Plenary Sessions
SUNDAY, September 23, 2018
19:00 – 20:30: Opening Plenary Session (OC01)
- OC01.01 – Eradicating Lung Cancer
Prabat Jha, Canada
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 – 15:25: PL04.01 – Immunotherapy
David R Gandara, USA - 15:25 – 15:35: PL04.02 – Biomarkers
Fred Hirsch, USA - 15:35 – 15:45: PL04.03 – Surgery
Ramon Rami-Porta, Spain - 15:45 – 15:55: PL04.06 – Radiation Oncology
Jose Belderbos, Netherlands - 15:55 – 16:05: PL04.04 – Clinical Research in Latin America
Clarissa Mathias, Brazil - 16:05 – 16:15: PL04.05 – Targeted Therapy
Michael Boyer, Australia - 16:15 – 16:25: PL04.07 – Discussion and Q&A
- 16:25 – 16:30: PL04.08 – Invitation to WCLC 2019 Barcelona, Spain