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Monday, September 23

08:00 - Registration and Exhibition Opening

Time

Immunology

Immuno-Oncology

Oncology
08:00-09:00 Registration & Morning Gathering
09:00-09:15

 

President Opening Notes

Mira Barda-Saad IIS Angel Porgador ISCR

Plenary Hall
09:15-09:45

Plenary Session: Keynote A

Elizabeth Jaffee

Plenary Hall
09:45-10:15

Plenary Session: Keynote B

Jordan Orange

Plenary Hall
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

10:45-12:30

Session 1

General Session 1A: Visualizing the Immune Response

 

Chairs: Leah Gheber (BGU), Amnon Peled (Hadassah - HUJI)

General Session 1B: Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity – Friends or Foes?

 

Chairs: Dalit Barkan (UoH), Raanan Berger (Sheba)

General Session 1C: Cancer Metabolism, Signaling and DNA-Damage

 

Chairs: Haim Cohen (BIU), Esther Priel (BGU)
10:45-11:10 Debbie Yablonski (TECH) Eli Pikarsky (HUJI) Gideon Rechavi (TAU-SHEBA)
11:10-11:35 Ziv Shulman (WIS) Zvika Granot (HUJI) Ido Wolf (TAU)
11:35-12:00 Steffen Jung (WIS) Adit Ben-Baruch (TAU) Yossef Yarden (WIS)
12:00-12:15 Eilon Sherman (HUJI) Michal Rahat (TECH) Tomer Shlomi (TECH)
12:15-12:30 Benyamin Rosental (BGU) Sharon Grisaru (TAU) Jacob Rachmilevitz (HUJI)
12:30-13:30 Lunch, Poster Presentations & Trade Exhibition
13:30-14:30 Cutting Edge Technologies +

14:30-16:30

Session 2

General Session 2A: Inflammation and Innate Immunity

 

Chairs: Shamgar Ben-Eliyhahu (TAU), Marcelo Ehrlich (TAU)

General Session 2B: Check Point Pathways, Cancer and Immunotherapy

 

Chairs: Alona Zer (TAU), Albert Grinshpun (Hadassah - HUJI)

General Session 2C: Solid Cancers: from Experimental Models to Treatment

 

Chairs: Michal Besser (Sheba), Elena Voronov (BGU)
14:30-14:55 Ariel Munitz (TAU) Gal Markel (Sheba-TAU)

14:30 - 14:55

Moshe Oren (WIS)
14:55-15:20 Amiram Ariel (UoH) Neta Erez (TAU)

14:55 - 15:10

Eytan Abraham (Lonza)
15:20-15:45 Yaron Carmi (TAU) Yardena Samuels (WIS)

15:10 - 15:35

Uri Nir (BIU)
15:45-16:00 Zvi Fridlender (HUJI) Emma Hajaj (Hadassah-HUJI)

15:35 - 16:00

Ruth Scherz-Shouval (WIS)
16:00-16:15 Sergei Butenko (UoH) Hadas Weinstein (MIGAL- Tel Hai)

16:00 - 16:15

Yariv Greenshpan (BGU)
16:15-16:30 Maria Krot (TECH) Asaf Madi (TAU)

16:15 - 16:30

Ofir Cohen (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

17:00 – 18:10

Session 3

General Session 3A: Inflammation and Host-Pathogen Interaction 

 

Chairs: Yoseph Mekori (TAU), Zvi Fridlender (HUJI)

General Session 3B:

Tumor Microenvironment and Immuno-oncology – I

 

Chairs: Isaac  Witz (TAU), Gilad Bachrach (HUJI)

General Session 3C: Cancer Metastasis

 

Chairs: Lea Eisenbach (WIS), Rotem Karni (HUJI)
17:00-17:25 Hermona Soreq (HUJI) Roni Apte (BGU)

Nati Karin (TECH)
17:25-17:40 Marcelo Ehrlich (TAU) Miriam Gross-Cohen (TICC) Hava Gil-Henn (BIU)
17:40-17:55 Dror Mevorach (Hadassah - HUJI) Tal Burstyn-Cohen (HUJI) Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu (TAU)
17:55-18:10 Avishay Edri (BGU) Daphne Weihs (TECH) Dana Ishay-Ronen (Sheba)
18:10- 21:00 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, September 24

