Schedule

Updates on Immunotherapy of Cancer and Immunoscore
January 22 – 23, 2014
Part of the Sidra Symposia Series, held in Partnership with Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

Program Schedule

Presentations include allotted time for Audience Response System (ARS)-assisted audience interaction, as well as general Question and Answer time.
Day One
8:00-8:05 am	Welcome and Introductions   Francesco M. Marincola, MD - Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar
8:05 -8:45 am	Role of Inflammation in Cancer    Giorgio Trinchieri, MD - National Cancer Institute, USA
8:45-8:55 am	Q&A Moderated by: Mohamed Boudjelal, PhD - King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, KSA
9:00-9:35 am	Dendritic Cell and Adenovirus-based Cancer Vaccines   Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, USA
9:35-9:45 am	Q&A Moderated by: Salem Chouaib, PhD - U 753 INSERM, France
9:45-10:00 am	Refreshments
10:00-10:35 am	Cancer Immunotherapies Based on the Immunobiology of the Tumor Microenvironment   Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago, USA
10:35-10:45 am	Q&A Moderated by: Shahinaz Bedri, MBBS, FCAP, FASCP - Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
10:45-11:20 am	Radiation and Immunotherapy   Sandra Demaria, MD - New York University School of Medicine, USA
11:20-11:30 am	Q&A Moderated by: Abbas Hawwari, PhD - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, KSA
11:30-12:05 pm	Highlights of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting   Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, USA
12:05-12:15 pm	Q&A Moderated by: Francesco M. Marincola, MD - Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar
12:15-1:30 pm	Lunch break and poster viewing
1:30-2:40 pm	Cell Therapy of Cancer Engineered T Cells for Cancer Therapy   Carl H. June, MD - University of Pennsylvania, USA Reprogrammable T Cells Nicholas P. Restifo, MD - National Cancer Institute, USA
2:40-3:10 pm	Panel Q&A Moderated by: Carl H. June, MD - University of Pennsylvania, USA
3:10-4:00 pm	Combination Therapies Paolo Antonio Ascierto, MD   - Nazionale Tumori-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Italy Samir N. Khleif, MD   - Georgia Regents University Cancer Center, USA
4:00-4:10 pm	Q&A Moderated by: Samir N. Khleif, MD - Georgia Regents University Cancer Center, USA
4:10-4:25 pm	Refreshments
4:25-5:40 pm	Presentation of Travel Award Winners Award Presentation #1: WT1 Peptide Analogue WT1-126Y Enhances Leukemia Lysis   Presenter: Ghofran Alqudaihi, PhD - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, KSA Award Presentation #2: Proteomics Approaches Towards Early Detection and Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer Presenter: Ali Tiss, PhD - Dasman Institute, Kuwait Award Presentation #3: Small G-protein Rnd3/RhoE is Expressed in Brain Cancer and Affects Glioma Morphology, Motility and Invasion   Presenter: Abdelhamid Liacini, PhD - King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA Award Presentation #4: Therapy by Resuscitating Notch Immune Surveillance   Presenter: Anil Shanker, PhD - Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA Award Presentation #5: Adoptively Transferred Melanoma-reactive CTL Primed in the Presence of IL-21 and Transferred with Concurrent CTLA4 Blockade Results in Enhanced CTL Persistence and Tumor Regression Presenter: Cassian Yee, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
5:40-5:55 pm	Panel Q&A Moderated by: Francesco M. Marincola, MD - Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar
5:55-6:00 pm	Closing Remarks Francesco M. Marincola, MD - Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar
6:00-7:30 pm	Reception
Day Two
8:00-8-05 am	Welcome and Introductions Alexander Knuth, MD - National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Qatar
8:05-8:30 am	Highlights of the Workshop on Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy   Willem W. Overwijk, PhD - MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
8:30-8:40 am	Q&A Moderated by: Alexander Knuth, MD - Sidra Medical and Research National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Qatar
8:40-9:10 am	The Retinoic-Acid-Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor gamma T (RORγT) Role in T Cell Development and Transformation Abbas Hawwari, PhD - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, KSA
9:10-9:20 am	Q&A Moderated by: Said Dermime, PhD - King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA
9:20-9:50 am	Scientific and Regulatory Challenges in the Evaluation of Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy Products and How to Overcome Them   Raj K. Puri, MD, PhD - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA
9:50-10:00 am	Q&A Moderated by: Lotfi Chouchane, PhD - Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
10:00-10:15 am	Refreshments
10:15-10:55 am	Obesity, Inflammation and Breast Cancer Andrew Dannenberg, MD - Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
10:55-11:05 am	Q&A Moderated by: Lotfi Chouchane, PhD - Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
11:05-11:35 am	Immunomodulation in Cancer with Special Reference to Regulatory T Cells   Said Dermime, PhD - King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA
11:35-11:45 am	Q&A Moderated by: Shahinaz Bedri, MBBS, FACP, FASCP - Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
11:45-12:20 pm	Application of Chronotherapy in Cancer Treatment Mohamed Boudjelal, PhD - King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, KSA
12:20-12:30 pm	Q&A Moderated by: Shahinaz Bedri, MBBS, FACP, FASCP - Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
12:30-1:30 pm	Lunch Break
1:30-5:15 pm	The Immunoscore Chairs: Jerome Galon, PhD – Cordeliers Research Center, France Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, USA 1:30-1:35 pm Introduction Jerome Galon, PhD - INSERM – Cordeliers Research Center, France Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, USA 1:35-2:15 pm The Immunoscore in an Era of Cancer Immunotherapies Jerome Galon, PhD - INSERM – Cordeliers Research Center, France 2:15-2:45 pm Immunoscore: Strategic Considerations for the Next Decade Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, USA 2:45-2:55 am Refreshments 2:55-3:25 pm Quality Controls and Immunoscore Update from France   Franck Pages, MD, PhD - HEGP Hospital – INSERM, France 3:25-3:40 pm Immunoscore Update from Germany   Arndt Hartmann, MD - University of Erlangen, Germany 3:40-3:55 pm Immunoscore Update from Switzerland   Viktor H. Kölzer, MD - Institute of Pathology – University of Bern, Switzerland 3:55-4:10 pm Immunoscore Update from Japan Yutaka Kawakami, MD - Keio University School of Medicine, Japan 4:10-5:10 pm Round Table / Questions and Answers (60 min 5:10-5:15 pm Conclusions Jerome Galon, PhD - INSERM – Cordeliers Research Center, France Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, USA
5:15-5:30 pm	Closing Remarks Francesco M. Marincola, MD - Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar

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