Scientific Program

Chairpersons : Dr. C.S. Pramesh, Dr. J.P. Agarwal

16:10 - 16:15 Session introduction

16:15 - 16:40 Breakthroughs in Lung Cancer Immunotherapy : The Story of Fiction in Medicine

Speaker : Dr. Solange Peters

16:40 - 16:50 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. Navneet Singh

Chairpersons : Dr. Siddharth Laskar, Dr. Bharat Rekhi

16:50 - 16:55 Session introduction

16:55 - 17:20 Immunotherapy of Sarcoma : Amusing the patients or / and Curing the disease

Speaker : Prof. Silvia Stacchiotti

17:20 - 17:30 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. Chirag Desai

Chairpersons : Dr. Raghunada Rao, Dr. Jyoti Wadhva

17:30 - 17:35 Session introduction

17:35 - 18:00 Immunotherapy in rare and challenging situations (Extreme of ages, comorbidities, immunocompromised and autoimmune conditions)

Speaker : Dr. Ravindran Kanesvaran

18:00 - 18:10 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. G.S. Bhattacharya

Chairpersons : Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Dr. Navin Khattry

18:10 - 18:15 Session introduction

18:15 - 18:40 From the Clinic to the Lab : Evaluating Mechanisms of Response and Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Therapy

Speaker : Dr. Padmanee Sharma

18:40 - 18:50 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi

Chairpersons : Dr. Amit Awasthi, Dr. Dipankar Nandi

18:50 - 18:55 Session introduction

18:55 - 19:20 Normalizing the tumor microenvironment to improve immunotherapy of cancer : Bench to Bedside

Speaker : Dr. Rakesh K. Jain

19:20 - 19:30 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. S.D. Banavali

Chairpersons : Dr. Sudeep Gupta, Dr. Govind Babu, Dr. Jyoti Bajpai

19:30 - 19:35 Session introduction

19:35 - 20:20 Oration - Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy : New insights into therapeutic mechanisms

Speaker : Dr. James P. Allison

20:20 - 20:30 Q & A

Lead Discussant : Dr. Kumar Prabhash

Chairpersons : Dr. S.H. Advani, Dr. Bhavna Parikh

20:30 - 21:15 Panel discussion : Panel discussion : Optimal manangement of Rare Diseases & Situations in clinics

Moderator : Dr. Jyoti Bajpai

Panelist : Dr. Silvia Stacchiotti, Dr. Solange Peters, Dr. Ravindran Kanesvaran, Dr. Aung Naing, Dr. A.K.Vaid, Ms. Nishu Goel, Dr. Rakesh Jalali, Dr. Bharath Rangarajan, Dr. Amish Vora

21:15 - 21:20 Important announcements