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Cancer Vaccines
19 September - 20 September 2012
Cancer Vaccines

SAE Media Group's inaugural conference on Cancer Vaccines will provide attendees with a complete view of the cancer immunotherapy field. Focusing on the discovery of new vaccines, developments in target identification and vaccine delivery strategies, this informative event will bring together key opinion leaders in the field to provide attendees with an indepth look into current advances in cancer vaccines.

This event will present itself as a perfect forum for learning about new advances in the field, presenting attendees with the latest information on technogical and regulatory updates in the field. SAE Media Group's Cancer Vaccines 2012 will explore the use of biomarkers in cancer immunotherapy developments and will provide the perfect platform for discussions into regulatory challenges faced in cancer developments as well as strategies to improve success in clinical trials.

With senior industry representatives presenting on their own exepriences and referring to case studies, success stories and failures, this event promises to be a unique forum for problem-solving debate and idea-sharing discussion.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Oliver Wilbert

Oliver Wilbert

Senior Director Immunotherapies , Merck KGaA

Christian Ottensmeier

Professor in Experimental Cancer Medicine, University Of Southampton
Christian Ottensmeier

Eric Leire

CEO, DanDrit Biotech
Eric Leire

Graham Pawelec

Professor of Experimental Immunology, University of Tuebingen Medical School
Graham Pawelec

Jerome Galon

Research Director, INSERM
Jerome Galon

Jian Guo Chai

Senior Lecturer in Immunology, Imperial College London
Jian Guo Chai

John Maudsley

CEO, Cancer Vaccines Ltd
John Maudsley

Karl-Josef Kallen

Chief Scientific Officer, Cure Vac
Karl-Josef Kallen

Kenneth Lundstrom

CEO, Pan Therapeutics
Kenneth Lundstrom

Lindy Durrant

Professor, University of Nottingham
Lindy Durrant

Liselotte Brix

COO, Immudex
Liselotte Brix

Mark Cobbold

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Mark Cobbold

Matthew Albert

Director of Immunology, Institut Pasteur
Matthew Albert

Nicholas Valiante

Head of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
Nicholas Valiante

Oliver Wilbert

Senior Director Immunotherapies , Merck KGaA
Oliver Wilbert

Patrick Therasse

VP, Late Stage Clinical Development, Immunotherapeutics, Glaxosmithkline Biologicals
Patrick Therasse

Sonia Quaratino

Senior Medical Director and Immunology Advisor, Merck Serono
Sonia Quaratino

Thomas Felzmann

CEO, Activartis Biotech GmbH
Thomas Felzmann

This event will act as a unique platform to hear from and discuss with key experts in the field on the key issues such as Engineering vaccine adjuvant formulations, Developing mRNA vaccines and Alphaviruses as vectors in cancer therapy.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Nicholas Valiante

Nicholas Valiante, Head of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

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9:10

Current overview of cancer vaccines

Christian Ottensmeier

Christian Ottensmeier, Professor in Experimental Cancer Medicine, University Of Southampton

• A global overview of cancer vaccine success and failures – what can we learn from them?
• Learning from the past to improve success in novel vaccine discovery
• Potential starting points for new therapeutic vaccines
• Examples drawn from the newest vaccines in early development will illustrate the application of the growing body of knowledge in vaccine design

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9:50

Development of cancer immunotherapeutics at GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals: MAGE-A3 as leade example

Patrick Therasse

Patrick Therasse, VP, Late Stage Clinical Development, Immunotherapeutics, Glaxosmithkline Biologicals

• Choice of the antigen
• Trial design for PoC
• Design of registration trial
• Characterization of predictive biomarkers

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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10:50

Development of mRNA vaccines

Karl-Josef Kallen

Karl-Josef Kallen, Chief Scientific Officer, Cure Vac

• Background on CureVac
• CureVac’s mRNA-based vaccination technology (infectious diseases and cancer)
• Tumor Immunotherapy
• Clinical trial data (CV9103 against PCA and CV9201 against NSCLC)

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11:25

An insight on advances and challenges in cancer immunotherapy

Sonia Quaratino

Sonia Quaratino, Senior Medical Director and Immunology Advisor, Merck Serono

• Combining most effective tumor antigens with the most effective delivery strategies to achieve positive clinical trial results
• Can plasmids ever be a successful protective vaccine strategy
• Understanding all factors involved in delivery techniques

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12:00

Engineering vaccine adjuvant formulations with a focus on safety and tolerability

Nicholas Valiante

Nicholas Valiante, Head of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

• Adapting drug discovery/development strategies to vaccine adjuvants and immuno-therapies
• Understanding the molecular basis of adjuvanticity
• Determining the minimal requirements for efficacy
• Development of stable, scalable and reproducible formulations

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12:40

Networking Lunch

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14:10

Identifying novel targets for cancer vaccines

Lindy Durrant

Lindy Durrant, Professor, University of Nottingham

• ImmunoBodyTM a novel DNA that uses antibodies to target antigen to antigen presenting cells
• Clinical results with ImmunoBodyTM
• Screening of high avidity CD8 responses anti-tumour responses
• Identification of novel anti-tumour CD4 epitopes

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14:50

MHC Dextramers - Benefits of looking at Antigen-Specific T Cells in different stages of Cancer Immunotherapy Development

