The BARCELONA BIOMED CONFERENCE on METASTASIS GENES AND FUNCTIONS will be hosted by the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) in the heart of downtown Barcelona. Talks will take place in the Sala Prat de Riba.

Institut d'Estudis Catalans
C. del Carme, 47
08001 Barcelona

Tel +34 932 701 620
Fax +34 932 701 180
informacioiec.cat
www.iec.cat

How to reach the IEC by public transport:

• Metro
  Plaça Catalunya (lines 1 and 3)
  Liceu (line 3)
• FGC
  Plaça Catalunya (train from Sarrià)
• Renfe
  Plaça Catalunya
• Buses
  41, 55, 141 (Plaça Catalunya stop)
  14, 18, 59, 91 (Rambla stop)

Speakers will be lodged at the Hotel Catalonia Ramblas
c/ Pelayo, 28
08001 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93.316.84.00
Fax. +34 93.316.84.01
e-mail: ramblas.comercialhoteles-catalonia.es
web: www.hoteles-catalonia.com

Help in finding accommodation in Barcelona can be obtained through the following websites:

• Barcelona University Centre - BCU (housing service for students)
• Barcelona tourism

For more information about Barcelona, you can also consult the IRB Barcelona web section "Living in Barcelona".

Chairs:

• Tyler Jacks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA)
• Joan Massagué, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA)

List of Speakers:

• Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
• José Baselga, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona, Spain)
• Robert Benezra, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA)
• Gabriele Bergers, University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, USA)
• Michael Bishop, University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, USA)
• Lynda Chin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA)
• Arul Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA)
• Gerhard Christofori, University of Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
• Brunhilde Felding-Habermann, The Scripps Research Institute (San Diego, USA)
• Doug Hanahan, University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, USA)
• Mary Hendrix, Northwestern University (Evanston, USA)
• Richard Hynes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA)
• Johanna Joyce, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA)
• Christoph Klein, University of Regensburg, Division of Oncogenomics (Regensburg, Germany)
• David Lyden, Weil – Cornell Medical College of Cornell University (New York, USA)
• Joseph Nevins, Duke University Medical Centre (Durham, USA)
• Jeffrey Pollard, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, USA)
• Sylvie Robine, Institut Curie (Paris, France)
• Harold Varmus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA)
• Robert Weinberg, Whitehead Institute (Cambridge, USA)
• Zena Werb, University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, USA)