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Primer on Tumor Immunology and Biological Therapy of Cancer

October 1, 2010
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

Schedule at a Glance  (subject to change)  

Friday, October 1
          6:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Desk Open
          8:00 am - 8:05 am Welcome and Introductions

Session I: Basic Tumor Immunology

          8:05 am - 8:50 am Innate Immunity and Inflammation
Willem W. Overwijk, PhD - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
          8:50 am - 9:35 am Overview of Adaptive Immunity
Emmanuel T. Akporiaye, PhD - Robert Franz Cancer Research Center,
                                               Earle A. Chiles Research Institute

          9:35 am - 10:20 am Dendritic Cells
A. Karolina Palucka, MD, PhD - Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
          10:20 am - 10:35 am Break
          10:35 am - 11:20 am Tumor Microenvironment
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago
          11:20 am - 12:05 pm Regulatory Immune Cells
James H. Finke, PhD - Cleveland Clinic Foundation
          12:05 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break

Session II: Clinical / Translational Cancer Immunology

          1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Immune Monitoring
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of Pittsburgh
          1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Cytokines
Kim A. Margolin, MD - Seattle Cancer Center Alliance
          2:30 pm - 3:15 pm Immune Modulating Antibodies
James P. Allison, PhD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
          3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break
          3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Cancer Vaccines
Walter J. Urba, MD, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
          4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Adoptive T-Cell Therapy
Patrick Hwu, MD  - MD Anderson Cancer Center
   
Saturday, October 2 - Monday, October 4
    iSBTc 25th Annual Meeting
    Separate Registration is required. For more information, including the schedule, please click here