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WORLDWIDE INNOVATIVE NETWORKING IN PERSONALIZED CANCER MEDICINE

CONGRESS PROGRAMME (FINAL)

Thursday, July 9, 2009

07:30 - 08:30: Registration, Coffee

08:30 - 09:00: Welcome address
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     08:30 Welcome adress
THOMAS TURSZ (VILLEJUIF, FR)

09:00 - 10:40: STRATEGIC VISION ON PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: MARCO PIEROTTI (MILAN, IT), YE DING-WEI (SHANGHAI, CN)
     09:00 Opening Keynote Lecture: The concept of personalized cancer medicine
RICHARD L. SCHILSKY (CHICAGO, US)
     09:25 The challenges of Personalized medicine and modern oncology: towards early diagnosis and individual tailored treatment in cancer patients
THOMAS TURSZ (VILLEJUIF, FR)
     09:50 Systems Biology to decipher complexity of cancer disease
LEROY HOOD (SEATTLE, US)
     10:15 Personalized medicine in the treatment of solid tumors: from concepts to reality
IGNACIO IVAN WISTUBA (HOUSTON, US)

10:40 - 11:00: Coffee Break and networking Discussions

11:00 - 12:40: ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS IN PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: LEROY HOOD (SEATTLE, US), MANFRED SCHMITT (M?NCHEN, DE)
     11:00 The need for Diseases Models with "Commons" as a mean to share data
STEPHEN FRIEND (PENNSYLVANIA, US)
     11:25 Using genomic information to personalize diagnosis and treatment of cancer
RENE BERNARDS (AMSTERDAM, NL)
     11:50 Modeling human cancer in mice
MARIANO BARBACID (MADRID, ES)
     12:15 Advanced measurement and integrated data analysis: the gateway to the future of predictive medicine
ZOHAR YACHINI (HAIFA, IL)

12:40 - 14:00: Lunch and networking Discussions

14:00 - 16:05: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS (1)
This session celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Agilent Life Sciences Technologies
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: DANILO CAZZOLA (SANTA CLARA, US), ROBERT SIGAL (*, FR)
     14:00 Practical application of multiple high-throughput technologies in cancer diagnostics and therapy selection.
OLLI KALLIONIEMI (HELSINKI, FI)
     14:25 Current and future challenges in bioanalytical measurement
NEIL COOK (SANTA CLARA, US)
     14:50 Personalizing cancer care through early assessment of response to treatment
ROBERT DANN (CHALFONT ST GILES, GB)
     15:15 Strategic vision of Applied Biosystems on advanced technology developments in life sciences
SIMONE GUENTHER (FOSTER CITY, US)
     15:40 A new statistical model and integrated advanced technologies appropriate for biomarker evaluation in clinical trials
VLADIMIR LAZAR (VILLEJUIF, FR)

16:05 - 16:30: Coffee break and networking discussions

16:30 - 19:30: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS (2)
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: ZOHAR YACHINI (HAIFA, IL), OLLI KALLIONIEMI (HELSINKI, FI)
     16:30 In silico molecular modelling for targeted therapy
MARCO PIEROTTI (MILAN, IT)
     16:55 New strategies for biomarker discovery by high-throughput proteomics and validation programs
JANNE LEHTIO (STOCKHOLM, SE)
     17:20 Intense parallel sequencing and high sensitivity identification of mutations, a clue for tailored treatment and for understanding response to treatment
JOAKIM LUNDEBERG (STOCKHOLM, SE)
     17:45 Molecular pathology: a new era in cancer diagnostics and tailored treatment
JI ZHANG (SHANGAI, CN)
     18:10 Epigenetic-based technologies to power personalized medicine
MANFRED SCHMITT (M?NCHEN, DE)
     18:40 Advanced technologies and innovative biological models to explore personalized medicine experimental approaches
ANTON BERNS (AMSTERDAM, NL)

19:30 - 23:30: WELCOME RECEPTION
 
Friday, July 10, 2009

08:30 - 10:40: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: PROOF-OF-CONCEPT AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN LUNG CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: IGNACIO IVAN WISTUBA (HOUSTON, US), JI ZHANG (SHANGAI, CN)
     08:30 Opening keynote lecture: Molecular markers and cancer therapy
STANLEY HAMILTON (HOUSTON, US)
     09:00 Transcriptomic approaches to dissect lung cancer biology
ANIL POTTI (DURHAM, US)
     09:25 Expectations from personalized medicine in lung cancer: ready for customized trials ?
JEAN-CHARLES SORIA (VILLEJUIF, FR)
     09:50 Post treatment consequences of personalized therapy: Implications for future research
GEORGE SIMON (PHILADELPHIA, US)
     10:15 Circulating tumor cells in early clinical trials
JOHAN DE-BONNO (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Oncologist , SURREY, GB)

