GENERAL INFORMATION

Venue and DateLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGeschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 l 80539 Munich (DE)10–13 September 2019 Websitewww.immunology-conference.de

OrganizerLudwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenin cooperation with German Society for Immunology (DGfI) l www.dgfi.orgItalian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology andAllergology (SIICA) l www.siica.orgin collaboration with Technische Universität München

Congress Chairs and Co-Organizers

Steering Committee of SIICA and DGfI

CertificationCredit points for continuing medical education will be applied to theMedical Council (Ärztekammer) of the State of Bavaria.

Professional Congress OrganizerConventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbHNadia Al-Hamadi/Claudia IboldPhone +49 3641 31 16-315/-333immunology@conventus.de l www.conventus.de

Industrial ExhibitionInterested companies are invited to request detailed information on the exhibition modalities from the professional conference organizer Conventus.

Angela Santoni, PhDSapienza University of RomeDepartment of Molecular Medic ineImmunology, Cancer ResearchRome/IT

Thomas Brocker, PhDLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München Biomedical CenterInstitute for ImmunologyMunich/DE

Angela Santoni (Rome)Francesco Annunziato (Florence)Marco A. Cassatella (Verona)Andrea Cossarizza (Modena)Angelo Vacca (Bari)

Thomas Brocker (Munich)Thomas Kamradt (Jena)Carsten Watzl (Dortmund)Jürgen Wienands (Göttingen)

II Joint Meeting of the German Society for Immunology (DGfl)

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Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA)

10–13 SEPTEMBER 2019 • MUNICH

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PELIMINARY PROGRAM

WELCOME NOTE

Dear colleagues and friends,

On behalf of the board members of the Italian Society for Immunolo-gy, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA) and the German Society for Immunology (DGfI), we are pleased to invite you to our joint annual meeting in Munich running from 10–13 September. After a highly successful joint meeting of both societies in Riccione, Italy, in 2011 we are looking forward to seeing you in Munich, the heart of Bavaria, for our next joint meeting.

Munich is the home of two highly renowned German universities, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Tech-nische Universität München (TUM). In addition, the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz Zentrum München and numerous biotech companies and start-ups make Munich a lively environment for basic and translational research in immunology. Scientists in Munich ac-tively participate in a series of immunologically focused Collaborative Research Centres (CRCs) currently funded by the German Research Council (DFG). These include: CRC1054 “Plasticity of immune cell fate decisions”, CRC914 “Trafficking of immune cells”, CRC1123 “Atherosclerosis”, CRC824 “Cancer therapies”, TRR127 “Xenotran-plantation”, TRR128 “Multiple Sclerosis” and TRR179 ”Hepatitis-Virus-Infection”. The Munich biotech cluster of approximately 250 companies, with two innovation and founding centers for biotech-nology, demonstrates the important focus the city and region places on personalized medicine and immunotherapy.

The joint SIICA- and DGfI-meeting in 2019 will take place in the main building of the LMU in the heart of Munich at the historic Geschwister-Scholl-Platz. This location is surrounded by historic buildings, beer gardens, the famous “Englischer Garten” city park, as well as a vibrant city and university life, all well-connected by easily accessible public transportation.The organizing committee will strive to bring together an interesting program covering current topics of basic and translational immunol-ogy research in plenary sessions, main symposia and workshops. We invite everyone to submit abstracts early in 2019 and to join us in Munich for this exciting meeting.

We are looking forward to welcome you all in this beautiful city.Sincerely yours

Angela Santoni & Thomas BrockerConference chairs

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Main TopicsPlenary SessionsMechanisms of Autoimmunity and Inflammatory DiseasesImmune Cell Fate and PlasticityImmunology in Human Diseases

Main SymposiaCancer Immunology and ImmunotherapyEpigenetic and Posttranscriptional RegulationImmune RegulationImmunodeficienciesInnate ImmunityInnovative Technologies in ImmunologyMemory and ExhaustionMucosal ImmunologyType 2 Immunity

Tuesday, 10 Sep

Wednesday, 11 Sep

Thursday, 12 Sep

Friday,13 Sep

08:30-10:00 08:30-10:0009:30-13:30 09:00-10:30

10:30-12:00 10:30-12:0011:00-12:30

Awards/Closing13:00-14:30 13:00-14:30

14:30-16:00 14:30-16:00Welcome15:30-17:30

16:00-17:30 16:00-17:30

17:30-19:00 17:30-19:00 17:30-19:00

19:00-20:30 19:00-20:00Gen. Assemblies

from 20:00Social Evening

Main SymposiaWorkshops

Workshops

Satellite Symposia

Workshops

Main SymposiaMain Symposia

Workshops

Plenary Session Plenary SessionPlenary Session

Young Immunologists Symposium

President’s Symposium

Welcome Reception

Poster SessionsPoster Sessions

Poster Sessions Poster Sessions