Symposia

WIN 2026 Symposium
October 02 - 03, 2026

Venue: Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA

The two day WIN Symposium 2026 “Precision Oncology: Innovation and Equity Across the Globe” organized by the Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium will take place at Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA on October 2-3, 2026.

We are honored to confirm an outstanding lineup of keynote speakers, including Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, Nobel Laureate, Dr. Richard Pazdur, former Director of the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence, Dr. Keith Flaherty, President of the AACR and Dr. Giuseppe Curigliano, current President-Elect, ESMO (2027-2028), among many other distinguished leaders in oncology and biomedical research.

Early Bird Registration for WIN Symposium 2026 closes 16 August 2026!

Poster abstract submission has been extended to 21 August 2026, giving researchers, clinicians, early-career professionals and innovators additional time to submit their work for consideration.

WIN Symposium 2026 is endorsed by ASCO®, supporting the scientific positioning of this year’s program dedicated to advancing precision oncology across research, clinical practice, innovation and global collaboration.

To register and submit an abstract, go to WIN’s dedicated symposia website: https://mcigroup-winsymposium2026.eventsairsite.com/

Past events

WIN 2025 Symposium

WIN 2025 Symposium
October 03 - 04, 2025

Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

We are proud to announce that the WIN Symposium 2025 has been granted endorsement by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO®) for the 14th consecutive year.

The 2025 WIN Symposium: Progress and Challenges in Precision Oncology will be presented as Track 1 of the Advancing Precision Medicine Conference in partnership with APM.

As the official 2025 WIN Symposium, this dedicated track will explore the evolving landscape of precision oncology, highlighting both groundbreaking advances and the ongoing challenges of translating molecular insights into clinical impact. Curated by the WIN Consortium, the program will feature global leaders in cancer research, diagnostics, and therapeutic innovation—offering a comprehensive view of how precision medicine is reshaping oncology across tumor types and care settings.
The symposium is co-chaired by Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, Chair, WIN Consortium and Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, WIN Consortium.

We are very proud to announce that 2019 Nobel Laureate William Kaelin, Jr, MD (Sidney Farber Professor, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) will be delivering the opening Keynote lecture.

For more information, visit the APM website:
https://www.advancingprecisionmedicine.com/apm-home/apm-annual-conference-and-exhibition-in-philadelphia/

 

WIN 2024 Symposium

WIN 2024 Symposium
March 01 - 02, 2024

The two day WIN Symposium 2024, organized by the Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium in partnership with Burjeel Holdings, was held at the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi on March 1–2, 2024. The landmark event, themed “Precision and Molecular Oncology: Caring for Patients and Future Generations,” convened more than 450 clinicians, researchers, and industry professionals from approximately 30 countries. Together, they explored the latest advances in precision oncology and offered insights into the developments shaping the future of oncology.

The symposium started with an inspiring keynote lecture by Nobel Laureate Professor James Allison, who has revolutionized cancer immunotherapy. The curated program featured interactive elements illustrating precision cancer treatment principles and best practices.

The WIN Symposium provided attendees with a deep understanding of the role of key biomarkers, their optimal application, and emerging new omic tests that will inform future biomarker adoption under the two big umbrellas of Precision Genomics and Precision Immunotherapy. Local experience from the UAE, the host country, was included to link global evidence to regional practice. Application of the principles of precision medicine were discussed beyond medical and onto radiation oncology along with issues of access, equity and diversity in precision oncology practice and trials on a global scale. The symposium featured a Molecular Tumor Board to exemplify with real patient cases how to use biomarkers to inform therapeutic choices. Finally, a panel discussion was dedicated to navigating available diagnostic pathways and tests from bench to bedside.

The symposium provided networking opportunities, allowing participants to connect with peers, establish collaborations, and forge new partnerships.
The event was endorsed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO®) and accredited for 8.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).

ASCO® is a registered trademark of the American Society of Clinical Oncology®. Used with permission. This is not an ASCO sponsored event.

