The conference will begin on the afternoon of Saturday, 13 June 2026, and will conclude with a farewell party on the evening of Tuesday, 16 June. We will make every effort to encourage speakers to remain for the full duration of the meeting to foster meaningful interactions, particularly with junior attendees.
Saturday, 13 June 2026
12:00 – 17:00
Arrival of participants
17:30 – 17:45
Opening the Conference
17:30 – 17:45
Keynote lecture: Jakub Abramson
Sunday, 14 June 2026
SESSION 1
Chairperson: Ondřej Štěpánek (Prague)
08:45 – 09:30
Carolyn King (Basel): Adaptive immunity, lymphocytes
09:30 – 10:15
Peter Dráber (Lausanne): Innate immune & Inflammation signaling
10:15 – 10:30
Tea / Coffee break
SESSION 2
Chairperson: TBA
10:30 – 11:15
TBA
11:15 – 12:00
TBA
12:10 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 16:10
Afternoon trip and/or individual program
SESSION 3
Chairperson: yEFIS session
16:00 – 19:00
Alena Kašpárková (Technical University of Ostrava, Writing Support Centre, Czech Republic): Academic writing workshop for early-career researchers
Part 1: Writing a scientific paper – with a focus on highlighting the impact of the research in the manuscript, developing a narrative structure and logical connections, communication of appropriate level of detail.
Part 2: Writing a grant proposal – tips for structuring and writing grant proposal, insight into evaluation criteria, differences between writing a grant proposal and research article.
Next day, 15 June 2026, Dr. Kašpárková will be available for one-on-one sessions with junior participants to further discuss the workshop topics and address any questions that go beyond the scope of the main session.
19:10 – 20:00
Dinner
20:00 – 22:00
Social event hosted by yEFIS for conference participants
Monday, 15 June 2026
SESSION 4
Chairperson: TBA
08:45 – 09:30
Sarah Dimeloe (Birmingham): Immunometabolism
09:30 – 10:15
Ondřej Štěpánek (Prague): T cells, memory, signaling, autoimmunity
10:15 – 10:30
Tea / Coffee break
SESSION 5
Chairperson: Dominik Filipp (Prague)
10:30 – 11:15
Ludger Klein (Munich): Central immune tolerance
11:15 – 12:00
Rita Carsetti (Rome): B-cells in health and disease
12:10 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 16:10
Afternoon trip and/or individual program
SESSION 6
Chairperson: Hannes Stockinger (Vienna)
16:30 – 18:00
Selected poster presentations (6 speakers, each 15 min., including discussion)
18:30 – 19:30
Dinner
20:00 – 22:00
Poster session (with refreshments and wine)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
SESSION 7
Chairperson: TBA
08:45 – 09:30
Steffen Jung (Rehovot): Macrophage biology
09:30 – 10:15
TBA
10:15 – 10:30
Tea / Coffee break
SESSION 8
Chairperson: TBA
10:30 – 11:15
TBA
11:15 – 12:00
Anna Obenauf (Vienna): Tumor Immunity
12:10 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 16:10
Afternoon trip and/or individual program
SESSION 9
Chairperson: TBA
16:30 – 17:15
Noam Stern-Ginossar (Rehovot): Viral infection and immunity in single cell resolution
17:15 – 18:00
Jan Dobeš (Prague): Gut immunity, microbiota-immune system interactions
18:00 – 18:45
Kilian Schober (Enlargen): human immunology, engineering human system, T-cell engineering