Program

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LICR 2011 Conference - Draft Program
Time	Monday 24th October 2011
8.00am	Registration Open
9.00 - 9.15	Welcome Address
	Session 1 - Cancer Immunology
9.15 - 9.55am	Chair: Jonathan Cebon International Guest Speaker - Professor Louis M Weiner BA, MD Director Francis L. and Charlotte G. Gragnani Chair, Department of Oncology Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
9.55 - 10.15am	Mark Smyth, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
10.15 - 10.35am	Michael Kershaw, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
10.35 - 10.55am	Weisan Chen, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
10.55 - 11.30am	Morning Tea
	Session 2 - Antibody-based Therapies Sponsor
11.30 - 11.50pm	Chair: Louis Weiner Guest Speaker Professor Andrew Scott Director Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
11:50 - 12.10pm	Niall Tebbutt, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
12.10 - 12.30pm	Terry Johns, Monash Institute for Medical Research
12.30 - 12.50pm	John Seymour, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
12.50 - 2.00pm	Lunch
	Session 3 - Signalling Therapies Sponsor
2.00 - 2.40pm	Chair: Grant McArthur International Guest Speaker - Pasi A. Jänne, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, USA
2.40 - 3.00pm	Wayne Phillips, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
3.00 - 3.20pm	David Huang, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
3.20 - 3.40pm	Neil Watkins, Monash Institute of Medical Research
3.40 - 4.00pm	Afternoon Tea
	Session 4 - Tumour Inflammation
4.00 - 4.40pm	Chair: Bryan Williams International Guest Speaker - Danny R. Welch, Ph.D. Professor & Chair of Cancer Biology Kansas Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar The Kansas University Medical Center
4.40 - 5.00pm	Matthias Ernst, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
5.00 - 5.20pm	Matthew Vadas, Centenary Institute
5.30 - 7.00pm	Welcome Cocktails - Ballroom Foyer

Time	Tuesday 25th October 2011
8.30am	Registration Open
	Session 5 - Tumour Angiogenesis sponsor
9.00 - 9.40am	Chair: Andrew Boyd International Guest Speaker - Ulf Eriksson, Ph.D. Professor of Vascular Biology, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden
9.40 - 10.00am	Steven Stacker, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
10.00 - 10.20am	Martin Lackmann, Monash University
10.20 - 10.40am	Ruth Ganss, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research
10.40 - 11.15am	Morning Tea
	Session 6 - Epigenetic Therapy
11.15am	Chair: Andrew Wei
11.15 - 11.35	Sue Clark, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
11.35 - 11.55	Ricky Johnstone, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
11.55 - 12.15	John Mariadason, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
12.15 - 12.35	Glen Marshall, Lowy Cancer Centre
12.35 - 1.30	Lunch
	Session 7 - Stem Cells and Apoptosis
1.30 - 2.10pm	Chair: Doug Hilton International Guest Speaker - Prof. Sir David Lane, Ph.D A*STAR, Singapore
2.10 - 2.30pm	Jane Visvader, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2.30 - 2.50pm	Mark Shackleton, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2.50 - 3.10pm	David Vaux, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
3.10 - 4.30pm	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session - Ballroom Foyer
6.30 for 7pm	Speaker Dinner

Time	Wednesday 26th October 2011
8.30am	Registration Open
9.00am	Session 8 - Target Discovery and Validation
9.00 - 9.40am	Chair: Paul Waring International Guest Speaker - Prof. Florian R Greten Munich Technical University, Germany
9.40 - 10.00am	Roger Daly, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
10.00 - 10.20am	Rob Ramsay, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
10.20 - 10.40am	Andreas Strasser, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
10.40 - 11.15am	Morning Tea
11.15am	Session 9 - Cancer Genomics Sponsor
	Chair: Joan Heath
11.15 - 11.45	Robyn Ward, Lowy Cancer Centre
11.45 - 12.15	David Bowtell, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
12.15 - 12.45pm	Oliver Sieber, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
12.45 - 1.00pm	Conclusion