ASDP 2026 SINGAPORE · 1 – 3 NOVEMBER
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Scientific Programme
Three days of world-class scientific sessions spanning digital pathology, artificial intelligence, computational imaging and precision diagnostics – featuring plenary lectures, symposia and free paper presentations.
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Venue Information
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Congress Venue
Academia, Singapore General Hospital
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20 College Road, Singapore 169856
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Social Event · Congress Gala Dinner
1 Arden
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1-Arden, 88 Market Street, CapitaSpring #51-01, S048948
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Programme at a Glance
Three-Day Overview
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Pre-Congress Workshop
Saturday, 31 October 2026
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| 13:00 – 16:00 |
Academia Level 7 Conference Room AC7-1
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Pre-Congress Scientific Hands-on Workshop (Only for ASDP2026 Registered Participants, Separate Registration Required)
Please register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-qQoKG6TD9aBJV7lZFGHlWNTADBNoptVPDGXln_0BJwV-EA/viewform Harness Engineering for Scientific Writing: From Raw Data to a Submission-Ready Manuscript in 2 Hours with SOTA LLMs and AI Tools Yosep Chong, South Korea; Thiyaphat Laohawetwanit, Thailand |
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| 18:30 – 21:30 |
Invitation Only
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Faculty Scientific Exchange and Networking (Invitation Only)
Featuring the ASDP Scientific Committee Update: Scientific Initiatives, Collaboration Priorities and Future Directions Supported by Leica Biosystems |
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Main Day 1
Sunday, 1 November 2026
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| 08:00 – 10:00 |
Pre-Congress SGH Histopathology Laboratory Tour at Academia
(08:30 to 09:30, limited slots fully booked, for separately registered participants only) Pre-Congress Parkway Laboratory Services Tour (08:00 to 10:00, including transport time, limited slots fully booked, for separately registered participants only) |
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| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Pre-Congress Industry Workshop
Hosted by AstraZeneca From AI to Action: Unlocking the Clinical Potential of AI-based biomarkers (HER2 and TROP2 NMR-QCS), Evidence, Validation and the Path to Clinical Implementation Speaker: Marilyn Bui, Moffit Cancer Center, USA Moderator: Chee Leong Cheng, Singapore Panelists: Marilyn Bui, USA; Rajiv Kaushal, India; Norman Zerbe, Germany; Ong Chee Wee, Singapore |
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| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address
Chee Leong Cheng, Singapore (ASDP2026 Congress President) Junya Fukuoka, Japan (ASDP President) Tony Kiat Hon Lim, Singapore (Chair, Singhealth Pathology Academic Clinical Programme) |
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| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Keynote
The Sublime Signal Beneath and Beyond the Section Nasir Rajpoot, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Chair: Junya Fukuoka, Japan |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch
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| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Scientific Session | Digital Pathology Association (DPA)
Companion Session
1. 14:00 | Implementing Digital and Computational Pathology in Breast Pathology Practice: Preparing for a Fully Digital Workflow Zaibo Li, The Ohio State University, USA 2. 14:30 | Augmenting Precision Pathology Through Digital Innovation and AI Marilyn Bui, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA Chair: Junya Fukuoka, Japan |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 |
Industry Symposium
Hosted by Aira Matrix From Clean Pixels to Reliable Diagnosis: A Quality-Aware Approach to Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology Uttara Joshi, AIRA Matrix Pvt. Ltd. |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 16:30 – 17:30 |
Scientific Session | Generative AI / LLMs / AI Agents 1. 16:30 | LLM-Powered Pathology AI Agent: Automating Case Preparation in a Digital Pathology Workflow Yosep Chong, Eulji University College of Medicine, South Korea 2. 16:50 | From Explainability to Biological Fidelity: Advancing Trustworthy AI in Digital Pathology Prateek Prasanna, Stony Brook University, USA 3. 17:10 | Learning without sharing: Swarm Learning for trustworthy, privacy-preserving medical AI Oliver Lester Saldanha, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Chair: Puay Hoon Tan, Singapore David Joon Ho, South Korea |
