friday, September 26, 2025
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30AM | Registration, Exhibit, & Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:40AM | Welcome and Introductions Peter Riedell, MD University of Chicago |
| Session 1: TIL and Transgenic TCR-based Therapies | |
| 8:40 – 8:45AM | Introduction to Session Faculty moderator: Tyce Kearl, MD, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin |
| 8:45 – 9:15AM | Talk #1 TBD |
| 9:15 – 9:45AM | Personalized TCR-engineered Therapies for Head and Neck Cancer Joseph Zenga, MD Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Janet Rowley Lecture | |
| 9:45 – 9:50AM | Presentation of Janet Rowley Award John DiPersio, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis |
| 9:50 – 10:30AM | Janet Rowley Lecture Saar Gill, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:30 – 10:50AM | |
| Session 2: Understanding Complications of Cellular Therapy | |
| 10:50 – 10:55AM | Introduction to Session Faculty moderator: Armin Ghobadi, MD Washington University in St. Louis |
| 10:55 – 11:25AM | Cytokine Release Syndrome following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy: Mechanism and Mitigation Michael Slade, MD Washington University in St. Louis |
| 11:25 – 11:55AM | CAR T Cells and the Brain Juliane Gust, MD, PhD Seattle Children’s/University of Washington |
| 11:55 – 1:00PM | |
| Jonas Memorial Lecture | |
| 1:00 – 1:05PM | Presentation of Jonas Memorial Award Michael Bishop, MD University of Chicago |
| 1:05 – 1:45PM | Jonas Memorial Lecture Terry Fry, MD University of Colorado |
| Session 3: Novel Cellular Therapies- From Bench to Bedside | |
| 1:45 – 1:50PM | Introduction to session Faculty moderator: Nirav Shah, MD, MS Medical College of Wisconsin |
| 1:50 – 2:20PM | Talk #1 Elizabeth Budde, MD, PhD City of Hope |
| 2:20 – 2:50PM | Talk #2 TBD |
| 2:50 – 3:10PM | |
| Session 4: Cellular Therapy for Classical Hematology: Progress and Challenges Ahead | |
| 3:10 – 3:15PM | Introduction to Session Faculty moderator: Justin Kline, MD University of Chicago |
| 3:15 – 3:45PM | Talk #1 Mitchell Weiss, MD, PhD St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| 3:45 – 4:15PM | Talk #2 James LaBelle, MD, PhD University of Chicago |
| 4:15 – 4:45PM | High stakes: Why being a FINANCIAL Center of Excellence is critical to program success Stephanie Farnia, MPH Nimitt Consulting |
| 4:45 – 4:50PM | Closing Remarks Peter Riedell, MD University of Chicago |