Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre 24 -26 November, 2015

Monday 23 November, 2015 2:00pm – 5:00pm Registration at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (Sky Foyer, Grey Street Entrance, South Bank)

Tuesday 24 November, 2015 8:00am – 5:00pm Registration (Sky Foyer, Grey Street Entrance, South Bank)

Welcome and Acknowledgements

9.00am – 9.05am Introduction and Acknowledgements – Frank Gannon

(QIMR Berghofer) 9:05am – 9.15am Welcome and Conference Inauguration – TBA

Session I: Keynote Opening session Immunotherapy: the basis of antigen presentation

(Chair: TBA) 9.15 – 10.00am

9:15am – 9:20am Introduction of Keynote 9:20am – 10:00am (O1) Keynote Lecture I – Rolf Zinkernagel (University of

Zurich) 10:00am – 10:30am Morning Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session II: New cells and pathways to immunotherapy (Ch airs: TBA) – 10.30am‐12.30pm

10:30am – 10:50am (O2) Carola Vinuesa (JCSMR) 10:50am – 11:10am (O3) Gabrielle Belz (WEHI) 11:10am – 11:30am (O4) James McCluskey (University of Melbourne) 11:30am – 11:50pm (O5) John Miles (QIMR Berghofer) 11:50pm –12:10pm (O6) Michael Kershaw (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) 12:10pm –12:25pm (07) Short talk 12:25pm – 1:30pm Lunch (Sky Foyer) 1 2:30pm – 1:30pm Lunchtime Workshop

Immunoscore – Multiplex IHC

Session III: Novel Cancer Immunotherapies (Chairs: TBA) 1.30‐3.30pm

1:30pm – 2:00pm (O8) Holbrook Kohrt (Stanford University) 2:00pm – 2:20pm (O9) Mark Smyth (QIMR Berghofer) 2:20pm – 2:40pm (O10) David Thomas (Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan)

2:40pm – 3:00pm (010) Grant McArthur (Peter Mac) 3:00pm – 3:15pm (011) Short talk ‐ TBA

3:15pm – 3:30pm (012) Short talk ‐ TBA 3:30pm – 4:00pm Afternoon Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session IV: Chronic infectious disease (Chairs: TBA) 4.00‐5.30pm

4.00pm – 4:20pm (O13) Marc Pellegrini (WEHI) 4:20pm – 4:40pm (O14) James McCarthy (QIMR Berghofer)

4:40pm – 5:00pm (O15) Michael Good (Griffith University)

5:00pm – 5:20pm (O16) Andrea Schuessler (QIMR Berghofer) 5:20pm – 5:35pm (O17) Short Talk – TBA

Welcome Drinks Poster Session – I

(Sky Foyer) 5:35pm – 7:00pm

Wednesday 25 November, 2015

7:30am – 5:00pm Registration (Sky Foyer, Grey Street Entrance, South Bank)

Session V: Autoimmune disease (Chairs: TBA) 8.30‐10.30am

8:30am – 9:00am (O18) Lars Klareskog (Karolinksa Institutet) 9:00am – 9:20am (O19) Ranjeny Thomas (UQDI) 9:20am – 9:50am (O20) David Wraith (University of Bristol) 9:50am – 10:10am (O21) (Biocon Speaker TBA) 10:10am – 10:25am (O22) Sumaira Hasnain (Mater Medical Research Institute) 10.30am – 11:00am Morning Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session VI: Transplantation (Chairs: TBA) 11.00am‐1.00pm

11:00am – 11:30am (O23) Stanley Riddell (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research

Center) 11:30am – 11.50am (O24) Geoff Hill (QIMR Berghofer) 11:50pm – 12:20pm (025) David Gottlieb (University of Sydney) 12:20pm – 12:35pm (O26) Short talk – TBA 12:35pm – 12:50pm (O27) Short talk – TBA 12:50pm – 1:50pm Lunch (Sky Foyer)

1.00pm – 1.50pm Lunchtime Workshop

Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Trial Design Speaker – John Rasko (Centenary, University of Sydney), TGA, CNS reps and Panel Discussion

