Lade Veranstaltungen

25th AGAH Annual Meeting 2016

21. April 2016 - 22. April 2016
Annual Meeting 2016, Berlin

The immune system is an important target in medicines development. Effective drugs against cancer, viral and bacterial infections or autoimmune diseases have entered the clinic; immunotherapy of cancer was even claimed to be the imminent break­through of the year in 2013.

Immunotherapy is the main topic of the upcoming annual meeting of the AGAH. The conference will start with an overview about how to define different approaches and will present an insight into current and future therapeutic opportunities. With respect to early medicines development, the conference will focus on special requirements regarding the development of medicines in this field.

The annual congress offers a one-day pre-meeting workshop about the basics of immunology. This workshop will be held by experts and is designed to teach the basic principles and functions of the immune system starting from scratch. The workshop is the ideal preparation for the annual meeting for those who are not yet experts in the field.

As this is the 25th anniversary of the AGAH we are looking forward to celebrating this event with you and are happy to wel­come you to Berlin.

The Board of the AGAH e.V.

Title

Exploratory drug development in immunological therapy – from in vitro pharmacology to early patient trials
Venue

Kaiserin Friedrich Haus
Robert-Koch-Platz 7
10115 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 30888928
Date

Wednesday, 20th April 2016 (General Assembly)
Thursday, 21st April 2016
Friday, 22nd April 2016

Conference office

CSi Hamburg GmbH
Jungfrauenthal 22, D-20149 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 30770 300
Fax: +49 40 30770 301
E-Mail: agah-veranstaltungen@csihamburg.de

Fees


Workshop “Basic principles of immunology” 20 April 2016

Member 150 EUR
Non-Member 180 EUR

AGAH Annual Meeting 2016 „Exploratory drug development in immunotherapy“, 21 to 22 April 2016 (early bird until January 31, 2016)

early bird regular
Member* 300 EUR 350 EUR
Non-Member 380 EUR 450 EUR
Junior Scientists (under age 30) 150 EUR 250 EUR
Day Ticket 250 EUR
Conference-Networking-Dinner 50 EUR 50 EUR

Language

Englisch

Programme Committee

K. Breithaupt-Grögler, C. Coch, K. Erb-Zohar, S. Klammt, J. Rengelshausen, B. Schug, H. Sourgens, J. Täubel

Day 1: Wednesday, 20th April 2016

Workshop: Basic principles of immunology – a training course
Chairs: C. Coch, M. Coenen

13:00 – 14:30

The innate immune system (pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), phagocytes, etc.)
W. Barchet, Bonn


14:30 – 15:00

Break


15:00 – 16:30
The adaptive immune system (antibodies, T cells, etc.)
D. Wohlleber, München


16:30 – 17:00

Break


17:00 – 18:00

The immune system as a therapeutic target / tool – examples from rheumatology
T. Dörner, Berlin


18:30
Get together


Session 2: Drug-induced liver injury
Chairs: S. Plassmann, Munich (Germany); G. Wensing, Wuppertal (Germany)


19:00

AGAH General Assembly (Mitgliederversammlung)


Day 2: Thursday, 21st April 2016

08:45

Welcome and opening remarks

H. Sourgens, München


09:00 – 09:45

Immunotherapy – a growing field
D. Wolf, Bonn


Session 1: Suppressing mechanisms in immunotherapy
Chairs: H. Sourgens, D. Wolf


09:45 – 10:15
Beyond aspirin – new anti-inflammatory therapy for atherosclerosis
S. Zimmer, Bonn


10:15 – 10:45
Novel immune targets for monoclonal antibodies
C.Burkhart, Novartis


10:45 – 11:15

Induction of transplantation tolerance
B. Sawitzki, Berlin


11:15 – 11:45
Break


Session 2: Modulating mechanisms in immunotherapy
Chairs: J. Taeubel, H. Stauss


11:45 – 12:15
Modern immune and gene therapy of immunodeficiencies
M. Witzel, München


12:15 – 12:45
All is well that ends well – Fc part and design of immunoglobulins

I. Schwab, Erlangen


12:45 – 13:15
Designing the killer – CAR T cells in the treatment of tumour
H. Stauss, London


