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PMWC 2026 · Track 3

Precision Diagnostics Next-Gen Early Detection & AI Diagnostics

Liquid biopsy, MRD, multi-omics, and clinical validation that holds up in the real world.

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Co-hosted by Stanford, UCSF & Yale Early detection · MRD · Fragmentomics · Methylation · Multi-omics · Metagenomics
Next-gen early detection

From mutation to methylation to multimodal signals that survive validation.

MRD & therapy guidance

Serial ctDNA, treatment switching, and “how early is early enough”.

Multi-omics & spatial

Single-cell and spatial biology connecting discovery to clinically useful decisions.

PMWC audience and speakers

Why: Track Focus

The bottleneck isn’t “more biomarkers”. It’s clinical utility, real-world performance, and adoption.

  • Early detection that holds up multimodal liquid biopsy, methylation, fragmentomics.
  • MRD to decisions standardization, scalability, and switching therapy based on ctDNA.
  • From validation to payment coverage pathways that work, not wishful thinking.

Who: Attends

Diagnostics & Biotech Executives Clinical Lab & Pathology Leadership Biomarker & Translational Teams Oncology / Precision Medicine Clinicians Payers, Policy, Coverage & Evidence Investors

Orgs in the room

Track 3 speakers

Only the speakers listed in your Track 3 program.

Victor Velculescu
Victor Velculescu
Johns Hopkins · Track Chair
Klaus Pantel
Klaus Pantel
UKE & ELBS · Pioneer Honoree
Daniel De Carvalho
Daniel De Carvalho
U. of Toronto · Pioneer Honoree
Manel Esteller
Manel Esteller
Sant Pau Research Institute
Gordon Sanghera
Gordon Sanghera
Oxford Nanopore
Luis Diaz
Luis Diaz
MSKCC · Session Chair
Anne-Renee Hartman
Anne-Renee Hartman
Adela
Manish Kohli
Manish Kohli
University of Utah · Session Chair
Eric Klein
Eric Klein
GRAIL
Peter Bach
Peter Bach
DELFI Diagnostics
Samuel Levy
Samuel Levy
ClearNote Health
Amoolya Singh
Amoolya Singh
DELFI Diagnostics · Session Chair
Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker
Dxcover
Pankaj Vats
Pankaj Vats
NVIDIA
Varsha Rao
Varsha Rao
Claret Bioscience
Giordano Botta
Giordano Botta
Allelica
Charles Chiu
Charles Chiu
UCSF
Sivan Bercovici
Sivan Bercovici
Karius
Atul Sharan
Atul Sharan
CellMax Life
Diana Abdueva
Diana Abdueva
Aqtual
Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee
UPMC · Session Chair
Pedram Razavi
Pedram Razavi
MSK
Minetta Liu
Minetta Liu
Natera
Christian Rolfo
Christian Rolfo
Ohio State
Angela DeMichele
Angela DeMichele
UPenn · Session Chair
Halla Nimeiri
Halla Nimeiri
Tempus
Aparna Parikh
Aparna Parikh
Harvard
Christopher Lieu
Christopher Lieu
University of Colorado
Luca Quagliata
Luca Quagliata
Thermo Fisher · Session Chair
David T. Miyamoto
David T. Miyamoto
Mass General Brigham
Maximilian Diehn
Maximilian Diehn
Stanford
Mark Stewart
Mark Stewart
Friends of Cancer Research · Session Chair
Hilary Gee Goeckner
Hilary Gee Goeckner
American Cancer Society
Sally Werner
Sally Werner
Cancer Support Community
Gabriel A. Bien-Willner
Gabriel A. Bien-Willner
Palmetto GBA
Christina Curtis
Christina Curtis
Stanford · Session Chair
W.E. Moerner
W.E. Moerner
Stanford · Pioneer Honoree
Serge Saxonov
Serge Saxonov
10x Genomics · Luminary Honoree
Priscilla Chan
Priscilla Chan
CZI · Luminary Honoree
Joakim Lundeberg
Joakim Lundeberg
SciLifeLab
Garry P. Nolan
Garry P. Nolan
Stanford
Tae Hyun Hwang
Tae Hyun Hwang
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Michael Angelo
Michael Angelo
Stanford
Jeremy Schurman
Jeremy Schurman
Singular Genomics
Aruna Ayer
Aruna Ayer
BD
Zivjena Vucetic
Zivjena Vucetic
Mission Bio
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder
Stanford
Ash Alizadeh
Ash Alizadeh
Stanford
Alex Aravanis
Alex Aravanis
Moonwalk Biosciences
Sara Ahadi
Sara Ahadi
OmicsEra
Marina Sirota
Marina Sirota
UCSF · Session Chair
Olivier Gevaert
Olivier Gevaert
Stanford
Rebecca Critchley-Thorne
Rebecca Critchley-Thorne
Castle Biosciences
Lihua Jiang
Lihua Jiang
Stanford
Yunguan Wang
Yunguan Wang
Cincinnati Children's

Be part of the conversations shaping clinical diagnostics

From liquid biopsy and MRD to spatial and multi-omic biology, connect with the teams driving real-world adoption.

Track 3: Precision Diagnostics
Colleague Feedback — PMWC 2026

There is no other event with such a lineup of leaders in their field. My annual MUST event since 2013!

Thomas Wilckens, MD, VP Precision Medicine & Precision Health, ECTT

You truly have an all-star, world-class crew lined up!

Alexis Hall, PhD, Professor

I am thrilled to hear about the impressive 2026 lineup of speakers and the engaging topics planned for the conference.

Amanda Acerbi, PharmD, Precision Medicine Global Director, Janssen (J&J)

PMWC is a landmark event, a real tour de force in precision medicine!

Mehme Hachem, PhD, Sr. Bioinformatician, IO / ML, Université de Montréal

The conference is excellent, and the 2026 speaker lineup is truly stellar — it seems to get stronger every year.

Mike Zack, MD, PhD, MPH, CEO & Co‑Founder, PGxAI

I just registered, fantastic lineup! Can't wait for this!

Thierry Giffon, PhD, Immunologist, Translational Scientific Leader

Congrats. This is an amazing rock star lineup.

Amanda Cashin, PhD, Bio Company Builder & Investor, Wing VC

The PMWC program and speaker lineup is one of the most impactful and thoughtfully curated conferences in healthcare today.

Tanmay Khilnani, Founder & Chief, Dept. of Medicine, University of Washington

I’ve spoken and had exhibitions in the past at PMWC — one of my favorite conferences of the year — and this 2026 year is extra impressive.

Tod Klingler, PhD, Co‑Founder & CEO, GeneLeap

Tal has done an amazing job developing the PMWC into the #1 premier precision medicine conference.

Trish Brown, SVP, Payer Relations and Reimbursement, GeneDx

Incredible line up! Great event you are putting on

Christina Zigliotto, Head of Generative AI & Machine Learning, Amazon AWS

What an impressive lineup.

I‑Chen Fong, PharmD, Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente

Congratulations on the amazing speaker lineup this year. Wow!

Snehit Prabhu, PhD, Chief Data Scientist, Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute

PMWC 2025 was excellent, and the lineup sounds truly impressive!

Liat Dassa, PhD, Director of Program Planning, Biology & Computational Models, CytoReason

The line up has come together beautifully and quite impressively. Many people have mentioned how much they are looking forward to it.

Andrea Vuturo, Partner, Vuturo Group

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