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7:00 am Check In, Morning Coffee & Light Refreshments

7:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics

Striving for the Next Wave of ADC Innovation: Contextualizing Novel ADC Mechanism & Design Validation to De-Risk Future ADC Development & Deliver Differentiated Patient Benefit

8:00 am Panel Discussion: Contextualizing the Current Status of Novel ADC Design & Development to Ensure Future ADC Success & Differentiated Patient Impact

Associate Director, Patient Access & Marketing, Pfizer
Vice President, Research & Head, Protein Therapeutics, Amgen
Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics
Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology R&D, Pfizer
Senior Vice President, Oncology Discovery, Innovent Biologics
Vice President, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Evaluating the landscape of ADC therapies one year on: Is the field pursuing the right amount of innovation to secure the next wave of ADCs beyond Topo1?
  • Delving into payload mechanisms and non-traditional ADC design: What avenues of innovation are showing promise and what needs to be demonstrated?
  • Assessing hurdles and opportunities to achieve differentiated ADC clinical profiles and patient impact in crowded oncology indications
  • Peering into the crystal ball: Debating the future direction of the ADC field and pioneering future possibilities

9:00 am WuXiDARx™ Conjugation Technology & Proprietary Payload-Linker Platform: A Powerful Alliance for Next-Generation Dual Payload ADC Development

Chief Technology Officer & Executive Officer, WuXi XDC
  • Advancing next-generation dual-payload ADCs to address traditional challenges like drug resistance and narrow therapeutic windows
  • Leveraging WuXiDARx™ technology for flexible DAR1-6 and WuXiTecan2™ hydrophilic linker, enabling streamlined dual-payload construction without antibody engineering
  • Demonstrating a substantially wider therapeutic index alongside significantly enhanced anti-tumor efficacy in proof-of-concept studies

9:30 am Unveiling the Early Clinical Safety & PK Profile of STRO-004 to Understand How Enhanced Design & Preclinical Characterization Links to Differentiated ADC Clinical Performance

Chief Scientific Officer, Sutro Biopharma
  • Laying out the development and vision of STRO-004 leveraging enhanced antibody engineering and linker-payload design to translate into impactful clinical performance against existing ADC therapies
  • Exploring brand-new Phase I clinical safety and PK data targeting Tissue Factor, contextualized with how well STRO-004 translated from cyno monkey preclinical data, to understand ADC clinical benefit and enhanced therapeutic index
  • Highlighting rationale, development and the power of dual payload ADCs to subvert patient resistance mechanisms to single payload ADCs

10:00 am Morning Break & Icebreaker Networking Session

Make your way to the Exhibition Hall and join the designated zone that matches your ADC expertise. Connect and discuss with peers and experts to broaden your ADC scientific insights and connections.

Discovery Chemistry

Leveraging Novel Payload MoAs & Combinations to Differentiate ADC Mechanisms & Combat Patient Resistance

Executive Director, ADC Biology, Pfizer

Striving for Innovative Payload Mechanisms to Advance Beyond the Topo1 Dogma

11:00 am PROTAC ADCs: Incorporating Historical Learnings to Navigate Novel Payload Development Beyond Blind Potency

Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry, AstraZeneca
  • Highlighting rationale for developing the first reported degrader payloads versus a known oncology target in light of lack of efficacy from small molecule inhibitors
  • Laying out medicinal chemistry approaches to optimize PROTAC payload properties and exploring variety of conjugation approaches
  • Showcasing potent data generated in preclinical models and highlighting next steps in novel payload development

11:30 am Streamlining Innovation in ADC Design Through Manufacturing With ThioBridge Conjugation & Linker Technology

Senior Director - Bioconjugation Chemistry, Abzena
  • Delving into mechanistic insights of ThioBridge and advantages over conventional stochastic conjugation approaches, demonstrated through in vitro and in vivo ADC stability data
  • Exploring how DAR can be precisely controlled using ThioBridge to optimize ADC therapeutic activity
  • Assessing design strategies for optimizing linker-payload combinations to improve in vivo efficacy, supported by relevant preclinical data
  • Manufacturing Considerations: Understanding key aspects of ThioBridge linker-payload and ADC manufacturing processes

12:00 pm Deep-Diving Into Mechanistic Insights of a Novel ADC Payload That Inhibits Protein Translation

Principal Scientist, Pfizer
  • Describing preclinical development of a novel ADC payload targeting protein synthesis
  • Evaluating how translation inhibitor ADCs elicit robust anti-tumor activity across a diverse range of tumor types in in vitro and in vivo investigation
  • Spotlighting preclinical data to indicate a unique MoA among protein synthesis inhibitors that drives immunogenic cell death

12:30 pm Lonza’s GlycoConnect Technology for Best-in-Class ADCs: Emerging Clinical Insights

