Preliminary Agenda

    Registration
    08.30 - 08.55
      Welcome address
      08.55 - 09.00
      Session 1: Tumor Immunity and Immunomodulation
      • Barbara Seliger
      Unraveling the role of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes as a tool for immune evasion
      09.00 - 09.30
      • Ioannis S. Pateras
      Understanding the inflammatory infiltrate in common solid cancers
      09.30 - 10.00
      • Noel de Miranda
      γδ T cells as effectors of immunity in colorectal cancer
      10.00 -10.30
      Netherlands
      • Daniel Öhlund
      Immunomodulatory mechanisms in pancreatic cancer
      10.30 - 11.00
      Coffee Break
      11.00 - 11.30
      Keynote Lecture
      • Hans-Georg Rammensee
      On the development of personalized cancer vaccines
      11.30 - 12.15
      Session 2: Cancer Vaccines
      • Else Marit Inderberg
      Targeting Mutated GNAS for Treatment of Pseudomyxoma peritonei
      12.15 - 12.45
      • Pierre Coulie
      Tumor antigens: anything new?
      12.45 - 13.15
      • Patrick Alexander Ott
      Personal Vaccines Targeting Neoantigens in Patients with Melanoma and other Solid Tumors
      13.15 - 13.45
      • Greg Kirchenbaum
      ImmunoSpot assays permit B cell affinity measurements
      13.45 - 14.15
      Lunch Break
      14.15 - 15.15
      Short Presentations
      15.15 - 16.30
      • Panagiota Batsaki
      TCR REPERTOIRE AND IMMUNE-RELATED GENES AS PUTATIVE BIOMARKERS IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
      15:15 - 15:25
        IMMUNE-GENE EXPRESSION AND TCR CLONOTYPES IN TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD IMMUNE CELLS IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
        15.25 -15.35
        • Sophia Magkouta
        DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES AMONG HPV-POSITIVE AND HPV-NEGATIVE HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS
        15.35 - 15.45
        • Anastasia Xagara
        PRE-EXISTING CANCER-ANTIGEN SPECIFIC CD8+ T-CELLS AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY IN NSCLC PATIENTS
        15.45 - 15.55
        • Maria Goulielmaki
        ALTERATIONS IN THE TCR Vβ REPERTOIRE COMPOSITION OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS AFTER IMMUNOTHERAPY
        15.55 - 16.05
        • Georgia Dimitrakopoulou
        BELANTAMAB MAFODOTIN INDUCES THE ICD OF MYELOMA CELLS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS
        16.05 - 16.15
        Q & A
        16.15 - 16.30
        Session 3: Skin Neoplasms and Head and Neck Cancer - Current Status of Immunotherapy and Future Perspectives
        16.30 - 18.00
        • Helen Gogas
        Immunotherapy of Melanoma
        16.30-17.00
        • Amanda Psyrri
        Immunotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer
        17.00-17:30
        • Apostolos Laskarakis
        Immunotherapy of SCC - Sponsored by SANOFI
        17:30-18.00
        Coffee Break
        18.00-18.30
        Keynote Lecture
        • Ferdinandos Skoulidis
        Primary and secondary resistance to immunotherapy
        18.30 - 19.15
        Session 4: Cancer Biomarkers and Advances in Cancer Treatments
        • Monica Neagu
        The proteomic and genomic journey of a normal melanocyte to melanoma
        09.00-09.30
        • Teresa Frisan
        Microbes, cancer and the immune microenvironment
        09.30-10.00
        • Gilles Marodon
        Discovery and validation of Treg-oriented immune checkpoints for cancer immunotherapy
        10.00-10.30
        • Jörg Wischhusen
        Targeting TGF-beta superfamily members for cancer immunotherapy
        10.30-11.00
        Coffee Break
        11.00-11.30
        Keynote Lecture
        • Ulrich Keilholz
        Combination of targeted therapies and immunotherapies
        11.30-12.15
        Session 5: Advances in Anti-cancer Immunotherapeutic Approaches
        • Gosse Adema
        Glyco-immune checkpoints in Cancer Immunotherapy
        12.15-12.45
        Netherlands
        • Sophia Karagiannis
        Reprogramming macrophages with IgE antibody immunotherapy for cancer
        12.45-13.15
        • Dimitrios Mastellos
        Complement therapeutics and their prospects for cancer immunotherapy
        13.15-13.45
        • Panagiotis Verginis
        Treg cells in cancer and immune-related adverse events
        13.45-14.15
        Light Lunch
        14.15-15.15
        Short Presentations
        • Junbiao Wang
        PRECLINICAL STUDY OF PHAGE-BASED VACCINES INDUCING THERAPEUTIC IMMUNITY AGAINST Δ16HER2-DRIVEN MAMMARY TUMORIGENESIS
        15.15-15.25
        • Michaela Surcel
        IMMUNE PATTERN IN CUTANEOUS MELANOMA
        15.25-15.35
        • Vassiliki Anastasopoulou
        TARGETING MUTANT P53 IN SPONTANEOUS CANCER BY T CELL RECEPTOR GENE THERAPY
        15.35-15.45
        • Ioannis Koukourakis
