UK Medical and Oncology Conferences 2027

UK Medical and Oncology Conferences 2027

The UK medical conference calendar is spread across far more cities than most international teams expect. London carries the genomics, investor and many of the oncology meetings, but the large medical society congresses rotate between Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool, and the Oxford and Cambridge cluster adds a steady run of science and industry events.

This guide lists the UK medical and oncology conferences we could confirm for 2027, plus the last few meetings of 2026, with dates, venues and who each event suits. It is written for people planning which meetings to go to or exhibit at, particularly business development and marketing teams at diagnostics, tools, CRO and platform companies.

Every date below was checked on the organiser’s official website on 9 November 2026. Where a 2027 date has not been published yet, we say so rather than guess.

Key takeaways

• Late February and March 2027 bring several UK oncology meetings, including ESGO in London, the BACR breast cancer meeting in Gateshead, ImmunoMark Summit London (3–4 March), BTOG in Edinburgh and the BIR radiotherapy and oncology meeting.
• Mid-April to late June is medical society season outside London: BSH in Manchester, CCLG in Birmingham, ABS in Wales, NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester and BSG LIVE in Glasgow.
• Drug discovery and laboratory buyers gather in the autumn, at ELRIG Drug Discovery in Liverpool (19–20 October) and Lab Innovations at the NEC (3–4 November).
• Society meetings give exhibitors reach to clinicians; smaller focused meetings with scheduled 1:1s give more time with budget holders. Most sponsor plans need some of each.

UK medical and oncology conference calendar 2027

The table runs in date order from November 2026 to November 2027. For a full London-only list, including investor and biotech partnering events, see our London biotech and life sciences events guide. For international oncology meetings, see the oncology conferences calendar.

Meetings without confirmed 2027 details, such as the Beatson International Cancer Conference and BAUS, are left out until they publish.

Late 2026: closing out the year

UKONS Annual Conference (13–14 November 2026, SEC Glasgow). The UK Oncology Nursing Society’s annual meeting brings together cancer nurses from across the country. It suits supportive care and patient pathway companies.

ESMO Immuno-Oncology & Advanced Therapies Congress (14–16 December 2026, London). ESMO’s immuno-oncology congress takes place in London in December, with sessions also available online. It is a clinical and scientific meeting for oncologists and IO researchers.

January to March 2027: London, Edinburgh and the North East

Festival of Genomics & Biodata (27–28 January 2027, ExCeL London). The year’s first large UK life sciences event covers genomics, multi-omics, data science, single-cell and spatial biology, and precision medicine. It suits sequencing, spatial and bioinformatics vendors.

ESGO 2027 Congress (25–27 February 2027, London). The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology holds its congress in London. Expect gynaecological oncologists, surgeons and pathologists, with strong interest in molecular classification and biomarker-led treatment of ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancers.

BACR New Developments in Breast Cancer Research (1–3 March 2027, The Glasshouse, Gateshead). The British Association for Cancer Research brings its breast cancer meeting back to The Glasshouse International Centre for Music on the Newcastle and Gateshead quayside. It is a research meeting spanning treatment advances, prevention and lobular cancer, and suits translational research and reagent suppliers.

ImmunoMark Summit London (3–4 March 2027). The 2nd annual ImmunoMark Summit London is a focused two-day meeting on immuno-oncology and biomarker-driven precision medicine, with 400+ attendees expected. More detail is in the sponsor section below.

BTOG Annual Conference (3–5 March 2027, EICC Edinburgh). The British Thoracic Oncology Group’s 25th annual conference is the main UK multidisciplinary meeting for lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Clinicians, nurses, pathologists and researchers attend, so it suits companies in lung cancer therapeutics, molecular testing and liquid biopsy.

BIR Annual Radiotherapy and Oncology Meeting (11–12 March 2027). The British Institute of Radiology has confirmed the dates; the venue had not been published when we checked. The audience is radiotherapy professionals, physicists and clinical oncologists.

