Course info Programme Organising committee Speakers Participants Joining instructions

Sign in

Don't have a Croucher account?

Search our stories, awards, events and funding

Projects and events Advanced Study Institutes Precision oncology

Programme

Programme

Day 1 (Wednesday, 15 October)

Sunset & Sunset Salon, Level 4, Le Méridien, 100 Cyberport Road, Southern District, Hong Kong

08:30 — 09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
09:00 — 09:20
Welcome and opening remarks
  • 9:00 am - 9:05 am: Welcome and introduction by Professor Gao Zhang (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong)
  • 9:05 am - 9:10 am: Address by Professor Lijian Jin, Dean of Faculty of Dentistry (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong)
09:20 — 10:20
Session 1: Unveiling cancer heterogeneity at single-cell resolution
  • Session Chair: Professor Yuanhua Huang (School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong)
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Fan Bai, PhD (Peking University Biomedical Innovation Center; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Genomic Diagnostics; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences)
    • Title: Whole genome analysis of Chinese cancers
10:20 — 10:50
Coffee break and poster session
10:50 — 11:50
Session 2: Advanced therapies and biomarkers for melanoma
  • Session Chair: Professor Martin Chi Hang Cheung (School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong) 
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Xiaowei (George) Xu, MD, PhD (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)
    • Title: Beyond checkpoints: engineered CAR T-Cell and extracellular vesicle therapies for melanoma
11:50 — 14:30
Lunch
14:30 — 15:30
Session 3: AI in dermatological oncology
  • Session Chair: Professor Richard Yuxiong Su (Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong) 
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Titus J. Brinker, PhD (German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ); University of Heidelberg)
    • Title: Artificial intelligence-driven diagnosis of skin cancer
15:30 — 16:00
Session 4: Panel discussion & Q&A - Innovations in skin cancer detection and therapy
  • Session Co-chairs: Professor Junwen Wang (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong); Professor Yuanhua Huang (School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong) 
  • Panelists:
    • Fan Bai, PhD (Peking University Biomedical Innovation Center; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Genomic Diagnostics; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences)
    • Titus J. Brinker, PhD (German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ); University of Heidelberg)
    • George Xu, PhD (Dermatology Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)
16:00 — 16:10
Day 1 Closing remarks
16:10 — 18:00
Break
18:00 — 20:30
Welcoming dinner

Nam Fong 2, Level 3, Le Méridien, 100 Cyberport Road, Southern District, Hong Kong

Day 2 (Thursday, 16 October)

Sunset & Sunset Salon, Level 4, Le Méridien, 100 Cyberport Road, Southern District, Hong Kong

09:00 — 09:15
Welcome & recap
09:15 — 10:15
Session 5: Innovations in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
  • Session Chair: Professor David C. L. Lam (Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; Queen Mary Hospital; HKU-Shenzhen Hospital)
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Lunxu Liu, M.D. (Institute of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University)
    • Title: Precision Lung Cancer Surgery
10:15 — 10:45
Coffee break & networking
10:45 — 11:45
Session 6: Optimizing Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer
  • Session Chair: Professor David C. L. Lam (Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; Queen Mary Hospital; HKU-Shenzhen Hospital)
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Yongchang Zhang, M.D. (Department of Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Xiangya, Central South University; Hunan Provincial Cancer Hospital)
    • Title: Timing for Immunotherapy in Lung CancerTiming for Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer
11:45 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:00
Session 7: Targeting key signaling pathways in cancer - part I
  • Session Chair: Professor Ui Soon Khoo (Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong) 
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Patrick Casey, PhD (Cancer & Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, USA)
    • Title: Involvement of GNA12/13 signaling in cancer cell invasion and survival
15:00 — 16:00
Session 8: Targeting key signaling pathways in cancer - part II
  • Session Chair: Professor Shi Huang (Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong) 
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Mei Wang, PhD (Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School)
    • Title: The path of targeting ICMT in cancer therapy
16:00 — 16:30
Short break & transition
16:30 — 16:45
Day 2 Closing remarks (for main sessions)
16:45 — 17:15
Poster view & networking
Day 3 (Friday, 17 October)

Sunset & Sunset Salon, Level 4, Le Méridien, 100 Cyberport Road, Southern District, Hong Kong

09:00 — 09:15
Welcome coffee
09:15 — 10:15
Session 9: Innovations in thoracic surgical oncology
  • Session Chair: Professor Gilberto Ka-Kit Leung (Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong)
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Yudan Chi, Ph.D. (Institute for Translational Brain Research and Research Institute of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University)
    • Title: Profiling and Decoding the Brain Border Immunosuppressive Microenvironment  in Leptomeningeal Metastasis
10:15 — 10:45
Coffee break & networking
10:45 — 11:45
Session 10: Decoding the Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Tumor–Immune Interactions
  • Session Chair: Professor Richard Yuxiong Su (Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong)
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Gang Chen, M.D. (Professor and Vice Dean, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan University, China)
    • Title: Extracellular vesicles and cancer immunotherapy
11:45 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 14:45
Session 11: Panel discussion & Q&A: The future outlook for precision therapies and clinical trials for lung cancer
  • Chair/Moderator: Professor David C. L. Lam (Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; Queen Mary Hospital; HKU-Shenzhen Hospital)
  • Panelists:
    • Yongchang Zhang, M.D. (Department of Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Xiangya, Central South University; Hunan Provincial Cancer Hospital)
14:45 — 15:15
Session 12: Myeloid cells and immune suppression
  • Session Chair: Professor Gao Zhang (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong) 
  • Talk:
    • Speaker: Dmitry Gabrilovich, MD, PhD (AstraZeneca, USA)
    • Title: Immune suppressive myeloid cells: from biology to therapeutic targeting
15:15 — 16:05
Session 13: Flash talks by selected participants
  • Session Chair: Professor Gao Zhang (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong)
  • Description: Selected participant presentations (10 minutes per talk)
16:05 — 16:30
Closing ceremony, certificate presentation & future directions

Stay in the loop!

Subscribe to keep up with the latest from Croucher Foundation.

Passionate about science?
Stay updated with the latest scientific developments in Hong Kong through Croucher News.

Subscribe to our regular newsletter and receive a digest of key science stories straight to your inbox. You'll also get updates from the Croucher Foundation on scholarships, scientific exchanges, and more.

Subscribe now and stay informed about Hong Kong's dynamic scientific landscape.

Email

First name

Last name

Organisation