13:15 – 14:15
Break



Session 3: Activating mechanisms in immunotherapy
Chairs: J. Rengelshausen, C. Coch


14:15 – 14:45
Activation of the innate immune receptor RIG-I as novel target in the treatment of tumours and infectious diseases

C. Coch, Bonn


14:45 – 15:15
Inhibit the inhibitor – immune-checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of tumors
A. Letsch, Berlin


15:15 – 15:45
Dose finding and patient selection in the development of immunotherapies: the case of immune-checkpoint inhibitors

J. Theis, Frankenforst


15:45 – 16:15
Break


Session 4: Immunotoxicity / Immunogenicity
Chairs: C. Meisel, K. Erb-Zohar


16:15 – 16:45
How to monitor immunotoxicity in novel immunological therapies?
C. Meisel, Berlin


16:45 – 17:15
How to monitor immunogenicity in novel immunological therapies?
A. Kromminga, Hamburg


19:30
Conference Dinner


Day 3: Friday, 22nd April 2016

Session 5: Early trials with vaccines
Chairs: B. Ziegele, B. Schug


09:00 – 09:30
Design and specific aspects of early clinical trials with novel vaccines
S.Yuansheng, Langen


09:30 – 10:00
Tumor vaccines – where do we come from? Where do we go?
F. A. Ossendorp, Leiden


10:00 – 10:30
Experience of vaccine development against ebola virus
C. Dahlke, Hamburg


10:30 – 11:00
Break


Session 6: Challenges in immunotherapy – what did we learn?
Chairs: H. Sourgens, K. Breithaupt


11:00 – 11:30
C5 inhibition and the associated recommended vaccine prophylaxis
J. Täubel, London


11:30 – 12:00
After the storm: the return of the CD28 superagonist TGN1412/TAB08 to clinical development.
T. Hünig, Würzburg


12:00 – 12:30
Has MABEL kept the promise? – 10 years of experience
B. Klug, Langen


12:30 – 13:00
Round table discussion


13:00
Concluding remarks
B. Schug


13:15
Farewell lunch


Speaker / Chairs

  • Prof. Dr. Winfried Barchet
    Universitätsklinikum Bonn
  • Dr. Kerstin Breithaupt-Grögler
    -kbr- clinical pharmacology services, Frankfurt a.M.
  • Dr. Christian Burkhart
    Novartis Pharma AG, Basel
  • Dr. Christoph Coch
    Universitätsklinikum Bonn
  • Dr. Martin Coenen
    Universitätsklinikum Bonn
  • Dr. Christine Dahlke
    Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Dörner
    Charité Berlin
  • Dr. Katharina Erb-Zohar
    clinphase®, Hanau
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Hünig
    Universität Würzburg
  • Prof. Dr. Arno Kromminga
    IPM Biotech GmbH, Hamburg
  • Dr. Bettina Klug
    Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen
  • PD Dr. Anne Letsch
    Charité Berlin
  • Dr. Christian Meisel
    Labor Berlin – Charité Vivantes GmbH, Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Ferry A. Ossendorp
    Leiden Univercity Medical Center, &Leiden NL
  • Dr. Jens Rengelshausen
    Grünenthal GmbH
  • Prof. Dr. Birgit Sawitzki
    Charité Berlin
  • Ms Inessa Schwab
    Universität Erlangen-Lehrstuhl Genetik
  • Dr. Barbara Schug
    SocraTec R&D GmbH, Oberursel
  • Prof. Dr. Hildegard Sourgens
    Consultant, München
  • Prof. Dr. Hans Stauss
    University College London
  • Dr. Jörg Täubel
    Richmond Pharmacology Limited, London
  • Prof. Dr. Jochen Theis
    InHeCon – Biotechnology , Bergisch-Gladbach
  • Dr. Maximilian Witzel
    Kinderklinik und Kinderpoliklinik der LMU München
  • Dr. Dirk Wohlleber
    Institut für Molekulare Immunologie und Experimentelle Onkologie, München
  • Prof. Dr. Dominik Wolf
    Universitätsklinikum Bonn
  • Dr. Sun Yuansheng
    Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen
  • Ms Bettina Ziegele
    Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen
  • Dr. Sebastian Zimmer
    Universitätsklinikum Bonn