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Additional oral presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts
Sunday 26 September |
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| 11:00am | Registration |
| 1:30pm | Opening Remarks |
| Infectious disease Session Chair: Charles Serhan |
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| 1:45 - 5:00pm | Ruslan Medzhitov - Inflammation: physiology, pathology and regulation Charles Serhan - Novel Chemical Mediators and Mechanisms in the Resolution of Acute Inflammation Miguel Soares - Heme catabolism by heme oxygenase-1 limits the pathological consequences of inflammation. |
| 5:00pm | Welcome reception |
Monday 27 September |
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| 8:30am | Registration |
| Cancer Session Chair: Alberto Mantovani |
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| 9:00am - 12:15pm | Michael Karin - Control of Tumor Promotion and Metastatic Progression by Inflammatory Signaling Hua Yu - STAT3 in Cancer Inflammation and Immunity Alberto Mantovani - Cancer-related inflammation: the seventh hallmark of cancer |
| 12:15 - 3:00pm | Lunch and Poster Session I |
| Nervous system Session Chair: Richard Ransohoff |
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| 3:00 - 6:15pm | Richard Ransohoff - Chemokine receptors and neuroinflammation: A tale of versatility and specificity Britta Engelhardt - T cell migration into the CNS during health and disease: Different molecular keys allow access to different CNS compartments Kevin Tracey - Immunity Reflexively Controlled Manolis Pasparakis - Inflammatory signalling pathways regulating epithelial immune homeostasis |
| 7:30pm | “Meet the Speakers” Dinner |
“Meet the Speakers” DinnerAn optional “Meet the Speakers” dinner will be held Monday September 27th at 7:30 pm at Tromba Rija. This event offers a great opportunity for you to meet the speakers and other colleagues in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. You will have the opportunity to taste authentic Portugese cuisine including three different appetizer courses, main dish, cheese, fruit, dessert and beverages (vinho verde, sangria, beer, juice and soft drinks) all included in the price of 39 Euros. Transportation to the restaurant by bus will also be provided. Click here to download the menu Cost per person: €39.00 Sign up for the “Meet the Speakers” Event through the registration page | |
Tuesday 28 September |
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| Metabolism Session Chair: Peter Tontonoz |
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| 9:00am - 12:15pm | Peter Tontonoz - Integration of Metabolism and Inflammation by Nuclear Receptors Anthony Ferrante - Macrophages Big Eaters in Metabolism: An Immune Response to Weigh Loss and Lipolysis Steve Shoelson - Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases: Potential mediator and target for reversal |
| 12:15 - 3:00pm | Lunch and Poster Session II |
| Autoimmunity Session Chair: Brigitta Stockinger |
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| 3:00am - 6:30pm | Gitta Stockinger - Modulation of effector T cell responses Dan Cua - The protective vs. pathogenic function of innate and memory effector cells in autoimmune inflammation Mary Collins - Targeting cytokines: linking mechanism to human pathology Sasha Rudensky - Mechanisms of generation and function of regulatory T cells |
| Closing remarks and end of conference | |
