Vaccinology: A New Era in Immune-Driven Vaccine Design

May 04–07, 2026 | INEC Killarney Convention Centre, Killarney, KY, Ireland
Scientific Organizers: Galit Alter, Dan H. Barouch, Lynda M. Stuart, and Christopher Chiu

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May 04–07, 2026 | INEC Killarney Convention Centre, Killarney, KY, Ireland

Scientific Organizers: Galit Alter, Dan H. Barouch, Lynda M. Stuart, and Christopher Chiu

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

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Monday, May 4, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Poster Setup
7:30–8:00 AM
Poster Viewing
7:45–5:00 PM
Welcome Remarks
8:00–8:10 AM
Keynote Address
8:10–9:00 AM
Bali Pulendran, Stanford University School of Medicine
Next Generation Immune Inspired Vaccine Design
How Can We Overcome Waning and Imprinted Immunity?
9:00–11:15 AM
Robert A. Seder, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Anamnestic Immunity - The Key to Durability
Adolfo García-Sastre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Breaking the Imprint
Dan H. Barouch, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vaccine Immunity to Respiratory Pathogens
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Lunch
11:15–12:15 PM
Poster Session 1
12:00–2:30 PM
Panel 1: Is a One Size Fits All Vaccine Possible for All Populations
3:00–4:30 PM
* Galit Alter, AstraZeneca
* Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Dissecting and Harnessing the GC Response?
5:00–7:00 PM
Gabriel D Victora, Rockefeller University/HHMI
Refueling germinal center reactions by boosting
Michela Locci, University of Pennsylvania
Dissecting the GC Response
Carola G. Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute
Driving Productive Extra and Intra Follicular B Cell Immunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
How Can We Use Correlates and AI to Accelerate Vaccine Development?
8:00–11:00 AM
Galit Alter, AstraZeneca
Advancing Platform Level Correlates of Immunity
John Tsang, Yale University School of Medicine
AI & Systems Immunology for Vaccine Development
Lisa Wagar, University of California, Irvine
Modeling Vaccine Induced Immunity to Drive Vaccine Design
Francis Impens, Ghent University
T Cell Epitope Discovery based AMR Vaccines
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Award Recipient Acknowledgement
9:20–9:25 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
How Can We Exploit New Platforms to Accelerate Vaccine Development and Global Equity?
5:00–7:00 PM
Lynda M. Stuart, Fund for Science and Technology (Paul Allen Foundation)
Mimicking Pathogen Shape to Train the Immune Response
Annaliesa S. Anderson, Pfizer, Inc
Next Generation Vaccines for Bacteria
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Poster Session 2
7:30–10:00 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Do We Need Tissue Resident Immunity to Achieve Mucosal Protection?
8:00–11:00 AM
Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London
The Power of the Human Challenge Model
Daniela M Ferreira, University of Oxford
Dissecting Mucosal Correlates to Bacterial Pathogens
Speaker to be Announced
Donna L Farber, Columbia University Medical Center
Tissue Resident T Cells across Organs
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Panel 2: Vaccine Equity and Global Health
3:00–4:30 PM
* Lynda M. Stuart, Fund for Science and Technology (Paul Allen Foundation)
* Dan H. Barouch, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
How Does Immunology Inform Next Generation Therapeutic Vaccine Design?
5:00–6:45 PM
Ari Waisman, University of Mainz, Medical School
Tolerizing Vaccines to Fight Autoimmunity
Michal Bassani-Sternberg, University Hospital of Lausanne, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Inspiring Cancer Vaccine Design with Immunopeptidomics
Meklit Workneh, Moderna
Norovirus Vaccines
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, May 8, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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