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Register and Reserve Housing Now: AACR Annual Meeting 2025

March 7, 2025

The last day to make hotel reservations through AACR Housing is March 14

CHICAGO – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 116th Annual Meeting from April 25-30, 2025, at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. Media interested in covering this meeting can register to attend in person or remotely through the virtual meeting platform.

View the program in progress in the online itinerary planner.

HOUSING DEADLINE

The deadline for reserving a hotel room through AACR Housing is Friday, March 14. You can reserve a hotel room before registering for the meeting.

To book an individual or group housing reservation, visit the Accommodations and Travel section on the AACR Annual Meeting website.

For assistance, AACR Housing agents can be reached in the U.S. and Canada at 888-381-7166 or, for international callers, at 415-979-2262. Agents are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. ET.

MEDIA REGISTRATION

Journalists may register to attend in person in Chicago or remotely through the virtual meeting platform. Journalists planning to cover the meeting must register through the AACR public relations team using the form linked below to receive the embargoed press program and other important communications.

Journalists must provide official press credentials and bylined coverage to register as press. Before requesting registration, please review the full media registration requirements and embargo policies.

Journalists can request registration by filling out this online form.

PRESS OPERATIONS AT AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2025

Press Conferences from April 27-29 in E353A

Press conferences featuring noteworthy research from the AACR Annual Meeting are scheduled for the following times:

  • Sunday, April 27, 11 a.m. CT
  • Monday, April 28, 8:30 a.m. CT
  • Tuesday, April 29, 8:30 a.m. CT

Press conferences will be held in person and simultaneously broadcast through Zoom webinar for virtual attendees. Abstracts included in this year’s press program and additional details will be shared with registered reporters about a week before the meeting begins.

Press Room and Badge Pickup in E353B

The press room hours of operation are as follows:

  • Friday, April 25: 12-6 p.m. CT
  • Saturday, April 26-Tuesday, April 29: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. CT
  • Wednesday, April 30: 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m. CT

EMBARGO POLICY

Individuals registered as press for the AACR Annual Meeting agree to abide by all embargoes. Please review the AACR’s embargo policy.

Abstracts will be posted to the online itinerary planner at the time embargoes lift. Below are the dates and times when embargoes lift:

  • Full regular abstracts – i.e., TITLES AND TEXT – will be published on March 25, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
  • Late-breaking and clinical trials abstracts – TITLES ONLY (no text) – will be published on March 25, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
  • Late-breaking and clinical trials abstracts – TEXT – will be published on April 25, 2025 at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET.

Abstracts selected for the official AACR Annual Meeting press program are embargoed until date and time of presentation during the Annual Meeting, either at an official AACR press conference or in a scientific session.

CONTACT

For more information on press operations at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025, visit our newsroom or contact a member of the AACR public relations team: