The Cancer Research Institute Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposia Series is a powerful means of shaping the future course of cancer research. These annual meetings, developed by CRI and organized in conjunction with the Academy of Cancer Immunology, focus attention on progress in the two central approaches of cancer immunology -- cancer vaccines and antibody-based therapies. The symposium attracts hundreds of top scientists from around the world and also provides CRI-supported graduate students and postdoctoral fellows an opportunity to present their work to the larger scientific community. We host a special evening reception for these youngest members of our global community of researchers, during which they are introduced to members of the Institute's Board of Trustees, Scientific Advisory Council, senior staff, and invited symposium speakers.

The first meeting, Frontiers of Immunology and Cancer Immunology, was held in 1993 and was dedicated to Dr. William B. Coley, commemorating his first clinical use of bacterial vaccines to treat cancer. Since then, the symposia series has attracted leading immunologists in the cancer vaccine and antibody fields, providing them with a comprehensive view of the potential and problems in the development of cancer immunotherapies. 

Recent Symposia:

Immune Effector Mechanisms in Tumor Immunity
19th Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium
October 3-5, 2011 - New York City

Multiple Functions of CD4 T Cells in Autoimmunity, Infectious Disease, and Cancer
18th Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium
October 6-8, 2010 - New York City

Control of Cancer Immunosuppression: The Challenge for Cancer Vaccine Development 
17th Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symopsium
September 30 - October 2, 2009 - New York City

Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy 2008: From Discovery to Development to Drug
16th Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium
September 15-17, 2008 - New York City

Cancer and HIV Vaccines 2007: Shared Lessons
15^th Annual International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium
October 4-6, 2007

Click here for information on CRI's other past symposia.