
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










