18 October 2026
09:00–19:00
Arrival
A bus will depart from Zagreb Airport, 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
Lydia Horndler
Satyarth Pandey
Maša Filipović
Marco De Santis
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 16:00
Leisure
16:00 – 17:30
Informal sessions with speakers:
17:40 – 18:20
Klaas van Gisbergen
18:20 – 19:00
Christina Zielinski
19:00 – 20:00
Dinner
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
Reprogramming the TME with metabolic targeting: a journey from Bench to bedside
T cell toxicity revisited - a new modality to kill
Metabolic checkpoints for the treatment of T cell mediated pathologies
EFIS President - Welcome
Tim Sparwasser
Bart Everts
Ping-Chih Ho
Klaas van Gisbergen
20 October 2026
09:00 – 9:40
09:40 – 10:20
10:20 – 10:40
Marko Šestan
Maria Mittelbrunn
Break
10:40 – 11:20
Soraya Taleb
11:20 – 12:20
Junior speakers
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
Selected posters
Teach your immune system new tricks: sit, stay and attack on cue)
The role of diet in cardio-metabolic disease
War-time metabolism; how the immune system rewires the body to fight infection
Immunosenescence as the Central Mediator of Age-Related Vulnerability
Metabolic regulation of T cell biology
10 min. per speaker, selected from abstracts
Sirine Ben Dhiab
Eugenia Coscia
Giancarlo Curci
Karlo Mladenić
Christina Zielinski
Dirk Brenner
Maria Mittelbrunn
Soraya Taleb
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
Julija Hmeljak
11:20 – 12:20
Junior speakers
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
Sympathetic neuroimunity of fat-burning neurons
How to get your paper published: an editor’s perspective
10 min. per speaker, selected from abstracts
Lars Borgards
Gabriele Angelini
Merel Sijbranda
Tomislav Glavan
Felix Wensveen
Henrique Veiga Fernandes
Anna Domingos
Julija Hmeljak
Departure - A bus will depart for Zagreb Airport. early morning
22 October 2026
09:00 – 10:00
Award ceremony
FEBS Journal Poster award
