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Session: Keynote Address

Keynote Address: The Coming Renaissance of Cancer Immunotherapy

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
5:30pm - 6:15pm East Coast USA Time
Location: Salons F-G

    Speaker(s)

  • Ira Mellman, PhD

    President of Research
    Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy & Medici Therapeutics
    San Francisco, California, United States

    • Chair(s)

  • Megan Levings, PhD

    Professor
    University of British Columbia
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Disclosure(s):
Ira Mellman, PhD: No relevant disclosure to display

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the mechanisms of checkpoint inhibitors and vaccines in cancer immuotherapy, and the role of the Cancer Immunity Cycle.
  • Appreciate the promise of cancer immunotherapy moving forward
  • Appreciate the key role played by dendritic cells in orchestrating cancer immunity