Annual Conference

Dates 26 February (Fri.), 27 February (Sat.), 2010 Chairs Masakazu Toi (Chief) (President, OOTR)
Louis Chow (Executive Director, OOTR)
Nadir Arber
Theme Oncological Biomarkers and Clinical Applications
Venue The Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto
Sponsorships Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, The Kyoto Shimbun Co.,Ltd,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
'Raising Proficient Oncologists' (Kyoto University)
The main topics will be - Prognosis and Predictive factors for therapeutic gain / Biomarkers for therapy personalisation.
(Antiangiogenesis therapy, Modulation of intracellular signals etc.)

Conference Information

Outline:
Title: Organisation for Oncology and Translational Research (OOTR) 6th Annual Conference
Dates: 26 (Fri.) - 27 (Sat.) February, 2010
Venue: The Westin Miyako Hotel, Kyoto
Chairs: Masakazu Toi ( Kyoto University) (Chief chairperson)
Louis W.C. Chow (Hong Kong University)
Nadir Arber (Tel Aviv University)
Scientific Committee: Takashi Inamoto (Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute)
Hiroji Iwata (Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital)
Hideaki Kakeya (Department of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University)
Katsumasa Kuroi (Division of Clinical Trials and Research Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital) (Double as accounting auditor)
Seigo Nakamura (St. Luke's International Hospital, Breast Centre)
Shinji Ohno (Division of Breast Oncology, National Kyushu Cancer Centre)
Hironobu Sasano (School of Medicine, Tohoku University)
Hideyuki Saya (Division of Gene Regulation Institute for Advanced Medical Research School of Medicine, Keio University)
Kazuo Umezawa (Department of Applied Chemistry Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology Yagami Campus)
(In alphabetical order)
Conference Secretariat of OOTR the 6th Annual Conference:
1F, Kinki District Invention Center 14 Yoshida-Kawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8305, Japan
Tel: +81-75-761-5717 Fax: +81-75-761-5718
URL: http://www.ootr-institute.org/
E-mail: info@ootr-institute.org
Language: English
Plastic name card: Will be given on the first day of the conference. It is required during the conference.
Registration: On-site registration only
Registration fee:
( ) is an early rate up until 8th January (Fri.), 2010.
General: JPY 28,000 (JPY 25,000)
Co-medical: JPY 5,000 (JPY 3,000)
Undergraduate: JPY 3,000 (JPY 1,000)
Member of Patients' Society: JPY 4,000 (JPY 3,000)
Gala dinner: General: JPY 10,000 (JPY 10,000)
Others: JPY 5,000 (JPY 5,000)
Certificate of Participation: Will be distributed on-site during the conference.
* It will not be issued after the conference.
Official Travel Agent:
JTB JTB Western Japan Corp.
Inquiries)
JTB Western Japan Corp., MICE Center
OOTR the 6th Annual Conference Desk
e-mail : westec_op6@jtb.jp (Ms. Sakamoto)
TEL: +81-6-6260-5076 FAX: +81-6-6263-0717
Office hours: 9:30-17:30(weekdays only)