A total of 51 abstracts were submitted—42 accepted as posters and 3 as oral presentations—with 34 featured online via the Journal of Precision Oncology (JIPO).

Abstracts Published by Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology (JIPO):


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Friday, March 01, 2024

Session 1: Grand Opening

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Chairperson: Prof. Khaled Musallam, Burjeel Holdings


Cancer Care and Research in the UAE

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Prof. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Burjeel Holdings



WIN Consortium: Past, Present, Future

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Prof. Razelle Kurzrock, WIN Consortium/MCW Cancer Center Prof. Wafik El-Deiry, WIN Consortium/Brown University



Opening Ceremony

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Keynote Lecture
Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insight into Mechanisms of anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and Combination

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Prof. James Allison, Nobel Laureate, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Session 2: Precision Genomics: From Bench to Bedside

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Chairpersons: Prof. Garth Powis, PHusis Prof. Wafik El-Deiry, WIN Consortium/Brown University


A Visionary Odyssey Beyond Boundaries: The Evolution of Tumor-Agnostic Drug Development in Precision Medicine

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Dr. Vivek Subbiah, Sarah Cannon Research Institute


Therapeutic Targeting of EMT and Tumor Plasticity

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Prof. Sendurai Mani, Brown University



Role of Liquid Biopsy in Targeted Therapy

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Dr. Hatim Husain, UC San Diego



The Emirati Genome Program: A National Enabler of Precision Medicine

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Dr. Mohamed AlAmeri, Department of Health Abu Dhabi


Roadmap for Precision Genomics in Routine Cancer Care in the UAE

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Prof. Faisal Khan, University of Calgary and OncoHelix & coLAB, Burjeel Holdings


Session 3: Precision Immunotherapy: The Next 5 Years

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Chairpersons: Prof. James Allison, MD Anderson Cancer Center Prof. Padmanee Sharma, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Integrating Clinical and Laboratory Research to Identify Mechanisms of Response and Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Therapy

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Prof. Padmanee Sharma, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Role of Liquid Biopsy in Immunotherapy

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Prof. Christian Rolfo, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and International Society of Liquid Biopsy [ISLB]


Transcriptomics at WIN: Opening the Multi-omic Era

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Dr. Vladimir Lazar, WIN Consortium


Landscape of Immunotherapy in the UAE

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Dr. Hassan Jaafar, Burjeel Medical City


Session 4: Precision Research

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Chairpersons: Prof. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Burjeel Holdings Prof. Khaled Musallam, Burjeel Holdings


Landscape of Translational Cancer Clinical Trials in the UAE

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Mohamed Mostafa, PDC-CRO, UAE


Oral Abstracts and Awards

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Saturday, March 02, 2024

Session 5: Molecular Tumor Board

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Chairpersons: Prof. Razelle Kurzrock, WIN Consortium/MCW Cancer Center Prof. Wafik El-Deiry, WIN Consortium, Brown University


Interactive Session with Cases from the UAE

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Session 6: Radiation Oncology in Precision Medicine

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Chairpersons: Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Gheida, Burjeel Medical City Dr. Shahin Fattahi, Burjeel Medical City


A Genomic Adjusted Radiation Dosing Paradigm to Biologically Personalize Radiation Therapy

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Dr. Jacob Scott, Cleveland Clinic


Radiotherapy as Immunotherapy for Cancer

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Prof. Silvia Formenti, Weill Cornell Medicine


Session 7: Precision Communityomics

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Chairpersons: Prof. Wafik El-Deiry, WIN Consortium/Brown University Prof. Don Dizon, Brown University


Diversity and Equity in Precision Oncology

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Prof. Don Dizon, Brown University


Tools for Precision Communityomics

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Dr. Katherine Tossas, Virginia Commonwealth University


Session 8: Precision Diagnostics

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Chairpersons: Dr. Alison Finall, Burjeel Medical City Dr. Pinaki Bose, University of Calgary and OncoHelix, & coLAB, Burjeel Holdings


