Joint with: Antibodies as Drugs: Engineering and Computational Tools Enabling Clinical Advances
Emerging Cell Therapies 2026

Feb 01–04, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Wendell A. Lim, Ashley K. Koegel and Robbie G. Majzner

  In Person
  On Demand

Feb 01–04, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Wendell A. Lim, Ashley K. Koegel and Robbie G. Majzner

Supported by the  Directors' Fund
Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, February 2, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science
Systems Medicine: Cell Therapies as Agents to Rewire the Physiological Circuits of Disease
New Cell Types for Therapy
9:00–11:15 AM
Speaker to be Announced
Yiyin Erin Chen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Skin Microbiota to Manipulate Immune Responses
Frederick Bennett, University of Pennsylvania
Microglia Replacement
Speaker to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Cell Therapies for Autoimmunity and Inflammation
5:00–7:00 PM
Georg A Schett, Uniklinikum Erlangen
Cell Therapies for Lupus
Ashley K. Koegel, Bristol Myers Squibb
Autoimmune Cell Therapies
Speaker to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Foundational Synthetic Biology Tools for Cell Engineering
8:00–11:00 AM
Wendell A. Lim, University of California, San Francisco
Cells as Integrators of Complex Functions
Amanda Iniguez, Moonlight Bio
Cell Therapies using T Cell Tumor Drivers
Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zürich
Therapeutic Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Cancer Cell Therapies: Preclinical
5:00–7:00 PM
Emily Beura, Kelonia Therapeutics
in vivo Engineering using iGPS Technology
Robbie G. Majzner, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Cancer Cell Therapy
Mark Yarmarkovich, New York University
Peptide Centric CARs
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Cancer Cell Therapies: Clinical
8:00–11:00 AM
Claudia Rossig, University of Münster
GD2-Targeted CAR T Cell Therapies for Solid Cancers
Katy Rezvani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
NK Therapies
Marcela V. Maus, Harvard Medical School
Cell Therapies for Glioblastoma and Beyond
Andras Heczey, Baylor College of Medicine
GPC3-CAR T Cells for Patients with Solid Tumors
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Cell Therapies for Regeneration
5:00–6:45 PM
Speaker to be Announced
Faranak Fattahi, University of California, San Francisco
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Speaker to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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