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91st Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath)

Date

12.11.2026 - 14.11.2026

Event location

Kultur & Kongresshaus Aarau
5000 Aarau

Organizer

SGPath - Symposium and Seminar Management

Deadline for applications

14.11.2026

Online registration

91st Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath)

We are pleased to invite you to the 91st Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology in Aarau. In combination with the 4th Swiss Pathology Days and the 2026 General Assembly, this congress offers an ideal platform for scientific exchange, continued education, and networking within the Swiss pathology community.

Highlights:

Postgraduate Course
Scientific Program: Intersecting Roads to Success
Slide Seminar
Poster Session and Award Ceremony
Industrial Exhibition and Industry Symposium
Networking

Abstract submission here

Language: English

CME Credits:

Postgraduate Course (morning): 3 Credits
Pathology Annual Congress Thursday (afternoon): 5 Credits
Pathology Annual Congress Friday: 9 Credits
Slide Seminar - Participation: 3 Credits
Slide Seminar - Diagnoses: 3 Credits

We look forward to welcoming you to Aarau for an inspiring congress!

Program Donnerstag, 12. November 2026

Time	Topic	Moderation/Speaker
08:00	Registration
09:00 - 10:30	Postgraduate Course: Unpuzzling the Prostate - Spotting Patterns and Pitfalls Part I	Glen Kristiansen, Rainer Grobholz
10:30 - 11:00	Break & Industry Exhibition
11:00 - 12:00	Postgraduate Course: Unpuzzling the Prostate - Spotting Patterns and Pitfalls Part II	Glen Kristiansen, Rainer Grobholz
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Registration
13:00 - 13:15	Official Opening & Welcome	Rainer Grobholz, Sylvia Höller
	Scientific Session I: Extranodal lymphomas and its mimickers - Is every lymphocyte a lymphoma?
13:15 - 13:40	Lung	Spasenija Savic Prince
13:40 - 14:05	Gastrointestinal tract	Bastian Dislich
14:05 - 14:30	Breast	Umberto Maccio
14:30 - 15:00	Industry Symposium	Roche - TBD
15:00 - 15:30	Break, Industry Exhibition & Poster Session
	Keynote Lecture
15:30 - 16:15	Decisions at the Edge of Life	Marc Hauser
16:15 - 16:45	Free Oral Presentations I
16:45 - 18:00	Scientific Session II: Soft tissue lesions - Is every spindle cell a sarcoma?
16:45 - 17:10	Thorax	Sabine Berezowska
17:10 - 17:35	Skin	Katharina Glatz
17:35 - 18:00	Head & Neck	Niels Rupp
18:30 - 20:00	Meeting of the Institute Directors

Program Freitag, 13. November 2026

Time	Topic	Moderation/Speaker
07:00	Registration
	Scientific Session III: How to navigate in the land down under - critical lesions in GU pathology
08:00 - 08:25	Malignant or not? - Bladder	Eva Comperat
08:25 - 08:50	Not always epithelial - stromal lesions in prostate	Glen Kristiansen
08:50 - 09:15	What to do if it is not blue - Oncocytic tumors	Holger Moch
09:15 - 09:45	Free Oral Presentations II
09:45 - 10:45	Break, Industry Exhibition & Poster Session
	Scientific Session IV: Cystic Lesions revisited - Bursting the Bubble
10:45 - 11:10	Head & Neck	Daniel Baumhoer
11:10 - 11:35	Pancreas	Eva Diamantis
11:35 - 12:00	Liver	Achim Weber
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Session
12:05 - 12:35	General Assembly Swiss Society of Molecular Pathology
13:30 - 14:00	Industry Symposium: Digital Pathology	Agilent - TBD
	Scientific Session V: Digital Pathology - Chances and Challenge
14:00 - 14:30	AI Under Attack: Cybersecurity Risks and the Hackability of Modern AI Tools	Raphael Reischuk
14:30 - 15:00	Black Boxes in White Coats: Can AI Really Be Explained?	Mauricio Reyes
15:00 - 15:30	Deep Learning - Shallow Understanding? The Clinical Limits of AI Biomarker Prediction	Fayyaz Minhas
15:30 - 16:00	Break & Industry Exhibition
	Scientific Session VI: Next Generation Frozen Section
16:00 - 16:30	Confocal laser scanning microsopy – are we ready to break the ice?	Peter Wild
16:30 - 17:00	NeuroSAFE and LaserSAFE in Prostataectomies: Rescue my nerves!	Anna Silvano, Aswathy Menon
	Special Session: Pathology & Oncology: It's time to come together
17:00 - 17:30	Entrusted Professional Activities in Pathology	TBD
17:30 - 18:00	The Role of Pathologists in Clinical Trials: Time to stand up!	Anne-Laure Rougemont, Richard Lutz
19:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner featuring Teddy Hall

Program Samstag, 14. November 2026

Time	Topic	Moderation/Speaker
08:00	Registration
08:30 - 09:45	General Assembly SSPath
09:45 - 10:15	Registration, Break & Industry Exhibition
10:15 - 11:30	Slide Seminar I	Eva Comperat, Spasenija Savic, Niels Rupp, Achim Weber
11:30 - 12:00	Break & Industry Exhibition
12:00 - 13:00	Slide Seminar II	Zsuzsanna Varga, Elias Schulze

Program subject to change

General downloads

Mini Flyer SGPath 2026

Prices in CHF

What	Seats	Designation
Half-Day Postgraduate Course	300	Early Bird 120.00
2 Days SGPath	300	SGPath Members - Early Bird 310.00 Junior SGPath (Residents) - Early Bird 140.00 Non-Members - Early Bird 480.00 Students/Residents Non-Members - Early Bird 200.00
1 Day (THURSDAY)	300	Members SGPath 190.00 Junior SGPath Members (Residents) 100.00 Non-Members 300.00 Students/ Residents Non-Members 130.00
1 Day (FRIDAY)	300	Members SGPath 190.00 Junior SGPath Members (Residents) 100.00 Non-Members 300.00 Students/Residents Non-Members 130.00
Slide Seminar	300	Members SGPath 0.00 Non-Members 140.00 Students/Residents (Non-Members) 90.00
Gala Dinner	40	Gala Dinner 100.00

Cancellation conditions

Thank you for your binding registration. Please note our cancellation policy below.

If you cancel 30 to 15 days before the event, we charge 50% - 14 days before the event or if you don’t show up, we charge 100%. If the participant cancels before the deadlines mentioned above, we reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee for administrative costs.
Amount: CHF 30.-However, you always have the option to send a substitute. By signing up, you confirm that you have read and accepted these terms.

Deadline for applications

14.11.2026

Online registration

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