Programme
Confirmed Speakers
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ITOC8 Lifetime Achievement Award
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci
BioNTech SE, Mainz, Germany
"Translating the success of the mRNA vaccine to cancer"
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Niroshana Anandasabapathy, Weill Cornell New York, NY, USA
"(De)classifying Human TILs to Promote immune Persistence and Predict Rational Therapeutics"
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Tullia C. Bruno, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
"Role of tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer biology”
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Toos Daemen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
"Therapeutic vaccines against HPV associated cancers"
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Brent Hanks, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
"Tumor intrinsic PD-L1 signaling"
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X. Shirley Liu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
TBA
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Jason J. Luke, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, USA
"Novel molecular and immune mechanisms to enhance radiation + checkpoint immunotherapy"
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Patrick A. Ott, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
"Phase Ib trial with neoantigen-based vaccines in solid tumors”
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Chong-Xian Pan, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
"Cancer-specific nanoparticle-based Photodynamic/photothermal therapy synergizes immunotherapy in bladder cancer"
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Bertrand Routy, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Canada
"The role of the microbiome in cancer therapy"
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Marco Ruella, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
"Dissecting CAR T cell resistance in lymphomas"
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Michael von Bergwelt, LMU, CCC, DKTK, Munich, Germany
"Anti CD20 directed CAR T in Malignant Melanoma"
The website is continuously updated as feedback from invited speakers is received.

Session Topics
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Emerging Concepts / New Agents
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Tumor microenvironment and microbiome in Immunotherapy
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Vaccine Therapy
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Pro & Contra Session
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Precision Medicine Meets Immunotherapy (Immuno-Monitoring)
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“Lost in Translation”?
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Lifetime Achievement Award
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Cell Therapy in Solid Tumors
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Cell Therapy in Haematologic Diseases
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Combination Therapy
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Young Researchers Session
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Best Poster Awards