Keynote Speakers

Peter Doherty-01

Peter Doherty
The University of Melbourne
Australia

Jules Hoffmann-01

Jules Hoffmann
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC)
UPR 9022 CNRS
France

Tasuku Honjo

Tasuku Honjo
Kyoto University
Japan

Plenary Speakers

Zhijian James Chen

Zhijian James Chen
UT Southwestern Medical Center
USA

Carl June
University of Pennsylvania
USA

Ruslan Medzhitov

Ruslan Medzhitov
Yale University
USA

Luke O’Neill

Luke O’Neill
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Fiona Powrie

Fiona Powrie
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
University of Oxford
UK

Shimon Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University
Japan

Major Symposium Speakers

Rafi Ahmed

Rafi Ahmed
Emory University
USA

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Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Japan

Frederick Alt-01

Frederick Alt
Boston Children’s Hospital
USA

Ido Amit
Weizmann Institute
Israel

Christophe Benoist-01

Christophe Benoist

Harvard Medical School
USA

Harvey Cantor-01

Harvey Cantor

Harvard Medical School
USA

Wanjun Chen-01

Wanjun Chen

National Institutes of Health
USA

Hongbo Chi-01

Hongbo Chi
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
USA

Issac Chiu-01

Isaac Chiu
Harvard Medical School
USA

Mark Davis-01

Mark Davis
Stanford University
USA

Chen Dong-01

Chen Dong
Tsinghua University
China

Olivera Finn-01

Olivera Finn
University of Pittsburgh
USA

Richard Flavell-01

Richard Flavell

Yale University
USA

Ronald Germain-01

Ronald Germain
National Institutes of Health
USA

Christopher Goodnow-01

Christopher Goodnow
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Australia

Douglas Green-01

Douglas Green
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
USA

David Hafler-01

David Hafler
Yale University
USA

Adrian Hayday-01

Adrian Hayday
King’s College London
UK

Kenya Honda
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS)
Japan

Steffen Jung-01

Steffen Jung
Weizmann Institute
Israel

Stefan Kaufmann-01

Stefan Kaufmann
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Germany

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Vijay Kuchroo
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
USA