Panel Discussion

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Prof. Christian Rolfo, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and International Society of Liquid Biopsy [ISLB] Dr. Hatim Husain, UC San Diego Dr. Helmy Eltoukhy, Guardant Health Dr. Jason Hipp, Mayo Clinic Dr. Justin Guinney, Tempus AI

Abstracts Presented at the 2024 WIN Symposium in Partnership with Burjeel Holdings March 1-2, 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abstracts Presented at the 2024 WIN Symposium in Partnership with Burjeel Holdings March 1-2, 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Partnership The Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology (JIPO) and WIN

Partnership The Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology (JIPO) and WIN
December 28 - 28, 2024

JIPO and WIN renew their cooperation to cover the WIN 2024 symposium 1-2 March 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
JIPO will publish the symposium abstracts.

WIN 2022 Symposium

WIN 2022 Symposium
October 29 - 30, 2022

The WIN 2022 Symposium ‘Integrating Genomics and Transcriptomics to Reshape Precision Oncology: A WINning Strategy’ took place on 29-30 October, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain.

We had an exciting line-up of prominent speakers and panel discussion and our 1st international molecular board!

 


WIN 2022 Program

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Partnership JIPO and WIN

Partnership JIPO and WIN
December 03 - 03, 2022

JIPO and WIN cross-promoted each other’s organization’s activities throughout the year, including the WIN 2022 Symposium in Barcelona, Spain, October 29-30, 2022. Abstracts selected for presentation at the WIN meeting were published in JIPO as a Conference Proceeding.

JIPO Editorial Fellow, Dr. Khalid Jazieh, interviewed members of WIN Leadership to highlight the collaboration and upcoming activities. Drs. Razelle Kurzrock, Vladimir Lazar, and Richard L. Schilsky were interviewed. These interviews were published on the JIPO YouTube channel.

Dr. Vladimir Lazar, Chief Scientific and Operating Officer of WIN, was appointed to the JIPO Editorial Board to represent WIN Leadership. Dr. Lazar contributed to an editorial to the Journal in 2022. Dr. Kurzrock has published four articles in JIPO in 2019 and 2020.

WIN 2019 Symposium

WIN 2019 Symposium
June 23 - 24, 2019

The 11th edition of the WIN Symposia ‘WINnovation and Global Deployment of Precision Oncology’ took place in Paris, France on 23-24 June 2019.


Sunday, June 23, 2019

Welcome & Opening Remarks

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Richard L. Schilsky


Lifestyle-based Prevention Strategies

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Jennifer A. Ligibel


Rewriting the Code of Life: CRISPR-Cas Genome editing

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Jennifer A. Doudna


Innovation in Clinical Trials: WINTHER trial

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Razelle Kurzrock


Optimizing Patient Enrollment and Efficacy of Precision Oncology Clinical Trials

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Innovation in Clinical Trials: SPRING_01 Proof of Concept Trial exploring Combination of Three Targeted Drugs

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Benjamin M. Solomon


Systems Immunology in IO: A view from the Parker Institute

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Nikesh Kotecha


Innovative Ways of Assessing Durable Response to Immunotherapy

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Christophe Le Tourneau


Monday, June 24, 2019

Direct Targeting of STAT3 Alone and in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors to Treat Solid Tumors

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David J. Tweardy


CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Breast Cancer; today's real and future dream

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Hikmat Abdel-Razeq


The Value of Personalized Medicines for Healthcare Systems in Europe - Considering enablers to the adoption of personalized medicines in Europe

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Anthony Barron


Development and Application of Precision Oncology in China

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Hu Xin


National Cancer Grid of India - Earthshots over Moonshots

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C.S. Pramesh


Innovative Algorithms and IT Platform to Support Clinical Trials

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Eitan Rubin


Decision Support for Precision Oncology: Evolving from Monotherapy to Genomically Informed Combinations

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Funda Meric-Bernstam


Oncobox, RNA Sequencing and Molecular Pathway Analysis-Based Second Opinion System for Prescription of Target Drugs to Advanced Cancer Patients: Concept, Design and Results of Clinical Trials

