Annual Oncoimmunology course “5th Human Cancer Immunology Course for Oncologists and Scientists”

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to our annual Oncoimmunology course on October 10-11, 2019 organized by the Institut Jules Bordet entitled: “5th Human Cancer Immunology Course for Oncologists and Scientists”

The intended audience is health care professionals including physicians trained as medical oncologists, pathologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons and allied scientists who wish to update their knowledge on cancer immunology and/or current trends in immunotherapy.
This course will take place over 2 days (a detailed program is attached but not final) beginning with a short refresher course designed for physicians and scientists needing to review their basic knowledge in immunology and how the immune system is subjugated by cancer. This will be followed by a series of talks covering recent advances and developments in cancer immunotherapy, presented by invited speakers who are experts in their field. The course is designed to review the principles and provide an update of current knowledge on various immunotherapeutic approaches and their clinical consequences.

The course will be held at the Hotel Pullman Brussels Centre Midi (Place Victor Horta 1, 1060 Brussels) with attendance limited to 200 places (first to register).

The course is supported by educational grants from Gold sponsors: Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb and MSD Belgium.

There is no registration fee but for planning purposes pre-registration is required. Please complete and return the accompanying form by 20 August, 2019. Accreditation has been requested.

We look forward to meeting you and are available for any additional information you may require.

Yours sincerely,
Martine Piccart, MD, PhD
Ahmad Awada, MD, PhD

Announcement and programme
Registration form