Wednesday, November 15th:

Location: Abigail Adams Pre-Function Space, InterContinental Boston

5:30pm –  Registration

6:00pm-8:00pm – Welcome Reception and Poster Session 

Thursday, November 16th:

Location: Abigail Adams Ballroom, InterContinental Boston

7:30am – Breakfast and Registration

9:00-9:15am Welcome 

SESSION 1: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE

Session Chairs: Chrissie Thirlwell, MBBS, PhD, University of Bristol Medical School & James Bibb, PhD, University of Arizona Medical School - Phoenix

Chrissie Thirlwell, MBBS, PhD

James Bibb, PhD

Presentations

9:15-9:30AM – Enhancing Drug Development for Neuroendocrine Tumors: A novel radiomic signature to predict survival in patients enrolled in Alliance A021202
Emily Bergsland, MD, University of California San Francisco

9:30-9:45AM – The Detection of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres via Chromogenic in situ Hybridization (ALT-CISH) for the Prognostication of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and Other Neoplasms
Christopher Heaphy, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine

9:45-10:00AM – Neuroendocrine tumor ex-vivo angiogenesis; correlation with overall survival and SUTENT sensitivity
Nicholas Skill, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans

10:00-10:15AM – Establishment of novel patient-derived models for neuroendocrine neoplasms
Iacovos Michael, PhD, Sunnybrook Research Institute; University of Toronto

10:15-10:30AM – Reconciling lung carcinoid histopathological and molecular classifications
Alexandra Sexton-Oates, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer

10:30-10:45AM – Immunohistochemical identification of clinical subtypes and potential therapeutic vulnerabilities of lung carcinoids based on multi-omic analysis
Jules Derks, MD, PhD, Maastricht University Medical Centre

10:45-11:00AM – Discussion

11:00-11:15AM – Coffee Break

SESSION 2: IMPROVING RADIOTHERANOSTICS

Session Chairs: Daniel Halperin, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & Martyn Caplin, MD, University College London & Royal Free Hospital

Daniel Halperin, MD

Martyn Caplin, MD

Presentations

11:15-11:30AM – COPPER PET with Cu-61-NODAGA-LM3 for the detection of Neuroendocrine Tumors: establishment of the Cu-61 and Cu-61-NODAGA-LM3 productions
Guillaume Nicolas, MD and Melpomeni Fani, PhD, University Hospital Basel

11:30-11:45AM – Using statins to enhance DOTATATE binding and efficacy in SSTR2-low tumors
Patricia Pereira, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine

11:45-12:00PM – Radiosensitizing NETs through Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERa) and Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (Pin1) inhibition
Xavier Keutgen, MD, University of Chicago Medicine

12:00-12:15PM – Discussion

12:15-1:30PM – Lunch  

1:30-1:45PM – Group Photo  

SESSION 3: NET PATHWAYS & TARGETS

Session Chairs: PPGLS, LungNETs & PNETs: Dawn Quelle, PhD, University of Iowa & Justin Annes, MD, PhD, Stanford University​ | GI NETs: Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD & Jess Maxwell, MD, MBA

Dawn Quelle, PhD

Justin Annes, MD, PhD

Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD

Jess Maxwell, MD, MBA

Presentations

PPGLS & LUNG NETS

1:45-2:00PM – Preliminary whole exome sequencing analyses of clonal relationships between premalignant and invasive neuroendocrine lesions in Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia
Dan Merrick, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

2:00-2:15PM – TMEM127 exerts a tumor suppressive role in pheochromocytoma by mediating RET ubiquitin-dependent degradation
Hector Gonzalez-Cantu, MSc, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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PANCREATIC NETs

2:15-2:30PM – Vascular regulation of liver metastasis in PanNET
Minah Kim, PhD, Columbia University

2:30-2:45PM – mTORC1-ATF4 Signaling Drives Amino Acid Biosynthesis in PanNETs
Scott Oakes, MD, University of Chicago

2:45-3:00PM – ARID1A mutations drive metastasis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and pancreatic adenocarcinomas by activating NTN1/UNC5B signaling
Chris Harris, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center

3:00-3:15PM– Altered splicing programs in PNETs affect the function of neuroendocrine cells
Panagiota Kafasla, PhD, Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center

3:15-3:30PM – Discussion

3:30-3:45PM – Coffee Break

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GASTROINTESTINAL NETs

Session Chair: Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Jess Maxwell, MD, MBA, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 

3:45-4:00PM – Investigating serotonin metabolism in neuroendocrine cancers
Po Hien Ear, PhD,  University of Iowa

4:00-4:15PM – Mesenteric fibrosis in small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours (SI-NETs): pathogenesis and therapeutic targets
Maria Martins, MSc, University College London

4:15-4:30PM – Studying the microbiome of small intestinal neuroendocrine tumor patients
Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco and Netta Mäkinen, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

4:30-4:45PM – Midgut neuroendocrine tumor patients have a depleted gut microbiome with a discriminative signature
Merijn Mulders, MD, Erasmus University Medical Center

4:45-5:00PM – Discussion and End of Day

Friday, November 17th:

Location: Abigail Adams Ballroom, InterContinental Boston

7:30am – Breakfast

9:00-9:15am Welcome

SESSION 4: TUMOR EVOLUTION & MICROENVIRONMENT

Session Chairs: Minah Kim, PhD, Columbia University & Iacovos Michael, PhD, Sunnybrook Research Institute​

Minah Kim, PhD

Iacovos Michael, PhD

Presentations

9:15-9:30AM – Early emergence of high grade subclones in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Etay Ziv, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

9:30-9:45AM – Characterizing chemoresistant persister cells in relapsed high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas
Allison Stewart, PhD and Carl Gay, MD, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:45-10:00AM  – Molecular landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors at single-cell resolution
Jeanna Qiu, AB, and William Hwang, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School

10:00-10:15AM – Single-cell transcriptomics identified IGF2 and VEGF as growth factors in PNETs
Chang Chan, PhD, Rutgers Cancer Institute

10:15-10:30AM – Discussion

10:30-11:00AM – Coffee Break & Grab Lunch Box

SESSION 5: IMMUNOTHERAPIES

Session Chair: Jennifer Eads, MD, University of Pennsylvania & Carl Gay, MD, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jennifer Eads,MD

Carl Gay, MD, PhD

Presentations

11:00-11:15AM – Temozolomide treatment induces an MMR-dependent hypermutator phenotype in well differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Jérôme Cros, MD, PhD, INSERM, Université Paris Cité

11:15-11:30AM – TILs from panNET liver metastasis: in search of novel adoptive transfer strategies for the treatment of NETs
Mauro Cives, MD, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”

11:30-11:45AM – The role of the B7x signaling pathway in the development and progression of neuroendocrine tumors
Ziqiang Yuan, MD, Rutgers University

11:45-12:00PM – Therapies targeting CDK4/6 cause regression, immune cell activation, and sensitization to PD-L1 immunotherapy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Dawn Quelle, PhD, University of Iowa

12:00-12:15PM – A novel hormone based anti-SSTR bispecific T-cell engager for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors
Eleonora Pelle, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center

12:15-12:30PM – Mutation-Targeted Immunotherapy for Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoids using CRISPR/Cas9
Kevin McHugh, PhD, Rice University

12:30-12:45PM – Discussion

12:45-1:00PM – Meeting Wrap Up and Close out