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  • 23 July — 28 July, 2014

1st Day
Day 1
Venue: Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
14:00 — 15:50
Arrival and registration
15:50 — 16:00
Welcome speech
16:00 — 17:30
Building and replenishing the immune system
An extraordinary amount is known about blood cell formation, but many important questions remain about cells providing adaptive and innate immunity. The initial origin, migration and potential reemergence of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is still controversial and there is much to learn about HSC diversity. Many differentiation diagrams depict this process, but none fully capture its dynamic nature. That is especially the case for changes that occur with age and during infection. Highly effective experimental approaches are now available, but we will discuss some of their limitations. Our goal will be to identify exciting topics for new research projects. (60 minute lecture + 30 minute discussion)
17:30 — 19:00
T Cell Subsets in Immune Responses
(60 minute lecture + 30 minute discussion)
19:30 — 21:30
Social Dinner - All speakers and participants
2nd Day
Day 2
Venue: Room G-04-05
09:00 — 10:30
Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Biology and Medicine
(60 minute lecture + 30 minute discussion)
10:30 — 10:45
Tea Break
10:45 — 12:15
Innate immuno-regulation
12:15 — 13:00
Pattern recognition receptors in allergic inflammation
13:00 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 15:30
Oral presentation (4 selected participants)
15:30 — 16:30
Tea break, posters viewing and discussion
16:30 — 18:00
Peripheral tolerance: Tregs and Foxp3
3rd Day
Day 3
Venue: Room G-04-05
09:00 — 10:30
Central Tolerance: MECs and Aire
10:30 — 11:15
Regulatory B cells in Autoimmunity
11:15 — 11:30
Tea break
60 minutes lectures + 30 minutes discussion
11:30 — 13:00
Oral presentation (4 selected registrants)
(15 minute presentation + 5 minute discussion)
13:00 — 14:00
Lunch
15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion
14:00 — 15:00
Poster viewing and discussion
(60 minute lecture + 30 minute discussion)
15:00 — 15:45
C-Type Lectin Receptors in Antimicrobial Immunity
15:45 — 17:15
Innate Immunity and Influenza
17:15 — 18:15
Workshop
4th Day
Day 4
Venue: Room G-04-05
09:00 — 10:30
Microbiota, Immune Responses and the Nervous System
10:30 — 10:45
Tea break
10:45 — 12:15
Pre-Surgical Clinical Trials for Immune Monitoring
12:15 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:50
Oral presentation - 4 selected registrants
(15 minute presentation + 5 minute discussion)
14:50 — 15:45
Tea break, poster viewing and discussion
15:45 — 16:30
Potential of vaccine-elicited CD8+ T cells in curing HIV-infection and cancer
16:30 — 18:00
Targeting Immune Checkpoints in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities
18:00 — 18:15
Course closing address
18:15 — 19:00
Break
19:00 — 21:00
Social Dinner
5th Day
Day 5
Venue: TBD
09:00 — 17:00
Bus departs at 6B Sassoon Road (Lee Hysan Hall) to Sai Kung.
6th Day
Day 6
Venue: Cheung Kung Hai Lecture Theatre 4
08:45 — 09:00
Opening Address
09:00 — 09:45
Remarkable Diversity of Stem and Progenitor Cells
09:45 — 10:30
Genomics of Tolerance: Treg Specification and Signaling
10:30 — 11:15
Immunological Control of Non-Immunological Processes
11:15 — 11:30
Tea Break
11:30 — 12:15
Genetics Control of T Follicular Helper Cells
12:15 — 13:00
NKT Cell Regulation of Innate B Cell Responses
13:00 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 14:45
The Four Horsemen of Anti-Apocalypse
14:45 — 15:30
Myeloid Dendritic Cell Biology and Medicine
15:30 — 15:45
Tea Break
15:45 — 16:30
Investigating the ICOS/ICOSL Pathway for Immunotherapy Strategies
16:30 — 17:15
Targeting Immune Checkpoints in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities
17:15 — 17:30
Closing Remarks

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