Provisional Programme

Radisson blu Latvija hotel, Elizabetes street 55, Riga
Hall Alfa

8:30-9:20Registration 
9:20-9:40Opening of Best of ESMO Baltics 2026. Prof. Dr. med. Florian Lordick,

Director Department of Medicine (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pulmonology)
University of Leipzig Medical Center, University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL)
Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Germany (CCCG)

 

Session I

Moderators:

  • Assoc. Prof. Elīna Sīviņa, M.D., PhD (LV)
  • Dr. Rita Kupčinskaitė-Noreikienė, MD, PhD (LT)
  • Prof. Rasa Jančiauskienė, MD, PhD (LT)
9:40-10:10Medison Pharma Satellite Symposium

Cemiplimab in First-Line NSCLC: Evidence, Experience and Practical Perspectives

Session and Panel discussion moderator: Viktors Kozirovskis, M.D.,PhD, Senior Medical Oncologist at P.Stradins Clinical University Hospital

09:40–9:57 «Navigating First-Line Immunotherapy in NSCLC: Treatment Choices and the Role of Cemiplimab»

Magdalena Knetki-Wróblewska, M.D., dr hab.n.med., Department of Lung and Thoracic Tumors, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

9:57 –10:10   Panel Discussion «First-Line NSCLC in Clinical Practice: Treatment Experience and the Role of Cemiplimab»

Panelists:

  • Magdalena Knetki-Wróblewska, M.D., dr hab.n.med., Department of Lung and Thoracic Tumors, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
  • Jana Jaal, MD, PhD (Medicine) Professor of Oncology, Chief Physician and Lecturer in Oncology, Department of Haematology and Oncology, University of Tartu, Tartu University University Hospital, Estonia
  • Giedrė Anglickienė, MD, Medical Oncologist, National Cancer Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

10:10-10:30Colorectal CancerProf. Rasa Jančiauskienė, MD, PhD (LT)
10:30-10:50HPBDr. Rita Kupčinskaitė-Noreikienė, MD, PhD (LT)
10:50-11:10Upper GIAssoc. Prof. Elīna Sīviņa, MD, PhD (LV)
11:10-11:30Head and Neck CancersDr. Giedre Anglickiene, MD (LT)
11:30-11:50NET Dr. Sofija Viļisova, MD (LV)
12:00-12:50Lunch Break 
 

Session II

Moderators:

  • Assoc. Prof. Alinta Hegmane, MD, PhD (LV)
  • Assoc. Prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė, MD, PhD (LT)
  • Dr. Niina Kippasto (EE)
 12:50-13:20                                                 Astra Zeneca Satellite Symposium.  Beyond Surgery: Advancing Perioperative Care in Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal cancers
  • Dr. Sofija Viļisova, Clinic of Oncology at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia; 
  • Assoc. Prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė MD, PhD, Head of the Conservative Oncology Department at the LSMU Kauno Klinikos Oncology Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania
13:20-13:40Gynecological Assoc. Prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė MD, PhD (LT)
13:40-14:00Renal CaDr. Niina Kippasto MD (EE)
14:00-14:20Prostate+Urothelial+TesticularDr. Viktors Kozirovskis  M.D.,PhD (LV)
14:20-14:40Breast, EarlyAssoc. Prof. Alinta Hegmane, MD, PhD (LV)
14:40-15:00Breast, MetastaticDr. Monika Drobniene MD (LT)
15:00-15:10Discussion 
15:10-15:30Coffee Break 
 

Session III


 Moderators:

  • Dr. Viktors Kozirovskis  M.D.,PhD (LV)
  • Dr. Alvydas Česas, MD (LT)
  • Dr. Kadri Putnik, MD (EE)
15:30-16:00 Amgen Satellite Symposium. Expanding Small Cell Lung Cancer Cure

Prof. Dr. med. Niels Reinmuth, Department of Thoracic Oncology head at Asklepios Clinics Munich-Gauting

16:00-16:20Lung Cancer, NSCLCDr. Alvydas Česas, MD (LT)
16:20-16:40 Lung Cancer, SCLCDr. Aiga Geriņa, MD (LV)
16:40-17:00CNSDr. Sigita Hasnere, MD (LV)
17:00-17:20Sarcoma Assoc. Prof. Laura Kairevice, MD, PhD (LT)
17:20-17:40 MelanomaDr. Kadri Putnik, MD (EE)
17:40-17:50Discussion 
17:50-18:00Closing 
 from 18:00 Networking Dinner Hotels Restaurant on the 1st floor