Schedule at a Glance

Schedule at a Glance
Subject to Change
Meeting Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center unless otherwise noted
FRIDAY, MAY 2
2:30PM–4:30PM AAI Program Committee Workshop: Back to School: A Review of Four Fast-Moving Fields
Block Symposia
4:00PM–4:45PM New Members Reception
By invitation only
5:00PM–6:00PM President’s Address and AAI Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: The in vivo
response of naive CD4+ T cells
6:00PM–8:00PM Opening Night Reception
Generously supported by eBioscience
SATURDAY, MAY 3
8:00AM–10:00AM Block Symposia
AAI Education Committee Session: AAI High School Teachers Summer Research Program
Workshop: Lessons in Immunology
8:00AM–11:30AM Major Symposium A: Underlying Mechanisms of Autoimmunity
Major Symposium B: Cytokines: In Sickness and in Health
10:00AM–-5:00PM Exhibit Hall Open
Concession stands available
Poster Viewing, Exhibit Hall
10:15AM–12:15PM Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT):
Exploiting Immune Responses to Cytomegalovirus Infection after Transplantation
Guest Symposium: Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI): Transcriptional Regulation of
Hematopoiesis
11:00AM–12:00PM Career Session: How to Convert Your CV into a Resumé
11:45AM–2:15PM AAI Minority Affairs Committee: Careers Roundtable and (New!) Networking Roundtable
12:30PM–2:00PM AAI Veterinary Immunology Committee and American Association of Veterinary
Immunologists (AAVI) Joint Symposium: Vaccines for the Modern Era: Implications for
Human and Animal Health
12:30PM–2:30PM Block Symposia
Career Session: CV to Resume Workshop –Individual Consulting
Guest Symposium: Society for Natural Immunity (SNI): Current Developments in NK Cell
Research
Guest Symposium: The Obesity Society (TOS): Unresolved, Chronic Inflammation as a
Mediator of Diverse Disease Risks in Insulin-Resistant Obesity
1:30PM–2:30PM AAI Business Meeting and Award Presentations
2:30PM–3:45PM Poster Presentations
3:45PM–5:45PM Block Symposia
AAI Clinical Immunology Committee Symposium: Personalized Medicine from the
Immunologist's Perspective
Guest Symposium: Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI) and Association of Korean
Immunologists in America (AKIA): Regulation of Host Immunity by Immune Cell Receptors
and Effectors
Schedule at a Glance
Subject to Change
Meeting Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center unless otherwise noted
SATURDAY, MAY 3
4:00PM–5:00PM BD Investigator Award Presentation and Lecture: Fitzgerald: Molecular basis of recognition
and gene regulation in innate immunity
6:00PM–6:45PM Distinguished Lecture:
Kristin A. Hogquist: Self reactivity in T cell selection and homeostasis
7:00PM–9:00PM Career Session: Careers in Biotech: Panel Discussion and Networking
25th Anniversary of AAI Public Affairs featuring The Capitol Steps
7:00PM–10:00PM The JI Editorial Board Dinner and Meeting
Generously supported by Dartmouth Journal Services
By Invitation Only
SUNDAY, MAY 4
8:00AM–10:00AM Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS):
Immunogenicity of Biotherapeutics: Predicting Potential Contributors and Mechanisms
8:00AM–11:30AM Major Symposium C: The Female Reproductive Tract: From Infection to Pregnancy
Major Symposium D: Regulation of Gene Expression and Immunity
10:00AM-11:00AM Career Session: Interviewing for a Job
10:00AM–5:00PM Exhibit Hall Open
Concession stands available
Poster Viewing, Exhibit Hall
10:15AM–12:15PM Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: Chinese Society of Immunology (ChSI): Cancer Immunotherapy
Targeting Chronic Inflammation and Immunosuppression
Guest Symposium: International Complement Society (ICS): Frontiers in Complement
Research: Immunity, Autoimmunity, and Cellular Homeostasis
11:30AM–1:30PM AAI Committee on the Status of Women and AAI Education Committee: Careers in Science
Roundtable
12:30PM–2:00PM AAI Committee on Public Affairs Session: Sally Rockey: Rock Talk-ing With Sally Rockey:
The Issues, the Blog, and the Woman Behind It All
12:30PM–2:30PM
AAI Publications Committee Session: Publishing Your Scientific Work: Tips on Writing,
Responding to Reviewers, and Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls
Block Symposia
NIH-Sponsored Symposium: NIEHS: Gene Environment Interactions in the Etiology of
Asthma
NIH-Sponsored Workshop: NIAID: Scavenger Receptor Biology and Nomenclature
1:00PM–2:00PM Career Session: Secrets for a Successful Postdoctoral Fellowship
2:30PM–3:45PM Poster Presentations, Exhibit Hall
3:45PM–5:45PM Block Symposia
NIH-Sponsored Symposium: NIAID: Lymphatic Function and the Immune Response to
Microbial or Viral Infection
NIH-Sponsored Symposium: NIA: B Cell Regulation of Immunity in Old Age
4:00PM–5:00PM Life Technologies Meritorious Career Award Presentation and Lecture:
Timothy A. Springer: Integrins, gliding adhesins, and malaria vaccines
6:00PM–6:45PM Distinguished Lecture: Ellen V. Rothenberg: Gene regulatory pathways to T cell identity
7:30PM–9:30PM President’s Service Appreciation Reception
By invitation only
Generously supported by BioLegend
Schedule at a Glance
Subject to Change
Meeting Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center unless otherwise noted
MONDAY, MAY 5
8:0AM–10:00AM Block Symposia
8:00AM–11:30AM Major Symposium E: Fueling Immunity: Metabolic Effects in and on the Immune System
Major Symposium F: Progress and Challenges in Vaccines for the Major Killers: Malaria,
Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS
10:00AM–5:00PM Exhibit Hall Open
Concession stands available
Poster Viewing, Exhibit Hall
10:15AM–12:15PM Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: American Society of Transplantation (AST): New Paradigms in T Cell
Biology and Transplant Immunity
Guest Symposium: Society of Mucosal Immunology (SMI): The Leo Lefrançois Memorial
Symposium on T Cell Memory and Protection from Infection
11:30AM–12:30PM AAI Minority Affairs Committee Guest Lecture:
Arturo Casadevall: A new synthesis for antibody-mediated immunity
12:30PM–2:30PM AAI President’s Symposium and AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award Presentation: Anatomy
of the Immune Response
Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC): Cancer Immunology and
Immunotherapy: From Basic Science to Clinical Application
2:30PM–3:45PM Poster Presentations, Exhibit Hall
3:45PM–5:45PM Block Symposia
Guest Symposium: German Society for Immunology (DGfI): Thymic Development and
Tolerance
Guest Symposium: Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI): Highlights of Immunology in
Japan: JSI Awardees’ Symposium
4:00PM–5:00PM AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research Presentation and Lecture:
Carl H. June: Adventures with CARs for cancer
6:00PM–6:45PM Distinguished Lecture:
Mark J. Shlomchik: NETworks in lupus: T-B or not T-B, DC is the question
7:00PM–9:30PM IMMUNOLOGY 2014TM Gala
The Senator John Heinz History Center
Open to all meeting registrants with badge.
Generously supported by BioLegend
TUESDAY, MAY 6
8:00AM–10:00AM Block Symposia
8:00AM–11:30AM Major Symposium G: Deciphering the Roles for Innate Lymphoid Cells in Health and
Disease
Major Symposium H: Macrophages and DCs in Vascular Inflammation
10:15AM–12:15PM Block Symposia