Digital Health Rewired (16–17 March 2027, NEC Birmingham). A large NHS digital health event covering data, AI and clinical systems. It is where data and diagnostics companies meet NHS digital leaders.

April to June 2027: society season in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow

BSH Annual Scientific Meeting (18–20 April 2027, Manchester Central). The British Society for Haematology’s annual meeting covers malignant and non-malignant haematology. For haem-onc drug developers and MRD, flow cytometry and molecular diagnostics companies, it is the main UK haematology audience of the year.

CCLG Annual Conference (19–20 April 2027, ICC Birmingham). The Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group conference is the UK’s professional meeting for paediatric and teenage and young adult oncology, with a multidisciplinary audience and an exhibitor and sponsor programme.

ELRIG Radiopharmaceuticals, discovery and translation (27 April 2027, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology). A one-day ELRIG science meeting on radiopharmaceutical discovery and translation, a growing area for oncology developers and their imaging and CRO partners.

ACP (UKSMO) Conference. The Association of Cancer Physicians, now becoming the UK Society for Medical Oncology, held its 2026 conference at the Crowne Plaza Birmingham on 16–18 April 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced.

ABS Conference (10–11 May 2027, Wales). The Association of Breast Surgery takes its conference to Wales for the first time. The audience covers breast surgeons, radiologists, oncologists, pathologists and specialist nurses, which suits breast imaging, pathology and surgical device companies.

NHS ConfedExpo (16–17 June 2027, Manchester Central). The NHS Confederation’s annual event for health and care leaders (the organiser’s site also refers to it as NHS Health and Care Expo). Relevant to market access and diagnostics adoption rather than science, and a good read on NHS priorities.

BSG LIVE (21–24 June 2027, SEC Glasgow). The British Society of Gastroenterology’s annual meeting covers gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and GI cancers, and suits GI diagnostics and endoscopy companies.

October to November 2027: drug discovery and the laboratory

ELRIG Drug Discovery (19–20 October 2027, Liverpool Experience Campus). ELRIG’s flagship meeting alternates between Liverpool and London; the 2027 edition is in Liverpool. It suits lab automation, assay, screening and tools vendors.

Lab Innovations (3–4 November 2027, NEC Birmingham). A two-day laboratory exhibition for lab managers, scientists and procurement teams, held alongside other engineering shows at the NEC.

ELRIG High-content imaging and flow cytometry (15–16 November 2027, Hinxton, Cambridge). A specialist meeting near the Wellcome Genome Campus for imaging and cytometry users in drug discovery.

City by city: where UK medical conferences happen

London has the most meetings; our London events guide covers it in detail. Manchester (Manchester Central) and Birmingham (the ICC for society meetings, the NEC for exhibitions) carry much of the society and NHS calendar. Glasgow (SEC), Edinburgh (EICC) and Liverpool each host at least one national meeting in the year ahead.

Leeds hosts regional research and NHS meetings, but we found no national oncology congress with confirmed 2027 Leeds dates when we checked. Cambridge and Oxford run a dense calendar of science park, genomics and partnering events; see our Golden Triangle life sciences events guide for those.

Society meetings and industry events: what exhibitors should know

Most events above are medical society meetings. They draw large clinical audiences, and industry presence is usually a stand or sponsored symposium, governed for prescription medicines by the ABPI Code of Practice. That builds visibility with clinicians, but translational scientists, biomarker leads and procurement teams in pharma and biotech are a small share of those audiences.

Smaller industry-focused meetings reverse the trade-off: fewer attendees, but more budget holders and time for structured meetings. A balanced UK plan usually mixes both.