Warren Leonard-01

Warren Leonard
National Institutes of Health
USA

Dan Littman-01

Dan Littman
New York University
USA

Laura Mackay-01

Laura Mackay
The University of Melbourne
Australia

Tak Mak

Tak Mak
CFIBCR @ PMCC, UHN
Canada

Alberto Mantovani-01

Alberto Mantovani
Humanitas University
Italy

Diane Mathis-01

Diane Mathis
Harvard Medical School
USA

Andrew McMichael-01

Andrew McMichael
University of Oxford
UK

Daniel Mucida-01

Daniel Mucida
Rockefeller University
USA

Mihai Netea-01

Mihai Netea
Radboud University Medical Center
Netherlands

Birgitta Henriques Normark-01

Birgitta Henriques Normark
Karolinska Institute
Sweden

Michel Nussenzweig-01

Michel Nussenzweig
The Rockefeller University
USA

Anne O'Garra-01

Anne O’Garra
The Francis Crick Institute
UK

Andreas Radbruch-01

Andreas Radbruch
DRFZ
Germany

Nicholas Restifo-01

Nicholas Restifo
National Institutes of Health
USA

Alexander Rudensky-01

Alexander Rudensky
MSK Cancer Center
USA

Robert Schreiber-01

Robert Schreiber
Washington University Medical Center
USA

Feng Shao-01

Feng Shao
National Institute of Biological Sciences
China

Arlene Sharpe-01

Arlene Sharpe
Harvard Medical School
USA

Kiyoshi Takeda-01

Kiyoshi Takeda
Osaka University
Japan

Tadatsugu Taniguchi

Tadatsugu Taniguchi
University of Tokyo
Japan

Zhigang Tian-01

Zhigang Tian
University of Science and Technology of China
China

Eric Vivier

Eric Vivier

CIML
France

Arthur Weiss-01

Arthur Weiss
University of California
USA

Wayne Yokoyama-01

Wayne Yokoyama
Washington University in St. Louis
USA

Zemin Zhang-01

Zemin Zhang
Peking University
China

Weiping Zou-01

Weiping Zou
University of Michigan
USA

Symposium Speakers

Full Name Gender Affiliation Country/Region
Analia Trevani  ( Bio ) F IMEX-CONICET-Academia Nacional de Medicina Argentina
Guillermo Docena M Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina
Maria Florencia Quiroga  ( Bio ) F University of Buenos Aires Argentina
Maria Pilar Aoki  ( Bio ) F Universidad Nacional de Cordoba-CIBICI-CONICET Argentina
Alan Baxter  ( Bio ) M James Cook University Australia
Alexandra Corbett  ( Bio ) F The University of Melbourne Australia
Carolien van de Sandt  ( Bio ) F The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Australia
Cindy Ma  ( Bio ) F Garvan Institute of Medical Research Australia
Gabrielle Belz  ( Bio ) F The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australia
Joanna Groom F University of Melbourne Australia
Jose Villadangos M The University of Melbourne Australia
Kim Good-Jacobson  ( Bio ) F Monash University Australia
Mark Smyth  ( Bio ) M QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Australia
Menno van Zelm M Monash University Australia
Nicholas King M University of Sydney Australia
Nicole La Gruta F Monash University Australia
Susanne Heinzel  ( Bio ) F The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research Australia
Suzanne Cory Adams  ( Bio ) F Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Australia
Cláudia Ida Brodskyn F LaIPHE- Laboratório de Interação Parasita-Hospedeiro e Epidemiologia Brazil
Joao Santana da Silva M University of São Paulo Brazil
Jorge Kalil  ( Bio ) M Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade M Medicina Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Brazil
Patricia Bozza F Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ Brazil
Ricardo Gazzinelli  ( Bio ) M Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brazil
Hanne Ostergaard F University of Alberta Canada
Michael Ratcliffe  ( Bio ) M University of Toronto Canada
Nathalie Labrecque  ( Bio ) F University of Montreal Canada
Pamela Ohashi F Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Canada
Yonghong Wan M McMaster University Canada
Daniela Sauma  ( Bio ) F University of Chile/Universidad de Chile Chile
María Rosa Bono F Universidad de Chile Chile
Anlong Xu  ( Bio ) M Beijing University of Chinese Medicine China
Bing Su  ( Bio ) M Shanghai Jiao Tong University  School of Medicine/Shanghai Institute of Immunology China
Bing Sun  ( Bio ) M Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Bo Huang M Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences China
Chengjiang Gao  ( Bio ) M Shandong University China
Chenqi Xu  ( Bio ) M Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Chunhong Ma F Shandong University China