Head of Biochemistry, Lonza
  • Exploring how Lonza’s GlycoConnect and HydraSpace technologies enable ADCs with best-in-class therapeutic potential
  • Sharing clinical development insights on the rapidly expanding and advancing pipeline of Lonza’s GlycoConnect technology based partnered ADC assets
  • Discussing technology expansion towards high-DAR and dual payload ADCs
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

1:00 pm Lunch & Learn Session Presented By Simtra Biopharma Solutions

Discovery Chemistry

Employing Rationale-Driven Dual Payload Combinations to Circumvent Validated Payload Resistance

2:00 pm Harnessing the Promise of Dual Payload ADCs to Combat Resistance to Traditional ADCs

Chief Scientific Officer, Callio Therapeutics
  • Designing multi-mechanism complementary dual payload ADCs to drive deep and durable responses across a broad range of solid tumors
  • Pioneering the next generation of dual payload ADCs featuring rationally selected payload combinations designed to overcome treatment resistance to single payload ADCs
  • Advancing lead dual payload ADC, CLIO-8221, currently in clinical trials, and additional programs in IND-enabling studies

2:30 pm Targeting Solid Tumors & Hematological Malignancies With Mono & Dual Payload ADCs Utilizing Auristatin, Topo1 & Novel Modality Payloads

Chief Executve Officer, Glykos
  • Developing a hydrophilic linker with optimized cleavable moiety to enable efficient auristatin, exatecan and novel linker-payloads for ADCs
  • Showing DAR4 and DAR8 MMAU auristatin ADCs with outstanding therapeutic window against solid tumors and hematological malignancies
  • Utilizing optimized linker and conjugation technologies for dual payload ADCs

3:00 pm Developing Novel Dual Payload ADCs With Tailored Mechanistic Combinations to Address Diverse Clinical Challenges

Chief Scientific Officer, Hangzhou DAC Biotech Co. Ltd.
  • Introducing a pipeline of bispecific, dual payload ADCs combining multi-targeting and mechanistic innovations
  • Contextualizing dual payload strategies combining Topo1 with an orthogonal or synergistic MoA to combat diverse resistance mechanisms
  • Breaking down preclinical efficacy and safety data of dual payload programs and highlighting future clinical development plans

3:30 pm Leveraging Site-Selective Conjugation to Enable New Modalities & Groundbreaking Dual Payload ADCs With Superior Characteristics & Activity

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CatenaBio
  • Introducing the CysTyr Platform and design parameters required for a successful dual payload asset
  • Demonstrating significantly superior activity for dual payload ADCs versus leading ADCs in CDX and PDX models
  • Outlining CysTyr superior manufacturing resulting in unprecedented product purity and homogeneity with tunable DAR
  • Unveiling first report on NHP toxicity trial for CATB-101 and significant improvements in therapeutic index versus leading ADCs
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

4:00 pm Afternoon Break & Scientific Poster Showcase

Demonstrating the Transformative Impact of ADCs to Reshape the Standard of Oncology Care & Deliver Improved Therapeutic Outcomes for Patients in Early-Line Settings

5:00 pm Evaluating I-SPY2 Clinical Data & Toxicity Monitoring to Assess ADC Progression to Early-Stage Oncology Settings in TNBC & HER2+ Breast Cancer

Associate Professor, Medicine & Director, Breast Oncology, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago
  • Contextualizing I-SPY2 trials evaluating progression of ADCs to neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings in TNBC & HER2+ breast cancer
  • Laying out clinical data generated to investigate early-line ADC progression, including recent clinical performance of Enhertu and Datroway
  • Evaluating concerns with ADC-associated side effects, focusing on ILD monitoring, when considering advancement to neoadjuvant settings

5:30 pm Expansion of ADC R&D & Manufacturing Capabilities in a Payload-Linker CDMO

Vice President, Bioconjugation, Veranova
  • Navigating buildout of ADC clinical manufacturing for diverse, highly potent payloads
  • Exploring implementation of bioconjugation and bioanalytical capabilities within R&D
  • Leveraging process and analytical characterization insights from commercial ADCs

6:00 pm Setting the Scene for Novel Combination Partner Approaches for Vedotin-Based ADCs Including PADCEV

Vice President, Global Development Product Lead, Pfizer
  • Contextualizing the significance of combination approaches within the future of ADC patient impact in early-line oncology therapies
  • Laying out the transformative clinical performance of Padcev-Keyruda combination including event free survival in MIBC
  • Addressing the need and opportunity for novel combinations partners to enhance Padcev clinical impact

6:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics

6:30 pm Evening Drinks Reception

Enjoy an informal end to the busiest conference day. With a backdrop of palm trees and the San Diego sunset, savor a drink of your choice, reconnect with peers, and meet fresh faces to break down your ADC learnings and objectives.

7:30 pm End of Scientific Program Day One