Agenda at a Glance
Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3 | Salt Palace Convention Center
Agenda subject to change
Thursday, April 30th
3pm - 5pm | Registration & CCF Store Open
5pm - 7pm | Welcome Dinner
Friday, May 1st
Patient & Caregiver Track
Science Track
7am | Registration & CCF Store Open
7am - 8am | Breakfast
8am - 8:30am | Opening Session
Presenter: Stacie Lindsey | Title: Welcome, Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going
Presenter: Melinda Bachini | Title: Advocacy Updates
8:30am - 8:45am | Presenter: Lilian Chavira | Title: Rooted in FAITH, Driven by LOVE, Fueled by HOPE
SESSION CHAIRS | CCF Advocacy Team
8:45am - 9am | Presenter: Stephanie Moore | Title: Nutrition considerations for CFF patients and caregivers: Tips for eating well
9am - 9:15am | Presenter: Amelia Wagenknecht | Title: Movement Is Medicine: Exercising During & After Cholangiocarcinoma
9:15am - 9:30am | Presenter: Chelsie Silveira | Title: Coping with the Unknown
9:30am - 9:45am | Presenter: Sofia Fernandez | Title: Navigating Insurance and Finances
9:45am - 10am | Presenter: Moore, Wagenknecht, Silveira, and Fernandez | Title: Q&A
10am - 10:30am | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | CCF Advocacy Team
10:30am - 11am | Presenter: Midhun Malla | Title: Navigating Cholangiocarcinoma: Knowledge, Options and Hope
11am - 11:20am | Presenter: Shishir Maithel | Title: Surgery for Cholangiocarcinoma: One Part of the Treatment Journey
11:20am - 11:40am | Presenter: Mark Ghobrial | Title: Outcomes of Transplantation for Intrahepatic CCA
11:40am - 12pm | Presenter: Marina Baretti | Title: Clinical Trials in Cholangiocarcinoma: Myths, Facts, and Opportunities
12pm - 12:15pm | Presenter: Trudy Wu | Title: Does “Unresectable” Mean “Untreatable”? The Role of Local Radiation Therapy & Ask the Expert
12:15pm - 12:30pm | Presenter: Hop Sanderson Tran Cao | Title: Histotripsy - Facts, Fiction, and the Space in Between
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch
1:30pm - 1:50pm | Presenter: Mandy Wallace | Title: Patient Perspective
SESSION CHAIRS | Luke Boulter & Haley Ellis
1:50pm - 2:20pm | Presenter: Nabeel Bardeesy | Title: Therapy Resistance and Combination Strategies in Cholangiocarcinoma: Navigating Adaptive Responses and Lineage States
SESSION CHAIRS | CCF Advocacy Team
2:30pm - 2:45pm | Presenter: Erin Linnenbringer | Title: Working Together: Insights from a Participant-Driven Cancer Genome Study”
2:45pm - 3pm | Presenter: Amerti Guta | Title: Updates and Emerging Insights from the Cholangiocarcinoma Genome-Wide Association Study(GWAS)
3pm - 3:30pm | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | CCF Advocacy Team
3:30pm - 4pm | Presenter: Eric Tran | Title: The evolving landscape of cellular immunotherapy in cholangiocarcinoma
4pm - 5pm | Presenter: Shishir Maithel, Haley Ellis, Trudy Wu | Topic: Ask the Expert
5pm | CCF Store Closed
5pm - 6:30pm | Dinner
7am | Registration & CCF Store Open
7am - 8am | Breakfast
8am - 8:30am | Opening Session
Presenter: Stacie Lindsey | Title: Welcome, Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going
Presenter: Melinda Bachini | Title: Advocacy Updates
8:30am - 8:45am | Presenter: Lilian Chavira | Title: Rooted in FAITH, Driven by LOVE, Fueled by HOPE
8:45am - 8:50am | Transition to Ballroom I
SESSION CHAIRS | James Cleary & Justin Lo
