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PRECISION ONCOLOGY CONGRESS

November 7 & 8, 2024

POET 2024 Preliminary Agenda

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
54th Floor, Bow Tower

7:45 AM Registration
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM Welcome Address – Dr. Steve Yip & Dr. Pinaki Bose

  • Dr. Todd Anderson, Cumming School of Medicine
  • Dr. Jennifer Chan, Charbonneau Cancer Institute
  • Dr. Don Morris, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
  • ACF Representative
9:40 AM – 10:20 AM Chair: Dr. Steve Jones
Somatic Mutations in Ageing and Disease
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr. Peter Campbell  
10:20 AM – 10:35 AM Questions & Answer
10:35 AM – 11:50 AM SESSION 1: Precision Oncology, Clinical Trials & RWE
Chair: Dr. Steven Yip
10:35 AM – 10:55 AM Innovations and Intersections in Oncology Real-World Evidence (RWE) – Dr. Winson Cheung, University of Calgary
10:55 AM – 11:00 AM Q&A
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment of Hodgkin Lymphoma – Dr. Christian Steidl, BC Cancer Research Centre, BC
11:20 AM – 11:25 AM Q&A
11:25 AM – 11:50 AM Coffee Break
11:50 AM – 12:40 PM SESSION 1 Continued
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM Precision Oncology, Clinical Trials & RWE – Dr. Janessa Laskin, University of British Columbia, BC
12:20 PM – 12:15 PM Q&A
12:15 PM – 12:35 PM Lung Cancer and Biomarker Driven Research – Dr. Natasha Leighl, University of Toronto, ON
12:35 PM – 12:40 PM Q&A
12:40 PM – 1:00 PM Evolution and New Trends in Early Drug Development in Oncology – Dr. Quincy Chu, University of Alberta, AB
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM Q&A
1:05 PM – 2:05 PM Lunch
2:10 PM – 3:00 PM SESSION 2: Immuno-Oncology / Cell Therapy
Chair: Dr.  Nicolas Jacquelot
2:10 PM –2:30 PM Monitoring Anti-Cancer Immune Responses Through T Cell Receptor Sequencing – Dr. Trevor Pugh, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, ON
2:30 PM – 2:35 PM Q&A
2:35 PM – 2:55 PM Dissecting Spatial Relationships Within the Tumour Microenvironment for Predictive Value – Dr. Logan Walsh, McGill University, QC
2:55 PM – 3:00 PM Q&A
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM Coffee Break
3:20 PM – 4:40 PM SESSION 2 Continued
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Tissue-Resident Lymphocytes in Cancer – Dr. Tim Halim, University of Cambridge, UK
3:40 PM – 3:45 PM Q&A
3:45 PM – 4:05 PM More Than a Ligand: New Insights Into PD-L1 Immunobiology – Dr. Michele Ardolino, University of Ottawa, ON
4:05 PM – 4:10 PM Q&A
4:10 PM – 4:30 PM Harnessing Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Cancer – Dr. Nicolas Jacquelot, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, AB
4:30 PM – 4:35 PM Q&A
4:35 PM – 4:45 PM Day 1 Closing Remarks – Drs. Steven Yip & Pinaki Bose
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM POET Reception
Sky Garden, 54th Floor, Bow Tower
5:30 PM – 8:20 PM POET Welcome Dinner

INNOVATION IN PRECISION ONCOLOGY

Co-Chairs Dr. Steven Yip & Dr. Pinaki Bose
Mountain View Room, 54th Floor, Bow Tower

Twenty-Five Years in Precision Oncology – Could I Have Been More Inaccurate? – Dr. David Huntsman, Chew Wei Professor of Gynaecologic Oncology, BC
Patient Journey – Jocelyn Laidlaw, Patient Advocate, AB

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
54th Floor, Bow Tower

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Opening Remarks
9:05 AM – 10:20 AM SESSION 3: Precision Oncology and Artificial Intelligence (20min + 5min Q&A)
Chair: Dr. Omar Khan
9:05 AM – 9:25 AM Presentation TBD – Dr. Faisal Mahmood, Harvard Medical School, USA
9:25 AM – 9:30 AM Q&A
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Presentation TBD – Dr. Omar Khan, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, AB
9:50 AM – 9:55 AM Q&A
9:55 AM – 10:15 AM Revolutionizing Cancer Biomarker Discovery with Machine Learning: The Future of Precision Oncology – Dr. Ali Bashashati, University of British Columbia, BC
10:15 AM – 10:20 AM Q&A
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM Coffee Break
10:40 AM – 11:55 AM SESSION 3 Continued:
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM The Current and Future Role of Artificial Intelligence for Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection – Dr. Matthew Warkentin, University of Calgary, AB
11:00 AM – 11:05 AM Q&A
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM Presentation TBD – Dr. Tejas Patil, University of Colorado
11:25 AM – 11:30 AM Q&A
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM ctDNA Determinants of Resistance to Radioligand Therapy in Prostate Cancer – Dr. Alex Wyatt, Vancouver Prostate Centre, BC
11:50 AM – 11:55 AM Q&A
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM SESSION 4: Liquid Biopsy and Precision Oncology (20min + 5 Q&A)
Chair: Dr. Pinaki Bose
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM Long Read Sequencing to Characterize Human Cancers and their Epigenomes – Dr. Steve Jones, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Centre, BC
1:50 PM – 1:55 PM Q&A
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM Dynamic Risk Stratification in Head & Neck Cancer Using Circulating Tumour DNA – Dr. Scott Bratman, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, ON
2:15 PM – 2:20 PM Q&A
2:20 PM – 2:50 PM Coffee Break
2:50 PM – 4:15 PM SESSION 4 Continued:
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM Towards Multi-Modal Liquid Biopsies – Dr. Florent Mouliere, Cancer Research UK, UK
3:10 PM – 3:15 PM Q&A
3:15 PM – 3:35 PM Towards ctDNA-Guided Treatment of Bladder Cancer – Dr. Lars Dyrskjøt Andersen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
3:35 PM – 3:40 PM Q&A
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM ctDNA for MRD and a Pathway to Cure – Dr. James Hadfield, Cambridge Science Park, UK
4:00 PM – 4:05 PM Q&A
4:05 PM Day 2 Closing Remarks – POET Chairs, Dr. Steven Yip & Dr. Pinaki Bose