SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Preliminary Programme
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Thursday, March 4, 2027
08.30 Registration Opens
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09.30 - 09.40 Welcome Addresses
Welcome Address by the conference president Michael von Bergwelt, Munich, Germany
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09.40 – 11.10 Plenary Session 1: Tumor immunology and immunometabolism
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09.40 – 10.10
01.01. Immune Surveillance of Metastasis
Stefanie Dougan, Cambridge, MA, United States
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10.10 – 10.40
01.02. How monocytes impact T cell immunity in cancer
Anna Obenauf, Vienna, Austria
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10.40 – 11.10
01.03. Immunometabolic gatekeeping
Samra Turajlic, London, United Kingdom
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11.10 – 11.40 Coffee Break
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11.40 – 13.10 Plenary Session 2: New Targets and New Leads
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11.40 – 12.10
02.01. Macrophages targeting cytokines in the TME
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12.10 – 12.40
02.02. The role of DCs in cancer immunotherapies
Jan Böttcher, Tübingen, Germany
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12.40 – 13.10
02.03. Fibroblast-Monocytes Axis in Lymphnodes contributes to Metastasis
Angela Riedel, Würzburg, Germany
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13.10 – 13.40 Satellite Symposium – Slot 1
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13.40 – 14.40 Lunch & Poster Viewing
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14.40 – 15.00 Company Pitches
14.40 – 14.50 | 10 min Company Pitch
14.50 – 15.00 | 10 min Company Pitch
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15.00 – 17.00 Plenary Session 3: Antibody drug conjugates
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15.00 – 15.30
03.01. Immunological mode of action of ADCs
Oliver Kepp, Paris, France
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15.30 – 16.00
03.02. IL1RAP antibody drug conjugates
Poul Sorensen, Vancouver, Canada
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16.00 – 16.30
03.03. B7-H3-targeted ADC
Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Fribourg, Switzerland
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16.30 – 16.45 | 03.04. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
16.45 – 17.00 | 03.05. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
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17.00 – 17.30 Coffee Break
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17.30 – 18.30 Plenary Session 4: Cancer vaccines
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17.30 – 18.00
04.01. Peptide-based vaccination approaches
​Juliane Walz, Tübingen, Germany
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18.00-18.30
04.02. Virus-based vaccination approaches
Elias Sayour, Gainesville, FL, United States
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18.30 – 20.00 Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing (at the venue)
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Friday, March 5, 2027
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08.30 – 09.30 Plenary Session 5: Local immunotherapies
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08.30 – 09.00
05.01. Intratumoral CTLA4 for combination treatments in IO
​Lambros Tselikas, Paris, France
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09.00 – 09.30
05.02. Intratumoral costimulation and other immunotherapies
Ignacio Melero, Pamplona, Spain
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09.30 – 10.30 Plenary Session 6: Bispecific antibodies
09.30 – 10.00
06.01. Innovative bispecific antibody design and application strategies
Eric Smith, Boston, MA, United States
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10.00 – 10.30
06.02. T cell engagers becoming a dominant therapy for cancer and autoimmune diseases
​Patrick Bäuerle, Cambridge, MA, United States
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
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11.00 – 12.30 Plenary Session 7: Multiple Myeloma
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11.00 – 11.30
07.01. The immunological determinants within the TME of Multiple Myeloma
​Niels Weinhold, Heidelberg, Germany
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11.30 – 12.00
07.02. Role of metabolism on multiple myeloma immunotherapies
​Sebastian Theurich, Munich, Germany
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12.00 – 12.30
07.03. CAR T cells versus bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma: better or different?
Herman Einsele, Würzburg, Germany
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12.30 – 13.00 Satellite Symposium – Slot 2
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch & Poster Viewing
14.00 – 14.30 Satellite Symposium – Slot 3
14.30 – 15.15 Plenary Session 8: Lifetime Achievement Award
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14.30 - 14.45
ITOC13 Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Prof. Dr. Miriam Merad, New York, NY, United States
Award Lecture:
14.45 - 15.15
08.01. Macrophages: Targets for next-generation cancer immunotherapy​
Miriam Merad, New York, NY, United States
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15.15 – 16.30 Plenary Session 9: New players in immunooncology
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15.15 – 15.45
09.01. Roles of Y chromosome loss on tumor associated macrophage and immunotherapy
​Zihai Li, Columbus, OH, United States
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15.45 – 16.15
09.02. Androgen blockade and tumor immunity
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16.15 – 16.30 | 09.03. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
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16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break
17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session 10: Young Researcher Session (from submitted abstracts)
17.00 – 17.15 | 10.01. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
​17.15 – 17.30 | 10.02. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
​17.30 – 17.45 | 10.03. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
​17.45 – 18.00 | 10.04. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
18.00 – 19.00
Poster Viewing with Presenters
19.30 ITOC13 Conference Dinner
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Saturday, March 6, 2027
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08.30 – 10.30 Plenary Session 11: Next immune activating concepts
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08.30 – 09.00
11.01. Anti-PD-1 x anti-CTLA-4 bispecifics in cancer immunotherapies
Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Siena, Italy
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09.00 – 09.30
11.02. Clinical experience with DLL3 T cell engager
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09.30 – 10.00
11.03. Epitope editing for targeted immunotherapies
Lukas Jeker, Basel, Switzerland
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10.00 – 10.30
11.04. Guiding immunotherapy developments by clinically relevant biomarkers
Dominik Wolf, Innsbruck, Austria
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
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11.00 – 12.00 Plenary Session 12: Cell therapy in hematology
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11.00 – 11.30
12.01. The role of T cell phenotype in driving bettered cellular therapies
Luca Gattinoni, Regensburg, Germany
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11.30 – 12.00
12.02. Engineering NK cells for cancer treatment
Cedric Louvet, Boston, MA, United States
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12.00 – 13.45 Plenary Session 13: Cell therapy in oncology
12.00 – 12.30
13.01. Hybrid receptors for controllable cell therapies
12.30 – 13.00
13.02. Engineering controllable cytokine circuits for solid cancer cellular therapies
Suman Mitra, Lille, France
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13.00 – 13.15 | 13.03. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
​13.15 – 13.30 | 13.04. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
​13.30 – 13.45 | 13.05. Talk from Submitted Abstracts
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13.45 – 14.15 Plenary Session 14: Best Poster Awards & Closing Remarks
Chair: Sebastian Kobold, Munich, Germany & Michael von Bergwelt, Munich, Germany
14.15 – 15.00 Lunch & Farewell
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