Barcelona, Spain : 13 - 15 May 2025
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
REGISTRATION
WELCOME LUNCH
CONFERENCE WELCOME
Session 1
Session Chair: Joan Seoane
Myriam Chalabi NKI Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy in pMMR and dMMR colorectal cancers
Q&A 14:00 - 14:10
Marcela Maus Harvard, Cambridge, USA
Driving new CAR T cells
Q&A 14:30 - 14:40
The EMBO Keynote Lecture
Ido Amit Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
The power of ONE: Immunology in the age of spatial and single cell genomics
Q&A 15:00 - 15:10
COFFEE BREAK & SOLO TRAVELLERS' MEET-UP
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM - ELITE SPONSOR
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Antoni Ribas UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Multicellular interactions mediating response and resistance to cancer immunotherapy
Q&A 16:40 - 16:55
Omer Dushek Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Reducing off-target cross-reactivity without impacting on-target sensitivity for safe and effective TCR-T cell therapies
Q&A 17:15 - 17:25
5 Proffered Papers
COFFEE BREAK
Speed Networking
WELCOME BUFFET & DRINKS
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Session 2
Session Chair: Yardena Samuels
5 Proffered Papers
Johanna Joyce University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Exploring and therapeutically exploiting the tumour microenvironment
Q&A 09:50 - 10:00
Joan Seoane VHIO, Barcelona, Spain
Impact of the tumor microenvironment on immunotherapies targeting brain cancer
Q&A 10:20 - 10:30
Maria Casanova-Acebes CNIO, Madrid, Spain
Circadian immunity: can we exploit it therapeutically?
Q&A 10:50 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM - ELITE SPONSOR
5 Proffered Papers
LUNCH
Session 3
Session Chair: Sonia Guedan
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Alberto Mantovani Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
The yin yang of tumour-associated macrophages
Q&A 14:30 - 14:45
Filipe Pereira Lund University, Lund, Sweden
A cancer immunotherapy modality based on dendritic cell reprogramming in vivo
Q&A 15:05 - 15:15
Yardena Samuels Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Revisiting the neoantigen approach to cancer immunotherapy
Q&A 15:35 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
Panel Discussion: Mechanisms of acquired resistance to immunotherapies
Joan Seoane (VHIO, Barcelona, Spain), Sonia Guedan (Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), Ignacio Melero (Cima Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain), Yardena Samuels (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel), Josep Tabernero (VHIO, Barcelona, Spain)
5 Proffered Papers
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
CONFERENCE DINNER (optional ticketed event)
Listed times are in Central European Time (CEST)
Session 4
Session Chair: Ignacio Melero
5 Proffered Papers
Sonia Guedan IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Next generation CAR-T cells for cancer treatment
Q&A 09:50 - 10:00
Christopher Klebanoff Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA
Therapeutic targeting of human cancers using CD4+ T cells
Q&A 10:20 - 10:30
Rony Dahan Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Antibody-based cancer immunotherapies
Q&A 10:50 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Tak Mak Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
Metabolic and neural regulation of immunity and cancer
Q&A 12:00 - 12:15
SUMMARY AND AWARDS PRESENTATION
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