The 9th Annual CCF Symposium is scheduled for June 4, 2025 and will be held at the Crowne Plaza Conference Center in Greenbelt, MD. The 2025 CCF Abstract Submission Form is due no later than March 16th, 2025. Notifications about poster acceptance and speaking invitations will come in late April. Registration is free and will open in early May.
About the CCF Symposium
Launched in 2016, CCF annually hosts the one-day CCF Research Symposium. The brainchild of CCF’s Scientific Advisory Board Chair Emeritus Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D., the CCF Research Symposium puts forth the belief that small local research dialogue will lead to substantial research collaboration.
Regional experts (including nurses, doctors, therapists, etc.), advocates, and trainees have shared research and continue to advance the treatment of childhood cancer. The CCF Research Symposium is also unique in its inclusion of presentations from cancer fighters and their families, infusing the day with “heart” by sharing their cancer journeys.
The CCF Symposium is made possible with generous support from The Kahlert Foundation.
Past Symposia
Research on the Horizon: Promises and Challenges
June 5, 2024
Keynote: Julia Glade Bender, Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Finding Cures through Innovative Research in our Community
June 14, 2023
Keynote: Patrick J. Grohar, M.D. Ph.D., Director of Translational Research in the Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Precision Medicine: Small Scale, Big Impact
June 8, 2022
Keynote: Jack F. Shern, M.D., Head, Tumor Evolution and Genomics Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute at NIH
Research Breakthroughs with Early Funding
June 2, 2021
Keynote Panel: Curt Civin, M.D. University of Maryland, Haneen Shalabi, D.O, National Cancer Institute, and Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D. Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center
