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Scientific Program by Day

Scientific Program by Day

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Friday
04 May 2018
Saturday
05 May 2018
Sunday
06 May 2018
Monday
07 May 2018
Tuesday
08 May 2018

AAI Program Committee: Back to School: A Review of Four Fast-Moving Fields

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
ROOM 17AB

New Member Reception (By Invitation Only)

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

AAI President’s Address

5:00 PM
Ballroom D

AAI Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

5:00 PM
Ballroom D

AAI Public Policy Fellows Program Dinner (By Invitation Only)

6:15 PM – 9:30 PM

Major Symposium A: Transcriptional Control of Immunity: Diverse Regulatory Mechanisms in Gene Regulation

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom D

Major Symposium B: Immune Cells in Tissue Niches

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom EFG

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Symposium: Combination Cancer Immunotherapy: Expanding Clinical Success

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROOM 12AB

How to Convert Your CV into a Résumé

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROOM 10AB

The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Symposium: Immunologic Responses to Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

10:15 AM – 12:15PM
ROOM 19AB

European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) Symposium: T Cell Memory

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 12AB

Immunology Teaching Interest Group

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
ROOM 10AB

AAI Minority Affairs Committee: Careers Roundtable and Speed Networking Session

11:45 AM – 2:15 PM
BALLROOM BC

AAI Veterinary Immunology Committee: Neonatal Immunity: Getting it Right from the Start

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 19AB

NIH Grants Workshop: Demystifying the Grant Application Submission, Review, and Funding Processes

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 18AB

The American Society of Transplantation (AST) Symposium: New Paradigms in T Follicular Cell Biology and Transplant Immunity

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 16AB

Society for Natural Immunity (SNI) Symposium: Towards Treatment of Human Cancer with NK Cells

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 12AB

AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentations

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Room 18CD

AAI Distinguished Service Award Presentation

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Room 18CD

AAI Clinical Immunology Committee: Reverse Translation: Learning From the Patient

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
ROOM 12AB

The International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS) Symposium: Cytokine and Interferon Signaling in the Immune Response

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
ROOM 16AB

Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI) and Association of Korean Immunologists in America (AKIA) Symposium: Novel Regulators of Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
ROOM 10AB

AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award Presentation and Lecture: T-B interactions and the germinal center response

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Ballroom D

Distinguished Lecture – Jeffrey A. Bluestone: Treg-mediated immune tolerance in health and disease

6:00 PM
Ballroom D

Careers in Biotech: Panel Discussion and Networking

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
ROOM 17AB

The AAI Journals Editorial Boards Dinner Meeting (By Invitation Only)

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Major Symposium C: New Regulatory Concepts from Human Immunology Studies

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom D

Major Symposium D: Gone but not Forgotten: The Impact of Cell Death on the Immune Response

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom EFG

National Institute on Aging (NIA) Symposium: Aging and Hematopoiesis

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROOM 19AB

Strategies for Successful Postdoctoral Training

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROOM 10AB

AAI Committee on Public Affairs: Town Hall Meeting on NIH Efforts to Fund the Next Generation: Progress, Challenges and Future Directions

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 18AB

Interviewing for a Job

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
ROOM 10AB

Chinese Society of Immunology, Taiwan (CSIT) Symposium: Inflammation and Immunity

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 16AB

The Obesity Society (TOS) Symposium: Abnormal Metabolism and Inflammation as Driving Mechanisms in Breast Cancer

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 18CD

AAI Education Committee and AAI Committee on the Status of Women: Careers in Science Roundtable

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
BALLROOM BC

AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award Presentation and Lecture: Deciphering the guidance cue code for B cell immunity

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Room 10AB

AAI Publications Committee: Writing Scientific Manuscripts and Responding to Reviewers: Tips on Navigating the Process

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 16AB

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Symposium: Novel Findings and Next Steps Concerning Nanomaterial Exposures on the Immune System

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 12AB

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Symposium: Maternal Effects on Fetal Immunity

3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
ROOM 16AB

Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium: The Regulatory Function of Innate Lympohid Cells and T Cells

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
ROOM 10AB

International Complement Society (ICS): New Discoveries in Complement: Impact on Health and Disease

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROOM 19AB

AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award Presentation and Lecture: Learning immunology from viruses

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Ballroom D

Distinguished Lecture – Pamela J. Fink: Educating T cells from the cradle through adolescence

6:00 PM
Ballroom D

Service Appreciation Reception (By Invitation Only)

7:45 PM – 10:00 PM

Major Symposium E: Developing More Effective Cancer Immunotherapies

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom D

Major Symposium F: Immune – Microbe Coevolution

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom EFG

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Symposium: Immune Lessons from Parasites

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROOM 10AB

International Opportunities in Science

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
ROOM 10AB

German Society for Immunology (DGfI) Symposium: Immune Regulation by Dendritic Cells

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 12AB

The Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) Symposium: Early Career Investigators: Tissue Phagocyte Heterogeneity in Health and Disease

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 18CD

Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) Symposium: Immune Modulation at Mucosal Barriers

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
ROOM 18AB

AAI Vanguard Lecture

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
ROOM 17AB

AAI President’s Symposium: Into the Limelight: Natural Killer and Innate Lymphoid Cells

12:30 - 2:30 PM
Ballroom D

AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award Presentation

12:30 PM
Ballroom D

Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium: Innate Lymphoid Cells and Inflammatory Disease

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
ROOM 10AB

AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research Presentation and Lecture

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Ballroom D

Distinguished Lecture – Randolph J. Noelle: A panoramic VISTA of the immune system

6:00 PM
Ballroom D

IMMUNOLOGY 2018™  GALA

7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
STUBB'S Bar-B-Q

Major Symposium G: Molecular Basis of B cell Differentiation and Function

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom D

Major Symposium H: Neuroscience of Immunity

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom EFG
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Important Dates

  • Career Awards
    Career Awards Nominations Open August 30, 2017
    Career Awards Nominations Due October 26, 2017
    Career Awards Nominations Sent December 12, 2017
  • Registration
    Registration Opens December 11, 2017
    Early Registration Discount Ends March 23, 2018
    Late Registration Deadline May 3, 2018
  • Travel Awards

    Travel Awards Applications Open November 28, 2017
    Travel Awards Applications Due January 9, 2018
    Travel Awards Notifications March 10, 2018

  • Abstracts
    Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Opens January 23, 2018
    Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Closes February 6, 2018
    Abstract acceptance & schedule March 12, 2018