Programme

  • 20 July – 24 July 2026

  • University of Hong Kong

  • HK$3,000 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 31 May 2026

1st Day
13:00 – 15:00
Arrival & registration
15:00 – 15:10
Welcome & orientation
15:10 – 16:40
Lecture 1 – Beyond immune checkpoint blockade: emerging strategies

Tak W. Mak, Senior Scientist of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at University Health Network

University Professor of Department of Medical Biophysics & Immunology, University of Toronto

Co-Director of Centre for Oncology and Immunology Hong Kong Science Park, Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

16:40 – 19:00
Lecture 2 – Targeting pathogenic T cells in inflammatory diseases

Hai Qi, Professor of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University

19:00 – 21:00
Social dinner
2nd Day
09:00 – 10:30
Lecture 3 – Neural regulation of immunity

Tak W. Mak

Senior Scientist of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at University Health Network

University Professor of Department of Medical Biophysics & Immunology, University of Toronto

Co-Director of Centre for Oncology and Immunology Hong Kong Science Park, Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

10:30 – 10:45
Immunology insight exchange
10:45 – 12:15
Lecture 4 – Sympathetic regulation of energy balance

Wenwen Zeng, professor of the Institute for Immunology and the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University.

12:15 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:40
Oral presentations
14:40 – 15:30
Poster viewings & presentations
15:30 – 17:00
Lecture 5 – GM-CSF: from physiology to inflammation

Burkhard Becher, Professor and Chair of the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.

17:00 – 18:00
Workshop / tutorials
3rd Day
09:00 – 10:30
Lecture 6 – T Cell therapy: from mouse to human

Min Peng, Tenured Associate Professor, Tsinghua University.

10:30 – 10:45
Immunology insight exchange

Morning Networking Break

10:45 – 12:15
Lecture 7 – Metabolic reprogramming of immune cells: from homeostasis to disease

Heidi GS Ling, Assistant Professor of School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong.

12:15 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:40
Oral presentations
14:40 – 16:00
Poster viewings & presentations
16:00 – 17:30
Lecture 8 - T Cell dysfunction in cancer

Meng Michelle Xu, Associate Professor of School of Basic Medical Sciences and Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University. 

17:30 – 18:30
Workshop / tutorials
4th Day
09:00 – 10:30
Lecture 9 – Recapitulating & repairing immunodeficiencies in the lab
10:30 – 10:45
Immunology insight exchange

Morning networking break

10:45 – 12:15
Lecture 10 – Anti-cytokine autoantibody diseases: mechanisms and emerging therapies

Cheng-Lung Ku, Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University 

12:15 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:40
Oral presentations
14:40 – 15:20
Poster viewings & presentations
15:20 – 16:50
Lecture 11 – The immunology of systemic lupus erythematosus

Chak Sing Lau, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health) and Dean of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

5th Day
09:00 – 10:30
Lecture 12 – Neutrophils: born different, adapted for purpose

Lai Guan Ng, Professor of School of Medicine, Westlake University.

10:30 – 11:00
Immunology insight exchange

Morning networking break

11:00 – 12:00
Round up session & interactive discussions
12:00 – 14:00
Farewell lunch
14:00 – 18:30
Hong Kong tour

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