Liselotte Brix

Liselotte Brix, COO, Immudex

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15:30

Afternoon Tea

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15:50

Immunologically targeting the cancer phosphoproteome

Mark Cobbold

Mark Cobbold, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

• Tumour associated phosphopeptides antigens as potential novel cancer vaccines
• Assessment of immunity against phosphoantigens in health and disease
• Unique considerations for phosphopeptides as candidate vaccine candidates
• Unique advantages of targeting post-translationally modified antigens compared with conventional tumour associated antigens

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16:30

Monitoring immunotherapy outcomes

Graham Pawelec

Graham Pawelec, Professor of Experimental Immunology, University of Tuebingen Medical School

• Benefits and possible problems associated with using blood
• Using TIL, do we need to?
• Developing and ‘immunoscore’
• Different factors for different patients (depending on age, type, treatment and combination)

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17:10

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Sonia Quaratino

Sonia Quaratino, Senior Medical Director and Immunology Advisor, Merck Serono

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9:10

Advances and challenges in the advancement of novel therapeutic cancer vaccines

Oliver Wilbert

Oliver Wilbert, Senior Director Immunotherapies , Merck KGaA

• Update on the most recent successes and promising candidates in Phase III (incl. Prostate Cancer and NSCLC (incl. STIMUVAX))
• Lessons learnt on therapeutic settings for cancer vaccines in oncology
• Key success factors for future development

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9:50

Intravesical BCG and bladder cancer

Matthew Albert

Matthew Albert, Director of Immunology, Institut Pasteur

• Background on bladder cancer immunotherapy
• Lessons from one of the most successful and longstanding immunotherapy regimens
• Adapting these ideas to other areas of cancer

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Monitoring tumour-specific T-cell responses in vivo

Jian Guo Chai

Jian Guo Chai, Senior Lecturer in Immunology, Imperial College London

• Introduction of HY models
• Breaking established transplantation tolerance by vaccination
• Study of tumour-specific CD8, CD4 and regulatory T cell responses in vivo
• Impact of tissue microenvironment on anti-tumour T cell response

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11:40

The immunoscore as a new classification of cancer in the era of immunotherapy

Jerome Galon

Jerome Galon, Research Director, INSERM

• The importance of optimising t-cell costimulation as a therapeutic
• Engineering T cell-activating fusion proteins and immunocytokines targeted to antigens of a tumor vaccine
• Evaluating T cell stimulatory activity
• How can we control this activity?

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:50

Utilizing Allogeneic Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy

John Maudsley

John Maudsley, CEO, Cancer Vaccines Ltd

  • Overview of the use of cell-based immunotherapeutics in Cancer Vaccines
  • Developing combination therapies
  • Targeting the right antigen with the right delivery method
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    14:30

    Final steps in developing next generation dendritic cell-based cancer immune therapy

    Thomas Felzmann

    Thomas Felzmann, CEO, Activartis Biotech GmbH

  • First results from a randomised clinical trial for the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme using whole tumour cell lysate-charged danger signal-emulated dendritic cells
  • Basic concepts and rational for the design of the most advanced “next generation“ (post-Provenge) DC cancer immune therapy
  • Cancer immune therapy is a novel independent treatment paradigm that will develop into the fourth pillar of cancer treatment
  • Advances in manufacturing, quality control, and logistics of distribution enable an area-wide supply of all eligible patients
  • Lessons learned
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    Overcoming challenges in cancer vaccine clinical development

    Eric Leire

    Eric Leire, CEO, DanDrit Biotech

    • What should be the role of a Phase II?
    • Competing for patients and clinical investigators
    • Are the increasing costs of clinical trials unavoidable?

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    16:20

    Alphaviruses as vectors in cancer therapy

    Kenneth Lundstrom

    Kenneth Lundstrom, CEO, Pan Therapeutics

    • Delivery of viral particles, RNA and DNA
    • Cancer vaccines
    • Tumor targeting through liposome encapsulation
    • Protection against host immune response
    • Immunotherapy
    • Clinical trials

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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two


    Professor in Experimental Cancer Medicine
    University Of Southampton
    CEO
    DanDrit Biotech
    Professor of Experimental Immunology
    University of Tuebingen Medical School
    Research Director
    INSERM
    Senior Lecturer in Immunology
    Imperial College London
    CEO
    Cancer Vaccines Ltd
    Chief Scientific Officer
    Cure Vac
    CEO
    Pan Therapeutics
    Professor
    University of Nottingham
    COO
    Immudex
    Senior Clinical Research Fellow
    University of Birmingham
    Director of Immunology
    Institut Pasteur
    Head of Immunology
    Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Senior Director Immunotherapies
    Merck KGaA
    VP, Late Stage Clinical Development, Immunotherapeutics
    Glaxosmithkline Biologicals
    Senior Medical Director and Immunology Advisor
    Merck Serono
    CEO
    Activartis Biotech GmbH

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    The Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington is an elegant contemporary four-star hotel in prestigious Kensington, located just a two minutes walk from High Street Kensington underground station, making exploring easy. The hotel offers well-appointed and comfortable guest rooms combining Standard, Superior and Club accommodation. Club rooms offer iconic views over the city and include Club Lounge access for complimentary breakfast and refreshments. Guests can sample the authentic Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese cuisine at Bugis Street, traditional pub fare at the Brasserie Restaurant & Bar or relax with a delicious drink at West8 Cocktail Lounge & Bar.

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    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

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    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

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