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Agenda

September 25-26, 2009

New York, NY

International Congress for Lung Cancer, and Head & Neck Cancer
SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2009 – NEW YORK, NY
Friday – September 25, 2009
 7:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Registrations  
 7:55 AM Welcome and Introductions  Chandra P. Belani, MD
Keynote Lectures
Session Chair: Chandra P. Belani, MD
 8:00 AM Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art  Chandra P. Belani, MD
 8:30 AM Small-Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art  Afsin Dowlati, MD
 9:00 AM New Systemic Therapies for the Treatment of Head & Neck Cancer  Corey Langer, MD
 9:30 AM Combined Multimodality Therapy of Lung Cancer, and Head & Neck Cancer  Gregory Videtic, MD
 10:00 AM Panel Discussion  
 10:20 AM BREAK  
EGFR and VEGF Targeted Agents
Session Chair: Suresh Ramalingam, MD
 10:30 AM Erlotinib: Present Status and Future Perspectives, Molecular Markers and Patient Selection  Vincent Miller, MD
 11:00 PM Advanced and Metastatic Non?Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Implications of Bevacizumab  Suresh Ramalingam, MD
 11:30 AM Other VEGF Targeted Agents and Multikinase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Lung Cancer  George Simon, MD
 12:00AM Panel Discussion  
 12:20 AM LUNCH  
International Forum
Session Chair: Chandra P. Belani, MD
 1:20 PM Phase III Studies in the USA  Chandra Belani, MD
 1:50 PM Treatment Strategies/Phase III Trials in Europe  Georgio Scagliotti, MD
 2:20 PM Emerging Agents in Lung Cancer: A Look into the Future  TBD
 2:50 PM Panel Discussion  
 3:00PM Closing Remarks & Adjourn  Chandra P. Belani, MD
Saturday, September 26, 2009
 7:00 AM Continental Breakfast  
 7:55 AM Opening Remarks  Chandra P. Belani, MD
Imaging, Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention
Session Chair: Suresh Ramalingam, MD
 8:00 AM Adjuvant Therapy for Non?Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Consensus and Controversies  Harvey Pass, MD
 8:25 AM Lung Cancer Imaging –PET Scanning  Jeremy Erasmus, MD
 8:50 AM Panel Discussion  
 9:15 AM BREAK  
Emerging Novel Agents and Supportive Care Issues
Session Chair: Chandra P. Belani, MD
 9:35 AM Supportive Care Issues in Lung Cancer, and Head & Neck Cancer  Richard Gralla, MD
 9:50 AM nab-Paclitaxel, Bortezomib and HDAC Inhibitors in the Treatment of Lung Cancer  Chandra P. Belani, MD
 10:15 AM Emerging Novel Agents in Lung Cancer (TRAIL and mTOR Inhibitors, MEK Inhibitors, AKT Inhibitors and IGF-IR Antibodies, and Small Molecule Inhibitors, c-met Inhibitors  Fadlo Khuri MD
 10:40 AM Panel Discussion  
 11:10 AM Closing Remarks and Adjourn  Chandra P. Belani, MD