Recommended Pre-Conference Short Courses:*

 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 (SC3) Mighty Mitochondria: Why, How and When to Assess Their Function

 OR

(SC5) Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with Biologics

 2:00 – 5:00
 (SC11) Basic Immersion in Cutting Edge Science and Technology for  Biotech and Pharma

*Separate Registration Required.

PLENARY KEYNOTE SESSION

When Drug Research is Personal

John F. Crowley, Founder, Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Chips, Clones and Living Beyond 100

Paul J.H. Schoemaker, Ph.D., M.B.A., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Decision Strategies International, Inc.; Research Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation; Adjunct Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School; Adjunct Professor, Wharton School of Business 

 

 

DELIVERY: Tumor Penetration, Distribution and Beyond

Introduction  and Welcome–Delivery of Cancer Biologics

Tugrul Kararli, Ph.D., President & Founder, Pharmacircle 

PENETRATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Tumor Penetration of Therapeutic Antibodies-The Impact of Size and Exposure Time on Distribution

David Blakey, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Cancer and Infection Research Area, AstraZeneca

Anti-Tumor Efficacy Maximization through Blocking Multiple Targets of Angiogenesis

Dana Hu-Lowe, Ph.D., Group Leader, Associate Research Fellow, Cancer Biology, Pfizer, Inc.

Optimizing Targeting of Anti-tumor Antibodies

Gregory P. Adams, Ph.D., Co-Leader, Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center

SELECTIVE TARGETING OF TUMORS

Bispecific Antibodies: An Approach to Enhance Targeting Selectivity and Efficacy

Matthew K. Robinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Selective Penetration and Targeting of Tumors

Tapas K. Das Gupta, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor and Head, Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois Chicago; Co-founder, CDG Therapeutics, Inc.

A Systems Biology Approach to Engineering Therapeutic Antibodies: Development of an ErbB2/ErbB3 Bispecific Antibody

Alexandra Huhalov, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

ENGINEERING FOR DELIVERY

Tumor Targeting Theory-Kinetic & Diffusive Processes that Determine Antibody Macro & Microdistribution

K. Dane Wittrup, Ph.D.,  C.P. Dubbs Professor, Chemical Engineering & Biological Engineering, Associate Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nanoparticle Agents for Tumor Targeting and Penetration

Shuming Nie, Ph.D., Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Director, Emory-Georgia Tech Cancer Nanotechnology Center, Professor, BME Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering and Hematology and Oncology, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology

Antibody Mediated Cytoxicity

Speakers to be Announced

 

Novel Modes Of Action For Cancer Biotherapeutics

BI- AND TRI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES 

Mode of BiTE Antibody Action in Cancer Therapy

Patrick Baeuerle, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Micromet, AG

Catumaxomab (Removab), the First EC-approved Trifunctional Antibody: The Road from Pre-clinical Development to Approval and Beyond

Diane Seimetz, Ph.D., M.D.R.A., Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President, Fresenius Biotech GmbH

Bispecific EGFR-IGF1R Program

Eric Furfine, Senior Vice President, Research & Pre-clinical Development, Adnexus Therapeutics, a Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Company

Talk Title to be Announced

Changshou Gao, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Inc.

ADVANCES IN ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES

A CD70 Directed Antibody Drug-Conjugate Comprising a Novel Highly Potent Alkylating Agent

Nils Lonberg, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Scientific Director, Medarex, Inc.

Pre-clinical and Clinical Development of Calicheamicin Derivatives Conjugated to Monoclonal Antibodies

Hans-Peter Gerber, Senior Director, Tumor Therapies, Wyeth Oncology Discovery

Antibody-Maytansinoid Conjugates: Demonstrating Benefit in the Treatment of Solid and Liquid Tumors

John M. Lambert, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, ImmunoGen, Inc.

EFFECTOR-ENHANCED BIOTHERAPEUTICS

Glycoengineering for the Enhancement of Antibody Activity

Dennis Benjamin, Senior Director, Antibody Technologies, Seattle Genetics, Inc.

Antibody Fc Engineering to Enhance Cytotoxicity, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics

John R. Desjarlais, Vice President, Research, Xencor, Inc.

Human RNase Fusion Proteins for Tumor Therapy

Stefan Dübel Ph.D., Director, Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig

NOVEL TARGETS AND APPROACHES

Talk Title to be Announced

René Hoet, Senior Director, Research, Genmab B.V.

Talk Title to be Announced:

Gary Woodnutt, CovX, a Pfizer Organization




 

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