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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

Senior Bioinformatician, Head of BioIT Department, Transgene
  • 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

Postdoc, Erasmus MC
  • 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

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cellvax
  • 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

Chief Scientific Officer, Treos Bio
  • 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

Consultant Medical Oncologist, NHS
  • 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

Director, Head Research Operations & Interim Head of Oncology, Nykode Therapeutics
  • 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

Chief Medical Officer, Geneos Therapeutics, Inc.
  •  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

Chairman, Black Canyon Bio
  • 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

President & Chief Executive Officer, Geneius Inc.
  • 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

4:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

4:40 pm End of Conference Day One