CSI Symposium : Tumor Immunotherapy: Trials and Tribulations
Chairs: Dr. Pam Ohashi (University of Toronto) and Dr. Wilf Jefferies (University
of British Columbia)
08:30 -10:00
Dr. Pam Ohashi,Campbell Family Institute Toronto, ON
“Combination approaches to augment anti-tumor immunity”
Dr. James Allison, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York
“Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and
Opportunities”
Dr. Malcolm Brenner, Texas Children's Hospital (TBA)
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 -11:30
Dr. Jacques Banchereau, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
“Novel vaccines targetting Dendritic cell subsets”
Dr. Wilf Jefferies, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology;
“TAPping epigenetic control of antigen processing to promote immune responses
against malignant carcinomas”
12:00 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch
CCIC Symposium : Strategies to Enhance Tumor Immunity
1:00 – 3:00 pm
4 trainee talks x 15 min each to be selected from abstracts
Dr. Hans Schreiber, University of Chicago (TBA)
Dr. Cassian Yee, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre; Adoptive transfer
approaches in metatstatic melanoma
3:00 – 3:30 break
3:30 – 5:30
Dr. Patrick Hwu, MD Anderson; (TBA)
Dr. Francesco Marincola, National Institutes of Health Common pathway to
immune-mediated tissue elimination: an inductive view"
4 trainee talks x 15 min each to be selected from abstracts
5:30-7:00
Roundtable discussion:
Opportunities and challenges with clinical immunotherapy trials in Canada
Proposal to form the Canadian Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium/ Le
Consortium Canadien d'Immunothérapie du Cancer
Closing remarks
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Dinner, Posters, Drinks