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7:00 am Morning Check-in & Coffee
7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Honing Clinical Data & Insights to Advance Neoantigen Cancer Vaccines Across Personalised mRNA Platforms to Turbocharge Neoantigen Therapies into the Clinic
8:00 am Mutational Landscape of Patients Treated With TG4050, an Individualised Neoantigen Therapeutic Vaccine In Early-Stage Cancer Treatment
- Phase 1 study of a viral-vectored individualised neoantigen vaccine in HNSCC
- Dive deeper into the mutational landscape of the patient population and factors influencing vaccine composition
- Immunogenicity of vaccine neoantigens and potential validation of bioinformatic prediction approach
8:30 am Session Reserved for Almac
9:00 am Analysing How to Show Efficacy on Top of Checkpoint Inhibitors to Show High Clinical Response Rates to Prove the Therapy is Better Than Standard of Care Treatments
- Designing combination studies to measure incremental benefits of neoantigen therapies when added to checkpoint inhibitors, focusing on recurrence-free survival and overall response rates
- Using immune monitoring and biomarker analysis to demonstrate enhanced T-cell activation, tumour infiltration, and durable anti-tumour immunity beyond standard-ofcare effects
- Highlighting trial strategies, including patient stratification and adaptive endpoints, to clearly differentiate the added clinical value of neoantigen therapies over existing treatments
9:30 am Morning Break & Speed Networking
Enhancing Neoantigen Discovery & Targeting Through the Integration of Advanced Prediction, Immunopeptidomics & HLA Profiling for Improved Precision Immunotherapy
10:30 am Beyond Neoantigen Prediction: Using the Patient’s Own Tumour to Drive Personalised Cancer Vaccines
- Presentation of CellVax’s Tumour Presenting Cell (TPC) platform, a personalised cancer vaccine approach that leverages the patient’s own tumour cells to present the full repertoire of tumour antigens without the need for neoantigen prediction algorithms
- Clinical and translational insights from the ongoing Phase 2 trial of FK-PC101 in high risk prostate cancer patients following prostatectomy, including immune activation signals and long-term immunological responses
- How a tumour-derived antigen presentation may enable a simpler, faster, and potentially more scalable pathway for personalised cancer vaccines compared to sequencing-driven neoantigen approaches
11:00 am Evaluation of HLA Genotype as Predictive Biomarkers for Immunological & Clinical Responses Upon Vaccination with PolyPEPI Vaccines
- Highlighting a novel vaccine platform used to develop both off-the-shelf and personalised peptide vaccines
- Evaluating HLA genotype as predictive biomarker for in vitro measured immunogenicity of peptide vaccines
- Showcasing correlation studies for the identification of a candidate predictive biomarker
11:30 am Session Reserved for Personalis
12:00 pm Lunch
Advancing Translational Studies to Improve Predictive Models & Optimise T-Cell Targeting for Increased Neoantigen Targeting
1:00 pm Retiring Binding Affinity as a Predictor for Immune Response & Utilising Abundancy & Concentration as More Accurate Predictors for T-Cell Therapies
- Moving beyond traditional HLA–peptide binding affinity to focus on peptide abundance and cellular concentration as stronger indicators of immunogenicity
- Demonstrating that highly expressed and concentrated neoantigens correlate more reliably with robust T-cell activation and clinical response
- Incorporating quantitative peptide metrics into predictive algorithms to improve selection of optimal targets for personalised T-cell therapies
1:30 pm DNA-Encoded Neoantigen Vaccines Induce Robust Immunity in Preclinical Models & Clinical Studies
- VB10.NEO induces strong immunity and tumour protection in preclinical studies
- Streamlined manufacturing process to reduce turnaround time
- Robust immunity in advanced cancer patients highlights DNA-encoded neoantigen vaccine potency
2:00 pm Afternoon Networking Break & Poster Session
Present a poster to showcase your latest research and ensure your work is directing the conversation. This is your chance to exchange ideas, explore fresh perspectives, and dive into cutting-edge data with fellow authors and attendees.
Identifying Strategies to Neoantigen-Based Combination Therapies to Improve Clinical Outcomes
3:00 pm From Metastatic Disease Treatment to Adjuvant Strategy: Clinical Translation of a Personalised Neoantigen Immunotherapy Program in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Clinical learnings from GT-30, including the favourable safety profile observed with a personalised neoantigen immunotherapy regimen even in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated in combination with pembrolizumab
- The scientific and development rationale for moving into GT-31, an adjuvant monotherapy study in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with no active radiographic disease, where lower tumour burden and immune priming may provide a stronger setting for benefit
- Key design considerations for personalised neoantigen trials in hepatocellular carcinoma, including novel endpoint strategy, surveillance and recurrence assessment, feasibility of individualised manufacturing, and how to generate a package that is both clinically meaningful and developmentally scalable
3:30 pm A Comprehensive Approach to Unlocking the Full Potential of Neoantigen Cancer Vaccines
- Therapeutic cancer vaccines often fail to deliver durable clinical benefit because they stimulate only limited parts of the anti-tumour immune response.
- Effective vaccination requires validated tumour targets, strong immune stimulation, reliable manufacturing, and integration with modern immuno-oncology treatments.
- Black Canyon Bio’s SNAPduo™ platform combines shared tumour antigens, validated personalised neoantigens, and a potent adjuvant to enhance T-cell activation and potentially improve checkpoint inhibitor outcomes in HPV-associated and other solid tumours
4:00 pm Exploring the Advantages & Disadvantages of Combination Therapies in Improving Clinical Trial Outcomes & Tumour Targeting
- Evaluating how combination therapies can enhance tumour-specific immune responses
- Overcoming challenges with increased toxicity, complex dosing schedules, and variable patient responses to maximise effectiveness of combined regimens
- Discussing strategies to optimise trial design, biomarker selection, and patient stratification to maximise the benefits of combination therapies