Invited Speakers
The following speakers have been confirmed for ICAR2026. Please check back soon for additional speaker details to include biographies and presentation titles.
All registered attendees will receive access to the full program prior to the conference. An email will be sent with details on how to access the full program which will allow you to view full abstract text, the poster gallery, network with fellow attendees, and more.
Wendy Barclay, PhD - Imperial College London
Stephan Urban, PhD - University Hospital, Heidelberg
ISAR Awardees
Peter Piot, MD, PhD - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | KU Leuven
ISAR Excellence Awardee
Pei-Yong Shi, PhD - GSK
Gertrude Elion Memorial Awardee
Valeria Cagno, PhD - Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne | University of Lausanne | University Hospital of Lausanne
William Prusoff Memorial Awardee
Andrea Brancale, PhD - University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Antonín Holý Memorial Awardee
Jinhong Chang, MD, PhD - Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
Alice Ball Excellence Awardee
Invited Speakers
Sophie Yacoub, PhD - University of Oxford | OUCRU
William E. Delaney, PhD - Assembly Bio
Solène Denolly, PhD - Cancer Research Center of Lyon
Daniel Ruzek, PhD - Masaryk University | Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Anne Moscona, MD - Columbia University
Eike Steinmann, PhD - Ruhr University Bochum
Lieve Naesens, PhD - Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven
Angela Rasmussen, PhD - University of Saskatchewan
Ole Schmeltz Søgaard, MD, PhD - Aarhus University
Kathie Seley-Radtke, PhD - University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)