC2 Hall
09:00-09:30
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
09:05-09:15
PRESENTATION BY THE EUROPEAN CANCER ORGANISATION
IPVS Hub
09:10-09:25
FLASH TALK 17: REAL-WORLD VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS, SAFETY, AND IMPACT (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 1
FLASH TALK 18: SCREENING SCALE-UP AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 2
FLASH TALK 19: ANAL PRECANCER AND CANCER (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 3
FLASH TALK 20: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF HPV INFECTION AND PERSISTENCE (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 4
09:15-09:25
PRESENTATION BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
IPVS Hub
09:30-11:00
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 09: MICROBIOME, METABOLOM AND HOST-VIRUS INTERACTIONS IN HPV DISEASE
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 10: CERVICAL SCREENING TO TREATMENT: CLOSING THE CARE GAP
Skalkotas Hall
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP 2: AI TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS IN HPV RESEARCH
Banqueting Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 11: NON-CERVICAL HPV DISEASE: RISK, PREVENTION, AND SCREENING
MC3 Hall
IPVS WEBINAR WATCH PARTIES II
IPVS Hub
09:30-10:15
IMPROVING ACCESS TO CERVICAL SCREENING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
MC2 Hall
10:15-11:00
WHERE ARE ALL THE ANAL CANCERS? INSIGHTS INTO GLOBAL VARIATION IN ANAL CANCER INCIDENCE
MC2 Hall
11:00-11:15
SHORT BREAK
Exhibition
11:15-12:15
THEMED SESSION 03: MODELING HPV VACCINATION AND SCREENING TO INFORM CANCER CONTROL
Trianti Hall
ENGINEERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HPV SCREENING: FROM NANOBIOSENSORS TO SELF-SAMPLING PLATFORMS FOR CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION
Skalkotas Hall
HEAD & NECK SYMPOSIUM 04: STAGING, TREATMENT, AND SURVIVORSHIP
Banqueting Hall
AWARENESS SESSION 05: INTERNATIONAL HPV AWARENESS DAY CAMPAIGN 2026 REPORT
MC3 Hall
CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
MC2 Hall
12:15-13:30
NOON BREAK, POSTER VIEWING *Pre-Purchased Lunch Available
Exhibition
12:30-13:30
SCHOLARS NETWORKING LUNCH
Skalkotas Foyer
12:50-13:20
FLASH TALK 21: HPV EPIDEMIOLOGY ACROSS ANATOMIC SITES AND POPULATIONS (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 1
FLASH TALK 22: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND VACCINE UPTAKE (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 2
FLASH TALK 23: HPV VACCINATION, IMMUNITY AND INFECTION MODELS (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 3
FLASH TALK 24: HOST RESPONSE AND VIRAL ONCOGENE INTERACTIONS (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 4
13:40-15:10
PLENARY SESSION 03: LIQUID BIOPSIES: EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN HPV-ASSOCIATED MALIGNANCIES
Trianti Hall
15:10-15:40
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
IPVS COUNTRY CHAPTERS REPORT 2
IPVS Hub
15:45-17:15
THEMED SESSION 04: NOVEL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES TARGETING HPV INFECTION AND LESIONS
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 12: IMMUNE EVASION AND EPIGENETIC DRIVERS OF HPV CARCINOGENESIS
Skalkotas Hall
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP 03: HANDS-ON BIOINFORMATICS AND DATA ANALYSIS
Banqueting Hall
15:45-17:25
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 13: HPV BEYOND THE CERVIX: BIOMARKERS AND OUTCOMES
MC3 Hall
15:45-16:45
AWARENESS SESSION 06: THE HUMAN FACE OF HPV: CENTERING LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE GLOBAL HPV AWARENESS LANDSCAPE
MC2 Hall
17:25-18:30
POSTER NETWORKING HOUR II
Poster Area, Level -1
POSTER HIGHLIGHTS SHIFT 2
Poster Area, Level -1
17:30-18:30
IPVS LATAM TASK FORCE
IPVS Hub
17:30-19:00
PATH & GATES FOUNDATION SIDE EVENT (RSVP ONLY): THE JOURNEY TO ONE-DOSE HPV VACCINATION: FROM EVIDENCE TO POLICY TO IMPLEMENTATION
Banqueting Hall
Sunday October 25, 2026
07:30-12:30
HIGH-RESOLUTION ANOSCOPY WORKSHOP
MC3.2 Hall
08:00-12:30
COLPOSCOPY WORKSHOP
Conference Room 4
08:00-09:00
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 14: SINGLE-DOSE HPV VACCINATION: EVIDENCE, PROTECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 15: LATE BREAKING I: CLINICAL SCREENING, BIOMARKERS & TARGETED INTERVENTIONS
Skalkotas Hall
REACHING THE THIRD TARGET: CAN THERMAL ABLATION CLOSE THE CERVICAL PRECANCER TREATMENT GAP?
Banqueting Hall
CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: A NEW PARADIGM — INTEGRATION, NOT IMITATION
MC2 Hall
08:00-09:30
DISPARITIES IN PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HPV-RELATED CANCERS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
MC3 Hall
09:15-10:15
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 16: NATIONAL HPV VACCINATION PROGRAMS: EVIDENCE FOR SAFETY AND IMPACT
Trianti Hall
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 17: NEW ASSAYS AND BIOMARKERS FOR CERVICAL PRECANCER
Skalkotas Hall
HPV ‘TREATMENTS’: SCIENCE, REGULATION, AND THE NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDANCE
Banqueting Hall
MAKING CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AFFORDABLE: DOMESTIC FINANCING PATHWAYS FOR HPV TESTING
MC2 Hall
AWARENESS SESSION 07: REFRAMING HPV AWARENESS IN MENA: TOWARD INTEGRATED PREVENTION ACROSS ALL CANCERS
IPVS Hub
10:15-10:45
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, VISIT EXHIBITION
Exhibition
10:25-10:40
FLASH TALKS 25: LATE BREAKING II: HPV VACCINE DURABILITY, TARGETED DELIVERY & MALE INFECTION DYNAMICS (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 1
FLASH TALKS 26: LATE BREAKING III: ADVANCED TRIAGE STRATEGIES AND SCREENING FOR NON-CERVICAL HPV-RELATED DISEASES (Poster Board Shift 2)
Station 3
10:45-12:20
PLENARY SESSION 04: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF HPV VACCINATION
Trianti Hall
12:30-13:45
NOON BREAK, POSTER VIEWING
Exhibition
IPVS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Banqueting Hall
12:30-13:15
AWARENESS SESSION 08: BEYOND GIRLS AND CERVICAL CANCER: TRUST, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIVE PREVENTION
MC3 Hall
13:15-13:45
AWARENESS SESSION 09: FROM CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TO HPV CANCERS PREVENTION: BALANCING AMBITION, EQUITY, AND UPTAKE
MC3 Hall
13:50-15:20
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 18: LATE BREAKING II: LATE-BREAKING FINDINGS ON HPV VACCINATION SAFETY, EFFICACY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND IMPACT
Trianti Hall
GATES FOUNDATION/GAVI SESSION: MORE PROTECTION, FINITE RESOURCES: POSITIONING HPV9 WITHIN GAVI COUNTRIES’ BROADER VACCINE PRIORITIES
Skalkotas Hall
13:55-15:00
CHAMPIONING HPV RESEARCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Banqueting Hall
15:30-16:30
CLOSING CEREMONY AND KEYNOTE
Banqueting Hall