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Anton Buzdin


Matched Tumor/Normal Expression Profiling from Small FFPE Samples

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Debrah Thompson

WIN 2018 Symposium

WIN 2018 Symposium
June 25 - 26, 2018

The 10th year Anniversary edition of the WIN Symposia took place at the WIN Symposium 2018 in Paris, France on 25-26 June 2018.
The WIN Symposium Organizing Committee had chosen “Global Implementation of Precision Oncology: WINning the War against Cancer” as the theme for this celebratory event.



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Celebrating 10 years of the WIN Symposium

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Final Program of WIN Symposium 2018

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Monday, June 25, 2018

The TAPUR Family of Clinical Trials: Building a Global Data Sharing Platform in Precision Oncology

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NCI's Integrated Precision Oncology Networks

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James H. Doroshow


The WIN Consortium BOOSTER trial for identification and validation of new blood biomarkers for NSCLC

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Amir Onn


How Robust Are Your Archives?

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Harvey I. Pass


Patients Driving Progress

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Ellen V. Sigal


Tuesday, June 26, 2018

MyPathway Study: A Novel Precision Oncology Multiple Basket Trial

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Mary Beattie


Precision CAR T cells Therapeutics

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Carl H. June


Precision Oncology Approaches for Immunotherapy

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Eric Rubin


Early development in oncology: Are the MTD and monotherapy efficiacy still the best objectives?

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Giorgio Massimini, Merck KGaA


Implementing Precision Medicine in Oncology: The IMPACT Clinical Trials at MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Apostolia M. Tsimberidou, UT, MDACC


The 'Greatest Hits' of Precision Oncology: the view from the newsroon

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Bernadette Toner


Patients' access to Precision Oncology

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Dynamic monitoring HER2 amplification of circulating DNA in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with cetuximab

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Best Poster Award winner: Rujiao Liu et al.

WIN 2017 Symposium

WIN 2017 Symposium
June 26 - 27, 2017

The WIN 2017 Symposium with the theme ‘Expediting Global Innovation in Precision Cancer Medicine’ was held in Paris, France, June 26-27, 2017. The overarching goal of our symposium was to share information to promote and accelerate cutting edge investigations and use of personalized, targeted cancer therapy.


Highlights from the WIN 2017 Symposium, 26–27 June 2017, Paris, France: ‘Expediting Global Innovation in Precision Cancer Medicine’

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WIN 2016 Symposium

WIN 2016 Symposium
June 27 - 28, 2016

The WIN 2016 Symposium “Innovative Approaches to Improve Cancer Patient Outcomes”, June 27-28th was the eighth in a series of symposia dedicated to advancing personalized cancer medicine. It was a successful unique forum that brought leaders representing all stakeholders - academia, pharma, biotech / life sciences, regulatory, and health payer - together from around the globe.

Plenary Session 1: Welcome and Opening remarks:
Monday, June 27, 2016

Welcome

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WIN Chairman

Patients' and Advocacy Groups Perspectives:

No innovation about us without us

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Francesco de Lorenzo


Patient perspectives

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Matt Ellefson

Plenary Session 2: New tools for early diagnosis, selecting therapies and monitoring:


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Chairmen: Alex Drilon, Don Gibbons

Part 1: New Strategies to Improve Outcomes:

Keynote Lecture: A systems biology approach to elucidating and targeting functional tumor dependencies from patient-derived RNASeq profiles

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Andrea Califano


Affordable next-generation sequencing to support therapeutic decision-making

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Elaine Mardis

Part 2: Enabling Technologies: Opportunities for Liquid Biopsies:

Monitoring the cancer genome in plasma using circulating tumor DNA

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Nitzan Rosenfeld


Serum miRNAs as diagnostic and prognostic tools in GI malignancies

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Ajay Goel


Harnessing the biology of exosomes for diagnosis and treatment of cancer

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Raghu Kalluri

Part 3: A Scientist's View of Tumor Changes under Therapeutic Pressure:

Liquid biopsies to track clonal evolution and resistance to EGFR inhibition in mCRC

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Alberto Bardelli

Plenary Session 3: Innovative clinical trials to substantially improve outcome:


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Chairpersons: Razelle Kurzrock, Christophe Le Tourneau

Part 1: Immune Approaches and Combinations of Targeted Therapies:

Keynote Lecture: Paths to the Curative Treatment of Cancer, ABL001: A Future Case Study?