8:50am - 9:10am | Presenter: Haeseong Park | Topic: Claudin 18.2 | Title: TBD
9:10am - 9:30am | Presenter: Edward Jarman | Title: Early neoplastic transition states as targets for cholangiocarcinoma prevention
9:30am - 9:35am | Co-Chair Introduction of Juniors
9:35am - 10am | Presenter: Junior Faculty | Title: Junior Speed Talks
9:35am - 9:39am | Presenter: Rory Smoot | Title: TEAD Inhibition by IAG933 as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Cholangiocarcinoma
9:39am – 9:43 am | Presenter: Vivian Ortiz | Title: IRAK4 Is a Potential Target for the Treatment of Biliary Tract Cancer
9:43am - 9:47am | Presenter: Alberto Tinahones-Ruano | Title: Functional and Mechanistic Role of lncRNA-A1 in Cholangiocarcinoma
9:47am - 9:51am | Presenter: Akhila Reddy | Title: Characterizing Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Clinical Landscape in CCNE/CCND Amplified Biliary Tract Cancer
9:51am - 9:55am | Presenter: Felix Beaudry | Title: Biliary Tract Cancer Consensus Molecular Subtypes Improve Outcome Stratification Over Anatomy
10am - 10:30am | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | Greg Lesinski & Ainhoa Lapitz
10:30am - 10:50am | Presenter: Guido Carpino | Title: Clinical and Molecular Relevance of Histo-Morphology in Cholangiocarcinoma: The European CCA Histology Registry Experience
10:50am - 11:10am | Presenter: Jesper Andersen | Title: DELPI-AI: Deploying artificial intelligence to improve biliary tract cancer management
11:10am - 11:30am | Presenter: Mitchell Ho | Title: Development of Mesothelin-Targeting CAR T Cell Therapy
11:30am - 11:50am | Presenter: Antonella Cammarota | Title: B-cell immunity in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: from immune dysfunction to tertiary lymphoid structures
11:50am - 12:10pm | Presenter: Robert Schwabe | Title: Multimodal Combination Therapy for Cholangiocarcinoma
12:10pm - 12:15pm | Co-Chair Introduction of Juniors
12:15pm - 12:30pm | Presenter: Junior Faculty | Title: Junior Speed Talks
12:15pm - 12:20pm | Presenter: Rime Jebai | Title: Association Between Diabetes and Gallbladder Cancer Risk Among Chilean Women with Gallstones: Findings from the Chile Biliary Longitudinal Study
12:20pm - 12:25pm | Presenter: Alexandra Wolf | Title: A novel immuno-oncology preclinical pipeline to study FGFR2 fusion-driven cholangiocarcinoma
12:25pm - 12:30pm | Presenter: Mohamed Nuh | Title: Therapeutic Targeting of IDHl Mutations in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Arising in Oilier Disease
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch
1:30pm - 1:50pm | Presenter: Mandy Wallace | Title: Patient Perspective
SESSION CHAIRS | Luke Boulter & Haley Ellis
1:50pm - 2:20pm | Presenter: Nabeel Bardeesy | Title: Therapy Resistance and Combination Strategies in Cholangiocarcinoma: Navigating Adaptive Responses and Lineage States
2:20pm - 2:40pm | Presenter: Vindhya Vijay | Title: Beyond Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors: Lineage Identity Defines Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Cholangiocarcinoma
2:40pm - 3pm | Presenter: Matias Avila | Title: Protein Arginine Methyltransferases as Potential Pharmacological Targets in Cholangiocarcinoma
3pm - 3:30pm | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | Sita Kugel & Bridget Keenan
3:30pm - 3:50pm | Presenter: Jesús Bañales | Title: Aurkine: New Hope for Hard-to-Treat Solid Tumors