How to choose which UK conferences to attend or exhibit at

• Start with your buyer, not the city. List the job titles that sign off purchases for your product, then check which meetings those people attend. A haem-onc MRD assay and a spatial biology platform need different calendars.
• Cluster travel. Early March puts several oncology meetings in London, Edinburgh and the North East within two weeks, and April to June concentrates society meetings in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.
• Check the format. Ask organisers whether they offer scheduled 1:1 meetings, an attendee list before the event, or only a stand. Stand-only formats need more pre-event outreach to fill your diary.
• Check the audience mix. Request a breakdown by sector and seniority. A meeting dominated by clinicians suits different goals from one led by pharma and biotech decision-makers.
• Model the return before you commit. Estimate meetings, qualified opportunities and pipeline per event. Our sponsorship ROI calculator and the guide on how to choose biotech conferences to sponsor can help.

For diagnostics, tools and CDx teams: ImmunoMark Summit London

If your buyers are immuno-oncology and biomarker teams in pharma and biotech, ImmunoMark Summit London on 3–4 March 2027 is built for that audience. It runs two parallel streams, Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology and Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics, with keynotes, panels and case studies.

Sponsors get pre-scheduled 20-minute 1:1 meetings, a wishlist feature to request the people they want to meet, and the delegate list about 10 days before the event, plus a Day 1 drinks reception. London 2026 brought together 300+ attendees from 100+ companies, 70% of them senior decision-makers, with 200+ meetings held and 15–25 meetings per sponsor.

Packages range from Headline, Platinum, Gold and Silver to Exhibitor, Exclusive 1:1 meeting packages and Branding. See the London 2027 sponsorship opportunities, our pages for the UK oncology biomarker conference and the companion diagnostics conference in London, or past sponsor case studies.

FAQs

What are the main oncology conferences in the UK in 2027?

Confirmed 2027 UK oncology meetings include ESGO 2027 in London (25–27 February), the BACR breast cancer meeting in Gateshead (1–3 March), ImmunoMark Summit London (3–4 March), BTOG in Edinburgh (3–5 March), the BIR radiotherapy and oncology meeting (11–12 March), the BSH Annual Scientific Meeting in Manchester (18–20 April), the CCLG conference in Birmingham (19–20 April) and the ABS Conference in Wales (10–11 May). The ACP (UKSMO) medical oncology conference had not announced 2027 dates when we checked.

Which UK cities host the most medical conferences?

London has the densest calendar, with genomics, oncology and investor events throughout the year. Manchester (Manchester Central), Birmingham (ICC and NEC) and Glasgow (SEC) host most of the large medical society meetings and NHS events, Edinburgh hosts thoracic oncology at the EICC in 2027, and Liverpool hosts ELRIG Drug Discovery in October 2027.

Is there a cancer conference in Manchester in 2027?

Yes. The British Society for Haematology Annual Scientific Meeting, which covers haemato-oncology, takes place at Manchester Central on 18–20 April 2027, and ELRIG holds a one-day radiopharmaceuticals meeting at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology on 27 April 2027. NHS ConfedExpo is also at Manchester Central on 16–17 June 2027.

Can industry companies exhibit at UK medical society meetings?

Most UK society meetings, including BSH, BTOG, BSG LIVE, CCLG and ABS, have an industry exhibition and sponsorship programme, usually governed by the ABPI Code of Practice for prescription medicines. Exhibitors typically meet clinicians at stands and sponsored sessions rather than through scheduled one-to-one meetings, so plan follow-up carefully.

Where can diagnostics and tools companies meet immuno-oncology biomarker teams in the UK?

ImmunoMark Summit London on 3–4 March 2027 runs two parallel streams, Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology and Biomarkers and Companion Diagnostics, with pre-scheduled 20-minute 1:1 meetings. Genomics and tools vendors also use the Festival of Genomics in January, and ELRIG Drug Discovery in Liverpool in October for discovery-stage buyers.

How accurate are the dates in this guide?

Every date was checked on the organiser’s official website on 9 November 2026. Where a 2027 date had not been published, we say so and give the most recent edition instead. Dates and venues can change, so confirm with the organiser before booking travel or committing to a stand.