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Advances in Immuno-oncology Congress 2016

 
  January 13, 2016  
     
 
Oxford Global , London
2016-05-12


In keeping with Oxford Global’s highly successful life sciences series, an expert panel of over 30 speakers will present a full conference programme covering the topics outlined below.

Advances in Immuno-oncology Congress
Day 1 Stream 1 – Discovery and Early Development of Immuno-oncology Therapies

  • Key therapeutic strategies in immuno-oncology
    – Checkpoint inhibitors
    – CAR T cell therapies
    – Adoptive cell transfer
    – Cancer vaccines & oncolytic viral therapies
    – Immune receptor agonist antibodies
    – BiTe (Bispecific T Cell Engagers)
  • Targeting the PD-1 pathway and finding alternative therapeutic targets
  • Novel technologies to enhance discovery of immunotherapies in oncology
  • Molecular oncology updates including B cells

Day 1 Stream 2 – Immuno-Oncology: Therapeutic Approaches, Clinical Research and Clinical Trials

  • Approaches to clinical trial design & development
  • Key safety challenges in cancer immunotherapy clinical trials
  • Strategies for effective trial management
  • Clinical data & case studies
  • Clinical immuno-oncology combinations in different cancers and tumour types
  • Establishing partnerships and collaborations
  • Biomarkers in immuno-oncology
  • Clinical diagnostics & the potential of NGS in immuno-oncology clinical trials

Day 2– Preclinical Development, Assays and Modelling in Immuno-oncology

  • Preclinical models including humanised mouse models
  • Preclinical assay development
  • Translational strategies
  • Approaches to preclinical combination therapy design
  • Reducing toxicity challenges in immuno-oncology therapeutics
  • Innovative technologies for immunotherapy
 
 
Organized by: OxfordGlobal
Invited Speakers:

2016 Speakers include:

  • Helen Angell
    Senior Scientist, Astrazeneca
  • Art Brace
    Senior Director Discovery Biologics, Five Prime Therapeutics
  • Ho Cho
    Vice President, Biotherapeutics, Celgene
  • Joe Conner
    CSO, Virttu Biologics
  • Jacqueline Doody
    Vice President, Immunology, F-star Biotechnology
  • Kevin Friedman
    Associate Director Immunotherapy, Bluebird Bio
  • Tariq Ghayur
    Distinguished Research Fellow, AbbVie Bioresearch Center
  • Anand Giddabasappa
    Principal Scientist, Pfizer
  • Stefan Glück
    Vice President Global Medical Affairs, Breast, Ovarian, Bladder Cancer and Immuno-Oncology, Celgene
  • Michael Hanna
    Founder, CSO & Chairman Emeritus, Vaccinogen
  • Namir Hassan
    Director, Oncology Research, Immunocore
  • Timothy Herpin
    Vice President, Strategic Partnering & Business Development Oncology, Science & Technology Licensing, AstraZeneca
  • Marlon Hinner
    Director, Immuno-oncology, Pieris Pharmaceuticals
  • Sophia Karagiannis
    Senior Lecturer in Translational Medicine, King’s College School of Medicine
  • Roman Kischel
    Principal Scientist, Amgen
  • David Krige
    Head of Biomarkers, Immunocore
  • James Legg
    Director, Crescendo Biologics
  • Michael Lisanti
    Professor, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester
  • Jennifer Mataraza
    Principal Investigator, Oncology Biotherapeutics, Novartis
  • Chad May
    Director, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer
  • Elaine Pinheiro
    Principal Scientist, MSD
  • Graham Pockley
    CEO Multimmune GmbH; Associate Director, Professor Cancer Immunotherapy & Flow Cytometry, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre
  • Gavin Thurston
    Vice President, Oncology and Angiogenesis Research, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • Robert Wilkinson
    Director of Oncology Research, MedImmune
 
Deadline for Abstracts: ASAP
 
Registration:

Contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk or call +44(0)1865 248 455.

Alternatively book online here 

E-mail: d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk
 
   
 
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