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Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs
Barcelona, Spain : 13 - 15 May 2025
Scientific programme
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Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
REGISTRATION
WELCOME LUNCH
Light refreshments will be served.
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
Q&A: 16:00-16:10
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
Speed Networking
WELCOME BUFFET & DRINKS
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Listed times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING with coffee
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
Q&A: 11:50-12:00
5 Proffered Papers
LUNCH
Light refreshments will be served.
Session 3
Session Chair: Sonia Guedan
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Alberto Mantovani Istituto Clinico Humanitas and Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
'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)
EARLY POSTER VIEWING with coffee
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
The SITC Lecture
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
DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
17 March 2025
Abstract submission deadline:
17 March 2025
Registration deadline:
14 April 2025
