San Antonio Pediatric Cancer Symposium (SAPCS)
Marriott Riverwalk
February 19-22, 2023
About the conference
The San Antonio Pediatric Cancer Symposium, hosted by the Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute - UT Health San Antonio and in conjunction with the Mays Cancer Center will bring together some of the most respected childhood cancer researchers from academia and industry; to discuss how advances in basic and translational sciences are impacting tomorrow's therapies and diagnoses.
More info (including sessions, speakers, and registration) coming soon!
Event schedule
Sun, 2/19
Symposium Welcome Reception
Tues, 2/21
Breakfast
Keynote speaker
John M. Maris, MD
CHOP
Presentation: Recent advances in the immunotherapeutic targeting of childhood cancer oncoproteins
Coffee/Tea Break
Session 5: Big Data/Omics
Jinghui Zhang, PhD
St. Jude
Presentation Title: TBD
Adam Resnick, PhD
CHOP
Presentation: TBD
Yang Xie, PhD
UT Southwestern
Presentation: TBD
Short talks (2) selected from submitted abstracts
Lunch
Session 6: Epigenetics/Transcriptional Dysregulation
Trevor Bivona, MD, PhD
UCSF
Presentation Title: TBD
Speaker 2
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Speaker 3
XYZ
Coffee/Tea break
Session 7: Disparities
Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
UT Health San Antonio
Presentation: TBD
Phil Lupo, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Presentation: Ethnic disparities in acute lymphoblastic leukemia susceptibility and outcomes
Speaker #3
XYZ University
Presentation: TBD
Poster Session, Odd #s
Poster Session, Even #s
SAPCS Banquet
Wed, 2/22
Breakfast
Session 8: Transcription Factors, Structure to Function in Pediatric Cancer
Martin Eilers, PhD
Univ of Wurzburg
Presentation: TBD
Marcel Kool, PhD
Children’s Brain Tumor Network (Germany)
Presentation: Single cell analyses of embryonal brain tumors provide new insights in cellular hierarchies, drug targets and the tumor micro-environment
Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Ph.D
Kyushu University
Presentation: TBD
Coffee Break
Session 9: Advocacy in Childhood Cancer/Survivorship
Danielle Leach
National Brain Tumor Foundation
Presentation: TBD
Speaker 2
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Speaker 3
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Poster Awards
Final words
SAPCS concluded
Mon, 2/20
Breakfast
Welcome: Speaker TBA
Session 1: Targeted Therapy
Angelina Vaseva, PhD
UT Health San Antonio
Presentation: Targeting RAS in pediatric cancers- are we there yet?”
D.Will Parsons, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Presentation: TBD
Arvin Dar, PhD
Mount Sinai
Presentation Title: “Short-circuiting cancer pathways with chemical switches and molecular glues.”
Coffee/Tea Break
Session 2: Clinical Trials
Richard Gorlick, MD
MD Anderson
Presentation: TBD
Brenda Weigel, PhD
Univ of Minnesota
Presentation: TBD
Julia Glade Bender, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Presentation: TBD
Lunch
Session 3: Current Advances in Pediatric Solid Tumors Therapy
Dr. Poul Sorensen, MD, PhD
Univ of British Columbia
Presentation: TBD
Speaker 2
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Speaker 3
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Coffee/Tea Break
Session 4: Challenges in Immunology & Immunotherapy
Yael P. Mosse, PhD
CHOP
Presentation: TBD
Julie Bailis, PhD
Executive Director, Oncology Research
Amgen, Inc.
Speaker 3
XYZ
Presentation: TBD
Poster Previews &
Poster Blast (1min “elevator speech” of each poster)