Scientific Session | Spatial / MIF 1. 16:30 | Mapping Tumor Heterogeneity in Ovarian Clear Cell Cancer Ruby Huang, National Taiwan University 2. 16:50 | From Slides to Spatial Intelligence: AI-Enabled Technologies for Spatial Profiling of Tumor Microenvironment Lit Hsin Loo, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 3. 17:10 | Digital Immune Reporter: Bridging Histopathology and Spatial Biology for Precision Oncology Mai Chan Lau, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore Chair: Aleksandra Asaturova, Russia Madhura Kulkarni, India |
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| 17:30 – 18:30 |
Poster Reception & Networking Event
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| 18:30 – 19:30 |
Annual General Meeting
ASDP Members Only |
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Main Day 2
Monday, 2 November 2026
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| 08:00 – 08:50 |
Breakfast Industry Symposium Hosted by AWS Transforming Pathology Practice with Secure, Scalable, AI-Ready Infrastructure Keren Priyadarshini, WWPS Healthcare Lead, APJ, AWS |
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| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Keynote
Daniel Ting, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Chair: Chan Kwon Jung, South Korea; Chee Leong Cheng, Singapore |
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| 09:45 – 10:15 |
Plenary Junya Fukuoka, Nagasaki University, Japan Digital Pathology and AI in the Real World - What Works, What Doesn't and What's Next? Chair: Chan Kwon Jung, South Korea; Chee Leong Cheng, Singapore |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Scientific Session | European Society of Digital and Integrative Pathology (ESDIP) 1. 10:45 | Balancing AI and EI: Preserving the Human Element in Pathology Bethany Williams, National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative, United Kingdom 2. 11:03 | The Robustness Challenge in AI Deployment Nasir Rajpoot, University of Warwick, United Kingdom 3. 11:21 | Overcoming Biomarker Development Challenges using large scale tissue Micro Array Cohorts Guido Sauter, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany 4. 11:39 | The Role of Intercontinental Collaborations for Integrative Digital and Computational Pathology Norman Zerbe, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Chair: Norman Zerbe, Germany |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Industry Symposium
Hosted by Philips Accelerate the path from images to answers - A private network journey to digital pathology Stephen Peyton, QML Pathology Claire Hwang, Philips |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch
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| TIME | AUDITORIUM | L1-S3 | ||||
| 14:00 – 15:15 |
Scientific Session | Spatial / MIF 1. 14:00 | AI + X for Cancer Care Toward 2030: Achieving More with Less While Addressing the Evolving Challenges of Oncology Diagnostics Joe Yeong, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 2. 14:25 | Spatial Analysis of Urologic Cancers Evan Keller, University of Michigan, USA 3. 14:50 | The Digital Brain: Shaping the Future of Precision Diagnosis in Neurological Diseases—Insights from Alzheimer’s Disease Jing Zhang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China Chair: Haeyoun Kang, South Korea Afzan Adam, Malaysia |
Scientific Session | Oral Free Papers 1 Clinical Computational Pathology & Quantitative Biomarkers 8 oral presentations (see detailed programme) Chair: Li Yan Khor, Singapore Nazish Jaffar, Pakistan Kunal Sharma, India |
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| 15:15 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:45 – 17:00 |
Scientific Session | Digital Innovation in Pathology 1. 15:45 | Holotomography and Virtual Staining: Toward Label-Free, Section-Free 3D Digital Pathology Paul Park, KAIST, South Korea 2. 16:10 | Computational Microscopy and Deep Learning for Improving Pathology Analysis Chang Huei Yang, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3. 16:35 | Future Clinical Pathology in 3D Space and Beyond Etsuo Susaki, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Chair: Aaron Han, USA Kris Lami, Japan |
Scientific Session | Digital Pathology and Education 1. 15:45 | From Screen Scrolling to Deep Learning: Reimagining Pathology Education in the Digital Era Kamran Mirza, University of Michigan, USA 2. 16:10 | Towards "Precision" Education: Digital, Intelligent, and Connected Sangeeta Desai, Tata Memorial Hospital, India 3. 16:35 | Expanding Pathology Education and Bridging Diagnostic Gaps Through Web-Based Digital Pathology Case Repositories. Agnes Stephanie Harahap, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia Chair: Longwen Chen, USA Serdar Balci, Türkiye |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 |
Industry Symposium | MGI
1. Spatial Profiling of extrathymic transcription factors (TFs) in human thymus Ying Chen, A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) 2. A New Era of Spatial Single-Cell Biology: Stereo-Cell Constructs a Nanoscale-Resolution Panoramic Cellular Atlas Ao Chen, MGI and STOmics |
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Proceed to Social Event
