SITC Sparkathon 2.0 Accelerator 2022 Schedule

Session 1
Seaport Ballroom A

10-10:05 a.m.

Welcome
Jennifer Guerriero, PhD - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marco Ruella, MD - University of Pennsylvania

10:05-10:30 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m

11-11:30 a.m.

Break

Session 2
Seaport Ballroom A

11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Chalk Talks
Amanda Lund, PhD - NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Stefanie Spranger, PhD - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT

12-12:30 p.m.

Negotiating Your Contract Panel Discussion
Patrick Hwu, MD - Moffit Cancer Center
Marco Ruella, MD - University of Pennsylvania

12:30-1 p.m.

Managing Your Lab and People Panel Discussion
Sara Pai, MD, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Catherine WU, MD - Dana Farber Cancer Institute

1-2 p.m.

Networking Lunch
Seaport Ballroom A

Session 3
Seaport Ballroom A

2-2:30 p.m.

Update on White Paper: Sparkathon Class of 2022
Michelle Williams, PhD - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

2:30-3 p.m.

Mentoring Panel Discussion
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of California San Francisco
Joseph Elassal, MD - Ankyra Therapeutics
Howard Kaufman, MD, FACS - Ankyra Therapeutics, Massachusetts General Hospital

3-3:30 p.m.

Break

Session 4
Seaport Ballroom A

3:30-4 p.m.

Do's and Don'ts in Doing a Job Search, How to Find Contacts with Panel Discussion
Brian Brown, PhD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - University of California San Francisco
Howard Kaufman, MD, FACS - Ankyra Therapeutics, Massachusetts General Hospital

4-4:30 p.m.

Career Development Panel Discussion
Sparkathon 2.0 Accelerator Faculty 

4:30-4:40 p.m.

Closing Remarks 
Jennifer Guerriero, PhD - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marco Ruella, MD - University of Pennsylvania