It was an exciting to present our research on Lymph Node Metastasis Detection in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma at the MIB Future Panel 2024. Hosted by the Medical Imaging Center Bonn in partnership with Universitätsklinikum Bonn and the Medical Faculty of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, this symposium united thought leaders from both academia and industry. The event highlighted the critical importance of multi-center collaborations for the development of robust Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems, which are essential for providing radiologists with reliable tools suited for real-world clinical application.