ASCO Oncology Pillar Launch: The Last Mile
A high-level ASCO-side launch session introducing the Oncology Pillar of the International Alliance for Personalised Medicine.
The session will bring together oncology leaders, clinical innovators, policymakers, payers, HTA and regulatory experts, diagnostics and data partners, patient voices and industry leaders to discuss how precision oncology can move from breakthrough science to routine, equitable real-world delivery.
Event details
Event type
Launch
Format
90-minute launch session + Cocktail reception
Audience
Oncology leaders, Clinical innovators, Policymakers, Payers, HTA and regulatory experts, Diagnostics and data partners, Patient voices, Industry leaders, Scientific anchors, Regional oncology stakeholders, IPM Alliance founding partners

Why this event matters
Precision oncology is advancing through genomics, molecular diagnostics, liquid biopsy, biomarker-driven treatment and AI-enabled clinical decision-making. But across health systems, the main challenge is no longer discovery alone. It is whether testing, interpretation, treatment access, trial visibility, reimbursement and pathway readiness can advance together.
The ASCO launch positions the Oncology Pillar as IPM Alliance’s practical oncology engine: a platform connecting breakthrough science with the system conditions required for adoption, access, scale and equity.
Strategic frame
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Core question
How do we move precision oncology from breakthrough science to routine, equitable real-world delivery?
Agenda snapshot
17:00-17:05
Welcome and opening
Why launch the Oncology Pillar at ASCO?
17:05-17:25
Setting the scene
From precision oncology breakthroughs to real-world delivery.
17:25-17:40
The Oncology Pillar proposition
The Rubik’s Cube of personalised medicine: scientific innovation, health-system readiness and enabling policy/investment frameworks.
17:40-18:10
Founding stakeholder statements
What must change in the next 12 months?
18:10-18:30
Moderated discussion
Making precision oncology deliverable at scale.
18:30-18:45
Closing reflections
Launch of the IAPM Oncology Leadership Circle and 12-month roadmap.
18:45 onwards
Group picture and cocktail reception
Informal stakeholder engagement and roadmap discussions.
20:00 Party time
Tracks, labs or working groups
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People and contributors

Denis Horgan
Expected outputs
This activity is designed to produce practical outputs that can support follow-up after the meeting. Depending on the format, outputs may include a public statement, implementation brief, consensus note, pathway prototype, readiness map, roadmap or stakeholder summary.
Implementation brief
Pathway prototype
Consensus note
90-day validation plan
Join us at ASCO Oncology Pillar Launch
29 May 2026 | 20:00 - 21:00
SCHR 1001, Schreiber Center, 16 E. Pearson St., Chicago
Interested in this event?
IPM Alliance welcomes engagement from policymakers, scientific experts, patient organisations, health-system leaders, industry partners and implementation actors.


