Tentative Program

Day 1 :June 28th (17:30-21:30)

as of February 10, 2023

Time Session Speaker Chair
17:30-17:40 Opening remarks Charles Swanton (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
17:40-18:20 Keynote Charles Swanton (Francis Crick Institute, UK) Charles Swanton/
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
18:20-19:00 Hiroyoshi Nishikawa (National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)
19:30-21:30 Welcome Party

Day 2 :June 29th (8:30-21:30)

Time Session Speaker Chair
8:30-9:00 Session 1:
Advances in T-cell Biology
Nina Bhardwaj (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, US) Nina Bhardwaj /
Yuki Kagoya
9:00-9:30 Jedd Wolchok (Weill Cornell Medicine, Meyer Cancer Center, US)
9:30-10:00 Yuki Kagoya (Keio University, Japan)
10:00-10:30 Sherene Loi (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia)
10:30-10:40 Break
10:40-11:10 Session 2:
Premalignancy and its
detection
Inigo Martincorena  (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK) Max Diehn/
Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto
11:10-11:40 Avrum Spira (Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center, US)
11:40-12:10 Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
12:10-12:20 Break
12:20-13:20 Luncheon Seminars
▼Seminars Program
Time Main Conference Room Room1 Room2
12:20 - 12:50

CCR8-targeted selective Treg cell depletion induces anti-tumor immunity Sponsored by Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd.

Chair: Takuro Saito
(Osaka University, Japan)

Speaker: Naganari Ohkura
(Osaka University, Japan)

Cancer Evolution Theory and Immunotherapy
- Elucidation of the mechanism of complete cancer cure by immunotherapy -
Sponsored by Eisai Co., Ltd.

Chair: Koji Tamada
(Yamaguchi University, Japan)

Speaker: Takuya Tsunoda
(Showa University, Japan)

Recent progress in CAR T cell therapy Sponsored by Gilead Sciences

Chair: Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
(Nagoya University and National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)

Speaker: Yuki Kagoya
(Keio University, Japan)

12:50 -13:20

Current topics in cancer immunotherapy targeting suppressive immune cells Sponsored by MSD K.K.

Speaker: Kota Itahashi
(National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)

※This seminar is in Japanese only

Overcoming Challenges in the Discovery of KRAS Inhibitors:
Learnings from the Development of Sotorasib Sponsored by Amgen K.K.

Chair: Yoshihisa Kobayashi
(National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)

Speaker: Brian Lanman
(Amgen Inc., US)

Direct antitumor effects and tumor immune activation of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody in multiple myeloma Sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.

Chair: Naoki Hosen
(Osaka University, Japan)

Speaker: Daisuke Ogiya
(Tokai University, Japan)

13:20-13:30 Break
13:30-15:00 Poster Discussions
15:00-15:30 Session 3:
Microbiome and cancer
Naoko Ohtani (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan) Matthew Meyerson/
Naoko Ohtani
15:30-16:00 Matthew Meyerson (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, US)
16:00-16:30 Shinichi Yachida (Osaka University, Japan)
16:30-16:50 Break
16:50-17:20 Session 4:
RNA as a target
Nicholas McGranahan (UCL Cancer Institute, UK) Koutarou Nishimura/
Nicholas McGranahan
17:20-17:50 Akihide Yoshimi  (National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)
17:50-18:20 Daichi Inoue (Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Japan)
18:20-18:30 Break
18:30-19:30 Evening Seminars
▼Seminars Program
Time Main Conference Room
18:30-19:00

Clinical challenges of hepatocellular carcinoma; consideration of a physician in the practice Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Chair: Takahiro Kodama
(Osaka University, Japan)

Speaker: Sadahisa Ogasawara
(Chiba University, Japan)

19:00-19:30

Treg, CTLA-4, and PD-1 in tumor immunity Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Chair: Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
(National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)

Speaker: Shimon Sakaguchi
(Osaka University, Japan)

20:00-21:30 Banquet

Day 3 :June 30th (8:30-16:40)

Time Session Speaker Chair
8:30-9:00 Session 5:
Novel targets brought by
genomics/epigenomics
Matthew Meyerson (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, US) Nada Jabado/
Hiroyuki Mano
9:00-9:30 Nada Jabado (McGill University, Canada)
9:30-10:00 Hiroyuki Mano (National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)
10:00-10:20 Break
10:20-10:50 Session 6:
Revolution in diagnosis and
clinical trials
Trever Bivona (University of California, San Francisco, US) Trever Bivona/
Hitomi Okuma
10:50-11:20 Max Diehn (Stanford University, US)
11:20-11:50 Hitomi Okuma (National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan)
11:50-12:00 Break
12:00-13:00 Luncheon Seminars
▼Seminars Program
Time Main Conference Room Room1 Room2
12:00 - 12:30

Immunotherapeutic strategy for Immune Cold Tumors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Chair: Kazuto Nishio
(Kindai University, Japan)

Speaker: Ichidai Tanaka
(Nagoya University Hospital, Japan)

Treatment strategy for relapsed/refractory PTCL Sponsored by NIPPON KAYAKU CO.,LTD

Chair: Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto
(University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Speaker: Dai Maruyama
(Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan)

※This seminar is in Japanese only

Current status and future perspective of biomarkers for treatment-free remission in CML Sponsored by Novartis Pharma K.K., Medical Affairs

Chair: Yuka Maeda
(Division of Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Center)

Speaker: Tatsuro Jo
(Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Japan)

12:30 - 13:00

Utility of a Novel Comprehensive Genomic Profiling with a Twin DNA/RNA Panel (Todai Oncopanel) in Solid Cancers Sponsored by KONICA MINOLTA REALM, INC.

Chair: Hiroyuki Aburatani
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Speaker: Katsutoshi Oda
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Current Status and Issues of Precision Medicine for Lymphoma Sponsored by Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.

Chair: Ritsuro Suzuki
(Shimane University, Japan)

Speaker: Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto
(University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Gut microbiota and liver cancer Sponserd by MIYARISAN PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.

Chair: Naoko Ohtani
(Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan)

Speaker: Noriho Iida
(Kanazawa University, Japan)

※This seminar is in Japanese only

13:00-13:10 Break
13:10-13:40 Session 7:
Inflammation and cancer
Osamu Takeuchi (Kyoto University, Japan) Lisa Coussens/
Seishi Ogawa
13:40-14:10 Lisa Coussens (Oregon Health & Science University, US)
14:10-14:40 Seishi Ogawa (Kyoto University, Japan)
14:40-15:00 Break
15:00-15:30 Session 8:
Computational biology
Dean Ho (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Elana Fertig/
Dean Ho
15:30-16:00 Elana Fertig (Johns Hopkins University, US)
16:00-16:30 Yasuhiro Kojima (National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)
16:30-16:40 Closing remarks Hiroyoshi Nishikawa (National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan)

*The program may change without prior notice.