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 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
Posters
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, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
* 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, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
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
Posters
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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