Belgian Immunology Society 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting. on immune regulation

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1 Belgian Immunology Society 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting on immune regulation

2 The 2017 Belgian Immunology Society Annual Scientific Meeting will be themed on Immune Regulation. This year we will have four parallel sessions in the morning, each with a distinct immunological focus: fundamental immunology, clinical immunology, tumour immunology and neuroimmunology. Talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts. The BIS meeting will be held on November 24 th at the University of Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus. The afternoon will feature a joint session, with a plenary talk (Professor Gitta Stockinger, Crick Institute, UK) and four keynote talks, one of each of the morning topics: Professor Anne Puel (France) on clinical immunology Professor Denise Fitzgerald (UK) on neuroimmunology Professor Gabriele Bergers (Belgium) on tumour immunology Professor Anne Dejean (France) on fundamental immunology Registration and abstract submission: Internet access: The campus is covered by the Eduroam network: eduroam.org

3 Directions to campus Gasthuisberg / UZ Leuven Public transport The Leuven railway station is located 4 km from the hospital. Buses to campus Gasthuisberg depart every 10 minutes. The fastest bus is the 600, other buses that can be taken include 3, 317, 333, 370, 371, 380 (check with the driver for direction Gasthuisberg). Bus tickets can be purchased on the bus, or by sms the order code DL to the short number You can obtain more information about bus connections and the timetable at There is a bus stop in front of the main entrance of the hospital. Car Use arrival address of Herestraat 49. On E314 use exit 16. Please note that parking can be problematic. You can obtain more information at Location of building O&N2 All meeting functions will be held in O&N2. O&N2 can be accessed through the main hospital entrance, or from the footpath around the hospital

4 Registration and coffee, sponsorship booths Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Foyer 9am 10am Morning sessions (Parallel sessions): 10am 12pm Session A: Fundamental immunology Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room HP3 Chair: Prof Susan Schlenner Session B: Clinical immunology Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room HP4 Chair: Dr Erika Van Nieuwenhove

5 Session C: Tumour immunology Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room HP8 Chair: Dr Abhishek Garg Session D: Neuroimmunology Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room HP9 Chair: Prof Niels Hellings Lunch and sponsorship booths Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Foyer 12pm 1pm

6 BSI General Assembly, 1pm 1:20pm Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room BMW1 Afternoon session: 1:20pm 5pm Immune Regulation Gasthuisberg Campus, O&N2, Room BMW1 Chair: Prof Adrian Liston 1:20 2:00 Keynote speaker on tumour immunology Prof Gabriele Bergers, VIB / KU Leuven (Belgium) Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Cancer: Generation and Therapeutic Implication 2:00 2:40 Keynote speaker on neuroimmunology Prof Denise Fitzgerald, Queen s University Belfast (UK) Emerging regenerative functions of regulatory T cells in the CNS: more than just inflammatory brakes! 2:40 3:20 Keynote speaker on fundamental immunology Prof Anne Dejean, INSERM / Universite Toulouse (France) The Foxo3/Eomes axis in CD4 T cells differentiation 3:20 4:00 Keynote speaker on clinical immunology Prof Anne Puel, INSERM / Institut Imagine (France) Inborn errors of immunity and susceptibility to fungal diseases 4:00 4:10 Sponsored talk: BD Biosciences 4:10 5:00 Presentation of EFIS-IL Lecture Award 2017 to Plenary speaker Prof Gitta Stockinger, The Francis Crick Institute (UK) Environmental influences on intestinal homeostasis and inflammation