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Morning Session
Afternoon Session
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Keith Stewart,
MB ChB MBA, Vice President Cancer, University Health Network and Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Bradly Wouters,
PhD, Executive Vice President, Science and Research, University Health Network
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
KEYNOTE: Radioligand Therapy for Solid Tumours:
From PSMA‑Targeted Agents to Novel Radiopharmaceuticals
Session chair: Sofia Genta,
MD (Sunnybrook)
John Valliant,
PhD, Fusion Therapeutics (Hamilton)
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
The Future of ADCs: Advancing Payloads, Linkers, and Next-Generation Technologies
Session chair: Sofia Genta
(Sunnybrook)
Raffaele Colombo,
PhD, Zymeworks (Vancouver)
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Virtual Nurse Navigator Program for Clinical Trials: Improving Access & Patient Experience
Lindsay Carlsson,
PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre-University Health Network (Toronto)
Session chair: Sofia Genta
(Sunnybrook)
10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Panel Discussion
John Valliant,
PhD, Fusion Therapeutics (Hamilton)
Raffaele Colombo,
PhD, Zymeworks (Vancouver)
Lindsay Carlsson,
PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre-University Health Network (Toronto)
Session chair: Sofia Genta
(Sunnybrook)
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
11:20 AM -11:40 AM
DEBATE: FOR
Phase 1 trials should be offered upfront as a standard care option
—not a last resort— for patients with advanced cancer
Debate Moderator: Robert Grant
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
PRO – Michael Raphael,
MD, Sunnybrook (Toronto)
11:40 AM -12:00 PM
DEBATE: AGAINST
Phase 1 trials should be offered upfront as a standard care option
—not a last resort— for patients with advanced cancer
First do no harm: the case against phase 1 trials as upfront treatment options in cancer care
Debate Moderator: Robert Grant
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
CON – Yvette Drew,
MBBS, PhD, BC Cancer (Vancouver)
12:00 PM -12:05 PM
Debate Rebuttal: FOR
12:05 PM -12:10 PM
Debate Rebuttal: AGAINST
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
KEYNOTE: Induced proximity therapeutics for targeted protein degradation and beyond
Session Chair: Ana Veneziani
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
Eric Fischer,
PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM
AIRCHECK —> From Data to Binders: AIRCHECK for AI-Driven Protein–Ligand Discovery
Session Chair: Ana Veneziani
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.)
Benjamin Haibe-Kains,
PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre-University Health Network (Toronto)
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Panel Discussion
Session Chair: Ana Veneziani
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
Eric Fischer,
PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)
Benjamin Haibe-Kains,
PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre-University Health Network (Toronto)
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM
Break
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
ctDNA in Early‑Phase Trials: Feasibility, Sensitivity, and How It Can Guide Go/No‑Go Decisions
Session Chair: Lucy Ma
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
Mitchell Elliott,
MD, PhD, Yale Cancer Center (Connecticut)
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Next-Gen KRAS inhibitors - Beyond G12C into Pan‑KRAS & Multi‑Mutant Approaches
Session Chair: Lucy Ma
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
David Hong,
MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM
Panel Discussion
Session Chair: Lucy Ma
(Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
Mitchell Elliott,
MD, PhD, Yale Cancer Center (Connecticut)
David Hong,
MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
3:55 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks