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Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs
Barcelona, Spain : 11 - 13 March 2019
Scientific Programme
FULL PROGRAMME AND SPEAKER ABSTRACTS
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Registration
Posters may be put up from 12:00
WELCOME LUNCH & TRADE EXHIBITION
Conference welcome
Scientific Programme Committee
Session 1
Chair: Joan Seoane
Pablo Umaña Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Switzerland
"Redirecting T-cells for Cancer Immunotherapy using Next Generation Bispecific Antibodies and Fusion Proteins"
Karin de Visser NKI, Netherlands
"Dissecting cancer cell-intrinsic mechanisms dictating the immune landscape of breast cancer"
Yotam Bar-Ephraim Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
Proffered Paper 1: "Raising T cells against tumour-derived neo-antigens using epithelial organoid cultures"
Elena Garralda VHIO, Spain
"Challenges in early drug development of IO agents"
EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS
Hear about the equipment and services offered by the companies in the trade exhibition.
COFFEE BREAK
Session 2
Chair: Johanna Joyce
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
3 top-scoring abstracts will be presented in short 'flash talks' of 3 minutes each.
Neta Erez Tel Aviv University, Israel
Proffered Paper 2: "Shaping the immune landscape: Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts drive Th2 immunity in breast cancer progression and metastasis"
Luca Gattinoni National Cancer Institute, USA
"Harnessing T memory stem cells for adoptive cell transfer therapy of cancer"
Andrea Schietinger MSKCC, USA
"Molecular mechanisms defining tumor-specific T cell dysfunction and therapeutic reprogrammability"
EMBO Keynote Lecture
Richard Flavell Yale University School of Medicine, USA
"Study of the interface between human cancers and the human immune system in novel humanized mice"
NETWORKING RECEPTION
with drinks and a hot buffet dinner
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Odd numbered posters will be presented
POSTER VIEWING
tea/coffee available
Industry SPOTLIGHT 1 - Nexcelom Bioscience
Sun Yung
“Novel plate-based detection method for T cell activation/proliferation, migration and cytotoxicity assay using image cytometry.”
Session 3
Chair: Andrea Schietinger
Alena Gros VHIO, Spain
"Harnessing the personalized antitumor T-cell response to treat cancer"
Johanna Joyce University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"Exploring and Therapeutically Exploiting the Tumour Microenvironment"
Keynote Lecture
George Coukos University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"Orchestration of antitumor immune response. Lesson for immunotherapy from the tumor microenvironment"
COFFEE BREAK
Session 4
Chair: Karin de Visser
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS
3 top-scoring abstracts will be presented in short 'flash talks' of 3 minutes each.
Joan Seoane VHIO, Spain
"Embryology meets Oncology. The role of LIF in cancer"
Marit Melssen University of Virginia, USA
Proffered Paper 3: "Formation and function of CD49a+ and CD49b+ CD8 T cells in a murine breast cancer model"
Sergio Quezada UCL Cancer Institute, UK
“T cell evolution in non-small cell lung cancer”
Industry SYMPOSIUM - Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tim Looney
"Predicting immunotherapy response and adverse events through next generation sequencing of peripheral blood T cell repertoires"
LUNCH
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
Even numbered posters will be presented. Tea & coffee will be available.
Session 5
Chair: Sergio Quezada
Graham Pawelec University of Tübingen, Germany
"Immunotherapy of Cancer: Triumphs and Challenges and the Impact of Immunosenescence"
Danique Duits NKI, Netherlands
Proffered Paper 4: "Systemic expansion of pro-metastatic neutrophils is enhanced by MET amplification in breast cancer"
Kris Thielemans VUB, Belgium
"mRNA therapeutics: ex-vivo and in-vivo modification of antigen presenting cells"
DISCUSSION FORUM
until 18:45
The discussion will be led by Joan Seoane, Zlatko Trajanosky and George Coukos, and participants are invited to contribute to the conversation.
"How to introduce precision medicine principles to immuno-oncology"
Conference Dinner
El Principal del Eixample
Ticketed optional extra
POSTER VIEWING
tea/coffee available
Industry SPOTLIGHT 2 - 10x Genomics
Hannes Arnold
"Single Cell and Spatial Gene Expression Analysis of the Tumor Microenvironment"
Session 6
Chair: Alena Gros
Núria Lopez-Bigas ICREA & IRB Barcelona, Spain
"Biological and clinical relevance of tumor mutations"
Zlatko Trajanosky Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
"Computing and probing immunity in colorectal cancer"
Jitske van den Bulk LUMC, Netherlands
Proffered Paper 5: "Detection of neo-antigen-specific T cell responses in low mutation burden colorectal cancers for personalized therapies"
COFFEE BREAK
Miguel Sanmamed University of Navarra, Spain
"Novel patient-derived tumor models for immunotherapy development”
Closing Keynote
Laurence Zitvogel Gustave Roussy, France
"The unsuspected role of gut microbiota in cancer therapies"
Summary & Awards
Scientific Programme Committee
LUNCH & DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
03 December 2018
Abstract submission deadline:
12 December 2018
Registration deadline:
12 March 2019
"Wonderful location, good standard of talks. Small and intimate. Good exhibits and poster sessions."
2017 participant feedback
Above: Lecture session at La Pedrera at the last edition of the conference in September 2017.