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William Sellers


Combination trial designs: How do we get efficiently to the most effective and tolerable combination regimen?

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Susan Galbraith

Part 2: Right Treatment Sequencing:

Towards Using Epigenetic Therapy to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy

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Daniel De Carvalho

Part 3: Forum: Is the Current Design of Precision Medicine Studies the Right One? Lessons from the Shiva Trial:

Pro Presentation

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Christophe Le Tourneau


Con Presentation

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Razelle Kurzrock

Plenary Session 4: Relevant models and critical preclinical data before moving to the clinic:
Tuesday, June 28, 2016


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Chairmen: Alan Spatz, Brian Leyland-Jones


Keynote Lecture: Scientific wellness and cancer

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Leroy Hood


Preclinical strategies for precision medicine in colorectal cancer: Challenges and opportunities

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Livio Trusolino


Cancer organoids: Limiting the need for animal models?

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Robert G.J Vries


New challenges in drug development

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Jean-François Martini

Special Plenary Session:

Results of MINDACT clinical trial

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Chairpersons: Martine Piccart, Thomas Tursz Suzette Delaloge

Plenary Session 5:

Expediting precision cancer medicine

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Forum chaired by John Mendelsohn, Participants: Martine Piccart, Bruce E. Johnson, Amir Onn, Richard L. Schilsky, William Sellers, Josep Tabernero, Thomas Tursz, Chang Sik Yu

Plenary Session 6: Translation of big data into clinical opportunities:


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Chairmen: Eitan Rubin, Yves Lussier

Part 1: Lung cancer:

Keynote Lecture: The impact of next generation sequencing on the outcomes of patients with lung cancer

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Bruce E. Johnson

Part 2: Colorectal cancer:

CRC subtypes: from molecular signatures to therapeutic opportunities

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Rodrigo Dienstmann

Part 3: Breast cancer:

Personalizing breast cancer therapy

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Funda Meric-Bernstam

Part 4: Debate: Is big data ready to improve patient outcomes or is it a new generation of garbage in/ garbage out?:

Pro presentation/Con presentation

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Yves Lussier Gordon B. Mills



WIN 2015 Symposium

WIN 2015 Symposium
June 29 - 30, 2015

The WIN 2015 Symposium, on the theme of “Novel Targets, Innovative Agents, Advanced Technologies: A WINNing Strategy?” featured a global array of many of the world’s leading experts in personalized cancer medicine - from academia, pharma, biotech, and governmental organizations.

Plenary Session 1: Opening:
Monday, June 29, 2015

Opening Addresses

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WIN 2015 Keynote Opening Lecture:

The Era of Precision Cancer Medicine: A worldwide effort and challenge - Introduction to WIN Consortium

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Plenary Session 2: Targeting immune mechanisms:
Monday, June 29, 2015


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Chairmen: Alexander Eggermont, Robert Iannone

Keynote Lecture:

Targeting immune mechanisms

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James Allison


Natural killer immunity and cancer immunome

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Angel Porgador


What T-cells see on human cancer

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Ton Schumacher

Plenary Session 3: Systems biology and new approaches to support personalized cancer care:
Monday, June 29, 2015


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Chairmen: Thomas Tursz, Chang Sik Yu

Keynote Lecture:

A systems biology approach to precision cancer medicine

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Andrea Califano


Personalized combinatorial approaches to closing down all the key oncogenic drivers