Time

Immunology

Immuno-Oncology

Oncology
9:00 - 9:30 Morning Gathering
9:30 - 10:00

Plenary Session: Keynote D

Lawrence Samelson

Plenary Hall
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

10:30 - 12:15

Session 4

General Session 4A: Mechanotransduction in the Immune System

 

Chairs: Amit Tzur (BIU), Benyamin Rosental (BGU)

General Session 4B: Immuno-Oncology and the microbiome

 

Chairs: Tomer Hertz (BGU), Ilana Livyatan (WIS)

General Session 4C: Bioinformatics, Big Data and Cancer Research/Therapy

 

Chairs: Ramit Mehr (BIU), Tal Shay (BGU)
10:30-10:55 Ronen Alon (WIS) Ofer Mandelboim (HUJI) Erez Levanon (BIU)
10:55-11:20 Mira Barda-Saad (BIU) Shai Bel (BIU) Itay Tirosh (WIS)
11:20-11:45 Benny Geiger (WIS) Nissan Yissachar (BIU)

11:20-11:40

Yanay Ofran (BIU)
11:45-12:00 Mark Schvartzman (BGU) Ilan Zaffran (HUJI)

11:40-12:05

Shai Izraeli (TAU)
12:00-12:15 Alexander Bershadsky (WIS; MBI, Singapore)
Alina Goldstein-Levitin (BGU)

12:05-12:20

Keren Yizhak (MIT)
12:15- 13:30 Lunch,  Poster Presentations & Trade Exhibition
13:30-14:30 Flash talks:   Immunology I; Immuno-oncology I; Oncology I

14:30-16:30

Session 5

General Session 5A: Immunopathologies and Precision Medicine I

 

Chairs: Sol Efroni (BIU), Esti Yeger-Lotem (BGU)

General Session 5B: CAR and CTL Therapy in Cancer

 

Chairs: Gideon Gross (Migal), Yoram Reiter (TECH)

General Session 5C: State-of-the-Art Methodologies in Cancer Research

 

Chairs: Alexander Bershadsky (WIS; MBI, Singapore), Oren Parnas (HUJI)
14:30-14:55
Angel Porgador (BGU)
Yoram Reiter (TECH)
Ayal Hendel (BIU)
 
14:55-15:20
Benjamin Sredni (BIU)
Jacob Schachter (SHEBA)
Tami Geiger (TAU)
15:20-15:45
Uri Hershberg (UoH)
Cyril Cohen (BIU)
Dror Fixler (BIU)
15:45-16:00
Erez Greenstein (WIS)
Anat Globerson-Levin (Souraski)
Yoav Broza (TECH)
16:00-16:15
Polina Stepensky (Hadassah - HUJI)
Michal Besser (Sheba)
Aaron Javitt (WIS)
 
16:15-16:30
Mazor Gal (BGU)
Ghosh Shirsendu (WIS)
Mariya Mardamshina (TAU)
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

17:00 – 18:10

Session 6

General Session 6A: Metabolism & Immunity

 

Chairs: Barak Rotblat (BGU), Tsaffrir Zor (TAU) 

General Session 6B: Inflammation and Immunotherapy

 

Chairs: Amir Onn (TAU), Yishai Ofran (Rambam)

General Session 6C: Cancer therapy: Advances in Drug Design and Delivery

 

Chairs: Vered Padler-Karavani (TAU), Tomer Kalisky (BIU)
17:00-17:25 Michael Berger (HUJI)
Michal Schwartz (WIS)
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (TAU)
17:25-17:40 Noga Ron-Harel (TECH) Tomer Cooks (BGU) Niv Papo (BGU)
17:40-17:55 Chen Varol (Sourasky-TAU)
Adi Barzel (TAU)
Shahar Frenkel (Hadassah - HUJI)
17:55-18:10 Eman Khatib-Massalha (WIS)
Alon Monsonego (BGU)
Albert Grinshpun (Hadassah - HUJI)
18:10- 18:40

