Conference Day 1 - Thursday, February 19th, 2026
9:00 - 11:00 AM
I2I Pitch Competition at the Feinstein’s Hotel Nikko - (Reservation Required)
Advocates:
Susie Brain, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
Heather Salazar, Pink Ribbon Good
11:00 - 11: 40 AM
Re-Imagine Toxicity and Reducing Drug Manufacturing costs: A call to action to VCs
- Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, University of California, San Francisco Breast Care Center
- James Fraser, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
- Dan Hartman, MD, The Gates Foundation
- Andrea Olariu, Medicines 360
Advocate:
Vivian Lee, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
11:40 - 11:50 AM
I2I Closing Remarks (Results Announced Saturday)
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Luncheon (Reservation Required)
2:00 - 2:05 PM
Conference Opening - Welcome: Where we have been, what we know, what we don't, and opportunities for intervention: Accelerating learning in prevention, our approach to hormonal interventions
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, University of California, San Francisco Breast Care Center
Douglas Yee, MD, University of Minnesota
Carol Fabian, MD, The University of Kansas Medical Center
Judy Garber, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Diane Heditsian, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
2:05 - 2:45 PM
Keynote: A Big Vision for Primary and Secondary Prevention
Moderator: Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
Moving Imaging Forward as an Early Endpoint
Fiona Gilbert, MD, University of Cambridge
Designing New Targeted, Less Toxic Agents
James Fraser, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
What will it take to energize pharmaceuticals to get behind affordable prevention agents?
Dan Hartman, MD, The Gates Foundation
Trials that Transform Our Approach to Screening and Prevention
2:45 - 4:00 PM
Session 1: Personalized Screening and Other Risk Assessment Trials (WISDOM, MyPeBS)
Co-Chairs:
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, University of California, San Francisco
Suzette Delaloge, MD, MSc, Gustave Roussy
Advocate:
Dolores Moorehead, Women's Cancer Resource Center
4:05 - 5:20 PM
Session 2: Overcoming Resistance from the Ground Up: What are the Drivers and How Can They Inform Our Prevention Approach?
Co-Chairs:
Laura van ‘t Veer, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil, Yale University
Advocate:
Valerie Fraser, SWOG Cancer Research Network Patient Advocates Committee
5:25 - 5:55 PM
Ideas to Implementation Awards
6:00 - 7:30
Poster Session 1 -- Appetizers
Conference Day 2 - Friday, February 20th, 2026
Scalable Early Endpoints to Accelerate the Learning Cycle
8:00 - 9:15 AM
Session 3: Early Imaging Endpoints to Accelerate the Learning Cycle (Rise Assessment and Response)
Co-Chairs:
Nola Hylton, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Elissa Price, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Advocate:
Carolyn Clark Beetle, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
9:20 - 10:45 AM
Session 4: Risk Biomarkers as Indicators of Response in Prevention and Treatment Trials: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Co-Chairs:
Carol Fabian, MD, The University of Kansas Medical Center
Jo Chien, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Advocate:
Amy Delson, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
Invited Speakers:
Mammo AI
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, Washington University
Circulating miRNA in prevention
Andrew Godwin, PhD, The University of Kansas Medical Center (tentative)
10:50 - 12:05 AM
Session 5: Impact from Treatment to Prevention: Translational Prevention Trials
Co-Chairs:
Seema Khan, MD, Northwestern University
Andrea De Censi, MD, Champalimaud Foundation
Advocate:
Jan Tomlinson, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
Invited Speakers:
Metformin and overnight fasting
Andrea De Censi or Matteo Lambertini
A Pilot Prevention Study of the Effects of the Anti-progestin Ulipristal Acetate (UA) on Surrogate Markers of Breast Cancer Risk
Sacha Howell, PhD, The University of Manchester
TOLERANT Study Results
Davide Serrano, European Institute of Oncology
12:05 - 12:10 PM
Persistence in Prevention Award
12:10 - 12:25 PM
I2I 2024 Winner Talk: “A potential for both treatment-resistant tumors and prevention? Control of the estrogenic stimulation of the breast via the ubiquitous androgen receptor pathway”
Stephen Birrell, MD, PhD, FRACS, Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories
Wayne Tilley, PhD, Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories
12:25 - 1:40 PM
Poster Session 2 (Lunch Included)
1:45 - 3:00 PM
Session 6: The Landscape of Reproductive Healthcare in the United States
Co-Chairs:
Lynn Yee, MD, MPH, Northwestern University
Madeline Perry, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Dan Grossman, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Advocate:
Jessica Pinckney Gil, Access Reproductive Justice
Invited Speakers
The CARLA Program
Jonah Fleisher, MD, MPH, FACOG, University of Illinois
Post-Dobbs Abortion Restrictions
Emma Trawick, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
WeCount
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
3:05 - 4:35 PM
Session 7: Rethinking Contraceptives: Current Risk for Breast Cancer and Potential Future Combinations. Can Treatment of Benign Uterine Conditions Provide a Path for Breast Cancer Prevention?
