Keynote Address

Keynote Address: Mechanisms and Functional Disruption of Immuno-Evasive Barriers in the Tumor Microenvironment
Douglas Hanahan, PhD – Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)/Swiss Cancer Center Leman (SCCL)

Session I: Novel Insights to the TME in IO Response

Tumor Microenvironment
Marcia Haigis, PhD - Harvard Medical School

Session II: Aging and Sex Hormones and Other Factors that Influence Immunotherapy Response

Sex Matters in IO Responses
Amy Moran, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

Sexual Dimorphism of the Aging Tumor Microenvironment Dictates Invasion and Therapy Resistance in Melanoma
Yash Chhabra, PhD – Johns Hopkins

Session III: Cutting Edge Clinical Trials with Novel Immunotherapy Targets

Faculty Presentation #1

Workshop: Integrating Spatial-Omics in IO/Single Cell Analysis

Session IV: Impact of Gut, Tumor and Other Microbes on Cancer Development and Therapy Response

Co-Chairs:
Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Laurence Zitvogel, MD, PhD – Institute Gustave Roussy

Session V: Immune-Related Toxicity and COVID

Co-Chairs:
E. John Wherry, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

Immune Related Adverse Events During Immunotherapy
Justin Balko, PhD, Pharm D – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Session VI: Novel Insights into Adoptive Cell Therapy

Co-Chairs:
Francesco Marincola, MD – Kite, A Gilead Company
Avery Posey, PhD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Opening Remarks

Workshop: Career Development Across the Continuum: How to Effectively Prepare Grants, Manuscripts and Presentations

Session VII: Pre-Cancer Interception/Prevention

Co-Chairs:
Shadmehr Demehri, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, MD, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Session VIII: Insights from Non-Tumor Sites in IO Response

Co-Chairs:
Matt Spitzer, PhD – University of California, San Francisco

Session IX: Immuno-Metabolism and Immunotherapy Response

Co-Chairs:
Luke O’Neill, PhD – Trinity College Dublin
Jeffery Rathmell, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center