iSBTc 25th Annual Meeting
October 2 - 4, 2010 
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

Program Schedule
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Friday, October 1
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Workshop on Monoclonal Antibodies in Cancer
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Primer on Tumor Immunology and Biological Therapy of Cancer
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Saturday, October 2
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7:50 am - 8:00 am |
President's Welcome
Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute |
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8:00 am - 8:45 am |
Richard V. Smalley, MD Memorial Lectureship
Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities
James P. Allison, PhD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
8:45 am - 11:30 am
8:45 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:00 am
10:30 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Plenary Session: Dendritic Cells and Cancer
Co-Chairs: Carl G. Figdor, PhD - Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences
Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Cancer: Achievements, Obstacles and Future Perspectives
Carl G. Figdor, PhD - Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences
Progress in the Active Immunotherapy of Prostate Cancer: Sipuleucel-T, an Autologous
Cellular Immunotherapy
David L. Urdal, PhD - Dendreon Corporation
Therapeutic Vaccination with Autologous mRNA Electroporated Dendritic Cells in Patients
with Advanced Melanoma
Bart Neyns, MD, PhD - Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Resistance to the Proapoptotic Effects of IFN-γ on Melanoma Cells Used in Patient-Specific
Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy is Associated with Improved Overall Survival
Andrew N. Cornforth, PhD - Hoag Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
IFN-gamma is Central to Both Immunogenic and Tolerogenic Properties of Dendritic Cells
After IL-12 and GM-CSF Microsphere Treatment
Jamie L. Harden - State University of New York, University at Buffalo
Polarized Dendritic Cells in the Immunotherapy of Established Cancer: Roles of Signal 3 and
Signal 4
Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute |
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Session I: Targeted Therapeutics and Immunotherapy
Co-Chairs: Mary L. Disis, MD - University of Washington
Keiran S. Smalley, PhD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute
Immune Modulation of Breast Cancer
Mary L. Disis, MD - University of Washington
Overcoming BRAF Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma
Keiran S. Smalley, PhD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute
The High-Dose Aldesleukin (IL-2) "Select" Trail in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell
Carcinoma
Kim A. Margolin, MD - Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
In Vivo Modeling and Detection of Ovarian Cancer Vascular Marker TEM1
Chunsheng Li, PhD - Ovarian Cancer Research Center, University of Pennsylvania |
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Session II: Innate / Adaptive Immune Interplay in Cancer
Co-Chairs: Vincenzo Cerundolo, MD, PhD - University of Oxford - Institute of Molecular Medicine
Laurence Zitvogel, MD, PhD - Institute Gustave Roussy
The Role of Invariant NKT Cells at the Interface of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Vincenzo Cerundolo, MD, PhD - University of Oxford - Institute of Molecular Medicine
T-Regulatory Cells in Colon Cancer: Friend or Foe?
Khashayarsha Khazaie, PhD, DSc - Northwestern University, Robert Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Decreased Interferon Responsiveness in
Tumor-Bearing Mice
Bethany Mundy - The Ohio State University
The Desirable Cell Death for Chemotherapy of Cancer
Laurence Zitvogel, MD, PhD - Institute Gustave Roussy |
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
3:35 pm - 3:55 pm
3:55 pm - 4:15 pm
4:15 pm - 4:35 pm
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm |
Plenary Session: Clinical Trial Endpoints
Co-Chairs: F. Stephen Hodi, MD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Vernon K. Sondak, MD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Decoding the Tower of Babel
Vernon K. Sondak, MD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Center
Immune-Related Response Criteria - Finding Missed Signals of Activity for Immunotherapy
F. Stephen Hodi, MD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Defining Response in Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
Lawrence Fong, MD - University of California - San Francisco
Moving Beyond Tumor Size: A New Paradigm in Cancer Imaging
Annick Van den Abbeele, MD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Panel Discussion |
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5:15 pm - 5:45 pm |
Clinical Immunotherapy Guidelines: A New iSBTc Initiative
Howard L. Kaufman, MD - Rush University Medical Center |
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5:45 pm - 6:15 pm |
iSBTc Membership Business Meeting
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Sunday, October 3
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8:00 am - 8:45 am
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Keynote Address
Therapeutic vaccination against HPV16-induced disease
Cornelius J.M. Melief, MD, PhD - Leiden University Medical Center
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8:45 am - 11:30 am
8:45 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:00 am
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:15 am
11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Plenary Session: Vaccine Combinations
Co-Chairs: Pierre Coulie, MD, PhD - de Duve Institute and University of Louvain
Victor H. Engelhard, PhD - University of Virginia School of Medicine
Numbers and Functions of Lymphocytes in Human Melanoma Metastases
Pierre Coulie, MD, PhD - de Duve Institute and University of Louvain
Phosphopeptides Presented by MHC Class I and Class II Molecules: A New Category of Tumor Associated Antigens with Immunotherapeutic Potential
