Conference Program

18 October 2026

09:00–19:00

Arrival

Two buses will depart from Zagreb Airport at late morning and mid afternoon, bringing participants directly to Lošinj.

09:00–19:00

Welcome event

19 October 2026

08:45 – 09:00

09:00 – 9:40

09:40 – 10:20

10:20 – 10:40

Bojan Polić

Tim Sparwasser

Bart Everts

Break

10:40 – 11:20

Ping-Chih Ho

11:20 – 12:20

Junior speakers

10 min. per speaker, selected from abstracts

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 16:00

Leisure

16:00 – 17:30

Informal sessions with speaker 1-4

17:40 – 18:20

Klaas van Gisbergen

18:20 – 19:00

Christina Zielinski

19:00 – 20:00

Dinner

20:00 – 21:00

Poster session with refreshments

Posters 1-44

A sweet story: role of O-GlcNAcylation in myeloid cell biology and Type 2 immunity

T cell diversification in response to infection and tumor development

Title: TBD

T cell toxicity revisited - a new modality to kill

Title: TBD

EFIS President - Welcome

20 October 2026

09:00 – 9:40

09:40 – 10:20

10:20 – 10:40

Triantafyllos Chavakis

Maria Mittelbrunn

Break

10:40 – 11:20

Soraya Taleb

11:20 – 12:20

Junior speakers

10 min. per speaker, selected from abstracts

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 16:00

Leisure

16:00 – 17:30

Informal sessions with speaker 5 - 8

17:40 – 18:20

Felix Wensveen

18:20 – 19:00

Dirk Brenner

19:00 – 20:00

Dinner

20:00 – 21:00

Poster session with refreshments

Posters 45 - 88

Trained immunity in inflammatory pathologies and cancer

The role of diet in cardio-metabolic disease

War-time metabolism; how the immune system rewires the body to fight infection

Title: TBD

Title: TBD

21 October 2026

09:00 – 9:40

09:40 – 10:20

10:20 – 10:40

Henrique Veiga Fernandes

Anna Domingos

Break

10:40 – 11:20

Laura Surace

11:20 – 12:20

Junior speakers

10 min. per speaker, selected from abstracts

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Informal session with speakers 9 - 13

15:00 – 18:00

Boat tour + refreshments

19:00 – 20:30

Gala dinner

20:30 – 24:00

Closing event / Farewell party + DJ

Peripheral neuro-immune ecosystems

Title: TBD

Title: TBD

Departure - Two buses will depart for Zagreb Airport. early and late morning

22 October 2026

09:00 – 10:00

Award ceremony

Poster award, young speaker award