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Brian Leyland-Jones


Battle-2 Trial: Mutational landscape and clinical outcome

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Waun Ki Hong


Drug target activation mapping through a proteomic CLIA assay: A companion diagnostic engine for personalized medicine trials

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Emanuel F. Petricoin

Plenary Session 4: Next generation of trials with targeted therapies:
Monday, June 29, 2015


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Chairman: Richard L. Schilsky


Round table of pharma and academic experts

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Richard L. Schilsky


WINTHER trial: Interim results and lessons learnt

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Jean-Charles Soria


WINTHER trial: An SME driven EUFP7 program to create an industry standard tool to optimize therapeutic decision making

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Plenary Session 5: WIN Consortium - next generation of trials with targeted therapies:
Monday, June 29, 2015


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Chairmen: John Mendelsohn, Waun Ki Hong


SIMS - Simplified INterventional Mapping System for the identification of druggable activated pathways

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SPRING - Rolling tri-therapy combinations of targeted drugs in second line of metastatic NSCLC

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Razelle Kurzrock


SUMMER - Elimination of relapse through innovative adjuvant targeted therapeutics in stage II and III NSCLC

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Don L. Gibbons


BOOSTER - An integrative program for the discovery & validation of new blood biomarkers for NSCLC for use in early diagnosis (stage I)

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Harvey Pass


Oral presentation of awarded posters

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Chairpersons: Catherine Bresson, Marinus Lobbezoo

Plenary Session 6: New avenues: Big trials and big data:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015


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Chairpersons: Katherine Galvin, Benjamin Neel

Keynote Lecture:

A perspective on NCI strategy and trials

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James Doroshow


ASCO's initiatives in personalized medicine

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Meta analyses of 50,000 patients in personalized cancer trials

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Razelle Kurzrock


New avenues for the development and evaluation of therapy

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Plenary Session 7: Multi-modality and multi-drug cancer therapy:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015


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Chairmen: C.S. Pramesh, Scott M. Lippman


Bottleneck problems in mutation-driven drug development and immunotherapy

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Alexander M. Eggermont


Combinating radiation and immunotherapy

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Ralph Weichselbaum

Plenary Session 8: Recent progress in specific tumor types:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015


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Chairmen: Jean-Francois Martini, Filippo de Braud


Intrinsic subtypes of colon cancer and their response to systemic therapy

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What is new in melanoma?

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Iman Osman


Cancer genomics of urothelial cancer and fibroepithelial tumors of the breast

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Bin T. Teh

Plenary Session 9: Regulatory and funcing challenges in the era of personalized cancer medicine:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015


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Chairmen: Richard L. Schilsky, Kenneth Seamon

Keynote Lecture:

The EMA adaptive pathways approach to improve timely access for patients to new medicines

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Francesco Pignatti


End points and assessment of therapeutic efficacy in personalized cancer care

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Tatiana Powell


Importance of methodology certification and accreditations to perform assays

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Stanley R. Hamilton


Use of targeted therapies and challenges for health payers

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Carole Redding Flamm


Challenges for foundations and cancer research organizations

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Jacques Raynaud


WIN2015 - Open Forum & Closing Remarks

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WIN 2014 Symposium

WIN 2014 Symposium
June 23 - 24, 2014

The WIN 2014 Symposium which was held in Paris, June 23 and 24, 2014, was an exceptional global event entirely dedicated to breakthrough biomarker investigations and combination therapies for cancer. Over 400 delegates from more than 35 countries worldwide attended the Symposium.

Opening and Welcome Addresses:
Monday, June 23, 2014

Welcome Address

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WIN Consortium: Goals and strategy

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John Mendelsohn, WIN Consortium

Opening Address:

Another great journey: WIN in 21st century

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Trent Haywood, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Plenary Session 1:
Monday, June 23, 2014

Molecular analysis of immune cells and immunotherapy

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Keynote Lecture:

Reinstating immunosurveillance: A prime goal of anticancer therapies and a strategic element for combination treatments

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Guido Kroemer


Molecular investigations of immune cells and tumor environment: The Ovarian Cancer Model

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George Coukos


Combining immunological and targeted agents: The way forward

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Axel Hoos


Tumor-infiltrating immune cells as classifiers and predictors of outcome

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Jerome Galon


Plenary Session 2:
Monday, June 23, 2014

What can we learn from hemato-oncology?

