BIT's 12th Annual World Cancer Congress-2019(WCC-2019)
★ Scientific Program

Preliminary Program

 

Session times on those days will not be finalized until the overall program schedule is completed.

Program Tracks (Please click each Track for detailed program information)

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Forum

Track 1: Recent Advances in Cancer Research

Track 2: Breakthroughs in Cancer Prognostics and Diagnostics

Track 3: Best Practice on Clinical Oncology

Track 4: Clinical Research

Track 5: Novel Approaches to Cancer Therapeutics

 

Track 5: Novel Approaches to Cancer Therapeutics

Track 5-1: Immuno-Oncology & Immunotherapy

Time: May 15, 2019 (Wednesday)
Place: Momoyama, 4th Floor

Chair

Dr. Tapan K. Bera, Associate Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Recombinant Immunotoxins Targeting B Cell Maturation Antigen is Cytotoxic to Myeloma Cell Lines and Myeloma Cells from Patients
Dr. Tapan K Bera, Associate Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, USA

14:00-14:25

Title: Selection and Development of Potent T Cell Receptors for Cancer Immunotherapy
Dr. Claudia Wagner, Director Immunology, Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, Germany

14:25-14:50

Title: Genetic and Molecular Profiling of ICOS hi CD4 T Cells Demonstrates Clonal Expansion of Th1 Effector Cells Following Vopratelimab (JTX-2011) Treatment in Subjects with Solid Tumors
Dr. Christopher Harvey, Director of Preclinical Sciences, Jounce Therapeutics Inc., USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Development of Immunomodulatory Vaccines (T-win®)
Dr. Ayako Wakatsuki Pedersen, Head of Translational Research, IO Biotech ApS, Denmark

15:15-15:40

Title: DCE-MR Imaging Biomarker of Bevacizumab Response in Glioblastoma - A Xenograft Study
Dr. Karsten Nielsen, Consultant, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

 

Track 5-2: Advanced Targeted Therapy and Personalized Therapy for Cancer

Time: May 16, 2019 (Thursday)
Place:  Suehiro, 4th Floor

Chair

Dr. Robyn A. Lindley, Associate Professor, The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Molecular Mechanism that Controls Expression of GGAA-Motif Containing Promoter-Driven Genes
Dr. Fumiaki Uchiumi, Professor, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

14:00-14:25

Title: Improved Platform for Breast Cancer Circulating Tumor Cell Enrichment and Characterization with Next-Generation Sequencing Technology
Dr. Catalin Mihalcioiu, Assistant Professor, McGill University Health Centre, Canada

14:25-14:50

Title: Combination Treatment Comprising Thermal Therapy and Chemoterapy Using Drug-Contained Gold Nanorods
Dr. Myoung-Hwan Park, Associate Professor, Sahmyook University, South Korea

14:50-15:15

Title: The Identification of Cancer Progression Associated Signatures (C-PAS) for High Risk Patient Stratification
Dr. Robyn A. Lindley, Associate Professor, The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55 Title: Cutaneous Adverse Events of Targeted Anticancer Therapy: A Review of Common Clinical Manifestations and Management
Dr. Peihan Kao, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
15:55-16:20 Title: CXCL14, A Unique Multistep Tumor Suppressing Chemokine, Regulates Expression of Stem Cell Factors
Dr. Ryu-Ichiro Hata, Professor, Molecular Biology at Kanagawa Dental College, Japan
16:20-16:45 Title: The tHERApeutic Potential of HERA-CD40L in Immunologic Cancer Treatment
Dr. Christian Merz, Head of Cellular Analytics, Apogenix AG, Germany
16:45-17:10 Title: Benefit to Sequential Treatment with Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy of a BRAF V600E and PD-L1 Positive Metastatic NSCLC
Dr. Annia M. Martial, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois – Peoria Campus, USA
17:10-17:35

Tile: CANscript™: A Phenotypic-based, Tumor Modeling Platform for Oncology & Immuno-oncology Drug Discovery and Development
Dr. Mark Paris, Associate Director, Mitra Biotech, USA

 

Track 5-3: Drug Discovery, Design, and Delivery (Part I)