3:50pm - 4:10pm | Presenter: Tim Greten | Title: B cells mediate anti-tumor immunity upon combined immune checkpoint inhibitor plus anti-VEGF therapy
4:10pm - 4:30pm | Presenter: Daniela Sia | Title: B7-H4 drives stromal remodeling and CCA growth through T cell-independent mechanisms
4:30pm - 4:50pm | Presenter: Colm O'Rourke | Title: Rapid Progressors & Long Survivors: A Translational Perspective
4:50pm - 5:10pm | Presenter: Cassian Yee | Title: Uncommon Cancer, Common Insight: TCR Targets in Cholangiocarcinoma
5pm | CCF Store Closed
5:10pm - 6:30pm | Dinner
Saturday, May 2nd
Clinical Track
7am | CCF Store Open
7am - 8am | Breakfast
8am - 8:30am | Presenter: Juan Valle | Title: Advancing Cholangiocarcinoma Research Together
8:30am - 8:50am | Presenter: Steven West | Title: Patient Perspective
SESSION CHAIRS | Lewis Roberts & Soravis Osataphan
8:50am - 9:10am | Presenter: Adriana Gamboa | Title: Management of localized disease (to cover surgery, transplantation, locoregional)
9:10am - 9:30am | Presenter: Tim Pawlik | Title: On the Margin: Surgical Approaches to Borderline Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
9:30am - 9:50am | Presenter: Sheraz Yaqub | Title: Pushing the limits, expanding possibilities: surgery for cholangiocarcinoma
9:50am - 10am | General Discussion
10am - 10:30am | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | Ryan Fields & Mark Yarchoan
10:30am - 10:50am | Presenter: Govindarajan Narayanan | Topic: Y90 vs Heat | Title: TBD
10:50am - 11:10am | Presenter: Nilo Azad | Title: Cholangiocarcinoma gets an invitation to the KRAS ball
11:10am - 11:30am | Presenter: Lipika Goyal | Title: From Histology to Biology: How Basket Trials are Redefining Cholangiocarcinoma
11:30am - 11:50am | Presenter: Changhoon Yoo | Title: What Can We Learn from Trials in Asia
11:50am - 12:30pm | Presenter: Katie Kelley, Shishir Maithel, Eugene Koay, James Harding, Ryan Fields | Title: Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch
1:30pm - 1:50pm | Presenter: Michelle Lundy | Title: Caregiver Perspective
SESSION CHAIRS | Sameek Roychowdhury & Farinaz Barghi
1:50pm - 2:10pm | Presenter: Anthony El-Khoueiry | Topic: Looking Down the Pipeline | Title: TBD
2:10pm - 2:30pm | Presenter: Funda Meric-Bernstam | Title: ADCs for biliary tract cancers
2:30pm - 2:50pm | Presenter: Mark Yarchoan | Title: Clinical Progress in Cholangiocarcinoma: Review of Key Industry Abstracts
2:50pm - 3pm | General Discussion
3pm - 3:30pm | Break/Networking
3:30pm - 5:30pm | Oral/Poster Walk & Fellowships Presentations
3pm- 3:40 | Poster Walk
- Clinical Walk | Sheraz Yaqub, Jill Koshiol, George Riddle
- Science Walk | Lara Heij, Luke Boulter, Art Brace
SESSION CHAIRS | Flavio Rocha and Rachna Shroff
3:45pm - 4:15pm | Poster Oral Presentations
3:45pm – 3:51pm | Presenter: Valerie Gunchick Title: Cholangiocarcinoma incidence in the United States: Analysis of 121,732,956 adult individuals
3:51pm – 3:57pm | Presenter: Enis Ozmert Title: Aptamer-targeted delivery of siRNA therapeutics for cholangiocarcinoma
3:57pm – 4:03pm | Presenter: Ainhoa Lapitz Title: Novel blood metabolomic tests for the diagnosis of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and associated Cholangiocarcinoma
4:03pm – 4:09pm | Presenter: Katie Kelley Title: A phase 1/2 trial investigating ivosidenib plus nivolumab and ipilimumab in patients with previously treated mIDH1 CCA