(Ticket Holders Only; Transport from Academia at 18:15; Event Start 19:00) |
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Main Day 3
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
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| 08:00 – 08:50 |
Scientific Session | Oral Free Papers 2
AI Validation, Workflow & Accessible Digital Pathology 6 oral presentations (see detailed programme) Chair: Andrey Bychkov, Japan; Subhash Yadav, India |
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| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Keynote
From pixels to patients: what foundation models bring to pathology and precision oncology Carlo Bifulco, Providence Genomics, USA Chair: Ilknur Turkmen, Türkiye; Joe Yeong, Singapore |
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| 09:45 – 10:05 |
Spotlight Talk | Spatial / MIF
Spatial Discovery to Clinical Impact: Role of Tissue Multiplexing Technologies Manu Sebastian, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Chair: Ilknur Turkmen, Türkiye; Joe Yeong, Singapore |
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| 10:05 – 10:35 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:35 – 10:55 |
Spotlight Talk | Digital Pathology/AI in Australia
From Microscope to Monitor, A Digital Pathology Journey in an Australian Laboratory: Innovation, Challenges and Regulation Melissa Holmes, Histopath Diagnostic Specialists, Australia Chair: Junya Fukuoka, Japan; Maher Sughayer, Jordan |
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| 10:55 – 12:00 |
Scientific Session | Digital Pathology / AI in Resource-Challenged Settings 1. 10:55 | Digital Pathology and AI Where Resources Are Limited: From Clinical Need to Meaningful Application Bassma El Sabaa, Alexandria University, Egypt 2. 11:05 | Digital Pathology in Indonesia: Current Landscape and Future Directions Patricia Diana Prasetiyo, Indonesia 3. 11:15 | Panel Discussion Bassma El Sabaa, Egypt; Patricia Diana Prasetiyo, Indonesia; Junya Fukuoka, Japan; Joe Yeong, Singapore; Özben Yalçın, Türkiye ; Madhura Kulkarni, India, Norman Zerbe, Germany Chair: Junya Fukuoka, Japan Maher Sughayer, Jordan |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Industry Symposium
Hosted by Leica Building an Integrated Digital Pathology Workflow: Current Practice and AI Applications Kang Youngjin, Department of Pathology, Korea University Anam Hospital |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch
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| 14:00 – 15:15 |
Scientific Session | Next-Generation Digital Pathology / AI Applications 1. 14:00 | Interpretable prognostication and molecular profiling of meningiomas Lee Cooper, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA 2. 14:25 | Artificial Intelligence in Pathology: Recent Advances and Applications in China Yuan Li, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China 3. 14:50 | Beyond Simple Fusion: Bridging Scales and Modalities for Trustworthy Pathology AI Jun Xu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China Chair: Yueping Liu, China Swapnil Rane, India |
Scientific Session | Oral Free Papers 3
Foundation Models, Multimodal & Agentic AI 9 oral presentations (see detailed programme) Chair: Weiqiang Leow, Singapore Özben Yalçın, Türkiye |
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| 15:15 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:45 – 17:00 |
Scientific Session | Interoperability Showcase 1. 15:45 | Introduction of Session by Chairs 2. 15:50 | Consortium 1 (Lead: Roche) 3. 16:10 | Consortium 2 (Lead: Epredia) 4. 16:30 | Consortium 3 (Lead: Leica Biosystems) 5. 16:50 | Conclusion by Chairs Chair: Rajiv Kaushal, India Norman Zerbe, Germany |
Scientific Session | Advancing Diagnostic Intelligence in Pathology 1. 15:45 | Rethinking the Adoption of AI in Digital Pathology: From Secure Data Ecosystems to Explainable and Clinically Scalable AI Weimiao Yu, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 2. 16:05 | A vision-language foundation model for colorectal cancer pathology Li Liang, Southern Medical University, China 3. 16:25 | CorePath: A Breast-Specialized Pathology Foundation Model for Breast Core Needle Biopsy Diagnosis and Risk-Controlled Report Generation Yuhao Yi, Sichuan University, China 4. 16:45 | Deep learning using histological images for gene mutation prediction in lung cancer: Development and Proposal of DeepGEM Model Xuanzhuang Lu, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Chair: Rajni Yadav, India Yosep Chong, South Korea |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 |
Closing & Awards Presentation
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This programme is provisional and subject to change without prior notice. Please refer to this official ASDP 2026 website for the most up-to-date programme information.
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Academia, Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
20 College Road, Singapore 169856
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1 – 3 November 2026
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