Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease

Mar 22–25, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Kate Schroder, Jonathan C. Kagan, and Petr Broz

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Mar 22–25, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Kate Schroder, Jonathan C. Kagan, and Petr Broz

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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Monday, March 23, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Beth Stevens, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Macrophage-Microglia Crosstalk in Aging
Targeting Innate Immunity for Healthy Aging (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Kristen Fortney, BioAge Labs
Healthy Aging – Insights from Longitudinal Studies
Andrea Ablasser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
cGAS-STING Modulators and Cell Senescence
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 Riverview Lounge
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Cell Type-Specific Innate Immune Responses
5:00–7:00 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Arturo Zychlinsky, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
NETosis and Inflammation
Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
The CARD8 Inflammasome Drives T Cell Death
Jose Ordovas-Montanes, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Deconstructing Barrier Tissues Identifies Tipping Points
Mariana J. Kaplan, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Neutrophil Dysregulation in Systemic Autoimmunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Innate Immune Signaling I: Inflammatory Response
8:00–11:00 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, University of Oxford
Innate Cell-Cell Crosstalk in Sterile Inflammation
Alan P. Watt, NodThera Limited
NLRP3 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Obesity
Jonathan C. Kagan, Harvard Medical School
Regulation of Innate Immunity
Michael Crackower, Ventus Therapeutics
Therapeutic Development of Inhibitors of Canonical and Non-Canonical Inflammasome Signaling
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Riverview Lounge
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Panel: Perspectives: Personalized Medicine & Patient-Centered Strategies (Joint)
1:45–2:45 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Inflammaging (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Vishva M. Dixit, Genentech, Inc.
The Circuitry of Inflammatory Cell Death Signaling
Eicke Latz, University of Bonn
Inflammasomes in Innate Immune Memory and Inflammaging
Emily Goldberg, UCSF
Inflammaging
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Innate Immune Signaling II: Inflammatory Cell Death
8:00–11:00 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Kate Schroder, University of Queensland
Cell Explosion by Pyroptosis Escalates Immune Responses
James M. Murphy, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Getting Better- The Emergence of the Necroptotic Cell Death Effector, MLKL, as a Therapeutic Target in Inflammatory Disease
Kaiwen Chen, National University of Singapore
Multiple Cell Death Pathways Coordinate Antimicrobial Responses
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Riverview Lounge
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Cell Autonomous Innate Immunity
5:00–6:30 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Russell E Vance, University of California, Berkeley
New Mechanisms of Pathogen Sensing: Beyond PAMPs
Petr Broz, University of Lausanne
Inflammasomes as Guardians Against Intracellular Pathogens
Charlotte Odendall, King's College London
EMBO Young Investigator Lecture: Interferon-Mediated Defense Against Enteric Bacterial Pathogens
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Closing Keynote Address
6:30–7:15 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Kate A Fitzgerald, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Inflammatory Responses
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:15–7:30 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–8:30 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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