Speaker Profile
Ph.D., CEO and President, Aprea Tx
Biography
Oren Gilad, Ph.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer since July 2022 and as President and a member of our Board of Directors since May 2022. He previously served as President and CEO of Atrin Pharmaceuticals Inc. at the time of its acquisition by Aprea. He brings extensive experience across multiple phases of drug development. Prior to founding Atrin in 2011, Dr. Gilad authored several high-impact scientific publications over the course of a 13-year academic career, including a demonstration of the importance of the ATR pathway in cancer development and treatment. Dr. Gilad holds a Ph.D. from University of California at Davis and a B.Sc. from the Hebrew University.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Razelle Kurzrock, Emory
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Antoni Ribas, UCLA Health (Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• Antoni Ribas, UCLA Health
• Gerold Meinhardt, Daiichi Sankyo
• Katy Rezvani, MD Anderson
• Javad Shahidi, BeOne
• Alicia Zhou, Cancer Research Institute
• Oren Gilad, Aprea Therapeutics
• Adam Palmer, UNC
• Trever Bivona, UCSF
• Laura Volta, Penn Medicine
• Vivek Subbiah, Stanford
• Mark Stewart, Friends of Cancer Research
Precision Immunotherapy After PD-1
Cells, bispecifics, ADCs, and new combination logic after checkpoint failure.
Biomarkers That Matter
Selecting patients for immunotherapy and targeted therapy with decision-grade biomarkers.
Resistance Biology & Adaptive Combination Strategies
How tumors adapt, and how to sequence therapy around that biology.
Which Immune Cells Can Be Programmed In Vivo?
The next wave of immune-cell engineering and where it may matter first.
Rare Cancers, Basket Trials & N-of-1 Playbooks
Moving from histology-agnostic evidence to individualized precision oncology.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.