10:40 - 11:00: Coffee break and networking discussions

11:00 - 12:40: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: PROOF-OF-CONCEPT AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN BREAST CANCER
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: RENE BERNARDS (AMSTERDAM, NL), STEPHEN FRIEND (PENNSYLVANIA, US)
     11:00 The war on breast cancer "Divide et impera"
LAJOS PUSZTAI (HOUSTON, US)
     11:25 Comparative genomic hybridization to tailor treatment of patients with breast cancer
FABRICE ANDRE (VILLEJUIF, FR)
     11:50 Bench to bed site: the current status of clinical practice and translational research in breast cancer in China
ZHIMIN SHAO (SHANGHAI, JP)
     12:15 Proteomics strategies in Breast Cancer Research
JULIO E CELIS (COPENHAGEN, DK)
     12:40 Development of Novel Molecular Imaging Agents for Selection and Monitoring of Personalized Tumor-Targeted Therapies
JURI GELOVANI (HOUSTON, US)

13:05 - 14:30: Lunch and networking discussions

14:00 - 15:25: TRANS-NATIONAL NETWORKING CHALLENGES
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: JEAN-CHARLES SORIA (VILLEJUIF, FR), LAJOS PUSZTAI (HOUSTON, US)
     14:30 Cancer medicine networking in United States of America
RICHARD L. SCHILSKY (CHICAGO, US)
     14:55 Structuring efforts and strategic vision in Canada: challenges and needs
ALAN SPATZ (MONTREAL, CA)
     15:20 A European platform for translational cancer research
ULRIK RINGBORG (STOCKHOLM, SE)
     15:20 The European Research Platform Strategic Initiative. The Example of EU FP6 CHEMORES network(www.chemores.org)
JOHAN HANSON (STOCKHOLM, SE)

15:45 - 16:15: Coffee break and networking discussions

16:00 - 19:00: UNMET NEEDS IN PERSONALIZED CANCER CARE. The challenges of international cooperation between clinicians, researchers, technology developers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry
OPEN INTERACTIVE FORUM: With participation of : - Thomas Tursz (Villejuif, France) - Leroy Hood (Seattle, USA) - Stanley Hamilton (Houston, USA) - Ulrik Ringborg (Stockholm, Sweden) - Ignacio I. Wistuba (Houston, USA) - Stephen Friend (Seattle, USA) - Olli Kallioniemi (Helsinski, Finland) - Ding-Wei Ye (Shanghai, China) - George Simon (Philadelphia, USA) - Robert Sigal (Paris, France) - Manfred Schmitt (Munich, Germany) - René Bernards (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Gilles Vassal (Villejuif, France) - Zhang Ji (Shanghai, China) - Vladimir Lazar (villejuif, France) - Neil Cook (Santa Clara, USA) - Rolf Lewensohn (Stockolm, Sweden) - Joost van den Oord (Leuven, Belgium) - Lajos Pusztai (Houston, Texas) - Marco Pierotti (Milan, Italy) - Anil Potti (Durham, USA) - Jean-Charles Soria (Villejuif, France) - Anton Berns (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Alan Spatz (Montreal, Canada) - Johan De-Bonno (London, United Kingdom) - Joakim Lundeberg (Stockholm, Sweden) - Fabrice Andre (Villejuif, France) - Zohar Yakhini (Haifa, Israel) - Simone Guenther (Foster City, USA) - Johan Hanson (Stockholm, Sweden) - Juri Gelovani (Houston, USA) - Richard Booton (Manchester, United Kingdom)
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU
     chairs: JULIO E CELIS (COPENHAGEN, DK), RICHARD L. SCHILSKY (CHICAGO, US)

19:00 - 19:30: CONCLUSIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Thomas Tursz (Villejuif, France)-Stanley Hamilton (Houston, USA)-Ding-Wei Ye (Shanghai, China)
     room: AMPHITHEATRE BLEU

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