Grant: Dissemination Events

In the past decade, it has become clear that the immune system has a major influence on cancer outcomes. Furthermore, the FDA recently has approved immunotherapeutic modalities and the field is rapidly growing. The Canadian Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CCIC) brings together Canadian scientists and clinicians with interest and activity in the cancer immunotherapy field. Since 2008, CCIC has sponsored an annual meeting involving internationally recognized speakers and an audience of approximately 100 Canadian researchers and trainees. This proposal includes a description of the history and mission of CCIC, our plans for CCIC's 2012 meeting at the Omni Hotel in Montréal, Québec April 11-13 2012, and a request for partial funding from CIHR. The event will be co-organized by the CCIC with the support of Immuno-Montréal.