Co-Chairs:
Diana Blithe, PhD, The National Institutes of Health
Carolyn Westhoff, MD, MSc, Columbia University
Sandra M Laveaux, MD, MPH, University of Chicago
BREAK
4:50 - 5:05 PM
I2I 2024 Winner Talk: "Novel breast cancer prevention strategies utilizing epigenetic markers and antiprogestins"
Martin Widschwendter, MD, University College London
5:10 - 6:25 PM
Session 8: Tissue and imaging combinations that elucidate a new way to think about treatment and prevention: Postpartum Breast Cancer
Co-Chairs:
Virginia Borges, MD, University of Colorado
Matteo Lambertini, MD, PhD, University of Genova
Advocate:
Lynda Weatherby, Our MBC Life Podcast
Invited Speakers
Cristina Saura, MD, PhD, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Conference Dinner that Promotes Conversation & Discussion: A Meeting of the Minds
Conference Day 3 - Saturday, February 21st, 2026
7:30 - 8:45 AM
Poster Session 3
Modifiable Risk Factors
8:45 - 10:00 AM
Session 9: Innovative Strategies for Community Engaged Research to Accelerate Progress in Women's Health
Co-Chairs:
Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, University of Chicago
Ricki Fairley, TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Damé Idossa, MD, Mayo Clinic
Advocate:
Ricki Fairley, TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
10:05 - 11:20 AM
Session 10: Environment, the Exposome, and Inflammation as a Mediator of Breast Cancer Risk
Co-Chairs:
Kimberly Badal, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Peggy Reynolds, PhD, MPH, MA, University of California, San Francisco
Advocate:
Nancy Buermeyer, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Invited Speakers
Alexandra White, PhD, MSPH, National Institute of Health
Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Columbia University
11:25 - 12:40 PM
Session 11: Lifestyle-based Prevention Strategies
Co-Chairs:
Jennifer Ligibel, MD, Harvard University
Katrine Whiteson, PhD, University of California, Irvine
Advocate:
Elizabeth Watson, UCSF Breast Health Clinic Volunteer
Invited Speakers:
Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MSH, The George Washington University
Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh
12:45 - 1:00 PM
I2I 2024 Winner Talk: “Innovative Fitness Solutions for Health Equity in Cancer Care”
Jennifer Johnson, JennJ Health
1:00 - 2:15 PM
Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 PM
Session 12: Treating Obesity / Obesity in the Context of the Larger Hormonal Picture
Co-Chairs:
Stephen Hursting, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neil Iyengar, MD, Emory University
Advocate:
Julia Laursen, For the Four
Invited Speakers:
Microbiome in Obesity
Katherine Cook, PhD, Wake Forest University
GLP-1 during endocrine therapy
Sherry Shen, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3:35 - 3:50 PM
I2I 2024 Winner Talk: “Biomarker of tirzepatide effectiveness for cancer”
Erin Giles, PhD, University of Michigan
BREAK
4:05 - 5:20 PM
Session 13: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Alternatives for High-risk Women Without Cancer
Co-Chairs:
Lisa Larkin, MD, FACP, MSCP, Ms. Medicine
Erin Duralde, MD, MPH, MSCP, One Medical
Advocate:
Tracey Heather, Patient Engagement Lead, Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative
5:20 - 5:30 PM
Special Talk: IVF and Long-Term Outcomes
Speaker:
Mitchell Rosen, MD, University of California, San Francisco
5:30 - 6:50 PM
Session 14: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Alternatives for Women with Cancer
Co-Chairs:
Hope Rugo, MD, City of Hope
Abigail Liberty, MD, MSPH, Oregon Health & Science University
Advocate:
Jane Mortimer, UCSF Breast Science Advocacy Core
6:50 - 6:55 PM
Closing Remarks