Plenary Session: Keynote E

Morgan Huse

Plenary Hall

Wednesday, September 25

Time

Immunology

Immuno-Oncology

Oncology
9:00 - 9:30 Morning Gathering

9:30 - 10:00

 

Plenary Session: Keynote F
Daniel Davis

Plenary Hall
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

10:30 - 12:15

Session 7

General Session 7A: Lymphocyte Activation & Exhaustion

 

Chairs: Alex Braiman (BGU), Asaf Madi (TAU)

General Session 7B: Tumor Microenvironment and Immuno-oncology – II

 

Chairs: Eitan Yefe Nof (HUJI), Tal Burstyn-Cohen (HUJI)

General Session 7C: Bio-Markers and Cancer Theranostics

 

Chairs:  Iris Barshack (TAU), Doron Ginsberg (BIU)
10:30-10:55 Doron Melamed (TECH) Michal Baniyash (HUJI)
Yifat Merbl (WIS)
10:55-11:20
Rony Dahan (WIS)
 
 Carmit Levy (TAU)
Rachela Popovtzer (BIU)
 
11:20-11:45
Idit Shachar (WIS)
 Hilah Gal (WIS)
Hovav Nechustan (HUJI)
11:45-12:00
Aviad Ben-Shmuel (BIU)
Ido Yofe (WIS)
 
Arie Admon (TECH)
 
12:00-12:15
Enas Abu-Shah (Oxford)
Annat Raiter (TAU)
Sarit Larisch (UoH)
12:15- 13:30 Lunch,  Poster Presentations & Trade Exhibition
13:30-14:30 Flash talks:   Immunology II; Immuno-oncology II; Oncology II

14:30-16:30

Session 8

General Session 8A:  Microbial Infections, Resistance & Immunity

 

Chairs: Zvi Bentwich (BGU), 

Sara Feigelson (WIS)

General Session 8B: Controversies in clinical Immuno-Oncology

 

Chairs: Israel Vlodavski (TECH), Laila Roisman (Soroka)

General Session 8C: Genomic instability, Cancer Signaling and Cancer Secretome

 

Chairs: Zvi Livneh (WIS), 

Chaya Brodie (BIU)
14:30-14:55

14:30-14:55

Yehudit Bergman (HUJI)
Jonathan Cohen (MSD)
Varda Rotter (WIS)
14:55-15:20

14:55-15:20

Naama Geva- Zatorsky (TECH)
Michal Lotem (Hadassah - HUJI)
Roi Gazit (BGU)
15:20-15:45
15:20–15:35
Gabriel Nussbaum (HUJI) 
 
Dinora Friedmann-Morvinski (TAU)
 
Chaya Brodie (BIU) 
 
15:45-16:00
15:35-15:50
Orly Avni (BIU)
Michael Peled (Sheba)
15:45-16:10
Moshe Elkabetz (BGU)
16:00-16:15
15:50-16:05
Tsaffrir Zor (TAU)
Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern (BIU)
 
16:10-16:25
Yael Aylon (WIS)
16:15-16:30
16:05-16:30
Shulamit Michaeli (BIU)
Limor Cohen (BGU)
 
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break & Trade Exhibition

17:00 – 18:10

Session 9

General Session 9A: Immunopathologies and Precision Medicine II

 

Chairs: Lior Carmon (Biotech), 

Jacob Gopas (BGU)

General Session 9B: Modulation of Tumor Immunity

 

Chairs: Nurit Hollander (TAU), 

Chen Varol (Souraski-TAU)

General Session 9C: Leukemia: From Stem Cell to Therapy

 

Chairs: Avigdor Avraham (Sheba),

Michael Danilenko (BGU)
17:00-17:15

Zhana Haimon (WIS)

 Yan Stein (WIS) Etta Livneh (BGU)
17:15-17:30

Alessio Nahmad (TAU)

 Osnat Almogi-Hazan (Hadassah) Meirav Kedmi (Sheba)
17:30-17:55

17:30-17:45

Avner Fink (HUJI)

 Asia Rolls (TECH) Tzah Feldman (WIS)
18:10 - 18:15

Concluding Remarks & Poster Awards

Plenary Hall