Announcements

SABCS® 2024 is only days away!

We can't wait to welcome all of you at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio, Texas, or through the virtual symposium. We are expecting more than 10,000 speakers and attendees - doctors, researchers, and patient advocates. The symposium kicks off at noon on Tuesday, December 10, with four interesting and important sessions - the first of more than 75 sessions that take place throughout the week highlighting more than 1,700 abstracts.

Read the Full Program and download it on PDF

See complete abstracts to be shared at the symposium

Also, Get the latest news and updates from SABCS® 2024 by reading SABCS® Meeting News


Don't miss out, register today

There is still time to register for SABCS® 2024. 

Register online now

Or register on-site in the Main Lobby of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center during the following hours: 

Attendee Exhibitor
Monday, December 9 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, December 10 8:00 am - 7:00 pm 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 11 6:30 am - 7:00 pm 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 12 6:30 am - 7:00 pm 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday, December 13 6:30 am - 6:00 pm 6:30 am - 6:00 pm

Important Information for SABCS® 2024 Presenters

Guidelines and templates

Guidelines for presenters are now available on the SABCS 2024 website. You can find information if you are a General Session Oral Presenter, a Rapid Fire Mini-Oral presenter, a Poster Spotlight presenter or a Poster Session presenter. Click the links below for more information.

General Session Oral Presentation Guidelines

Rapid Fire Presentation Guidelines

Poster Spotlight Guidelines

Poster Presenter Guidelines

Portals to use

The Presenter Submission Portal allows presenters to upload their presentations, audio files and posters. At the same time, the Abstract Submission Portal is still important. It’s where presenters can submit their financial disclosure information, view their co-authors, and make any necessary updates to biographical information. Be sure and log in to both portals as you are finishing up your presentation preparation.


Top speakers scheduled for SABCS® 2024

SABCS 2024 will include lectures from some of the finest minds in breast cancer research. These include:

  • - William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will deliver the Keynote Address - "(Re)emerging Principles for Controlling Cancer with Drugs" - starting at 8:35 a.m. CST on Wednesday, December 11, in Hall 1 of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Kaelin is Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine at Harvard University and runs the Kaelin Lab for Cancer Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
     
  • - Laura J. van 't Veer, PhD, will receive the William L. McGuire Lecture Award and deliver her lecture at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, December 11 in Hall 1. Van ’t Veer is professor and Angela and Shu Kai Chan Endowed Chair in Cancer Research in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of applied genomics and leader of the Breast Oncology Program for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
     
  • - Steffi Oesterreich, PhD, is the recipient of the 2024 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research, supported by Aflac, Inc. Her award lecture will be presented at 3 p.m. CST on Thursday, December 12, in the Stars at Night Ballroom 1-2.
     
  • - Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc, is the recipient of the 2024 AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Curtis’ award lecture will be presented at 3 p.m. CST on Wednesday, December 11, in the Stars at Night Ballroom 1-2.

Learn more about the awards and this year's winners


Happenings at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Product Theaters
Prominent industry leaders such as Novartis, Lilly, and Pfizer Oncology are scheduled to hold Product Theater sessions at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. These sessions are a great opportunity for SABCS attendees to get insights into the latest breakthroughs, clinical trials, and emerging therapies directly from the companies developing them. There are 11 Product Theater presentations spread across Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday during the symposium, held in the Exhibit Hall. See the full schedule

Child Care
Onsite child care will be available during the Symposium for children ages 6 months to 12 years. Learn more about the care and the times the care will be available on our Onsite Services web page. Get details and sign up

SABCS Store
Stop by our store in the Main Lobby to purchased fun SABCS gear - including T-shirts, keychains, and stuffed animals. Make sure you buy a duck for the first-ever Duck Pluck, where winners will win prizes toward attending SABCS 2025. All proceeds from the store and the Duck Pluck go to support early career scientists.

Eposters available in-person
Eposters will be available for in-person viewing at SABCS 2024. Go to Booth #1433 in the Exhibit Hall, Halls 2-3, to view them live during the symposium.

More On-site Services


A chance to own a unique painting made exclusively for SABCS 2024

San Antonio artist Diana Perez has painted a beautiful, uplifting piece of art for SABCS 2024, celebrating surviving breast cancer. Perez herself is a breast cancer survivor. Her painting will be on display throughout the symposium at the SABCS store in the Main Lobby. A silent auction will take place between the store's opening on Monday, December 9, and 1 p.m. Friday, December 13, to see who gets to take home the painting. You can also buy replicas of the painting on mouse pads for sale at the store.