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SITC Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar Series

Advance your training in computational immuno-oncology and stay abreast of the latest technologies - register today for the entire series of ten webinars from SITC.

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Series Organizers

Alan Hutson, PhD

Alan Hutson, PhD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI IOTN & ARTnet
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Past Chair

Song Liu, PhD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI IOTN & ARTnet
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Chair

Carsten Krieg, PhD

Carsten Krieg, PhD

Medical University of South Carolina
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Co-Chair

Riyue Bao, PhD

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, MEMBER

2026 Series Schedule

The following are the dates, times and faculty/moderator information for each of the ten webinars in the series. 

Virome & Engineered Probiotic Bacteria Immunotherapy


Date of Live Event

May 19, 2026 - 12–1:30 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD – UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 

Faculty:

Shawn Demehri, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital 

Nicholas Arpaia, PhD Columbia University 

Aik Choon Tan, PhD – Huntsman Cancer Institute

Epigenetic-Based Prevention and Early Detection of Tumorigenesis in High-Risk Populations


Date of Live Event

June 9, 2026 - 1–2 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Brian Piening, PhD Earle A Chiles Research Institute 

Faculty:

Christoph Bock, PhD CeMM & Medical University of Vienna 

Immune-Based Early Cancer Detection


Date of Live Event

July 9, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Benjamin Vincent, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Faculty:

Bo Li, PhD University of Pennsylvania 

AI, Foundation Model and Medical Imaging, Radiology 


Date of Live Event

July 21, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET 

Moderator:

Sandhya Prabhakaran, PhD Moffitt Cancer Center 

Faculty:

Kun-Hsing Yu, PhD Harvard University 

Computation/Structure-Based Design of Immugen and Targeted Delivery of Biologics


Date of Live Event

Aug. 27, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET 

Moderator:

Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 

Faculty:

Madan Mohan Babu, PhD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

Modeling Immune Escape Trajectories in Malignancy


Date of Live Event

Sept. 17, 2026 - 1–2:30 p.m. ET

Moderators:

Lillian Kuo, PhD National Cancer Institute (NCI) 

Altaf Mohammed, PhD National Cancer Institute (NCI) 

Faculty:

Livnat Jerby, PhD Stanford University 

Precision Immune Oncology 


Date of Live Event

Oct. 1, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Benjamin Vincent, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Faculty:

Vinod Balachandran, MD  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 

Systems Immunology (Basic Immunology for T cell Memory) 


Date of Live Event

Oct. 27, 2026 - 12–1:30 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Tim Shaw, PhD – Moffitt Cancer Center 

Faculty:

Hongbo Chi, PhD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

Sidi Chen, PhD – Yale University School of Medicine 

AI Prediction of TCR-Antigen Binding


Date of Live Event

Nov. 9, 2026 - 1–2:30 p.m. ET

Moderator:

Marshall Thompson, PhD The Rare Cancer Research Foundation 

Faculty:

Tao Wang, PhD  University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 

Li Zhang, PhD University of California San Francisco 

Phil Bradley, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 

Pre-Cancer Atlas


Date of Live Event

TBD

Moderator:

Carsten Krieg, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina 

 

Program Details

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) is pleased to launch our sixth iteration of the "SITC Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar Series" throughout May-November 2026. This year's series will focus specifically on advanced methods and clinical utility for biomarker development in IO.

Organized by the SITC Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, these ten webinars will help stakeholders embrace the computational challenges of analyzing and integrating diverse assay data across the spectrum of IO for drug development, with a specific focus on early-disease settings, immunoprevention, and immune interception. The overall goal of this series is to help researchers in IO better understand and utilize advanced data science technologies in their daily practice and research. All webinars in this series will take place live and recordings will be available through SITC OnDemand

Registration Rates

Registration Class SITC Member Rate SITC Non-Member Rate
Student/Patient/Patient Advocate $0 $45
HCP/Academic $0 $80
Industry/Investor $0 $125

Target Audience

This series will serve as an excellent resource for all stakeholders interested in expanding their knowledge on current computational IO technologies and applications, with a specific focus on early disease settings, immune interception, and immunoprevention. Historically, both early career scientists who want to further their training, as well as more senior career individuals who want to implement these techniques for the first time, will greatly benefit from this series.

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: 

  • Identify and describe recent advances and emerging computational and AI-enabled methods that are transforming discovery and development in IO
  • Apply emerging computational and AI-driven technologies to real-world IO challenges, including biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and therapeutic optimization
  • Summarize emerging computational and AI-based strategies for therapeutic development in early-stage disease, including immunoprevention and immune-interception approaches

Enduring Materials

Registrants will receive access to the meeting recording via Zoom for two weeks following the program. After this time, enduring materials (slides and recorded videos), as permitted by presenters, will be exclusively available on SITC OnDemand.

SITC OnDemand is a personalized streaming education resource from SITC. Access is available as a SITC member benefit or through a separate subscription. Visit www.sitcancer.org/OnDemand to become a SITC member or purchase a subscription.

Past Series

2025 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 5

2024 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 4

2023 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 3

2022 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 2

2021 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 1