4:09pm – 4:15pm | Presenter: Kirk Fowers Title: Y90 Glass Microsphere Treatment for iCCA: Final Results from the Largest Prospective Real-World Study (PROACTIF)
4:15pm - 5:30pm | Fellowship Presentations
4:15pm – 4:21pm | Presenter: Ghada Nouairia Title: Developing a blood-based test for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of cholangiocarcinoma
4:21pm – 4:27pm | Presenter: Dong-Gi Mun Title: Novel glycopeptide biomarkers for diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma
4:27pm – 4:33pm | Presenter: Ainhoa Lapitz Title: Development of a polygenic risk score to predict recurrence and survival in patients with resected cholangiocarcinoma
4:33pm – 4:39pm | Presenter: Soravis Osataphan Title: Mapping the tumor and immune microenvironment in liver-fluke-associated cholangiocarcinoma
4:39pm – 4:45pm | Presenter: Binbin Li Title: Chemotherapy-Induced Senescence Promotes Tumor Immunosuppression in Cholangiocarcinoma
4:45pm – 4:51pm | Presenter: Justin Lo Title: Targeting Pin1 in cholangiocarcinoma tumor and stromal cells using siRNA therapeutics
4:51pm – 4:57pm | Presenter: Farinaz Barghi Title: Therapeutic Strategies for Targeting KRAS in Biliary Tract Carcinoma
4:57pm – 5:03pm | Presenter: Georgios Koulios Title: Inhibition of tropomyosin receptor kinase signaling as a therapeutic approach for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
5:03pm – 5:09pm | Presenter: Davide Povero Title: BAP1 loss-of-function protects mitochondria and confers cholangiocarcinoma resistance to ferroptosis
5:09pm – 5:15pm | Presenter: Haley Ellis Title: Resistance to Mutant IDH1 Inhibition in Cholangiocarcinoma
5:30pm - 6pm | A Toast to the Future
6pm | CCF Store Closed
6pm - 9pm | Awards Ceremony & Dinner
Sunday, May 3rd
Clinical Track
7am | CCF Store Open
7am - 8am | Breakfast
8am - 8:20am | Presenter: Keaton Herzer | Title: Moving Faster Than CCA: Fighting the System & Cancer
SESSION CHAIRS | Tim Greten & Davide Povero
8:20am - 8:50am | Presenter: Tak Mak | Title: Beyond Immune Checkpoint Blockade: Emerging Strategies
8:50am - 9:10am | Presenter: Eugene Koay | Title: Multidisciplinary Tumor Board: Establishing evidence to use high dose radiotherapy for cholangiocarcinoma
9:10am - 9:30am | Presenter: Skye Mayo | Title: Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump Chemotherapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Improving Survival and Quality of Life
9:30am - 9:50am | Presenter: Arndt Vogel | Title: Sequencing: when to intervene with IR and when not to
9:50am - 10am | General Discussion
10am - 10:30am | Break/Networking
SESSION CHAIRS | Juan Valle & Ghada Nouairia
10:30am - 11am | Presenter: Gregory Gores | Title: Research in Cholangiocarcinoma: Accomplishments, Advances and Aspirations
11am - 11:20am | Presenter: Milind Javle | Title: Artificial Intelligence vs. Clinical Experience: Who Will Lead the Future of Cholangiocarcinoma Care?
11:20am - 11:40am | Presenter: Stephen Rossi | Title: Bridging the PSC and CCA Patient Communities in Clinical Research: Moving the Patient Voice into Action
11:40am - 11:44am | Presenter: Luke Bolter & Tim Greten | Title: Conference Co-Chairs Closing Remarks
11:44am - 12:04pm | Presenter: Melinda Bachini, Juan Valle & Stacie Lindsey | Title: Closing Session
12pm | CCF Store Closed

