2025 Course Schedule
Critical Issues in Tumor Microenvironment: Angiogenesis, Metastasis and Immunology
In Person Meeting Schedule
Monday, November 10, 2025
| 10:00 A.M. | Opening Remarks Rakesh K. Jain |
| 10:10 A.M. | Tumor Microenvironment I: Angiogenesis and Vascular Function Rakesh K. Jain |
| 11:20 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:35 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Tumor Microenvironment II: Vascular Normalization and Immunotherapy Rakesh K. Jain |
| 1:10 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:25 P.M. | Break |
| 2:00 P.M. | Tumor Microenvironment III: Extracellular Matrix, Lymphatics and Metastasis Rakesh K. Jain |
| 3:20 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:35 P.M. | Break |
| 4:05 P.M. | Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Overview Arlene Sharpe |
| 5:10 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:25 P.M. | Adjourn |
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
| 10:00 A.M. | Circadian Clock and Metabolic Vulnerabilities of Cancer Chi Van Dang |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Skull Bone Marrow as a Site for Immuno-Surveillance of Healthy Brain and Brain Tumors Jonathan Kipnis |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Determinants of How Tumors Use Metabolism to Support Growth Matthew Vander Heiden |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Identifying Immune Vulnerabilities in Solid Tumors Lisa Coussens |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Adjourn |
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
| 10:00 A.M. |
AI in Basic and Clinical Oncology Eliezer Van Allen |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Microbiota: a Key Orchestrator of Cancer Therapy Giorgio Trinchieri |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Using Cell Transfer to Remodel the Tumor Microenvrionment Carl June |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Whispering in the Forest: How Pediatric Brain Tumors Converse with their Microenvrionment Robert Wechsler-Reya |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Adjourn |
Thursday, November 13, 2025
| 10:00 A.M. |
Dissecting the Ecosystem of Gliomas by Single-Cell and Spatial Genomics Mario Suva |
| 11:05 A.M. | Q&A |
| 11:20 A.M. | Break |
| 11:50 A.M. | Mechanisms of Malignant Progression Robert Weinberg |
| 12:55 P.M. | Q&A |
| 1:10 P.M. | Break |
| 2:10 P.M. | Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Solid Tumors: Implications for Pancreatic Cancer David Tuveson |
| 3:15 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Neural Influences on Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors Frank Winkler |
| 5:05 P.M. | Q&A |
| 5:20 P.M. | Summary and closing remarks Rakesh K. Jain |
Friday , November 14th, 2025
Trainee-Focused Day
These sessions are not available for CME credits.
| 8:30 A.M. | Poster set up |
| 9:00 A.M. | Career Round Table Discussion |
| 11:00 A.M. | Special Lecture George Sledge |
| 12:30 P.M. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 P.M. | Emerging strategies to improve CAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma and other solid tumors Hideho Okada |
| 2:35 P.M. | Q&A |
| 3:00 P.M. | Poster Session |
| 4:30 P.M. | Poster Award Presentation |
| 5:00 P.M. | Networking Reception |