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11:30
FREE Buffet Luncheon Reception
@ BRI, 9th & Seneca
1:30

Session 1: Approaches to Understanding Disease
Hosted by Daniel Campbell, PhD
Town Hall @ 8th and Seneca

Altered Lymphocye Signaling in Modulation of Immune Tolerance
David Rawlings, MD
University of Washington,
Seattle, WA

The Genetics of Autoimmunity in the Post-GWAS Era
Patrick Concannon, PhD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Toward Personalized Immunotherapy of Cancer
Brad Nelson, PhD
Deeley Research Centre
Victoria, British Columbia

Induction, Migration and Function of Regulatory T-cells
Jonathan Bromberg, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

4:30
Break
5:00

Keynote Address
@ Town Hall, 8th & Seneca

Infectious Diseases: Inborn Errors of Immunity?
Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

8:30

Session 2: Autoimmunity
Hosted by Jane Buckner, MD
@ Town Hall, 8th & Seneca

Achieving Tolerance in Autoimmune Diabetes - Challenges and Opportunities
Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Defining Disease Progression and Therapeutic Efficacy Through Monitoring of Islet Autoreactive T-cells
Bart O. Roep, MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands

Ex-vivo Expansion and In-vivo Induction of Regulatory T-cells to Treat Autoimmune Diseases
Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, MD, PhD
The San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy
Milano, Italy

Regulation of Type 1 Interferon in Systemic Autoimmunity
Keith Elkon, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

11:30
FREE Poster Session & Lunch Buffet
@ Town Hall, 8th & Seneca
1:30

Session 3: Host Response
Hosted by Jessica Hamerman, PhD
@ Town Hall, 8th & Seneca

Changes in Host APC Phenotype and Function in Response to Poxvirus Infection
Janice S. Blum, PhD
Indiana University, School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Genetic Variation & Innate Immunity to Tuberculosis
Thomas R. Hawn, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Pregnancy Malaria: A Vaccine Designed by Nature
Patrick Duffy, MD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

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A local-area guide to parking is available for the the BRI/VMMC campus area.
You can view this map in your browser or download a PDF map.

Two nearby hotels are offering discounted lodging rates for all attendees. Simply click on either of the images below and you'll be taken to a website where you can make your reservations. The two links below provide a few ways to look at your dining options while visiting Seattle.  

6th & Seneca

Rooms are $149/night

5th & University

Rooms are $203/night

A handy list of downtown Seattle dining options organized by type.
View your nearby restaurant options on a local-area map.
Visit the Benaroya Research Institute website