Global Summit and Award Ceremonies

For Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship

Saturday, October 21, 2023

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Global Summit and Award Ceremonies 2023

Join us for a day of learning, collaborating, celebrating and honoring all who make an impact in our community. You will hear from Leading Cancer Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Survivors.

Summit Highlights

Part I
50 Years of Cancer Research Progress

8:30 – 8:40 am

8:40 – 9:10 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Sujuan Ba, Ph.D., CEO of NFCR, Co-Founder of AIM-HI, & Founder of AFCR

Web K. Cavenee, Ph.D., Chair of NFCR Scientific Advisory Board; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

James Allison Portrait

Keynote Speech

James P. Allison, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair of Immunology, Executive Director of Immunotherapy Platform, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2014 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner
2018 Nobel Prize Winner

9:10 – 10:30 am

Suzanne Topalian Portrait

Session I: New Approaches to Cancer Treatments

Moderator:

Suzanne Topalian, M.D., Professor of Oncology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

Panel Members:

  • Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard
  • Avery D. Posey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  • Azra Raza, M.D., Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Columbia University in New York
  • Pam Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Thea D. Tlsty, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, University of California San Francisco

10:30 -10:45 am: Coffee Break

10:45 am – 11:35 am

Brian Leyland-Jones Portrait

Session II: Panel Discussion on Precision Medicine

Moderator:

Brian Leyland-Jones, MBBS, Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, AIM-HI Accelerator Fund

Panel Members: 

  • Lon Cardon, Ph.D., President and CEO, The Jackson Laboratory
  • Raju Kucherlapati, Ph.D., Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
  • Anna D. Barker, Ph.D., Chief Strategy Officer, Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
  • Min Li, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Cell Biology, The University of Oklahoma
  • Massimo Cristofanilli, M.D., Chief, Breast Medical Oncology, Weil Cornell Medicine

11:35 am – 12:30 pm

Doug Lowy Portrait

Session III: Szent-Gyorgyi Prize Panel Discussion on Status of Cancer Biology

Moderator:

Doug R. Lowy, M.D., Principal Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute

Panel Members: 

  • Carlo M. Croce, M.D., John W. Wolfe Chair in Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University
  • Web K. Cavenee, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego
  • Rakesh Jain, Ph.D., Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
  • Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research

12:20 – 12:25 pm

Closing Remarks: 

Alfred Slanetz, Ph.D. Chairman of Board of Directors, NFCR; CEO of Geneius Biotechnology

Part II
Luncheon Award Ceremony for
Women’s Leadership &
Entrepreneurship

Emcee: Rose Wang, MBA, Executive Advisor of AIM-HI Accelerator Fund

1:00 – 1:40 pm AIM-HI Beacon Award Ceremony

1:40-2:20 pm AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition Presentation

2:35-3:30 pm Emerging Oncology Companies Showcase

Welcome Remarks

Sujuan Ba, Ph.D., President & CEO of NFCR, Co-Founder of AIM-HI, & Founder of AFCR; Co-Chair of the 2023 Beacon Award Selection Committee

Introduction of the 2023 Beacon Award Recipient:

Patty Obermaier, MBA, Nominator of the 2023 Beacon Award Recipient; Emerging Growth Officer, Global Healthand Life Sciences, Microsoft

Presenting the Beacon Award Medallion to the Recipient by the Award Selection Committee Members

2023 Beacon Award Winner Award Speech: 

Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute

Monica M. Bertagnolli Portrait

3:30-6:00 pm: Intermission

Part III
2023 Szent-Györgyi Prize Dinner & Award Ceremony

Black Tie Optional

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Cocktail Reception

7:00 – 8:30 pm

Sujuan Ba portrait
Helmut Sies, M.D. Portrait
Rakesh Jain Portrait
Isaac Witz Portrait
Alfred Slanetz Portrait

Dinner Award Ceremony

Moment of Silence

Opening and Welcome Remarks:

Sujuan Ba, Ph.D., CEO of NFCR, Co-Founder of AIM-HI, & Founder of AFCR; Co-Chair of the 2023 Selection Committee for the Szent-Györgyi Prize

Keynote Speech:

Helmut Sies, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Introduction of the 2023 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner:

Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D., 2022 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner & Chair of the 2023 Selection Committee for the Szent-Györgyi Prize; Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Award Trophy Presentation

Dr. Sujuan Ba, Co-Chair of the 2023 Selection Committee for the Szent-Györgyi Prize

2023 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner Award Speech

Isaac P. Witz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, Head of the Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment & Metastasis Research at The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences

Acknowledgments & Closing Remarks: 

Alfred Slanetz, Chair of the Board, NFCR; CEO of Geneius Biotechnology

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!

Sponsorship Opportunities

Inquiries regarding sponsorship of our Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship event can be made by e-mail at Sponsorship@nfcr.org or by phone at 1-800-321-CURE (2873). Learn more in our sponsorship packet. 

Raju Kucherlapati

“The Women’s Leadership Forum was spectacular and the chemistry between all of the people on the podium and the energy was wonderful. It was inspirational to all and especially young women who were there and might have been watching.”

-Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and 2021 Precision Medicine in Cancer Panel Moderator

“Absolutely wonderful, inspirational meeting…thanks so much to everyone involved and to NFCR for making it possible for us to get together. I am grateful to be included!”

-Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Former President of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and 2021 Women’s Leadership Panel Participant

 

Monica Bertagnolli