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5th International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) meeting

June 13th-15th 2024 | Vilar Oporto Hotel, Porto, Portugal

 

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We are delighted to inform that the 5th International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) meeting, will take place in Porto, Portugal from June 13th-15th 2024.

The meeting will bring together healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients from around the world, who have been treating, studying or dealing with Hereditary Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer syndrome (most well-known as Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer or HDGC).

This is the fifth time we meet with the major goal of discussing and updating the Consensus Clinical Guidelines for this disease.

Besides defining more accurate guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients and families at risk, we will hear about fundamental and translational science produced worldwide in this area, while hearing patients’ life stories and challenges.

The IGCLC 2024 meeting program includes plenary presentations and patient testimonials, scientific presentations, speed talks, poster presentations, and working group discussions. This will allow sharing knowledge on real patient clinical data, cutting-edge scientific results and patients’ perspectives.

Unlike previous IGCLC meetings, this meeting will kick-off with preparatory online meetings across a range of disciplines. This will increase the productivity of the onsite meeting as well as the discussion among participants.

This meeting will be a unique opportunity to share experiences and understand the nature of the disease, its associated risks, while promoting effective collaborations.

This will be the largest IGCLC meeting to date, and will host 200 delegates, from different areas of the globe.

The Organizing Committee looks forward to welcome all invited delegates to the historic city of Porto, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

 

Carla Oliveira and Fátima Carneiro
Conference Chairs

i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Ipatimup – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal
FMUP – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal

Venue

Vilar Oporto Hotel
Rua Arcediago Vanzeller 50, 4050-621 Porto
Website: https://www.vilaroportohotel.pt/

 

Travel info

Arriving at Porto by car 

Please note that the event venue does not provide parking. 
Palácio de Cristal parking (entrance at R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 189, 4050-313 Porto, just in front of ICBAS/ Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto)  is the closer option and it is located 8 minutes walking from the venue. 

 

Arriving at Porto by airplane

Directions from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto) to Vilar Oporto Hotel by subway:
- You can take the line E (direction: Estádio do Dragão) at the Airport station. Destination station: Casa da Música.
Average time: 22 minutes
- It is a 20-minute walk from Casa da Música metro station until Vilar Oporto Hotel (more details here). Alternatively, it is possible to take the from Casa da Música metro station to the conference venue (please see the bus options available depending on your arrival hour here).

Directions from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto) to Vilar Oporto Hotel by bus:
Please see the bus options available depending on your arrival hour here.
Average time: 50 minutes

 

Arriving at Porto by train

From Campanhã train station:
Bus number 207 or 203.
Average time: 20 minutes
More details here

From São Bento train station:
Bus number 201, 208, 302 or 501
Average time: 20 minutes
More details here

There are plenty of taxi options at the airport and train station, immediately available either at the arrival exit or through a pre-booking system, in case of the airport. Bolt/ Uber/ etc are also available. 

Organization

Chair persons:

Carla Oliveira, B.Sc., Ph.D.

Group Coordinator, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Affiliated Professor, Department of Pathology, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

 

 

Fátima Carneiro, M.D., Ph.D.

Head Pathology Department,ULSSJ – Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, Portugal

Full Professor, Department of Pathology, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Senior Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 


 

Organizing Committee:

Celina São José, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Daniel Ferreira, Ph.D.

Junior researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Irene Gullo, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathologist, Pathology Department, ULSSJ – Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, Portugal

Assistant Invited Professor, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Clinical Affiliate Member, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

João Fonseca, M.Sc.

PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Joana Figueiredo, Ph.D.

Assistant Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

José Garcia Pelaez, M.Sc.

PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Liliana Sousa, M.Sc.

PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal and EEG - School of Economics and Management of Minho University

 

 

 

 

Luzia Garrido, B.Sc.

Genetics Nurse, EBMG registered Genetic Counsellor, Medical Genetics Service and Breast Centre, ULSSJ – Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, Portugal

Research Fellow, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

Ricardo Amorim, Ph.D.

Junior researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Rita Barbosa Matos, M.Sc.

PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Porto University

 

 

 

 

Sara Pereira, Ph.D.

Project manager, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

 

 

 

Silvana Lobo, M.Sc.

PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Porto University

 

 

 

Program

Day 1 Thursday 13th June 2024

11h00-11h45

Registration  

Jardins do Palácio – Super Bock ARENA

11h45-13h30

Welcome Lunch

14h30-17h45 Opening session | ROOM Clérigos - Level +1

Session Chairs: Carla Oliveira & Fátima Carneiro & Joaquim Nogueira & Maybelle McLeod

14h30-14h45

Overview of the IGCLC meeting in Porto

Carla Oliveira, Porto, PT

14h45-15h00

The foundation of IGCLC

Fátima Carneiro, Porto, PT

15h00-15h20

Twenty-six years of HDGC

Parry Guilford, Dunedin, NZ

15h20-15h45

Remembering Raquel Seruca

João Castedo & Carla Oliveira

Remembering Karen Chelcun

Brian Chelcun & Cindy Chelcun

15h50-16h30 Coffee Break

Session ChairsCarla Oliveira & Ana Rita Gomes & Kathryn Carr

16h30-17h15

Patients’ Short Stories - When science meets real life – stories from around the world

17h15-17h45

The HDGC story in Portugal by Teresa Firmino, Jornal Público

18h15 Bus from Vilar Oporto Hotel to Cais de Gaia

19h30 Dinner on a Boat in Douro River (operated by Barcadouro)

       

 

 

