Under the leadership of Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (h.c.), CEO of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, CEO of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), we are thrilled to join in our fifth biennial conference on lung cancer research and treatment. The translational science featured at this conference will include basic research foundation at the bench to patient care in the clinic.