Session VII: Immunotherapies for virus infection and cancer (Chairs: ) 2.00‐3.30pm

1.50pm – 2:20pm (O27) Antonio Lanzavecchia – EMBO Keynote Lecture

(Instituto di Ricerca in Biomedicina) 2:20pm – 2:50pm (O28) Gianpietro Dotti (Baylor College of Medicine) 2:50pm – 3:10pm (O30) Scott Burrows (QIMR Berghofer) 3:10pm – 3:30pm (031) Michele Teng (QIMR Berghofer) 3:30pm – 4:00pm Afternoon Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session VIII: Where to with Immunotherapy? (Chairs: TBA) 4.00‐5.30pm

4:00pm – 4:20pm (032) KOL Pharma Invited Lecture – TBA 4:20pm – 4:40pm (033) KOL Journal Invited Lecture – TBA 4:40pm – 5:30pm Panel Discussion – Challenges in clinical translation of novel

Immunotherapy strategies

Beer and Snacks Poster Session – II

(Sky Foyer) 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Public Forum – I (Sky Room)

Followed by speaker’s dinner 7:00pm – 8:30pm Fight cancer with immunotherapy

Moderator: TBA Patients Perspective: TBA

TGA: TBA Clinicians Perspective: Holbrook Kohrt and Grant McArthur

Q&A Session

Thursday 26 November, 2015

8:00am – 5:00pm Registration (Sky Foyer, Grey Street Entrance, South Bank)

Session IX: Novel Innate immune pathways to immunotherapy (Chairs: TBA) 8.30‐10.30am

8:30am – 9:00am (O34) Luke O’Neill (Trinity College, University of Dublin)

9:00am – 9:30am (O35) Xuetao Cao (Zhejiang University School of Medicine) 9:30am – 9:50am (O36) Kristen Radford (Mater Medical Research Institute)

9:50am – 10:10am (O37) Stephen Gasser (National University of Singapore) 10:10am – 10:25am (O38) Kelli MacDonald (QIMR Berghofer) 10:15am – 10:30am (O39) Short Talk 10:30am – 11:00am Morning Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session XI: Best of 10 ‐ Young Investigator 1 (Chairs: TBA) 11.00am‐1.00pm

11:00am – 11:15am (O40) Short talk – TBA 11:15am – 11:30am (O41) Short talk – TBA 11:30am – 11:45am (O42) Short talk – TBA 11:45am – 12:00pm (O43) Short talk – TBA 12:00pm – 12:15pm (O44) Short talk – TBA 12:15pm – 12:30pm (O45) Short talk – TBA 12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch (Sky Foyer)

Session X: Biomarkers and monitoring

(Chairs: TBA) 2.00‐3.30pm

2:00pm – 2:30pm (O46) Dirk Busch (Technische Universitat Munchen) 2:30pm – 2:50pm (O47) Barbara Fazekas de St Groth (Centenary, Sydney) 2:50am – 3.20pm (O48) John Connolly (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology)

3:20am – 3:45pm (O49) Georgina Long (MIA, University of Sydney) 3:45am – 4:00pm (O50) Nick Huntington (WEHI) 3:30pm – 4:00pm Afternoon Tea (Sky Foyer)

Session XII: Best of 10 ‐ Young Investigator 2 (Chairs: TBA) 4.00‐5.30pm

4:00pm – 4:15pm (O53) Short talk – TBA 4:15pm – 4:30pm (O54) Short talk ‐ TBA 4:30pm – 4.45pm (O55) Short talk – TBA 4:45pm – 5.00pm (O55) Short talk ‐ TBA

Session XIII: Keynote Valedictory (Chair: TBA) 5.00‐5.30pm

5:00pm – 5:30pm (O56) Invited Keynote Valedictory – Peter Doherty

Meeting Close – 5.30pm

Conference Dinner at Brisbane Convention Centre (Plaza Gallery)

7:00pm – 11:00pm

Dinner Speech: TBA

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