EWIMID 2010
Dear Colleagues,
As
the development and availability of new targeted therapies boosted
important evolutions in the field of clinical immunology, many of us
realized the need for more intensive interaction and collaboration not
only with fundamental immunologists and with industrial partners but
also with our academic colleagues from other organ-specific disciplines
than our own. Therefore, we initiated in 2004 an European Working Group
of leading academic physician-scientists involved in clinical
immunology, rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology,
transplantation immunology,… Our global aim is to create a
forum for informal but intensive interaction and networking between
translational immunologists from different organ-specific disciplines.
The keys of our organization are:
• Focus on translational immunology with direct clinical relevance
• Emphasis on cross-disciplinary interactions and projects
• Strong interaction between academia and pharmaceutical partners, especially biotech companies focusing on immunomodulation and immunomonitoring
Our organization is open and democratic. Therefore, all interested partners are welcome to join this initiative.
Over
the last four years, we have made a big step forward to reach this goal
through the organization of the European Workshop on Immune-Mediated
Inflammatory Diseases in Amsterdam in 2006, Nuremberg in 2007, London
in 2008 and Cascais-Lisbon in 2009.
In line with the growing interest for this type of forum for discussion and networking, we are pleased to announce the Fifth
European Workshop on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, which will
take place on December 1 – 3, 2010 in Sitges-Barcelona, Spain.
We
are happy and proud that Prof. Juan Cañete and Prof. Francisco Lozano
agreed to be the Scientific Chairs of this Fifth EWIMID workshop.
The
workshop will again be a three-day meeting with thematic
cross-disciplinary sessions as well as a lot of time for poster
discussions and oral presentation of selected abstracts. We will also
include 3 satellite symposia which are aimed to focus on
immunomodulation and immunomonitoring, in close collaboration with
pharmaceutical and biotech partners.
This year the Workshop will be preceded by a Masterclass on Psoriasis and Associated Diseases organized
by Prof.Frank Nestlé (London, UK) and Bing Thio (Rotterdam, NL) on
November 30 and December 1. This masterclass requires a separate
registration as it is restricted to a maximum of 40 participants.
Indeed, the aim is to have interactive sessions where the experts and
the audience define together the actual state of the art in the field
as well as the major challenges for the coming years. Accordingly, this
masterclass creates an ideal environment for setting up collaborations
and joined research projects.
The
Workshop Chairs, the Organizing Steering Committee and Scientific
Committee look forward to your active participation to the Fifth
European Workshop on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.
Date
Date: From
1/12/2010
until
3/12/2010
Downloads
Links
Venue
Venue:
Mélia Sitges
Address:
Joan Salvat Papasseit 38
City:
Sitges 08870
Country:
Barcelona
Website:
Announcements
Sponsers
|