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

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***Meeting program subject to change.

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Monday, May 4, 2026
Registration  
4:00–8:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Welcome Mixer  
6:00–8:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup  
7:30–8:00 AM
 INEC Foyer
Poster Viewing  
7:45–5:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Welcome Remarks
8:00–8:10 AM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Keynote Address (Sponsored by Eli Lilly)
8:10–9:00 AM
 INEC Main Auditorium
* Karin Bok, Eli Lilly
Chair Introduction
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
 INEC Main Auditorium
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
Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Short Talk: Profiling the Serological Dynamics Following Seasonal Respiratory Viral Infections in Healthcare Workers
Coffee Break  
9:30–9:50 AM
 INEC Foyer
Lunch  
11:15–12:15 PM
 INEC Foyer
Poster Session 1  
12:00–2:30 PM
 INEC Foyer
Panel 1: Is a One Size Fits All Vaccine Possible for All Populations
3:00–4:30 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
* Galit Alter, AstraZeneca
* Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London
Julia Lederhofer, Contractor at DMID/NIAID/NIH
Coffee Available  
4:30–5:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Dissecting and Harnessing the GC Response?
5:00–7:00 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
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
Casey Beppler, Stanford University
Short Talk: Aging Restricts Maturation of CXCL13⁺ Tfh Cells in Human Immunity
Madison L Seefeld, University of Minnesota
Short Talk: Albumin Hitchhiking Vaccines for Mucosal Immune Protection in the Genitourinary Tract
On Own for Dinner  
7:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Breakfast  
7:00–8:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
How Can We Use Correlates and AI to Accelerate Vaccine Development?
8:00–11:30 AM
 INEC Main Auditorium
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
Mihai L Azoitei, Duke University
AI-Powered Immunogen Design to Target Conserved Regions of Rapidly Evolving Pathogens
Jishnu Das, University of Pittsburgh
Short Talk: A Systems Approach to Discover Viral Evolutionary Constraints Essential For Hijacking Host Cellular Machinery To Design Broadly Neutralizing Immunotherapies
Marjolein Stip, RIVM (Dutch Institute for Public Health and Environment)
Short Talk: The Contribution of Pre-existing, Broadly Reactive T cells in Heterosubtypic Protection against A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection in Children
Bryant S Colin, University of Chicago
Short Talk: Scalable Transcriptional Profiling of CD4+ T Cell States for Vaccine and Adjuvant Discovery
Gitte Erbs, Statens Serum Institut
Short Talk: Identification of Immunological Correlates of Protection (CoP) in the Helicobacter Pylori Mouse Challenge Model
Coffee Break  
9:00–9:20 AM
 INEC Foyer
Award Recipient Acknowledgement
9:20–9:25 AM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Poster Setup  
11:30–1:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
On Own for Lunch  
11:30–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing  
1:00–10:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Career Roundtable  
2:30–3:30 PM
 INEC Foyer
Panel on Structure-Based Vaccine Design
3:30–4:30 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Joel Finney, Boston Children's Hospital
Short Talk: A Public Class of Broadly Protective Human Antibodies that Bind Postfusion Influenza Hemagglutinin
Anna-Sophia Boguraev, Harvard University
Short Talk: Computationally Designed Scaffolds Present Complex Flavivirus Epitopes
Dieter Sebastian Hoffmann, Leipzig University
Short Talk: Germline-targeting Hepatitis C Virus Immunogens with broad affinity for precursors of AR3C-Class Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Danton Ivanochko, The Hospital for Sick Children
Short Talk: A Stabilized Tandem Antigen Chimera that Elicits Potent Malaria Transmission-Reducing Activity
Coffee Available  
4:30–5:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
How Can We Exploit New Platforms to Accelerate Vaccine Development and Global Equity?
5:00–7:00 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Annaliesa S. Anderson, Pfizer, Inc
Next Generation Vaccines for Bacteria
Anna Rydlova, Imperial College London
Short Talk: Interrogating Humoral Immune Features Beyond O-Antigen–Specific IgG in a Human Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Challenge Model
Courtney R. Plumlee, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Short Talk: Prevention of Infection in an Ultra-low Dose Tuberculosis Murine Model is a Novel Metric of Vaccine-Mediated Immunity
Luka Cicin-Sain, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Short Talk: Xenotropic Latency of a Non-replicating Herpesviral Vaccine Vector Elicits Lasting Adaptive Immunity
Social Hour with Dinner (Hosted Bar Sponsored by Michelson Philanthropies)  
7:00–8:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Poster Session 2  
7:30–10:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Breakfast  
7:00–8:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Do We Need Tissue Resident Immunity to Achieve Mucosal Protection?
8:00–11:00 AM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Galit Alter, AstraZeneca
Advancing Platform Level Correlates of Immunity
Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London
The Power of the Human Challenge Model
Daniela M Ferreira, University of Oxford
Dissecting Mucosal Correlates to Bacterial Pathogens
Donna L Farber, Columbia University Medical Center
Tissue Resident T Cells across Organs
Dong-il Kwon, Yale University, School of Medicine
Short Talk: Clonal Expansion and Trafficking of Memory B Cells Underpin Bone Marrow and Lung IgA+ Plasma Cells following Unadjuvanted Nasal Booster Administration
Coffee Break  
9:00–9:20 AM
 INEC Foyer
Panel TBD
11:00–12:15 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Poster Setup  
12:15–1:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
On Own for Lunch  
12:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing  
1:00–10:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Panel 2: Vaccine Equity and Global Health
3:00–4:30 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
* Dan H. Barouch, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Coffee Available  
4:30–5:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
How Does Immunology Inform Next Generation Therapeutic Vaccine Design?
5:00–6:45 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
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
Audrey K Thomas, Vanderbilt University
Short Talk: Mucosal Vaccination Clears Clostridioides Difficile Colonization
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
 INEC Main Auditorium
Social Hour with Dinner (Dinner Sponsored by Michelson Philanthropies)  
7:00–8:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Michelson Philanthropies Award Ceremony  
7:15–8:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Poster Session 3  
7:30–10:00 PM
 INEC Foyer
Friday, May 8, 2026
Departure  
12:00–11:59 PM

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