Program

Program subject to change. Abstract talk selections TBC.

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8:30 to 9:00 — Arrival & registration
9:00 to 9:15 — Welcome address
9:15 to 11:00 — Session 1 · Cancer Immunotherapy
Immuno-oncology & checkpoint therapy
Jim Allison · 40 min (keynote)
Max Krummel · 20 min  ·  Sapna Devi · 15 min
+ 1 abstract talk Nobel panel: Allison & Doherty
11:00 to 11:30 — Morning tea
11:30 to 1:00 — Session 2 · Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Neuroinflammation & IBD
Di Yu (Ian Frazer) · 40 min
Sophia Davidson (Hudson) – Neuro Inflamm · 30 min
Rimma Goldberg (Monash) – IBD · 20 min
1:00 to 2:00 — Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 — Session 3 · mRNA Therapeutics
Next-generation mRNA platforms
Moderna · 30 min  ·  BioNTech · 20 min
+ 2 abstract talks
3:30 to 4:00 — Afternoon tea
4:00 to 5:00 — Session 4 · Industry
Industry spotlight
CSL  ·  Brain Cancer Centre (Misty Jenkins)
4 speakers · 30 min each
5:00 to 7:00 — Poster Session I
Poster viewing & networking
7:00 to 10:00 — Conference Dinner
Evening dinner & special address
Georgina Long – Australian of the Year
No sessions match this filter on Day 1.
9:00 to 10:30 — Session 5 · Infection & Immunity
Host–pathogen interactions
Kim Jacobsen (Monash) · 40 min
+ 3 abstract talks · 15–20 min each
10:30 to 11:00 — Morning tea
11:00 to 12:30 — Session 6 · Diagnostics & New Technologies
Emerging platforms & phage therapy
Sam Forster (Hudson) – Phage therapy · 30 min
+ 2 abstract talks · 15 min each
Speaker TBC · 30 min
12:30 to 1:30 — Lunch
1:30 to 3:00 — Session 7 · Cancer II
Advanced cancer immunotherapy
Pam Sharma · 30 min  ·  Charles Swanton · 30 min
+ 2 abstract talks · 15 min each
3:00 to 4:00 — Afternoon tea & poster viewing
4:00 to 4:45 — Session 7 · continued
Cancer II continued
Chair: Annika  ·  Sherene Loi · 30 min
+ 1 abstract talk · 15 min
4:45 to 5:00 — Closing
Prizes & closing remarks
No sessions match this filter on Day 2.