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.

Available Formats:     = Livestream   = In Person     = On Demand
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 and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 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
Speaker to be Announced
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
GC Reactions in Mice
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
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, Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
Mimicking Pathogen Shape to Train the Immune Response
Annaliesa S. Anderson, Pfizer, Inc
Next Generation Vaccines for Bacteria
Jean-François X. Toussaint †, Sanofi
Next Gen Adjuvants/LNPs for Vaccine Design and Development
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
Dan H. Barouch, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Maximizing Mucosal Response via Local Immunization
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, Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
* 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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