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Additional Meeting Rooms on Tuesday:
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Metchosen: Drop in meeting room
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Colwood/View Royal: On-hold meeting room
7:00 AM – 10:00 PM Sidney: Learning Institute Meeting Room
Registration Desk open 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Browse sponsor exhibits 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
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| 7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Carson Hall Foyer |
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Learning Institute Knowledge Exchange Session (Closed meeting) |
Sidney Room |
| 8:00 - 8:10 AM |
Morning Welcome: Jennifer Quizi, BioCanRx |
Carson Hall BC |
| 8:10 - 9:50 AM |
Plenary Session 4: Highlighting BioCanRx Clinical Trials
Chairs: Natasha Kekre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Marcus Butler, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Speakers:
8:20 – 8:50 AM Kevin Hay, BC Cancer Agency. Canadian-Led Immunotherapies in Cancer: CLIC-1901 for the Treatment of Patients With Relapsed/Refractory CD19 Positive Hematologic Malignancies
8:50 – 9:10 AM Marcus Butler, University Health Network. Optimizing Cell Therapies for Solid Tumors
9:10 – 9:30 AM HQP Talk: Sandy Pelletier, CRCHUM. Improving immunotherapy with clinical-grade cell sorting of tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes
9:30 – 9:50 AM Jonathan Bramson, McMaster University. Demonstrating the boosting capacity of Maraba virus in humans
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Carson Hall BC |
| 9:50 – 10:15 AM |
Coffee Break: Refreshments available. Browse our sponsor exhibits. |
Carson Hall Foyer |
| 9:50 AM – 3:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 Preparation: Put up posters. |
Carson Hall A |
| 10:15 – 11:55 AM |
Plenary Session 5: Biomarkers and Mechanisms of Resistance
Chairs: Tommy Alain, CHEO Research Institute and Megan Mahoney, BioCanRx
Speakers:
10:25 – 10:55 AM Arta Monjazeb, UC Davis. Paradoxical effects of obesity on cancer immunotherapy
10:55 – 11:15 AM Uri Tabori, Sick Kids. Replication Repair Deficiency and Hypermutation in Childhoood Cancer
11:15 – 11:35 AM HQP Talk: Julian Smazynski, BC Cancer. The TIGIT:CD155 axis as a potential checkpoint pathway in immunologically cold cancers
11:35 AM – 11:55 AM Sam Workenhe, McMaster University. Activating Desirable Inflammation Overcomes Tumor Resistance to Immunotherapy
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Carson Hall BC |
| 11:55 AM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch & Networking Break |
Carson Hall Foyer |
| 11:55 AM - 2:00 PM |
Patient Researcher Round Table Lunch
Invitation Only
Oncology patients and representatives from charities and patient-advocacy NGOs from across Canada will join junior and senior BioCanRx researchers for a roundtable lunch where they will present their research projects and discuss ideas around opportunities and challenges for patient-researcher partnerships.
Sponsored by
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Colwood/View Royal |
| 2:00 – 4:00 PM |
Plenary Session 6: Patient Plenary - Innovation, Access and Affordability
Chairs: Nicole Mittmann, CADTH and Alex Chambers, Novartis
Speakers:
2:05 – 2:20 PM Marianne Taylor, BC Cancer. Is there room for innovation in the Canadian cancer drug review and approval processes?
2:20 – 2:35 PM Imagine Lecture (HQP) - Brittany Umer, PhD Candidate, University of Alberta. Why patient engagement is here to stay-The value of patient-researcher partnerships from the HQP perspective
2:35 – 2:50 PM Christopher Longo, McMaster University. Canadian cancer patients' financial burden: A National and Provincial examination
2:50 – 3:05 PM Blair Henry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Ethical Issues at the Edge of Innovations in Medicine
3:05 – 3:20 PM Kathy Barnard, Save Your Skin Foundation. Beyond the Curve
Q&A for this session will take place during a panel discussion following the talks.
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Carson Hall BC |
| 4:00 – 4:30 PM |
Trainee Speed Poster Presentation |
Carson Hall BC |
| 4:30 – 6:00 PM |
Public Forum - Cancer Immunotherapy: Game-Changing Research
In partnership with BC Cancer and the Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Join us to hear from a panel of national experts about one of the most promising new areas of cancer research happening right here in Victoria: immunotherapy.
Featuring Dr. Brad Nelson, Dr. Kevin Hay, Dr. John Bell, Dr. Natasha Kekre, Patty Pitts and moderated by Catherine Holt, CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.
Reception and refreshments to follow.
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The Crystal Ballroom |
| 4:30 – 6:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 & Reception - Light snacks available.
Sponsored by
*Poster Session 2 Take down posters: Posters must be removed by 9 p.m. |
Carson Hall A |
| 6:45 – 11:00 PM |
Join us at CANOE Brewpub for an informal evening including dinner and refreshments. The venue is a 15-minute walk from The Fairmont Empress.
You must be registered for this event to attend.
Please drink responsibly.
Sponsored by
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Night Out – CANOE Brewpub |