American Association for Cancer Research

Meetings & Workshops Calendar

Joint Metastasis Research Society-AACR Conference on Metastasis and the Tumor Microenvironment
In conjunction with the Tumor Microenvironment Working Group of the AACR
Co-Chairpersons: Patricia S. Steeg and Bruce R. Zetter
September 12-15, 2010 • Philadelphia, PA

ACORD – Australia & Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research Development Workshop
September 12-18, 2010 • Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

Fourth AACR International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development
Chairperson: Gordon B. Mills
September 27-30, 2010 • Denver, CO

Third AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
In conjunction with the Minorities in Cancer Research Council of the AACR
Chairperson: Levi A. Garraway
September 30-October 3, 2010 • Miami, FL

Translational Cancer Research for Basic Scientists
Co-Chairpersons: Tom Curran and George D. Demetri
October 17-22, 2010 • Boston, MA

Colorectal Cancer: Biology to Therapy
Co-Chairpersons: Anil K. Rustgi, Joanna L. Groden, and Richard M. Goldberg
October 27-30, 2010 • Philadelphia, PA

Ninth Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research
Chairperson: Eva Szabo
November 7-10, 2010 • Philadelphia, PA
Advance registration deadline: Monday, September 13

EORTC-NCI-AACR International Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
Scientific Committee Co-Chairpersons: Ahmad A. Awada, James H. Doroshow, and Lewis C. Cantley
November 16-19, 2010 • Berlin, Germany
Advance registration deadline: Monday, October 25

Tumor Immunology: Basic and Clinical Advances
In conjunction with the Cancer Immunology Working Group of the AACR
Co-Chairpersons: Olivera J. Finn, Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, and Elizabeth M. Jaffee
November 30-December 3, 2010 • Miami, FL
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, September 20
Advance registration deadline: Thursday, September 30

CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Co-Directors: Peter M. Ravdin and C. Kent Osborne
December 8-12, 2010 • San Antonio, TX
Early registration deadline: Sunday, October 31

2011-2012 Meetings and Workshops

Nano in Cancer: Linking Chemistry, Biology, and Clinical Applications In Vivo
Co-Chairpersons: David Piwnica-Worms, Jan E. Schnitzer, and Karen L. Wooley
January 12-15, 2011 • Miami, FL
Early registration deadline: Friday, October 15
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, November 1

AACR-ACS Joint Meeting on Chemistry in Cancer Research:
The Biological Chemistry of Inflammation as a Cause of Cancer

Chairperson: Peter C. Dedon
January 30-February 2, 2011 • San Diego, CA

Targeting PI3K/mTOR Signaling in Cancer
Co-Chairpersons: Lewis C. Cantley, Funda Meric-Bernstam, and David M. Sabatini
February 24-27, 2011 • San Francisco, CA
Early registration deadline: Monday, November 22
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, December 6

AACR-NCI Conference on Systems Biology:
Confronting the Complexity of Cancer

Co-Chairpersons: Andrea Califano, Daniel Gallahan, Todd R. Golub, Joe W. Gray, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, and Jennifer A. Pietenpol
February 27-March 2, 2011 • San Diego, CA

JCA-AACR Joint Conference on The Latest Advances in Liver Cancer Research:
From Basic Science to Therapeutics

Co-Chairpersons: Kunitada Shimotohno and Scott W. Lowe
March 1-3, 2011 • Maihama, Japan

Stem Cells, Development, and Cancer
Co-Chairpersons: Hans Clevers, Connie J. Eaves, and Geoffrey M. Wahl
March 3-6, 2011 • Vancouver, BC, Canada

AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011
Program Committee Chairperson: Joan S. Brugge
April 2-6, 2011 • Orlando, FL
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, November 15
Early registration deadline: Friday, December 24

Methods in Clinical Cancer Research (Europe)
June 18-24, 2011 • Flims, Switzerland

Cancer Research Imaging Camp
June 19-24, 2011 • St. Louis, MO
Application deadline: Friday, February 11

ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
Co-Directors: Lee M. Ellis and Mary L. (Nora) Disis
July 30-August 5, 2011 • Vail, CO

Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research
Chairperson: Elizabeth H. Blackburn
September 15-18, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

Translation of the Cancer Genome
Co-Chairpersons: Lynda Chin, Joe Gray, and William Sellers
October 15-18, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

Metabolism and Cancer
Co-Chairpersons: Sally Kornbluth, Nickolas Papadopoulos, and M. Celeste Simon
October 16-19, 2011 • Baltimore, MD

AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
Scientific Committee Co-Chairpersons: Kenneth C. Anderson, James H. Doroshow, and Stefan Sleijfer
November 12-16, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Co-Directors: Peter M. Ravdin and C. Kent Osborne
December 6-10, 2011 • San Antonio, TX

AACR-IASLC Joint Conference: Lung Cancer
Co-Chairpersons: David P. Carbone and Roy S. Herbst
January 8-12, 2012 • San Diego, CA


AACR 103rd Annual Meeting 2012
March 31-April 4, 2012 • Chicago, IL


    Meetings, conferences, and workshops under development for 2011-2012, but not yet scheduled:

  • Advances in Breast Cancer Research
  • The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
  • Complexity of Tumor Microenvironments
  • Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research
  • New Horizons in Cancer Research: Biology to Prevention to Therapy
  • Non-coding RNAs and Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Translational Cancer Medicine 2011


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