Time: May 16, 2019 (Thursday)
Place: Momoyama, 4th Floor

Chair

Dr. Ioannis Papasotiriou, Medical Director, RGCC International GmbH, Switzerland

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Innovations in Drug Development through Transcriptomics Analysis of Liquid Biopsies and Exosome Utility
Dr. Ioannis Papasotiriou, Medical Director, R.G.C.C. International GmbH, Switzerland
14:00-14:25 Title: Targeting Prostate Cancer by Using AKR1C3 Inhibitors Designed by a Bioisosteric Approach
Dr. Donatella Boschi, Associate Professor, University of Turin, Italy

14:25-14:50

Title: Targetting Intracellular Calcium Signalling in Cancer Chemotherapy
Dr. Dietrich Busselberg, Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Qatar

14:50-15:15

Title: Hypericin – Prospective Anticancer Drug and its Interactions with Important Bio Macromolecules as Studied on the Molecular Level
Dr. Jana Stani�ová, Associate Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine & Pharmacy, Slovakia

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: UD-017, a Novel Highly Selective and Orally Active CDK7 Inhibitor, Shows a Significant Anticancer Activity in Patient-Derived Cancers
Mr. Shigeru Ushiyama, Chief Senior Researcher & Deputy General Manager, Drug Discovery and Pharmacology Group, Pharmaceutical Research Lab., Ube Industries, Ltd., Japan

15:55-16:20

Title: Ambiguous Roles Played by RAP GTPase in Normal and Tumor Cells
Dr. Arkadiusz Orzechowski, Professor, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Poland

16:20-16:45

Title: A New Possibility on Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML): Targeting Myeloid Differentiation Using Potent and Innovative Human Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase (hDHODH) Inhibitors
Dr. Marco L. Lolli, Assistant Professor, University of Torino, Italy

16:45-17:10

Title: Novel Class of Agents for Cancer Chemotherapy
Dr. Nataliya A. Sanina, Head, Department of the Structure of the Substance, IPCP RAS, Russia

  

Track 5-3: Drug Discovery, Design, and Delivery (Part II)

Time: May 17, 2019 (Friday)
Place: Momoyama, 4th Floor

Chair

Dr. Tseten Y Jamling, V. P. of Research and Development, Hera BioLabs, USA

09:00-09:05

Chair's Introduction

09:05-09:30

Title: Renal Failure during Chemotherapy: Old Drugs-New Insights, New Drugs-Old Toxicities
Dr. Corinne Isnard Bagnis, Professor, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, France

09:30-09:55

Title: Vitamin D-Induced Vitamin D Receptor Expression Induces Tamoxifen Sensitivity in MCF-7 Stem Cells via Suppression of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling
Dr. Wei Zheng, Director of Breast and Thyroid Surgery Department, The Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, China

09:55-10:20

Title: Effect of Preparatory Procedures of an Ayurvedic Formulation Shataputi Abhrak Bhasma on Physico-Chemical Attributes, Immunomodulation and Invitro Anticancer Activity on Lung, Leukemia and Prostate Cancer Cell Lines
Dr. Yogesh L. Tamhankar, Medical Director, Janaki Ayurveda Healthcare Centre, India

10:20-10:45

Title: Extremely Active Resveratrol (XAR™) Significantly Upregulates Anti-Cancer Genes in Humans In Vivo
Dr. Pratiksha Palahe, Consultant, Epigeneres Biotech Private Ltd., India

10:45-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:25

Title: Small-Molecule Regulators of Epitransciptomic Enzymes as Potential Novel Anticancer Drugs
Dr. Mati Karelson, Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia

11:25-11:50

Title: A Novel Rag2/Il2rg Double-Knockout Rat (SRG OncoRat) Enables Precision-Medicine Based Cancer Studies with Patient Derived Xenografts
Dr. Tseten Y Jamling, V. P. of Research and Development, Hera BioLabs, USA

 

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International Honorary Chairmen

Dr. Vladimir Lazar
Chief Scientific and Operating Officer
WIN Consortium, France

Dr. Ashok Srivastava
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Officer, ClinFomatrix, Cure Pharmaceuticals, Inc, USA

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