Program of November 2011

   
DAY 1 DENDRITIC CELLS
 

Registration (8:00-8:50)

Opening of the conference (8:50)

  Section A 
9:00-9:40 Daniel J. Powell, Jr.
  Combinatorial cancer vaccination with autologous dendritic cells pulsed with autologous tumor lysate
9:40-10:20 Rüdiger Sorg
  Immunological consequences and effects on migration and invasiveness of aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic treatment of glioma cells
10:20-11:00 Thomas Felzmann
  Interleukin-12 Secreting Type 1 Dendritc Cells for Cancer Immune Therapy
  Coffee break (11:00-11:30)
  Section B 
11:30-12:00 Marius Strioga
  Clues for the individualized antitumor immunotherapy
12:00-12:30 Elena Yakushenko
  Interleukin-18: prospects and problems of clinical use
12:30-13:00 Yann Godfrin
  Modified Red Blood Cells to modulate the immune response. A technology to target in situ the antigen presenting cells
   
  Lunch break (13:00-14:30)

14:30-16:30

Round Table Discussion (section A)

Round Table Discussion (section B)

 

Concert  (17:30-19:00)

Conference Party  (19:30-23:30)

DAY 2 ADJUVANTS and VACCINES
  Section A
9:00-9:40 Virgil Schijns
  The importance and functions of vaccine adjuvants in modern (tumor) vaccines
9:40-10:20 Kingston Mills
  Vaccine and immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer based on inhibition of regulatory cytokines and T cells and induction of polyfunctional T cells
10:20-11:00 Volker Ehemann
  Flow cytometry assessment of the cell cycle and its regulating proteins in solid tumors
  Coffee Break (11:00-11:30)
  Section B
11:30-12:10 Shimon Slavin
  Cancer immunotherapy by alloreactive donor lymphocytes
12:10-12:50 Alain Berrebi
  The use of autologous cytotoxic T cells for killing malignant B cells
12:50-13:30 Pavol Kudela
 

Bacterial Ghosts - multipurpose vehicle gifted with natural adjuvant properties for vaccine development and immunotherapy   

  Lunch Break (13:30-15:00)
15:00-17:00

Round Table Discussion (Section A)

Round Table Discussion (Section B)

 

St. Martin wine testing and other south Moravia wine testing (17:30-19:00)

The end of the conference.

 

 

(19:30-23:30) Extra post-conference dinner and party (St. Martin goose and other specialities). Tickets may be purchased on side, 20 EUR (500CZK) per person.