Day 2 Friday 14th June 2024

8h45 - 10h45 | Session I | ROOM Clérigos – Level +1 | Current status on…

Session ChairsDavid Huntsman & Geralyn Hansford & Eryn Gardiner

8h50-9h05

CDH1 & CTNNA1 Genotype-Phenotype correlations

José Garcia-Peláez & Silvana Lobo

9h05-9h30

Lifetime cancer risk in CDH1 and CTNNA1 variant carriers

Rita Barbosa-Matos & Jeremy Davis Bryson Katona & Patrick Benusiglio

9h30-9h50

Genetic testing - When, who and how

Xavier Llor & Carla Oliveira

9h50-10h15

In vitro, in vivo and in silico models of HDGC

Lyvianne Decourtye-Espiard & Daniel Ferreira & Joana Figueiredo

10h15-10h30

Variant classification and clinical actionability

Rachid Karam & Maegan Roberts

10h30-10h45      

General Discussion

 

10h50 - 11h10 Coffee Break

11h10-13h00 | Session II | ROOM Clérigos – Level +1 | Current status on…

Session ChairsParry Guilford & Thad Hamilton & Lynn DeGregorio

11h15-11h30

The pathologist perspective: minimal accepted parameters for decision on genetic testing and risk-reduction surgery

Fátima Carneiro & Chella van der Post & Laura Tang & Irene Gullo & Maria O’Donovan

11h30-11h45

Definition of disease in stomach and breast

Paul Mansfield & Jolanda van Dieren & Jeremy Rossaak & Gianni Corso

11h45-12h10

Surveillance and risk-reduction - When, who and how

Massi di Pietro & Jeremy Davis

Tanya Bisseling & Mário Dinis Ribeiro & Jolanda van Dieren & Paul Mansfield

12h10-12h30

Surgery and other therapeutic approaches

Monika Laszkowska & Vanessa Blair & Judith Balmaña & Nuno Teixeira Tavares & Yanghee Woo

12h30-12h45

Nutrition, drug supplementation and patient wellbeing

Rachael Lopez & Karyn Paringatai & Raquel Guimarães

12h45-13h00

General Discussion

 

13h00-14h00 Lunch

14h00-16h20 | Session III | Reaching consensus on…

14h00-14h15

Introduction to working group discussions

ROOM Clérigos - Level +1

Carla Oliveira

14h20-16h20

GROUP 1 - Clinical and Molecular Diagnosis 

ROOM Sé – Level 0

Chairs: Marc Tishckowitz & Kasmintan Schrader

GROUP 2 - Risk Reduction and Treatment

ROOM Serralves – Level 2

Chairs: Vivian Strong & Judith Balmanã & Jeremy Rossak

GROUP 3 - Life after Genetic Diagnosis

ROOM Ribeira – Level -2

Chairs: David Hunstman & Luzia Garrido & Karyn Paringatai & Polly Nickolson

16h20-16h40 Coffee Break

16h45-18h30 | Session IV | ROOM Clérigos – Level +1 | General Discussion

Session ChairsCarla Oliveira & Fátima Carneiro

16h45-17h00

Working Group 1 consensus presentation

Groups’ Spokesperson

17h00-17h15

Q&A

 

17h15-17h30

Working Group 2 consensus presentation

Groups’ Spokesperson

17h30-17h45

Q&A

 

17h45-18h00

Working Group 3 consensus presentation

Groups’ Spokesperson

18h00-18:15

Q&A

 

18h15-18h30

General discussion

All Participants

18h45 Bus from Vilar Oporto Hotel to BH Foz

20h00 Dinner party (BH Foz)

 

 

Day 3 Saturday 15th June 2024

FREE Morning

Or strategic meetings on demand

 

13h30-17h30 | Session V | ROOM Clérigos – Level +1 

Research Updates selected from submitted abstracts

 

Session ChairsVanessa Blair & Martijn Gloerich

13h30-14h50

Speed-talks on fundamental research findings

(from submitted abstracts 7 min + 3 min Q&A)

ROOM Clérigos – Level +1

14h50-16h00

Poster Session and Vitamin Break

Passos Perdidos 1 (Level +1)

 

 

 

Session ChairsMagali Svrcek & Annemieke Cats

16h00-17h20

Speed-talks on clinical research findings

(from submitted abstracts 7 min + 3 min Q&A)

ROOM Clérigos – Level +1

Session ChairsCarla Oliveira & Fátima Carneiro

17h20-17.30

Meeting Wrap-up

 

 

17h30 Porto de Honra and farewell

       

Social Program

The program will include dinners on 13th June and 14th June. Transportation from the meeting venue to the dinner venue will be provided by the event by bus.

The transportation back will not be provided. However, Porto is well served with transportation by Bolt/ Uber, taxis and bus.

Registration

Registration is free, but mandatory. Registration includes the participation in coffee breaks, lunches and dinners, as well as access to all event.

Only registrations from invited delegates will be considered.

Registration deadline: 23rd February 2024

Accommodation

Accommodation suggestions located at a maximum of 15-minute walking:

Vilar Oporto Hotel
Address: Rua Arcediago Vanzeller 50, 4050-621 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the e-mail reservas@vilaroportohotel.pt and indicate the code 2024 IGCLC to take advantage of a 5% discount.

HF Tuela Hotel ***
R. Arquitecto Marques da Silva 200, 4150-483 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the link igclc.hfhotels.com in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.

HF Fénix Porto Hotel ****
R. de Gonçalo Sampaio 282, 4150-365 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the link igclc.hfhotels.com in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.

Eurostars Das Artes Hotel ****
Rua do Rosário 160 164, 4050-521 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using this link and include the code IIISUP5 in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.

Hotel Vincci Porto ****
Alameda de Basílio Teles 29, 4150-127 Porto
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Local accommodation options can be found here >>

More information about Porto and the tourist attractions may be found here >> 

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Information

More information:
Events Management Unit | Rua Alfredo Allen 208 | 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Email: events@i3s.up.pt | Tel: +351 226 074 900