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REGISTRATION (light refreshments will be served at 12:00)

CONFERENCE WELCOME

SESSION 1

Chair: Leila Akkari

OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE

Ashani Weeraratna Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA

'A Complex TIME: how the tumor immune microenvironment governs tumor progression'

Q&A 13:40 - 13:55

Erik Sahai The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

‘Modeling Tumor-Stroma Boundaries’

Q&A 14:15 - 14:25

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A 14:35 - 14:40

EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION AND SOLO TRAVELLER MEET-UP

Daniela Quail McGill University, Montreal, Canada

'Exploiting myeloid-driven inflammation in cancer progression'

Q&A 15:40 - 15:50

Neta Erez Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

'Stromal and Immune Plasticity Shape the Metastatic Microenvironment'

Q&A 16:10 - 16:20

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

NETWORKING QUIZ

WELCOME RECEPTION

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

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EARLY POSTER VIEWING

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

SESSION 2

Chair: Erik Sahai

Yardena Samuels Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

'The various layers of intratumor heterogeneity and their impact on tumor immunity'

Q&A 09:20 - 09:30

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A 09:40 - 09:45

Mikael Pittet Agora, Lausanne, Switzerland

'Myeloid cells : Uncovering conserved functions shaping cancer immunity'

Q&A 10:05 - 10:15

Andrea Schietinger MSKCC, New York, USA

'Tumor-specific CD8 T cell differentiation and dysfunction'

Q&A 10:35 - 10:45

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Mara Sherman Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

'Mapping cellular hierarchies in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment'

Q&A 11:35 - 11:45

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A 11:55 - 12:00

POSTER SPOTLIGHTS

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

LUNCH

POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

SESSION 3

Chair: Johanna Joyce

The EMBO Young Investigator Lecture

Leila Akkari Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

'Metabolic regulation in the brain tumor microenvironment'

Q&A 15:30 - 15:40

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A 15:50 - 15:55

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A 16:05 - 16:10

Anna Obenauf IMP, Austria

'Unlocking immunity: Decoding and reprogramming the immune-evasive tumor microenvironment'

Q&A 16:30 - 16:40

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Ilaria Malanchi Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

'Emergency granulopoiesis and Cancer Progression'

Q&A 17:30 - 17:40

Jacco van Rheenen NKI, Amsterdam, Netherlands

'Intravital microscopy of the fate of cells carrying mutations in cancer driver genes'

Q&A 18:00 - 18:10

PANEL DISCUSSION - Meet the Expert

Ashani Weeraratna (Johns Hopkins, USA), Daniela Quail (McGill University, Canada), Direna Alonso-Curbelo (IRB Barcelona, Spain), Jacco van Rheenen (NKI, Netherlands)

CONFERENCE DINNER (optional ticketed event)

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EARLY POSTER VIEWING

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Led by members of the Scientific Programme Committee

SESSION 4

Chair: Neta Erez

Johanna Joyce University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

'Unraveling the Complexity of Cancer Ecosystems'

Q&A 09:20 - 09:30

Dinorah Friedman-Morvinski TAU, Tel Aviv, Israel

'Overcoming the immunosuppressive Microenvironment to enhance CAR T cell therapy in brain tumors'

Q&A 09:50 - 10:00

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A 10:10 - 10:15

COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION

Direna Alonso-Curbelo IRB Barcelona, Spain

'Unmasking tissue ecosystem dynamics uncoupling regeneration and tumorigenesis'

Q&A 11:05 - 11:15

CLOSING KEYNOTE LECTURE

Frank Winkler DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

'Neural influences on brain tumors: from fundamental insights to new therapies'

Q&A 11:45 - 12:00

SUMMARY & CLOSE

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