Melbourne Immunotherapy Network Winter Retreat, 31 August - 1 September

The Inaugural Melbourne Immunotherapy Network Winter Retreat

Friday 31^st August (afternoon) - Saturday 1^st September

Location: Marysville (Vibe Hotel) ~90 minutes from Melbourne

The Melbourne Immunotherapy Network (MIN) was launched in 2016 and includes researchers from many Institutes/Universities/Hospitals in and around Melbourne (Peter Doherty Institute, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, St Vincent’s Institute, Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Monash University and Federation University). MIN aims to bring together basic and clinical researchers and showcase some of the Immunotherapy-related research being conducted at the various research Institutes/Universities/Hospitals in and around Melbourne.

The MIN Winter Retreat will include a series of presentations from clinical and basic science researchers studying immunotherapy. As an overnight retreat, there will also be opportunities to discuss your work in a more relaxed setting during or following dinner, in the beautiful location at Marysville in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley. We have a great list of invited speakers so far, and there will be opportunities for registered delegates to also present their research at this meeting – this is a chance to hear about the cutting-edge immunotherapy studies going on in Melbourne. Perhaps bring family/friends and make it a full weekend. We are also endeavouring to also bring in an international journal editor and an international invited speaker (stay tuned).

Current invited speakers:

Keynote: Prof. Grant McArthur, Executive Director VCCC

Prof. Sharon Lewin, Director, PDI

Dr. Laura Mackay (PDI/UOM)

Prof. Miles Prince (PMCC)

Dr. Nick Huntington (WEHI)

Dr. Irene Caminschi (Monash)

Dr. Oliver Klein (ONJCRI)

Dr. Maryann Anderson (WEHI)

Dr. Shahneen Sandhu (PMCC)

Prof. Tony Tiganis (Monash)

Registration and further information: – Please stay tuned for a registration web page to be sent (within the next two weeks). NB. The registration will be subsidised as much as possible and will include one night’s accommodation at Vibe hotel, meals, plus tea and coffee breaks. Earlybird and discounted student registration will also be available.

MIN Winter Retreat Organising Committee members:

Dale Godfrey (PDI) (chair); Paul Beavis (PMCC); Andreas Behren (ONJCRI); Beatriz Garcillan (PDI); Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes (WEHI).