SMR Meeting

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Program at a Glance

Thursday
Nov 1		 Friday
Nov 2		 Saturday
Nov 3		 Sunday
Nov 4
Morning Break Break Break
Satellite Symposium Plenary Plenary Plenary
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
Afternoon Satellite Symposium Poster Session B
View Abstracts 		Mini-symposia
Break Break
Plenary Plenary
Evening Welcome Reception
Keynote Speech
Cocktail Reception
Poster Session A
View Abstracts 		Congress Dinner

Detailed Schedule

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Satellite Symposium
Time Min # Name Title
9:00 10 1 Raymond Barnhill Introduction
9:10 30 2 Boris Bastien, Alain Spatz Update on Classification
9:40 20 3 Richard Scolyer Subungual Melanoma: Clues to Diagnosis of Early Lesions and
Recommendations for Histopathologic Reporting
10:00 20 4 Lynn From D240 as a Prognostic Factor in Melanoma
10:20 20 5 Helmut Kerl Atypical Blue Nevi
10:40 20 6 Martin Cook Further Studies on Sentinel Lymph Nodes
11:00 20 7 Philip Leboit Molecular Approaches for Pediatric Melanocytic Lesions
11:20 20 8 Klaus Busam New Perspetives on Desmoplatic Melanoma
11:40 20 9 Questions & Discussion
12–1:30 Lunch   "On your own"
1:30 20 10 David Elder Ther Vertical Growth Phase in 2007
1:50 20 11 Stan McCarthy Histopathologic Reporting of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: a Sydney Perspective
2:10 20 12 Raymond Barnhill Angiotropic Melanoma and Extravascular Migratory Metastasis
2:30 20 13 Gilles Landman The Use of Tissue Microarrays in the Study of Melanocytic Lesions
2:50 20 14 Alistair Cochran MSLT-1 Results in Context and their Significance
3:10   15   Questions and Discussion
5:00 Registration
7:00 – 8:00 Keynote Speaker: Boris Bastian, University of California at San Francisco
Integrating Genotypes and Phenotypes of Melanocytic Neoplasia
8:00 – 10:00 Cocktail Reception - Financial Ballroom Foyer
Poster Session A (includes sessions E, T, M, R (#1–77)
Financial Ballroom
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Friday, November 2, 2007 — Day 1

Time Subject Chair Speakers
8:30–10:30
Session 1
Grand Ballroom		 Early Stages in Melanoma Development (Why Melanocytes Develop Into Melanoma)
  • Dot Bennett
  • Shin-Ichi Nishikawa
  • Gavin P. Robertson
  • Scott Lowe
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–1:00
Session 2
Grand Ballroom		 Late Stages in Melanoma Development (Why Are Melanoma So Metastatic?)
  • Menashe Bar-Eli
  • William Harbour
  • Michael Detmar
  • Joan Massague
1:15–2:00 PCmR Editorial Board Meeting
2:00–4:00
Financial Ballroom		 Poster Session B (includes sessions B, P (#78–160)
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4:00–4:30 Coffee Break
4:30–6:30
Session 3
Grand Ballroom		 Why Melanomas Don’t Die
  • Estela Medrano
  • David Fisher
  • Amato Giaccia

Speakers selected from abstracts:
  • Pablo Lopez-Bergami
  • Barbara Bedogni

Saturday, November 3, 2007 — DAY 2

Time Subject Chair Speakers
8:30–10:30
Session 1
Grand Ballroom		 (What Went Wrong in) Wiring of Melanoma (I) — Receptors
  • Meenhard Herlyn
  • Mary J. C. Hendrix
  • Marisol Soengas
  • Elena B. Pasquale
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–1:00
Session 2
Grand Ballroom		 Wiring in Melanoma (II) Kinases
  • Martin McMahon
  • Marcus Bosenberg
  • Richard Marais
  • Frank McCormick
1:00–2:30 Lunch
1:15–2:15 SMR Business Meeting for SMR members
Updates: Meenhard Herlyn, Marianne Berwick, and David Fisher
2:30–4:00 Mini-Symposia
Grand Salon 3 Session A
Immunobiology
  • Soldano Ferrone
  • Jedd Wolchok
  • Raphael Clynes
  • Cassian Yee

Speaker selected from abstracts:
  • K. Dadachova
Financial Ballroom 1 Session B
Gene Expression/micro RNA
  • Jeffrey Trent
  • Kevin Brown
  • Aleksander Sekulic
  • Nicolas Hayward
  • Alain Spatz

Speaker selected from abstracts:
  • Daniel Peeper
Financial Ballroom 2 Session C
Epidemiology and Prevention of Melanoma
  • Richard Gallagher
  • David C. Whiteman
  • Frank L. Meyskens
  • Mark Elwood
  • Marianne Berwick
Financial Ballroom 3 Session D
Clinical updates
  • Lynn Schuchter
  • Keith Flaherty
  • Barry Allen
  • Rhoda Alani
  • Kowichi Jimbow
  • Paul Chapman
4:30–6:30
Session 3
Grand Ballroom		 Wiring in Melanoma (III) Transcription Factors
  • Colin Goding
  • Lionell Larue
  • Gerard Evan

Speakers selected from abstracts:
  • Gianluca Civenni
  • Therese Becker
8:00–10:00
Grand Ballroom		 SMR Dinner

Sunday, November 4, 2007 - DAY 3

Time Subject Chair Speakers
8:30–10:30
Session 1
Grand Ballroom		 Where Are We Headed (I) Promising Models and Pathways
  • Lynda Chin
  • Glenn Merlino
  • Murray Robinson
  • Lewis Cantley
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–1:30
Session 2
Grand Ballroom		 Where Are We Headed (II) — Evolving Therapies
  • Frank Haluska
  • Joyce James
  • Daniel Flynn
  • Eric W. Jacobson
  • Dana T. Aftab
1:30 PM Meeting Ends