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SIICA

Società Italiana di Immunologia,

Immunologia Clinica e Allergologia

SIE

Società Italiana di Ematologia

EFIS

European Federation of Immunological Societies

Università di Verona

 

2nd NATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

 

 

SIICA

 

ITALIAN SOCIETY OF IMMUNOLOGY,

CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGOLOGY

May 28-31, 2003

 

 

EFIS Lecture

May 28, 2003

 

 

SIICA-SIE Joint Symposium

May 29, 2003

 

 

 

 

VERONA

 

May 28-31, 2003

 

Abstract deadline March 1, 2003

 

Preliminary program

 

 


Wednesday, May 28

 

9:00-12:30

Pre-meeting Post-Graduate Course in Allergic Diseases

Immunomodulatori nelle malattie allergiche

Chairs F. Dammacco, Bonifazi

C. Riccardi

G.W. Canonica

S. Bonini

 

12:30-14:00

12.30-13.30

Lunch and satellite symposium

La gestione del paziente allergologico: il punto di vista dei soggetti coinvolti (Rappresentanti di SIICA, AITO, Farmacisti, Farmindustria, GSK, APAI, giornalisti stampa scientifica)

PL Meroni, G Senna

14:00-16:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:00-16:30

 

 

16:30-17:00

 

 

 

 

17:00-18:00

 

 

 

Parallel Workshops

 

Leukocyte recruitment and trafficking

Chairs: F. Sallusto, D. D’Ambrosio

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

Infectious diseases

Chairs: L. Romani, F. Aiuti

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

Interval

 

 

Opening Ceremony

Rettore Università Verona

M. Baccarani

S. Romagnani

 

Introduction EFIS Lecture

G. Tridente

 

EFIS Lecture

G. Trinchieri

 

18:00-19:30

 

Poster viewing (ham and wine)

 


 

Thursday, May 29

 

 

8:00-9:00

Tutorial on stem cells  F. Frassoni

 

9:00-13:00

 

 

 

9:00-10:30

 

 

 

 

10:30-11:00

 

11:00-13:00

 

Plenary Symposium SIICA-SIE

Immunological aspects of stem cells

Chairs: M. Martelli, G. Pizzolo

 

A. Vescovi

B. Lowemberg

A. Velardi

 

Interval

 

C. Stella

J. Goldman

Cavazzana-Calvo

G. Martino

 

13:00-14:30

Lunch and satellite symposium

Immunoterapia con anticorpi monoclonali in oncoematologia

Chairs: G. Semenzato, F. Caligaris-Cappio

F. Caligaris-Cappio

M. Introna

Rambaldi

 

14:30-16:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel Workshops

 

Stem cells

Chairs: E. Dejana, Bacicalupo

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

Vaccines

Chairs: P. Parronchi, S. Abrignani

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

16:30-17:00

Interval

17:00-17:30

Prize Ceremony

17:30-19:30

General Assembly of SIICA members

 

 

20.30

Social Dinner and Dancing

 


Friday, May 30

 

8:30-10:30

Parallel Workshops

 

Cytokines

Chairs: F. Bazzoni, A. Sica

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

Tumor immunology

Chairs: P. Zanovello, L. Racioppi

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

10:30-11:00

Interval

11:00-13:00

Parallel Workshops

 

Tolerance and autoimmunity

Chairs: G. Matarese, F. Silvestris

 

 

 6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

Signal transduction

Chairs: G. Natoli, G. Berton

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

13:00-14:30

Lunch and satellite symposium

STI nella leucemia mieloide cronica

Chairs: M. Baccarani, Salio

 

14:30-17:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenary Symposium

Immunorheumatology

Chairs: P.L. Meroni, G. Danieli

A. Martini

C. Lunardi

M. Feldmann

 

4 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

17:00-17:30

 

Interval

 

17:30-19:30

 

Poster viewing (biscuits and wine)

 


Saturday, May 31

 

8:00-9:00

 

Tutorial: Determinazione di citochine mediante citofluorimetria

F. Annunziato

 

8:30-10:30

Parallel Workshops

 

Antigen-presenting cells and antigen presentation

Chairs: M. Rescigno, V. Barnaba

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

Allergic diseases

Chairs: C. Albanesi, E Maggi

 

 

6 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

10:30-11:00

Interval

11:00-13:00

Plenary Symposium

Pattern Recognition Receptors

Chairs: L. Moretta, F. Tedesco

A. Moretta

F. Sinigaglia

 

2 Presentations selected from the submitted abstracts

 

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

L. Adorini, S. Bonini, F. Caligaris-Cappio, M. Cassatella, G. Pizzolo, G. Semenzato

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Venue: Università di Verona
 
Registration

No registration fee is due for participation.

The Registration Form should be sent back by e-mail or fax to the SIICA Secretary.

 

Abstracts

Abstracts must fit within an area 13 cm wide x 19 cm high, and should be typed in Arial or Times New Roman (at least 10 digits). Type the title in capital letters; underline the name of the presenting author; indicate the selected topic (first and second choices).

Abstracts must be received by March 1, 2003

A limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in the symposia. The other abstracts will be presented and discussed in the poster sessions.

Send by e-mail (….) as attached file saved with the name of the presenting author. Alternatively send one copy to the SIICA Secretary with the complete address of the presenting author (including fax and e-mail) by special delivery.

 

Participation Grants

A limited number of grants will be available to presenters of abstracts with less than 35 years and who are SIICA members.

 

Accommodation:

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Awards

The following Awards will be assigned on …….. at ………….:

Harlan-Italy Award for the best paper, describing a research project performed in Italy and published in 2001, and PBI International Award for the best abstracts selected for oral presentation.

The announcements are available from the SIICA secretary or online on the SIICA homepage: www.marionegri.it/other/gci

 

Official language: English

 

Information requests:

SIICA SECRETARY:

 

 

 

LOCAL ORGANIZATION:

 

 

 

Si ringrazia per il generoso contributo a sostegno delle iniziative della SIICA:

la Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (FIRC), i Soci Associati Sostenitori  e le ditte che bandiscono premi