Plenary Sessions

SUNDAY, September 23, 2018

19:00 – 20:30: Opening Plenary Session (OC01)

• 19:00 – 19:10: OC01.01 – Eradicating Lung Cancer
  Prabat Jha, Canada
• 19:10 – 19:20: OC01.02 – Tobacco Free World
  Bronwyn King, Australia

MONDAY, September 24, 2018

08:15 – 09:45: Plenary Session (PL01) – Patients First
Moderators: Andrea Bezjak, Canada; Paul Bunn Jr., USA, Lucy Kalanithi, USA

• 08:15 – 08:25: PL01.01 – When Breath Becomes Air
• 08:25 – 08:40: PL01.02 – Science that Matters
  David Carbone, USA
• 08:40 – 08:55: PL01.03 – Trials that Matter!
  Tony Mok, Hong Kong
• 08:55 – 09: PL01.04 – Getting Drugs to Patients Faster: A Global View
  Solange Peters, Switzerland
• 09:10 – 09:25: PL01.05 – Conquering Lung Cancer – The IASLC Vision
  Giorgio Scagliotti, Italy
• 09:25 – 09:40: PL01.06 – Patients First
  Tish Vigna, Canada

TUESDAY, September 25, 2018

08:35 – 10:25: Presidential Symposium (PL02) – Top 4 Abstracts
Moderators: Frances Shepherd, Canada; Giorgio, Scagliotti, Italy: Ming Tsao, Canada

Please note that Abstract titles will be released on August 10, 2018.

WEDNESDAY, September 26, 2018

08:35 – 09:40: Plenary Session (PL03): Call to Action – Challenges Ahead
Moderators: Gail Darling, Canada; Nagahiro Saijo, Japan

• • 08:15 – 08:30: PL03.01 – From Bench to Bedside
    Charles Swanton, USA
  • 08:30 – 08:45: PL03.02 – Host Immunity – No Longer a Passive Bystander
    Julie Brahmer, USA
  • 08:45 – 09:00: PL03.03 – Beaming into the Future
    David Palma, Canada
  • 09:00 – 09:15: PL03.04 – A Cut Above
  • 09:15 – 09:30: PL03.05 – It’s All In The Tissue
    Keith Kerr, UK
  • 09:30 – 09:40: PL03.06 – The Future of Targeted Therapy
    Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Japan

15: 15 – 16:30: Plenary Session (PL04): Take Action – Key Messages from WCLC 2018 and Goals for 2019
Moderators: Natasha Leighl, Canada; Robert Pirker, Austria

• 15:15 – 15:20: PL04.01 – Medical Oncology
  David R Gandara, USA
• 15:20 – 15:25: PL04.02 – Pathology
  Fred Hirsch, USA
• 15:25 – 15:30: PL04.03 – Surgery
  Ramon Rami-Porta, Spain
• 15:30 – 15:35: PL04.06 – Radiation Oncology
  Jose Belderbos, Netherlands
• 15:35 – 15:40: PL04.04 – Americas
  Clarissa Mathias, Brazil
• 15:40 – 15:45: PL04.05 – Asia Pacific
  Michael Boyer, Australia
• 15:45 – 16:25: PL04.07 – Discussion and Q&A
• 16:25 – 16:30: PL04.08 – Invitation to WCLC 2019 Barcelona, Spain