We cordially invite you to the international conference organised under the First Priority Research Area (POB1) of the Excellence Initiative - Research University programme, which will be held on April 29th, 2026, as an online event.
We particularly invite young PhDs and PhD students to submit abstracts of oral presentation (10 or 5 minutes). Abstracts of talks should be prepared in English. The language of the conference is also English.
In addition, you are invited to submit a full-length chapter manuscript (10-15 pages in English) to be published in the "Recent Advances in Computational Oncology and Personalized Medicine" monograph (Volume 6, Silesian University of Technology Publishing House, 20 ministerial points). Submissions to the monograph are welcome regardless of conference participation.
Participation in the conference and publication in the monograph are free of charge.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
To be announced
INVITED LECTURES:
Keynote lecture: Genomic reproducibility in the bioinformatics era
Pawel Labaj, PhD
Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
PRESENTER’S GUIDE:
All presentations are scheduled to be oral (long: presentation time 8 minutes + 2 minutes for discussion or short: presentation time 3 minutes + 2 minutes for discussion )
The presentations will be delivered as a screen sharing option from the presenters' computers, via the Zoom platform. Links to the meetings will be sent out before the conference to the authors and those who have signed up as conference participants. It is possible to passively participate in the conference. All you need to do is register your willingness to participate in the event by email until April 28th, 2026 (via e-mail: ).
ZOOM PARTICIPATION:
Zoom invitations will be send by email to all registered users on 29.04.2026. If you will not receive an invitation, please contact the organizers at .
Abstract submission
Information on qualifying the abstract for presentation at the conference
The conference day
RACOPM full-length manuscript submission
Submissions are accepted through the EasyChair platform, in the form of abstracts of oral presentations (for the active participation in the COPM conference) and/or RACOPM full-length manuscripts for the publication in the RACOPM monograph.
Accepted abstract submissions will be presented in English during the conference as an oral slide presentation: long (presentation time 8 minutes + 2 minutes for discussion) or short (presentation time 3 minutes + 2 minutes for discussion.
Submissions to the monograph are welcome regardless of conference participation.
Participation in the conference and publication in the monograph are free of charge.
EasyChair systemMaximum 1500 characters (spaces included) abstracts in English describing the topic and aim of the research as well as the main conclusions are welcome. Format: online submission via Conference management system.
Between 10 and 15 formatted pages in English: [Guidelines for authors] [MS Word template file]. Accepted after receiving positive reviews manuscripts will be published in the "Recent Advances in Computational Oncology and Personalized Medicine" monograph (Volume 6, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej/Silesian University of Technology Publishing House, 20 points MNiSW).
It is possible to participate in the Conference as a passive (no presentation). Just register yourself by email until April 28th, 2026 (via e-mail: ).
Head: prof. Joanna Polańska (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
Members:
prof. Sylwia Bajkacz (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Ryszard Białecki, corr. memb. of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Damian Borys (Silesian University of Technology, PL) dr Adam Golda (Gliwice Municipal Hospital No 4, PL) prof. Marek Gzik (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Roman Jaksik (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Marcin Kaczmarek (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Wojciech Kempa (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Marek Kimmel (Rice University, USA) prof. Katarzyna Krukiewicz (Silesian University of Technology,PL) prof. Tomasz Krykowski (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
prof. Marek Łos (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Ewa Majchrzak (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Michał Marczyk (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Ziemowit Ostrowski (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Alicja Piasecka-Belkhayat (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Ewa Piętka (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Ewa Stępień (Jagiellonian University, PL) prof. Przemysław Struk (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Sebastian Student (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Adam Szromek (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Michał Tomanek (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
Head: prof. Michał Marczyk (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
Members:
prof. Sylwia Bajkacz (Silesian University of Technology, PL) dr Aleksandra Suwalska (Silesian University of Technology, PL) prof. Roman Jaksik (Silesian University of Technology, PL) mgr inż. Karolina Kuliś (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
dr Joanna Tobiasz (Silesian University of Technology, PL) mgr Karolina Widzisz (Silesian University of Technology, PL) dr Joanna Żyła (Silesian University of Technology, PL)
Priority Research Area of the Silesian University of Technology / Priorytetowy Obszar Badawczy Politechniki Śląskiej POB1 Computational Oncology and Personalized Medicine / POB1 Onkologia Obliczeniowa i Spersonalizowana Medycyna
