SIOP North America/SLAOP Pre-Congress
Jointly organized by SIOP North America and SLAOP (SIOP Latin America)
Dates: September 13 – 14, 2026
Venue: University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA)
Downtown Campus, Durango Building, Conference Center (1st Floor)
501 W. Cesar Chavez Blvd
San Antonio, TX 78207, USA
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Registration Information:
Registration for the pre-congress event and the subsequent networking dinner is available as an add-on option through the main SIOP 2026 Congress Registration Portal. Please ensure that you select the “SIOP North America/SLAOP Pre-Congress” option during your booking to secure your seat, as well as for the Networking dinner.
Please Note: If you cannot join both the SIOP Int main congress and SIOP North America/SLAOP pre-congress, please email info@siop-online.org for separate registration.
Fees*
- US $100 registration fee for physicians
- US $50 for nurses, allied health professionals, trainees, and advocates
* Includes lunch, coffee breaks, and attendance to all sessions
Networking Dinner:
- Date: Monday, September 14
- Venue: UTSA Southwest Campus, Coates Chapel, 300 Augusta St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
- Fee: US $35
Programme:
Plenary Session: “Advancing Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care in Latin America: Care Delivery Models and Physician-Nursing Partnerships”
Plenary Session: “Therapy Limiting Toxicities and Metabolic Barriers in Hispanic Children With ALL: A Call for Precision Approaches”
Disease-Centric Symposia:
- Treatment for Wilms Tumor across SLAOP and SIOP-NA Settings: Current Status and Future Directions
- Advances in Immunotherapy for Pediatric Cancer
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: toward a unified approach
- Collaborative Molecular Tumor Boards Across the Americas: Translating Genomics to Clinical Care
- Perspectives and challenges for the management of retinoblastoma in the Americas
- Central Nervous System Tumors Across the Americas: Differences and Similarities
Psychosocial/Equity Symposia:
- Children with Cancer on the move: cross-border challenges and opportunities in care provision
- Closing the Equity Gap: Childhood Cancer Care in Indigenous Populations in the Region of the Americas
- Time to antibiotics in neutropenic fever: Reason for regional differences
- The Role of Arts-Based Therapy in Pain and Palliative Care
- Addressing inequities in access to essential childhood cancer medicines: evidence and implementation experiences
- Mental Health Considerations for the AYA Population
Sponsors:
We thank our partners for their support.
Questions?
For inquiries regarding this pre-congress event, please contact: info@siop-online.org