        RADIOTHERAPY, HLA-CLASS-I MOLECULES AND IFN-TYPE-I RESPONSE IN COLORECTAL CANCER CELL LINES
        15.45-15.55
        • Erasmia Xanthopoulou
        IFNγ, HIF1α AND PD-L1 EXPRESSION IN PROSTATE ANDROGEN-DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CANCER CELL LINES
        15.55 - 16.05
        Q & A
        16.05 - 16.30
        Coffee Break
        16.30 - 17.00
        Session 6: Current Status of Immunotherapy and Future Perspectives in Selective Cancer
        • Alexios Matikas
        New data on ICIs in Breast Cancer
        17.00-17.30
        • Andre Thierry
        Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in mismatch repair deficient solid tumors: current knowledge and future directions, an expert opinion - Sponsored by GSK
        17.30-18.00
        Coffee Break
        18:00 - 18:15
        Keynote Lecture
        • Lorenzo Galluzzi
        Immunological mechanisms of resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors in breast cancer
        18:15 - 19.00
        Session 7: Urinary Tract Neoplasms: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
        19:00-20:00
        • Alexandra Drakaki
        Renal cancer and ICIs
        19:00-19:30
        • Petros Grivas
        Urothelial cancer and ICIs
        19:30-20:00
        Session 8: Intrinsic Regulation of Antitumor Immune Responses
        • Marianna Christodoulou
        IL-37: an immunoregulatory cytokine with a potential pathogenetic role in human cancers
        09.00-09.30
        • Vincenzo Bronte
        Myeloid deviation in Cancer and Covid-19
        09.30-10.00
        • Viktor Umansky
        Targeting MDSCs to improve cancer immunotherapy
        10.00-10.30
        • Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg
        Tumor induced immune suppression: the problem is RAGE
        10.30-11.00
        • Annette Paschen
        The role of chromosomal aberrations in melanoma resistance to immunotherapy
        11.00-11.30
        Coffee Break
        11.30-12.00
        Keynote Lecture
        • Alejandro Madrigal
        Beyond CAR-T Cells a novel approach to develop off the shelf iPSC CAR-NK cells
        12.00-12.45
        Session 9: Extrinsic Regulation of Antitumor Immune Responses
        • Michael Koukourakis
        Cancer Immuno-Radiotherapy: Balancing between immunosuppression and radio-vaccination
        12.45-13.15
        • Christoph Reinhardt
        Epithelial Toll-like receptor-2 as a regulator of intestinal epithelial renewal and its role in colorectal cancer
        13.15-13.45
        • Maria Goulielmaki
        Immunotherapy- induced alterations in the TCR Vβ repertoire of non-small cell lung cancer patients
        13.45-14.15
        Lunch Break
        14.15-15.15
        Short Presentations
        15.15-16.30
        • Carolina Constantin
        PHENOTYPIC CHANGES IN TUMOR-PRIMED MURINE NK CELLS
        15:15 - 15:25
        • Pantellis Rousakis
        ASSESSING MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA WITH NEXT-GENERATION FLOW CYTOMETRY: A REPORT OF INTERESTING CASES
        15:25-15:35
        • Pigi - Maria Niotopoulou
        IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC COMPARISON OF HUMAN AND CANINE LYMPHOMAS WITH FLOW CYTOMETRY
        15.35-15.45
        • Evangelia Nikou
        STUDY OF THE ANTI-NEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY OF OLEUROPEIN ANALOGUES IN VITRO
        15.45-15.55
        • Odyssefs Liagkas
        IN VIVO INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY OF GS32, A NOVEL SEMI-SYNTHETIC ANALOGUE OF OLEUROPEIN
        15.55-16.05
        Q & A
        16.05-16.30
        Session 10: Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
        • Luis Paz-Ares
        The value of the immunotherapy in SCLC treatment: meeting the expectations - Sponsored by ASTRA ZENECA
        16.30-17.00
        • Sebahat Ocak
        NSCLC with high expression ≥ 50% of PD-L1 - Sponsored by SANOFI
        17.00-17.30
        • Dionysios Papadatos - Pastos
        First-line treatment of NSCLC: What is the preferred regimen?
        17:30-18:00
        • Maya Gottfried
        IO benefit in metastatic and earlier stages NSCLC - Sponsored by BMS
        18:00-18:30
        Coffee Break
        18:30-18:45
        Session 11: Cancer Immunotherapy in 2022 and a look ahead
        • Teresa Whiteside
        Tumor-derived exosomes in plasma of cancer patients induce stress and death in immune cells: danger from within
        18:45- 19:15
        • Paul Victor Lehmann
        A renaissance for B cell immune monitoring and its perspective for tumor immunology
        19:15-19:45
        • Jörg Wischhusen
        What have we learned this week?
        19:45-20:15
        Abstract Awards: Organizing Committee
        20:15-20:30
        Concluding Remarks: Organizing Committee
        20:30 - 20:45