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Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs
Barcelona, Spain : 11 - 13 May 2027
Scientific programme
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Registration
WELCOME LUNCH
Conference Welcome - Scientific Programme Committee
Session 1: T cell-based therapies
Chair - Joan Seoane
Marcela Maus Harvard Medical School, USA
'New findings in CAR-T cells'
Q&A: 13:30-13:40
Joan Seoane VHIO, Spain
'Enabling T cell engagers in solid tumors'
Q&A: 14:00-14:10
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Carl June University of Pennsylvania, USA
'CAR T on the Attack Against Cancer'
Q&A: 14:40-14:55
COFFEE BREAK & SOLO TRAVELLERS MEET UP
Session 2: Reprogramming Tumor Immunity: Plasticity in the Tumor Microenvironment
Chair - Alena Gros
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
Anna Obenauf IMP, Austria
'Unlocking immunity: Decoding and reprogramming the immune-evasive tumor microenvironment'
Q&A: 16:15-`16:25
Leila Akkari NKI, Netherlands
'Leveraging Myeloid Cell Diversity in Cancer- A Matter of Plasticity and Metabolism'
Q&A: 16:45-16:55
5 SELECTED PROFFERED PAPERS
10 minute presentations
Welcome Reception
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1
Session 3: Engineering Anti-Tumour Immunity
Chair - Leila Akkari
5 SELECTED PROFFERED PAPERS
10 minute presentations
Alena Gros VHIO, Spain
'From Tumor Antigens to Personalized T Cell Therapies'
Q&A: 9:50-10:00
Ton Schumacher NKI, Netherlands
'T cell recognition of human cancer: Cracking the code'
Q&A: 10:20-10:30
Christoph Scheiermann LMU Munich, Germany and the University of Geneva, Switzerland
'Circadian tumor immune responses'
Q&A: 10:50-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
5 SELECTED PROFFERED PAPERS
10 minute presentations
LUNCH
Session 4: Predicting and Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance
Chair - Marcela Maus
Marleen Kok NKI, Netherlands
'Tumor micro-environment dynamcis in immunotherapy response in breast cancer'
Q&A: 14:20-14:30
Lilian Su Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, Canada
'Predicting Immune Response and Resistance Beyond Genomics'
Q&A: 14:50-15:00
Marion Subklewe LMU Klinikum, Germany
'Hematotoxicity as a Driver of Non-Relapse Mortality after CAR T-cell Therapy'
Q&A: 15:20-15:30
COFFEE BREAK
NETWORKING SESSION
5 SELECTED PROFFERED PAPERS
10 minute presentations
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2
Coffee available
CONFERENCE DINNER
Optional ticketed event
Session 5: Cancer Prevention and Early Immune Interception
Chair - Joan Seoane
5 SELECTED PROFFERED PAPERS
10 minute presentations
Direna Alonso-Curbelo IRB Barcelona, Spain
Q&A: 9:50-10:00
Charles Swanton The Francis Crick Institute, UK
'Towards Lung Cancer Prevention'
Q&A: 10:20-10:30
Christoph Bock CeMM Research Centre for Molecular Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Austria
'Programmed Cells? Epigenetics, AI, and Cell Engineering for Cancer and Immunity'
Q&A: 10:50-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
'Targeting myeloid inflammation to prevent lung cancer'
Q&A: 12:00-12:15
CLOSING SUMMARY AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
DEPART
Key dates
Travel Grant application deadline:
08 March 2027
Abstract submission deadline:
08 March 2027
Registration and Payment deadline:
12 April 2027
