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SITC Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar Series

Advance your training in computational immuno-oncology and stay abreast of the latest technologies - register today for the entire series of ten webinars from SITC.

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Series Organizers

Alan Hutson, PhD

Alan Hutson, PhD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI IOTN & ARTnet
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Past Chair

Song Liu, PhD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI IOTN & ARTnet
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Chair

Carsten Krieg, PhD

Carsten Krieg, PhD

Medical University of South Carolina
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, Co-Chair

Riyue Bao, PhD

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, MEMBER

Series Schedule and Faculty Information

The following are the dates, times and faculty/moderator information for each of the ten webinars in the series. 

Course 1

Pre-Cancer Atlas


Date of Live Event

May 15, 2026 - 1–2 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker: Long Cai, PhDCaltech

Moderator: Carsten Krieg, PhDMedical University of South Carolina 

 

Course 2

Virome & Engineered Probiotic Bacteria Immunotherapy


Date of Live Event

May 19, 2026 - 12–1:30 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker 1: Shawn Demehri, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital 

Faculty Speaker 2: Nicholas Arpaia, PhD Columbia University 

Moderator: Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 

Course 3

Epigenetic-Based Prevention and Early Detection of Tumorigenesis in High-Risk Population


Date of Live Event

June 9, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker: Christoph Bock, PhD Medical University of Vienna 

Moderator: Brian Piening, PhD Earle A Chiles Research Institute 

Course 4

Immune-Based Early Cancer Detection


Date of Live Event

July 9, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker: Bo Li, PhD University of Pennsylvania 

Moderator: Benjamin Vincent, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine


Course 5

AI, Foundation Model and Medical Imaging, Radiology 


Date of Live Event

July 21, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET 

Faculty Speaker: Kun-Hsing Yu, PhD Harvard University 

Moderator: Sandhya Prabhakaran, PhD Moffitt Cancer Center 

 

Course 6

Computation/Structure-Based Design of Immugen and Targeted Delivery of Biologics


Date of Live Event

TBD

Faculty Speaker: Madan Mohan Babu, PhD St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital 

Moderator: Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 

Course 7

Modeling Immune Escape Trajectories in Malignancy


Date of Live Event

Sept. 17, 2026 - 1–2:30 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker: Livnat Jerby, PhDStanford University 

Moderator 1: Lillian Kuo, PhD National Cancer Institute (NCI) 

Moderator 2: Altaf Mohammed, PhD National Cancer Institute (NCI) 


Course 8

Precision Immune Oncology 


Date of Live Event

Oct. 1, 2026 - 12–1 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker: Vinod Balachandran, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 

Moderator: Benjamin Vincent, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine

 

Course 9

Systems Immunology (Basic Immunology for T cell Memory) 


Date of Live Event

Oct. 27, 2026 - 12–1:30 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker 1: Hongbo Chi, PhD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

Faculty Speaker 2: Sidi Chen, PhDYale University School of Medicine 

Moderator: Tim Shaw, PhDMoffitt Cancer Center 

 

Course 10

AI Prediction of TCR-Antigen Binding


Date of Live Event

Nov. 9, 2026 - 1–2:30 p.m. ET

Faculty Speaker 1: Tao Wang, PhD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 

Faculty Speaker 2: Li Zhang, PhD University of California San Francisco 

Faculty Speaker 3: Phil Bradley, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 

Moderator: Marshall Thompson, PhD The Rare Cancer Research Foundation 

 

Program Details

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) is pleased to launch our sixth iteration of the "SITC Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar Series" throughout May-November 2026. This year's series will focus specifically on advanced methods and clinical utility for biomarker development in IO.

Organized by the SITC Big Data and Data Sharing Committee, these ten digital events will help individual research labs to embrace the computational challenges of analyzing and integrating diverse assay data across the spectrum of immuno-oncology for biomarker development. The goal of this series is to help foster better communication concerning data science technologies and analyses between cancer immunotherapy researchers and clinicians. All webinars in this series will take place live and be made available in their entirety on the SITC ConnectED platform as enduring materials.

Registration Rates

Registration Class SITC Member Rate SITC Non-Member Rate
Student/Patient/Patient Advocate $0 $45
HCP/Academic $0 $80
Industry/Investor $0 $125

Target Audience

This series will serve as an excellent resource for all stakeholders interested in expanding their knowledge on current computational IO technologies and applications, with a specific focus on early disease settings, immune interception, and immunoprevention. Historically, both early career scientists who want to further their training, as well as more senior career individuals who want to implement these techniques for the first time, will greatly benefit from this series.

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: 

  • Identify and describe recent advances and emerging computational and AI-enabled methods that are transforming discovery and development in IO
  • Apply emerging computational and AI-driven technologies to real-world IO challenges, including biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and therapeutic optimization
  • Summarize emerging computational and AI-based strategies for therapeutic development in early-stage disease, including immunoprevention and immune-interception approaches

Past Series

2024 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 4

2023 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 3

2022 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 2

2021 SITC-NCI COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY WEBINAR SERIES 1