4th International Conference Therapeutic Applications of Nitric Oxide in Cancer and Related-Inflammatory Disorders
7-9 October 2026
Fundação da Cidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Preliminary Program

Day 1

Wednesday, 7 October  |  14:00–18:30

13:00

Registration

14:00

 

Opening ceremony

Welcome addresses by Conference Chairs, President of ISNOC, Representative of the Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro

Chairs / Presidents TBA

14:30

 

Keynote lecture

(Speaker TBA)

15:10

 

Session 1 — Nitric oxide: molecular and cellular mechanisms

Invited Talk: M. Benhar · Selected talk (TBA)

15:50

Introducing the Special Issue and BBA Journals – Elsevier (Marina Holz)

16:05

Coffee break + Poster Session

16:35

Session 1 — Nitric oxide: molecular and cellular mechanisms (cont.)

Invited Talk: C.H. Switzer · Selected talk (TBA)

17:15

Session 2 — NO therapeutic applications: Cancer and Immunotherapy

Invited Talk: A. Rodriguez-Ariza · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA)

18:05

Young Researcher’s Session 1

Speakers TBA

18:45

Poster session + Networking drinks

 

Day 2

Thursday, 8 October  |  09:00–18:30

09:00

Keynote lecture

(Speaker TBA)

09:40

Session 2 — NO therapeutic applications: Cancer and Immunotherapy(cont.)

Invited Talk: S. Chlopicki · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk 6 (TBA)

10:30

Coffee break + Poster Session (30 min)

11:00

Session 3 — NO therapeutic applications: Acute and Chronic Inflammatory-Related Diseases

Invited Talk: E. Rezoagli · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA)

12:15

Lunch break (60 min)

13:30

Keynote lecture — Asghar Ghasemi - NO in metabolic/chronic disease contexts, including the role of nitric oxide in type 2 diabetes

14:10

Session 4 — NO therapeutic applications: Other indications

Invited Talk: M. Cortese-Krott · Invited Talk: J. Laranjinha · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA)

15:25

Young Researcher’s Session 2

Speakers TBA

16:05

Coffee break + Poster Session (30 min)

16:35

Session 5 — Expanding the Therapeutic Landscape of Gasotransmitters Beyond Nitric Oxide

Invited Talk: R. Motterlini · Invited Talk: H. Vieira · Invited Talk: V. Brancaleone · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA)

18:15

End of Day 2

20:00

Conference dinner

 

Day 3

Friday, 9 October  |  09:00–13:00

09:00

Keynote Lecture — Mark Schoenfisch - Nitric oxide-releasing therapeutics for treating chronic respiratory infections 

09:40

Session 6 — Next-Generation Nitric Oxide Donors and Delivery Systems

Invited Talk: A. Seabra · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA) · Selected talk (TBA)

10:45

Coffee break (20 min)

11:05

Session 6 — Next-Generation Nitric Oxide Donors and Delivery Systems (cont.)

Invited Talk: R. Morris · Selected talk (TBA)

11:45

Session 7 — Clinical and translational perspectives: industry/clinical panel

Invited industry/clinical/researchers to discuss strategies, challenges, and pathways to implementation of NO-based therapies

Panellists TBA

12:30

Closing remarks & awards

Conference chairs, ISNOC president, BBA Elsevier

13:00

End of the conference

15:00 – 17:30

Social event (optional registration required – program TBA)