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Keynote Lecture:

Molecular pathways in the treatment of leukemia

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Bob Lowenberg


Role of mutations in epigenetic regulators in pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies

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Ross Levine


Combining interferon with targeted therapeutics to eliminate leukemia propagating cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms

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Eric Solary


Combination therapies in hematologic diseases

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Jesus Gomez Navarro


Systems medicine approach to optimize drugs and drug combinations for individual AML patients

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Olli Kallioniemi


General Discussion, Session 2

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Plenary Session 3:
Monday, June 23, 2014

Innovative therapeutic initiatives and models of cooperation

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Perspectives for effective cancer drug development: The EORTC SPECTA initiative

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Denis Lacombe


Clinical trial designs for incorporating multiple biomarkers in combination studies with targeted agents

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J. Jack Lee


General Discussion, Session 3

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Monday, June 23, 2014

POSTER AWARDING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDED POSTERS

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Introduction Poster Award

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Oral presentation Summary Poster P4.01: Somatic mutation analysis in clinical tumour samples to select patients for experimental therapies

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Maider Ibarrola-Villava, et al


Oral presentation Summary Poster P5.06: Targeted delivery of a microRNA mimic as a novel approach to therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

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Glen Reid, et al

WIN CHAIRMAN’S LECTURE:

Personalized cancer therapy: Successes and challenges

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Plenary Session 3:
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Combinations of targeted therapies (part 1)

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Keynote Lecture:

Complexity of intra- and inter-pathway loops in colon cancer and melanoma: Implications for targeted therapies

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Rene Bernards


Genomic complexity of metastatic disease and the conundrum of combinations

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Razelle Kurzrock


Biology driven combination therapies: How to turn up the HEAT on cancer – A PhRMA perspective

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Combinations of targeted therapies in oncology – An industry view

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Susan Galbraith


General Discussion, session 4

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Plenary Session 4:
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Combinations of targeted therapies (part 2)

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The challenges of combinations of targeted agents in oncology

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Tal Zaks


Impact of the BATTLE trial

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Waun Ki Hong


Combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy in metastatic cancer

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Silvia Formenti

Keynote Lecture:

Growing tissue stem cells into organoids and tumeroids: Predictive assay development

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Hans Clevers

Plenary Session 5:
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

New findings on fundamental mechanisms in pediatric cancers

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Keynote Lecture:

Novel drug targets and potential combinations in childhood brain tumors

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Stefan Pfister


Pediatric high grade brain tumors: Epigenetic addiction of the developing brain?

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Nada Jabado

WIN 2014 SPECIAL KEYNOTE LECTURE:

Cancer Stem Cells and Malignant Progression

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Robert Weinberg

Plenary Session 6:
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Blood and fluids – non-invasive investigations in oncology

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Keynote Lecture:

Proactive P4 medicine-making blood a window into health and disease: A tipping point that is transforming healthcare

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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or circulating DNA (cfDNA): What are the perspectives?

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Caroline Dive


Personalized cancer medicine using the human protein atlas and affibodies

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Mathias Uhlen


Wrap-up and conclusions

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WIN 2013 Symposium

WIN 2013 Symposium
July 10 - 12, 2013

The WIN 2013 Symposium, held on the theme of “Personalized Cancer Medicine: From Innovation to Implementation” drew over 400 delegates from around the world. Thirty experts from academia, pharma, diagnostics, bio-informatics companies, and regulatory agencies presented and discussed their views on how new genomic and proteomic technologies and new targeted therapies affect the way individual cancer patients are treated, as well as the hurdles for implementation of personalized cancer therapy in innovative clinical trials and daily practice.