Schedule at a Glance
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Monday events take place at:
Georgia State University, Centennial Hall, 100 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
7:00
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:30
8:45
9:15
9:45
INAUGURAL SESSION
Session Chair – Ritu Aneja, PhD
Welcome Remarks – James Weyhenmeyer, PhD , Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University, USA
Inaugural Address – Ian O. Ellis, MD, FRCPath, University of Nottingham, UK, Triple Negative Breast Cancer: A Pathologists Perspective
Keynote Talk – Charles M. Perou, PhD, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA, Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Biology and Heterogeneity
LaToya Johnson, TNBC Survivor
10:00
COFFEE BREAK
10:45
11:15
11:45
SESSION 1 : Predictive & Prognostic Biomarkers
Session Chair – Ian O. Ellis, FRCPath
Maria Foschini, MD – University of Bologna, Italy, Morphological and Molecular Features of TNBC
Christos Hatzis, PhD – Yale Cancer Center, USA, Genomic Heterogeneity of Triple Negative Breast Cancer and its Effect on Patient Selection
Brian D. Lehmann, PhD – Vanderbilt University, USA, Molecular Heterogeneity of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
12:15
LUNCH
1:30
2:00
2:30
SESSION 2 : The Biology of TNBC
Session Chair – Vimla Band, PhD
Zsuzsanna Varga, MD – University of Zurich, Switzerland, Tumor Microenvironment and TNBC Prognosis
Grace Callagy, MD, PhD – National University of Ireland – Galway, Ireland, Exploring Outcomes for Triple Negative Breast Cancer in an Irish Cohort
Emiel A. Janssen, PhD – University of Stavanger, Norway, MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for TNBC
3:00
COFFEE BREAK
3:15
3:45
4:15
SESSION 3 : Novel Therapeutic Targets & Treatments
Session Chair – Amelia Zelnack, MD, MSc
Tiffany A. Traina, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, Targeting the Androgen Receptor in TNBC
Ruth O’Regan, MD – University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA, Emerging Targeted Therapies for Metastatic TNBC
Antonio C. Wolff, MD – Johns Hopkins University, USA, Clinical Trial Strategies for Early Stage TNBC
6:30
DINNER FOR ALL ATTENDEES
Wednesday, September 20
Wednesday will include a half-day of collaboration, networking, and events open to active ICART member researchers who have contributed resources, samples, and/or datasets. Additional details are forthcoming.