7th Annual Canadian Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium 7ieme Symposium Canadien Annuel d’Immunotherapie du Cancer Quebec City 21-23 May/Mai 2014 Wednesday, May 21 17:00 Registration and Poster Set-Up Registrants on their own for dinner 20:00-21:00 Opening Remarks Dr. Pamela Ohashi, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Urban Space/ Espace Urbain Rm 309AB Opening Keynote Lecture Chair: Dr. Brad Nelson, BC Cancer Agency Dr. Jerome Galon, INSERM, Cordeliers Research Center 21:00-21:30 Speed Poster Session 1 (oral presentations) Chair: Dr. Brad Nelson, BC Cancer Agency Rm 309AB 21:30-23:00 Opening Night Reception Meet with delegates, browse Poster Session 1 and sponsor exhibits Urban Space/ Espace Urbain Thursday, May 22 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Urban Space/ Espace Urbain Rm 308AB 8:30-10:00 Session 1: Immune Therapy 1 Chair: Dr. Jonathan Bramson, McMaster University Rm 309AB Dr. James Gulley, National Cancer Institute Dr. Mario Sznol, Yale University Dr. Marcus Butler, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break Beverages and light snack Urban Space/ Espace Urbain 10:30-11:30 Speed Poster Session 2 (oral presentations) Chair: Dr. Jonathan Bramson, McMaster University Rm 309AB 11:30-12:30 Session 2: Vaccines Meet Genomics Chair: Dr. Brad Nelson, BC Cancer Agency Rm 309AB Dr. Ugur Sahin, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Dr. Paul Robbins, National Cancer Institute 12:30-13:30 Lunch Buffet provided Urban Space/ Espace Urbain Rm 308AB 13:30-15:30 Free time 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break Beverages and light snack Urban Space/ Espace Urbain 16:00-17:00 Session 3: Moving Immune Therapy Forward Chair: Dr. Pamela Ohashi, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Rm 309AB Dr. Lieping Chen, Yale School of Medicine Dr. Russell Jones, McGill University 17:00-18:30 Poster Session 2 Bar service Urban Space/ Espace Urbain 18:30-20:30 Banquet Dinner Rm 308AB Friday, May 23 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Urban Space/ Espace Urbain Rm 308AB 8:30-10:00 Session 4: Back to Basics: Modulating T cell activity Chair: Dr. Rejean Lapointe, Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM; Institut du cancer de Montreal) Rm 309AB Dr. Tania Watts, University of Toronto Dr. Yves Fradet, Laval University Dr. Amnon Altman, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break Beverages and light snack Urban Space/ Espace Urbain 10:30-11:00 Speed Poster Session 3 (oral presentations) Chair: Dr. Rejean Lapointe, Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM; Institut du cancer de Montreal) Rm 309AB 11:00-12:00 Closing Keynote Lecture Chair: Dr. Pamela Ohashi, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Rm 309AB Dr. Alexander Rudensky, Memorial Sloan Kettering 12:00-12:30 Closing remarks Dr. Pamela Ohashi, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Rm 309AB Prizes Meeting Adjournment Check out at the Delta Quebec no later than 13:00