Program (List of Speakers)
26.04.2002 Allogeneic Immunotherapy
Autologous Immunotherapy
27.04.2002 Culture of dendritic cells, Tumor Antigens
Th1, Th2, chemokines, granulocytes

1. Allogeneic Immunotherapy

Dr. J.W. Fabre (London, UK)
"The allogeneic response and tumor immunity."

Dr. Rolf-Hermann Ringert (Göttingen, Germany)
"Vaccination with tumor cell-dendritic cell hybrids against  human metastatic renal cell carcinoma."
Dr. Dolores J. Schendel (Munich, Germany)
"Allogeneic vaccination for renal cell carcinoma: development and monitoring."

Dr. Angus Dalgleish / Dr. Justin John (London, UK)
"Phase I/II trial of allo-lysate pulsed dendritic cells in renal cell and prostate cancer."

Dr. Pier-Luigi Lollini (Bologna, Italy)
"Immunological prevention of cancer with allogeneic vaccines."

2. Autologous Immunotherapy

Dr. Gerold Schuler (Erlangen, Germany)
"Induction of tumor-specific cytotoxic and type 1 helper T cells in metastatic melanoma patients by vaccination with mature monocyte-derived dendritic cells ."

Dr. Peter Brossart (Tübingen, Germany)
"Dendritic cell-based vaccines in patients with hematologic and solid malignancies."

Dr. Andreas Mackensen (Regensburg, Germany)
"Adoptive transfer of Melan-A specific CTL in malignant melanoma ."

Dr. Nikolaus Romani (Innsbruck, Austria)
"Importance of dendritic cell migration in vaccination protocols."

Dr. Martin Thurnher (Innsbruck, Austria)
"Dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccination against human metastatic renal cell carcinoma."

3. Culture of dendritic cells, Tumor Antigens

Dr. Filippo Belardelli (Rome, Italy)
"Role of type I interferon in dendritic cell-induced immunity."
Dr. Egbert Oosterwijk, (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
"Expression and immunogenicity of the G250 antigen in human renal cell carcinoma."
Dr. Alexander Steinkasserer (Erlangen, Germany)
"Role of CD83 in the immunomodulation of dendritic cells"

Dr. Laurence Zitvogel (Villejuif, France)
"Exosome based-immunotherapy of cancer: preclinical and clinical views ."

Dr. Claudia Zelle-Rieser (Innsbruck, Austria)
"The role of eicosanoids in dendritic cell development and function."

4. Th1, Th2, chemokines, granulocytes

Dr. Stella C. Knight (Harrow, UK)
"Antigen transfer between dendritic cells."
Dr. Marcus Groettrup (St. Gallen, CH / Konstanz, Germany)
"Prostaglandin E2 - a key factor for CCR7 surface expression and migration of monocyte-derived dendritic cells."

Dr. Muriel Moser (Brussels, Belgium)
"Dendritic cell regulation of Th1/Th2 development."
Dr. Emma Di Carlo (Chieti, Italy)
"The intriguing role of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in antitumor reactions."