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November
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Friday
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- MaRS Discovery District
The Drug Development Program – Phase 1 (DDP1) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is excited to announce their first symposium on Anticancer Developmental Therapeutics. It will take place on Friday, November 1, 2024 in the MaRS Discovery District Auditorium, 101 College Street, Toronto, Canada. The one-day symposium will have talks focused on immunotherapies and cancer therapeutics.
*****In-person registration now closed.*****
Only VIRTUAL registration remains open.
Online registration is mandatory for all attendees. The event will also be broadcast virtually and a livestream link will be sent to remote attendees prior to the event.
Anticancer Developmental Therapeutics Symposium
Friday, November 1st, 2024 | MaRS Discovery District and Online (Hybrid Event)
8:30 AM-9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM-9:10 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keith Stewart, MD, Vice President Cancer, and Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Keith Stewart, MD, Vice President Cancer, and Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Session 1
Session Chair: Dr. Anna Spreafico, MD, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Session Chair: Dr. Anna Spreafico, MD, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
9:10 AM – 09:50 AM
KEYNOTE: Carrying a Cat by the Tail: What Mark Twain can teach us about the drug development of ADCs
Speaker: Anthony Tolcher, MD, NEXT Oncology, San Antonio, TX
Speaker: Anthony Tolcher, MD, NEXT Oncology, San Antonio, TX
9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
Bispecific antibodies: Precision oncology's dual strike with a single arrow
Speaker: Mercedes Herrera, MD, MSc, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Speaker: Mercedes Herrera, MD, MSc, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM
Novel IO targets
Speaker: Albiruni Razak, MBBCh, BAO, LRC SI, MRCPI, CCT, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Speaker: Albiruni Razak, MBBCh, BAO, LRC SI, MRCPI, CCT, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
10:50 AM – 11:05 AM
Panel Discussion
All morning session speakers
All morning session speakers
11:05 AM – 11:20 AM
Break
Debate Moderator: Dr. Albiruni Razak, MBBCh, BAO, LRCSI, MRCPI, CCT, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Debate: FOR - CAR-T and other cell therapies will change treatment outcomes in solid tumours
Speaker: Mona Shafey, MD, Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB
Speaker: Mona Shafey, MD, Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Debate: AGAINST
Speaker: Ramy Saleh, MD, MSc, McGill University Helath Centre, Montreal, QC
Speaker: Ramy Saleh, MD, MSc, McGill University Helath Centre, Montreal, QC
12:00 PM – 12:05 PM
Debate: FOR (rebuttal)
12:05 PM – 12:10 PM
Debate: AGAINST (rebuttal)
12:10 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
Session 2
Session Chair: Abdulazeez Salawu, MMBS, MSc, MRCP, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Session Chair: Abdulazeez Salawu, MMBS, MSc, MRCP, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Project Optimus: what have we learned so far?
Speaker: Lillian Siu, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Speaker: Lillian Siu, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
1:40 PM – 2:10 PM
Increasing access and diversity in clinical trials
Speaker: Dina Lansey, MSN, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Speaker: Dina Lansey, MSN, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2:10 PM – 2:25 PM
Panel Discussion
All afternoon session speakers
All afternoon session speakers
2:25 PM – 2:40 PM
Break
Session Chair: Dr. Erica Tsang, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
A brief overview of the current landscape of cancer vaccines
Speaker: Scott Strum, MD, MSc, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Speaker: Scott Strum, MD, MSc, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
3:10 PM – 3:40 PM
KEYNOTE: Novel Strategies in DDR Drug Development: Out with the old, in with the new?
Speaker: Timothy Yap, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Speaker: Timothy Yap, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3:40 PM – 3:55 PM
Panel Discussion
All afternoon session speakers
All afternoon session speakers
3:55 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks
*Dr. Albiruni Razak will be speaking about Novel IO Targets in place of Dr. Irene Brana.
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In Person Location:
MaRS Discovery District Auditorium
101 College Street
Toronto, ON
M5G 1L7
DDP1 Symposium Team
Drug Development Program - Phase 1
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
700 University Avenue, 2N-216
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5
Email: dctsymposiums@uhn.ca