In conjunction with the Accelerating Cancer Cures initiative to speed progress against cancer, the annual Accelerating Cancer Cures Research Symposium is designed to foster communication and collaboration between cancer researchers in industry and academia. Past meetings have included participants from Eli Lilly and Company, AbbVie, Amgen, ARIAD, Celgene, Genentech, Gilead, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., in addition to academic researchers from the top universities and institutions in the nation.
Read more about the Accelerating Cancer Cures initiative.
Spring 2026 (date to be determined)
The 2025 Accelerating Cancer Cures Symposium will be hosted by Amgen in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The agenda will feature scientific presentations from current Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators and Physician-Scientists, a keynote, and a roundtable discussion among scientists.
March 27, 2025
Hosted by Novartis, Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 7, 2024
Hosted by AbbVie, South San Francisco, California
March 9, 2023
Hosted by Amgen, South San Francisco, California
May 19, 2022
Hosted by Merck, South San Francisco, California
October 28, 2020
Hosted by Merck, Virtual.
March 8, 2019
Hosted by Lilly Oncology, New York, New York
March 28, 2018
Hosted by Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
March 6, 2017
Hosted by Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 3, 2016
Hosted by Celgene, Summit, New Jersey
March 3, 2015
Hosted by Lilly Oncology, New York, New York
March 11, 2014
Hosted by Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
March 4, 2013
Hosted by Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 3, 2012
Hosted by Pfizer, New York, New York
To add to the training potential of Damon Runyon Fellowship Awards, the Foundation hosts annual Fellows' Retreats. These meetings allow the brightest young scientists in the country to interact with their peers, network with accomplished senior scientists and initiate valuable interdisciplinary collaborations.
The 2024 Annual Fellows' Retreat took place September 15-18, 2024, at the Wellsworth Hotel, Southbridge, Massachusetts.
