Seville, Spain

ICHNO 2026

Save the date for the 10th International Congress on Innovative Approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO 2025):Driven by Biology, Centred on the Person: a New Approach to Head and Neck Cancer, taking place in Seville, Spain, from 19 to 21 March 2026.

Jointly organised by the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), the European Head and Neck Society (EHNS) and the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), the congress will bring together a multidisciplinary community of researchers focused on the latest advances and innovations in head and neck oncology.

More information will be available soon. Stay tuned!

  • Abstract submission: 1 September to 9 October 2025
  • Late-breaking abstract submission: 28 January to 11 February 2026

The full abstract submission guidelines and topics will be updated in June.

Scientific Committee

  • Mererid Evans (UK) - Chair - ESTRO

  • Giovanni Succo (IT) - Chair - EHNS
  • Yun gan Tao (FR) - Chair - ESMO
  • Silke Tribius (DE) – Chair, Radiation Oncology Advisory Committee
  • Ricard Mesia (ES) – Chair, Medical Oncology Advisory Committee
  • Christian Simon (CH) – Chair, Surgery Advisory Committee
  • Kevin Harrington (UK) – Chair, Translational Sciences Advisory Committee
  • Joanne Patterson (UK) – Chair, Outcomes Research and Survivorship Advisory Committee

 

RADIATION ONCOLOGY - Advisory committee

Silke Tribius (DE) - Chair

Members: Panagiotis Balermpas (CH), Pierluigi Bonomo (IT), Jon Cacicedo (ES), Vincent Gregoire (FR), Marlen Haderlein (DE), Andrew Hope (CA), Andrew McQueen (UK), Chris Nutting (UK), Sandra Nuyts (BE)

 

MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - Advisory committee

Ricard Mesia (ES) - Chair

Members: François Bidault (FR), Paolo Bossi (IT), Chaosu Hu (CN), Jean-Pascal Machiels (BE), Marc Oliva Bernal (ES), Sjoukje Oosting (NL), Esma Saada (FR), Anna Spreafico (CA)

 

SURGERY - Advisory committee

Christian Simon (CH) - Chair

Members: Erika Crosetti (IT), Andreas Dietz (DE), Davide Farina (IT), Wojciech Golusinski (PO), Sefik Hosal (TR), C. René Leemans (NL), Vin Paleri (UK), Isabel Vilaseca (ES)

 

TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES - Advisory committee

Kevin Harrington (UK) - Chair

Members: Melvin Chua (SG), Maura Gillison (US), Michele Mondini (FR), Ben O'Leary (UK), Sara Pai (US), Amanda Psyrri (GR), Sandra Schmitz (BE), Ingeborg Tinhofer-Keilholz (DE)

 

OUTCOMES RESEARCH AND SURVIVORSHIP - Advisory committee

Joanne Patterson (UK) - Chair

Members: Arun Balaji (IN), Kate Hutcheson (US), Femke Jansen (NL), Cherith Semple (UK), Susanne Singer (DE), Martijn Stuiver (NL), Rebecca Venchiarutti (AU), Irene Wessel (DK)

Fibes - Conference and Exhibition

Ave. Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, 1

41020 Sevilla

Spain

Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla.

 

Important Notice

There are an increasing number of fraudulent websites impersonating ESTRO 2026 and we would like to warn all participants to be aware of possible scams and strongly advise that you only use the official ESTRO channels for registration, event information, and bookings.