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  • Wednesday, April 15, 2026
  • 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM US ET
    Host Immune Response and Pathogenesis in Viral Respiratory Infections, Sponsored by the Intl. Soc. for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV)
  • 2:55 PM - 3:30 PM US ET
    Host Immune Response and Pathogenesis in Viral Respiratory Infections, Sponsored by the Intl. Soc. for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:05 PM US ET
    Host Immune Response and Pathogenesis in Viral Respiratory Infections, Sponsored by the Intl. Soc. for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV)
  • 4:05 PM - 4:40 PM US ET
    Host Immune Response and Pathogenesis in Viral Respiratory Infections, Sponsored by the Intl. Soc. for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV)
  • Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM US ET
    Rewriting Autoimmunity: New Immunologic Insights Transforming T1D Therapy Development
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Artificial Intelligence Approaches in Immune-Mediated Disease, Sponsored by DAIT, AMIB, NIAID, NIH
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    New Insights into the Role of Ion Channels and Transporters in Immunity, Sponsored by the Society of General Physiologists
  • 9:45 AM - 9:47 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Bridging Immunology and Drug Safety: A New Paradigm, Sponsored by the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) Immuno-Safety Technical Committee
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH

    Chair: Moriah Castleman – NIAID

    Chair: Lauren Rodda – Oregon Health and Science University

  • 9:47 AM - 10:07 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:07 AM - 10:27 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:27 AM - 10:47 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:47 AM - 11:07 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 12:45 PM - 12:50 PM US ET
    Accelerating CAR-based Approaches for Autoimmunity and Cancer, Sponsored by the Soc. For Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Accelerating CAR-based Approaches for Autoimmunity and Cancer, Sponsored by the Soc. For Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Immune responses to mirror molecules and organisms, Sponsored by the Mirror Biology Diaglogues Fund (MBDF)
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM US ET
    Resource Highlight: immgenT: A Community Reference Atlas for Mouse T Cells

    Speaker: Antoine Freuchet – Univ. of Chicago

    Speaker: Giovanni Galletti – UCSD

    Speaker: Ziang Zhang – Univ. of Chicago

    Speaker: Odhran Casey – Harvard Univ.

    Speaker: Erin Lucas, PhD – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

    Speaker: David Zemmour – Univ. of Chicago

    Chair: David Zemmour – Univ. of Chicago

  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Crosstalk of the environment and the immune system – challenges and opportunities, Sponsored by the German Soc. For Immunol. (DGfl)
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Crosstalk of the environment and the immune system – challenges and opportunities, Sponsored by the German Soc. For Immunol. (DGfl)
  • Friday, April 17, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    The Immunology of Xenotransplantation: From Bench Discovery to Clinical Translation, Sponsored by the Amer. Soc. of Transplantation (AST)
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Translating Human Immunology Through Cytokine Research, Sponsored by the Intl. Cytokine and Interferon Soc. (ICIS)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Novel Insights into Innate Lymphocyte Research: Challenges and Opportunities Across Human Health and Disease, Sponsored by NCI, NIH
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    NK cells and innate lymphoid cells in health and disease, Sponsored by the Soc. For Natural Immunity (SNI)
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Regulation of Immune Cell Differentiation, Sponsored by the Korean Assoc. of Immunologists (KAI) and the Assoc. of Korean Immunologists in America (AKIA)
  • Saturday, April 18, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Surprising Insights on Human Immunology from the Study of Monogenic Inborn Errors of Immunity, Sponsored by the Clin. Immunol. Soc. (CIS)
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Systems-level Human Immune Profiling Data Resources and Analysis, Sponsored by the Human Immunol. Project Consortium (HIPC), La Jolla Inst. for Immunology
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    A New Era in Interdisciplinary Immunotherapy, Sponsored by the Chinese Soc. for Immunol. (CSI)
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Complement - Key Modulator of Tissue Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Sponsored by the Intl. Complement Soc. (ICS)
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM US ET
    Autoimmunity, Neurodegeneration and Aging
  • Sunday, April 19, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Developmental Exposures in Early Life that Impact Immune Development and Function, Sponsored by NIEHS, NIAID, NIH
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Remember Me! – Exploration of the full spectrum of immune memory, Sponsored by the Canadian Society of Immunology (CSI)