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Registration & Venue Details

The Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School is tailored to early career scientists and clinicians that are new to the field. The curriculum covers the fundamentals of cancer immunotherapy and features separate tracks, including clinical and research, allowing participants to tailor their experiences by selecting the educational path most relevant to their learning goals. 

With separate tracks, including clinical and research, participants can tailor their experience by selecting the educational path most relevant to their learning goals.

Important Dates

Registration Opens
Early July, 2025

Travel Award Applications Due
Monday, August 18, 2025 (5 p.m. PDT)

Early Registration Rates End
Saturday, December 20, 2025 (11:59 p.m. PST)

Regular Registration Deadline
Saturday, January 17, 2026 (11:59 p.m. PST)

Housing Deadline
Friday, January 23, 2026 (11:59 p.m. PST)

Housing & Venue Information

The Westin Copley Place, Boston 
10 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02116 
(617) 262-9600

 

Vaccination & Mask Requirements

At SITC programs, our goal is to have a safe and meaningful in-person experience. SITC will refer to the CDC COVID-19 Community Levels to guide health precautions for in-person meetings. In addition, SITC strongly recommends that in-person meeting attendees take the following precautions:

  • Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations
  • Take a rapid COVID test prior to attending a meeting and do not attend in person if you test positive
  • Do not attend the meeting if you have symptoms that could be consistent with a “cold” or any other respiratory infection and leave the meeting if you develop such symptoms
  • Wear a mask in crowded indoor settings
  • Follow all health and safety protocols as required by SITC and local and state health departments
  • Review current CDC and applicable local guidance for protecting yourself from COVID-19.

Attendees will have access to the meeting content online if they are unable to attend in person due to illness or a positive COVID test. For hybrid programs, attendees can change from in-person to online-only registration by contacting events@sitcancer.org.

Registered attendees will be notified in advance of any changes to precautions, recommendations or requirements for a SITC meeting.

Cancellation Policy

Refund requests should be submitted in writing to the SITC office at events@sitcancer.org by January 26, 2026. A $25 processing fee will be charged for all paid registrations. All refunds will be processed within two weeks of receipt. No refunds will be granted if cancellation is received after January 26, 2026.

Travel Awards Available

Eligibility & Criteria | 2025 Winners

To support young investigators and clinicians interested in attending the Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School, SITC is accepting applications for travel awards, which will provide reimbursement of eligible travel expenses incurred during the program up to $1,000. Five travel awardees will be selected.

The Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School Travel Awards are intended for individuals who will attend the program in person. 

 

Apply for a Travel Award

SITC established the Forward Fund in 2012, to stimulate the development and application of cancer immunology and immunotherapy by financially supporting its education and research. Contributions to the Forward Fund help provide grants to promising young post-doctoral researchers, advocate for more young scientists to enter the field of cancer immunotherapy research and much more.

Learn more about the SITC Forward Fund >

Program Organizers

Kristin Anderson, PhD

Organizer

Kristin Anderson, PhD
University of Virginia

Chrystal Paulos, PhD Winship Cancer Institute

Organizer

Chrystal Paulos, PhD
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD

Organizer

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel Powell, PhD

Program Advisor

Daniel J. Powell Jr., PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Program Details

Continuing Education Credits

Continuing Education Credits will be available for the CIWS 2026 program. We are finalizing CE details.

Networking Opportunities

Attendees will have opportunities to expand their professional network, developing new relationships with faculty and other thought leaders through small group breakout sessions and virtual networking features.

Target Audience

  • Early-to-mid career scientists in the field of cancer immunotherapy working in academic, clinical, industry and government settings
  • Individuals new to the field working in academic, clinical, industry and government settings

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School, participants are able to:

  • Describe the core principles of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy
  • Discuss recent advancements in drug and biomarker technologies and their clinical application
  • Explain appropriate clinical and/or preclinical trial data analysis methods and best practices in clinical and/or preclinical trial design

Enduring Materials

  • Those registered for the 2026 Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School will have access to enduring materials (video recordings) of the sessions within 48 hours after each session on the virtual platform.
  • Registrants will have access to enduring materials (video recordings only) on the virtual meeting platform for two weeks after the program. After that time, registrants will still have access to the content (both video recordings and slides), as permitted by presenters, on the SITC Resource Library.
  • At two weeks after the program, non-registrants will be able to purchase access to enduring materials (video recordings and slides), as permitted by presenters, on the SITC Resource Library. Non-registrants can purchase access to the enduring materials at 50% of the registration rates.
  • One year after the program, enduring materials, as permitted by presenters, will be open access to the public.

Enduring materials from past Cancer Immunotherapy Winter School programs are available.



Past Programs

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