Conference Background

Our Aims

Simply put, we bring top industry leaders, investigators and thought leaders together annually to intensively interact and share insights and accomplishments. Over our 40 year history, this formula has been incredibly successful in breaching gaps in discovery and delivery of the most promising approaches to the benefit of cancer patients.

We also foster the next generations of leaders in cancer research by sponsoring participation of the “best and brightest” post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students, veterinary students, and young faculty.
This includes highly attended and interactive platform and poster presentations as well as awarding of prizes as recognition of exemplary work.

How do we do this?

We identify the most timely topics across the broad continuum of biological research, drug development, clinical testing and application, in cancer research for each conference. The meeting format consists of invited presentations and intensive discussions in the mornings, and poster sessions and informal discussions in the afternoons and evenings. It is an atmosphere of rigorous debate but with an unusual conviviality fostered by the environment provided in Aspen, Colorado.