Cuihua Liu  ( Bio ) F Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Hai Qi M Tsinghua University China
Lanfen Chen  ( Bio ) F Xiamen University China
Li Wu F Tsinghua University China
Lilin Ye M Third Military Medical University China
Limin Zheng M Sun Yat-sen University China
Qingqing Wang  ( Bio ) F Zhejiang University China
Taoyong Chen  ( Bio ) M National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology & Institute of Immunology, Second Military Medical University China
Wei He  ( Bio ) M Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College China
Xiaolong Liu M Shanghai Institute of Biochmistry and Cell Biology, CAS China
Xiaoyu Hu  ( Bio ) F Tsinghua University China
Xin Lin M Tsinghua University China
Xuan Zhang M Peking Union Medical College Hospital China
Yiwei Chu  ( Bio ) F Fudan University China
Yuting Ma F Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences China
Yuzhang Wu  ( Bio ) M Institute of Immunology,PLA China
Zhanguo Li M Peking University People’s Hospital China
Zhihua Liu F Institute of Biophysics, CAS China
Zhihong Zhang  ( Bio ) F Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology China
Zusen Fan  ( Bio ) M Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Luis Fernando Garcia M Universidad de Antioquia Colombia
Stipan Jonjic  ( Bio ) M University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine Croatia
Oliver Perez  ( Bio ) M Havana Medical University Cuba
Raul Ramos Pupo  ( Bio ) M Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences of University of Medical Sciences of Havana Cuba
Allan Randrup Thomsen  ( Bio ) M University of Copenhagen Denmark
Grith Lykke Sørensen F University of Southern Denmark Denmark
Trevor Owens M University of Southern Denmark Denmark
Pärt Peterson M University of Tartu Estonia
Seppo Meri  ( Bio ) M University of Helsinki Finland
Sirpa Jalkanen  ( Bio ) F University of Turku Finland
Anne Dejean F INSERM France
Bernard Malissen  ( Bio ) M Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy France
Catherine Sautès-Fridman  ( Bio ) F INSERM U1138 France
Claire Rogel-Gaillard  ( Bio ) F INRA France
Claude-Agnès Reynaud  ( Bio ) F Institut Necker-Enfants Malades France
David Klatzmann M Sorbonne University France
Olivier Boyer M Université de Rouen France
Pierre Miossec  ( Bio ) M University of Lyon France
Régis Josien  ( Bio ) M Université de Nantes France
Sebastian Amigorena  ( Bio ) M Institut Curie France
Alexander Scheffold  ( Bio ) M University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Chiara Romagnani F German Rheumatism Research Centre Germany
Dieter Kabelitz  ( Bio ) M University of Kiel/Germany, Institute of Immunology Germany
Eicke Latz M Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn Germany
Hans-Martin Jäck  ( Bio ) M University of Erlangen Germany
Hedda Wardemann  ( Bio ) F German Cancer Research Center Germany
Immo Prinz  ( Bio ) M Hannover Medical School Germany
Stefan Meuer M University of Heidelberg Germany
Thomas Kamradt M University Hospital Jena Germany
Carsten Watzl  ( Bio ) M Leibniz Research Center Dortmund (IfADo) Germany
Hans-Martin Jäck M University of Erlangen Germany
Kathy Lui  ( Bio ) F The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Liwei Lu  ( Bio ) M The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Wenwei Tu M The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Attila Mocsai M Semmelweis University Hungary
Amit Awasthi M Translational Health Science and Technology Institute India
Madhu Tapadia F Benaras Hindu University India
Narinder Mehra M All India Institute Of Medical Sciences India
Sunil Arora  ( Bio ) M PGIMER, Chandigarh India
Mira Barda-Saad  ( Bio ) F Bar-Ilan University Israel
Shai Shen-Orr M Israel Institute of Technology Israel
Angela Santoni F Sapienza University of Rome Italy
Cecilia Garlanda  ( Bio ) F Humanitas University Italy
Francesca Granucci  ( Bio ) F University of Milano-Bicocca Italy
Francesco Annunziato M University of Florence Italy
Luigina Romani  ( Bio ) F University of Perugia Italy
Marco Antonio Cassatella M University of Verona Italy
Maria Rescigno F Humanitas University Italy
Matteo Iannacone  ( Bio ) M San Raffaele Scientific Institute Italy
Rita Carsetti F Bambino Gesù Children Hospital Italy
Vincenzo Bronte M University of Verona Italy
Hiroshi Ohno  ( Bio ) M RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Japan
