Event Program

UBC

Thematically, the conference will be held over three days, featuring the following sessions:

  • ILC Differentiation, Plasticity, and Memory
  • ILC Metabolism & Systemic Homeostasis
  • Evolution and Development of ILCs
  • Cellular Therapies using ILCs
  • ILCs in Cancer Control and Chronic Inflammation
  • Crosstalk Between ILCs and the Adaptive Immune System
  • ILC Tissue-Residency, Niches, and Tissue Remodeling
  • Host-Microbe Interactions in Regulating ILC Function

More details coming soon!

Tuesday
June 2nd

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Opening Remarks/Land Acknowledgements/Outline


9:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Session 1 – ILC Tissue-Residency, Niches, and Tissue Remodeling

  • David Artis (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Jenny Mjösberg (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Christoph Klose (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Jennifer Bando (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (45min)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch


1:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Session 2 – ILC Differentiation, Plasticity, and Memory

  • Chiara Romanagi (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Fumio Takei (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (30min)

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Coffee Break


4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Keynote Lecture (45 min + 15 min Q+A) with Kazuyo Moro

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Poster Pitch Competition (2min per presenter)

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Poster Session A

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Social Event/Reception/Indigenous Community Engagement

Wednesday
June 3rd

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Registration and Breakfast


8:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Session 3 – ILCs in Cancer Control (1)

  • Michele Ardolino (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Nicolas Jacquelot (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (60min)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break


11:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Session 4 – ILCs in Cancer Control (2)

  • Hye Young Kim (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (60min)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch/Careers in Science Luncheon


1:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Session 5 – ILC Metabolism & Systemic Homeostasis

  • Gabrielle Belz (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Cyril Seillet (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Jorg Fritz (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (45min)

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Coffee Break


3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: Keynote Lecture (45 min + 10 min Q+A) Andrew McKenzie

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM: Poster Pitch Competition (2min per presenter)

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM: Poster Session B

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Gala Dinner

Thursday
June 4th

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast


8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Session 6 – Evolution and Development of ILCs

  • James DiSanto (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Marco Colonna (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (30min)

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break


10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Session 7 – Crosstalk of ILCs and the Adaptive Immune System

  • Arthur Mortha (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Tim Halim (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Sarah Crome (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (30min)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch/Industry Luncheon


1:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Session 8 – Host-microbe Crosstalk in Control of ILC Functions

  • Kelly McNagny (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Ari Molofksy (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Naoko Satoh-Takayama (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Tony Huang (25min + 5min Q+A)
  • Presentations from submitted abstracts (60min)

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Coffee Break


5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Keynote Lecture (45 min + 10 min Q+A) Richard Locksely

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks

7:00 PM: Speakers Dinner (invitation only)

7:00 PM: Social & Networking Event (organized by Early-Career Investigator Committee)