Victor H. Engelhard, PhD - University of Virginia School of Medicine
Induction of CD8+ T Cell Responses Against Novel Glioma-Associated Antigen Peptides and Clinical Activity by Vaccinations with α-Type-1-Polarized Dendritic Cells and Poly-ICLC in Patients with Recurrent Malignant Glioma
Hideho Okada, MD, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Endogenous and Exogenous Vaccination in the Context of Immunologic Checkpoint Blockade
Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
T Cell Activation, PSMA Seroconversion and Increased Th17 Rates are Associated with Favorable Clinical Outcome in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Prostate GVAX and Anti-CTLA-4 Immunotherapy
Saskia J. Santegoets, PhD - VU University Medical Center
Vaccine Sites as Sinks and Graveyards for Tumor-specific T Cells
Willem W. Overwijk, PhD - University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Final Efficacy Results of A3671009, a Phase III Study of Tremelimumab vs Chemotherapy (Dacarbazine or Temozolomide) in First-line Patients With Unresectable Melanoma
Antoni Ribas, MD - University of California, Los Angeles |
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
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2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30pm - 2:50 PM |
Presidential Abstract Session
Chair: Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
Interferon-β Secretion in the Tumor Microenvironment can Cause Potent Tumor Control Through Host Cells Independently from Adaptive Immunity
Robbert Spaapen, PhD - University of Chicago
4-1BB Activation Induces the Master-Regulator EOMES and a Broad-Spectrum TH1 Phenotype which Synergizes with CTLA-4 Blockade to Reject B16 Melanoma
Michael A. Curran, PhD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ovarian Cancer Cells Ubiquitously Express HER-2 and can be Distinguished from Normal Ovary by Genetically Redirected T Cells
Evripidis Lanitis, BS - University of Pennsylvania
Large-Scale Profiling of Circulating Serum Markers, Single Cell Polyfunctionality and Antigen Diversity of T Cell Response Against Melanoma
Chao Ma, MS - California Institute of Technology
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3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
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Concurrent Session I: Countering Negative Regulation
Co-Chairs: Pierre van der Bruggen, PhD - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Weiping Zou, MD, PhD - University of Michigan
Is it Possible to Correct the Impaired Function of Human Tumor-Infiltrating T Lymphocytes?
Pierre van der Bruggen, PhD - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
The Multikinase Inhibitor Sorafenib Reverses the Suppression of IL-12 and Enhancement of IL-10 by PGE2 in Murine Macrophages
Leisha A. Emens, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Loss of HLA-DR Expression on CD14+ Cells: A Common Marker of Immunosuppression in Cancer Patients
Michael P. Gustafson, PhD - Mayo Clinic
Inflammatory Tregs in the Human Tumor and Chronic Inflammatory Microenvironments
Weiping Zou, MD, PhD - University of Michigan |
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Concurrent Session II: Immune Cell Trafficking to Tumor Microenvironment
Co-Chairs: Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD - Johns Hopkins University
Regulation of anti-tumor immunity through migration of immune cell subsets within the tumor microenvironment
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago
Spatial and Temporal Regulation of CXCR3 Chemokine Production and CD8 T Cell Infiltration in the Metastatic Melanoma Microenvironment
David W. Mullins, PhD - University of Virginia
Effector/Memory Regulatory T Cells and Their Role in the Tumor Microenvironment
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD - Johns Hopkins University
NGR-TNF, A Selective Vessel-Targeting Agent, Increases the Therapeutic Potential of Chemo-Immunotherapy
Arianna Calcinotto - San Raffaele Scientific Institute |
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5:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Update: 2009 iSBTc-FDA-NCI Workshop on Prognostic and Predictive Immunologic Biomarkers in Cancer
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of Pittsburgh |
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network Update
William Merritt PhD - National Cancer Institute
Martin A. Cheever, MD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
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Monday, October 4
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8:00 am - 10:15 am
8:00 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am - 8:45 am
8:45 am - 9:00 am
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Plenary Session: Adoptive T Cell Transfer: The Next Wave
Co-Chairs: Patrick Hwu, MD - University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ton N. Schumacher, PhD - Netherlands Cancer Institute
Improving the Efficacy and Safety of G-M Virus-Specific T cells for Solid Tumors
Malcolm K. Brenner, MD, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine
Functional Reprogramming of the Tumor Stroma by IL-12 Engineered T Cells is Required for Anti-Tumor Immunity
Sid Kerkar, MD - National Cancer institute, Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Noninvasive Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging of Sleeping Beauty (SB) Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing Herpes Simplex Virus1-Thymidine Kinase
Pallavi Raja Manuri, PhD - University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dissection of Therapy-Induced Melanoma-Reactive Cytotoxic T Cell Responses
Ton N. Schumacher, PhD - Netherlands Cancer Institute
Therapeutic Cell Engineering Using Surface-Conjugated Synthetic Nanoparticles
Matthias Stephen, MD, PhD - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma: The MD Anderson Experience
Laszlo G. Radvanyi, PhD - University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Patrick Hwu, MD - University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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