Ichiro Taniuchi  ( Bio ) M RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Japan
Kazuyo Moro  ( Bio ) F Osaka University Shool of Medicine Japan
Masaru Taniguchi M RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Japan
Shigeo Koyasu  ( Bio ) M RIKEN Japan
Shohei Hori  ( Bio ) M Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo Japan
Sidonia Fagarasan F RIKEN Yokohama Institute Japan
Xiao-Kang Li  ( Bio ) M NCCHD Japan
Faith Osier F KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Kenya
Chang-Duk Jun  ( Bio ) M GIST Korea
Eui-Cheol Shin  ( Bio ) M Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Korea
Sin-Hyeog Im  ( Bio ) M Pohang University of Sciences and Technology (POSTECH) Korea
Tae Jin Kim  ( Bio ) M Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Korea
Luljeta Neziri Ahmetaj F University of Prishtina Kosovo
Henry Mwandumba M Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW) Malawi
Gloria Guillermina Guerrero Manriquez F Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas Mexico
Leopoldo Santos-Argumedo  ( Bio ) M CINVESTAV-IPN Mexico
Linde Meijaard F University Medical Center Utrecht Netherlands
Franca Ronchese  ( Bio ) F Malaghan Institute of Medical Research New Zealand
Roslyn Kemp  ( Bio ) F University of Otago New Zealand
Trude Helen Flo  ( Bio ) F Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway
Jacek M. Witkowski  ( Bio ) M Medical University of Gdańsk Poland
Luis Graca  ( Bio ) M University of Lisbon Portugal
Sergei Nedospasov  ( Bio ) M Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology Russia
Maguette Sylla Niang F Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (Senegal) Senegal
Florent Ginhoux M Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) Singapore
Nicholas Gascoigne M National University of Singapore Singapore
Iva Hafner Bratkovic  ( Bio ) F National Institute of Chemistry Slovenia Slovenia
Vladka Čurin Šerbec  ( Bio ) F Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia Slovenia
Clive Gray  ( Bio ) M University of Cape Town South Africa
África González-Fernández  ( Bio ) F Universidad de Vigo Spain
Eva Martinez Caceres  ( Bio ) F Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital. Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (Spain) Spain
Pilar Martín Fernández F National Centre for Cardiovascular Research Spain
Liv Eidsmo F Karolinska Institutet Sweden
Nils Lycke  ( Bio ) M University of Gothenburg Sweden
Andrea Ablasser F École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland
Antonio Lanzavaccia M Institute for Research in Biomedicine Switzerland
Onur Boyman  ( Bio ) M University of Zurich Switzerland
Fu-Tong Liu  ( Bio ) M Academia Sinica Taiwan, China
Amel Benamma Elgaaïed F Tunisian Society of Immunology Tunisia
Mohamed Ridha Barbouche  ( Bio ) M Pasteur Institute of Tunis Tunisia
Günnur Deniz  ( Bio ) F Istanbul University, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine Turkey
Ihsan Gursel M Bilkent University Turkey
Arne Akbar M University College London UK
Benedict Seddon  ( Bio ) M University College London UK
Caetano Reis e Sousa M The Francis Crick Institute UK
Claudia Mauri F University College London UK
Elizabeth Mann F University of Manchester UK
Etty Tika Benveniste  ( Bio ) F University of Alabama at Birmingham UK
Gary Entrican  ( Bio ) M University of Edinburgh UK
Lucy Walker  ( Bio ) F University College London UK
Matthew Hepworth  ( Bio ) M University of Manchester UK
Peter Openshaw  ( Bio ) M Imperial College London UK
Tao Dong  ( Bio ) F University of Oxford UK
Ana Anderson F Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital USA
Merrill Eric Gershwin  ( Bio ) M University of California USA
Gail Bishop  ( Bio ) F University of Iowa USA
Grace Chen F Yale University USA
Jay Berzofsky  ( Bio ) M National Cancer Institute USA
Jinfang Zhu  ( Bio ) M National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health USA
Kathleen Sullivan  ( Bio ) F Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia USA
Min Wu M University of North Dakota USA
Rongfu Wang M Cornell University USA
Shao-Cong Sun  ( Bio ) M The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center USA
Xiao-Hong Sun  ( Bio ) F Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation USA
Xue-Zhong Yu  ( Bio ) M Medical University of South Carolina USA
Yousuke Takahama M National Institutes of Health USA
Zihai Li M The Ohio State University USA