
Virtual Event : 1 - 2 December 2026
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
WELCOME TO DAY ONE
Session 1
Chair: Omer Dushek
Benny Chain The UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, UK
'Private and shared T cell receptor clusters in cancer immunity'
Q&A: 13:25-13:35
Thierry Mora École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris, France
'How to maintain a diverse T-cell response'
Q&A: 13:55-14:05
Proffered Paper 1
Q&A: 14:15-14:20
Proffered Paper 2
Q&A: 14:25-14:35
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 2
Chair: Melita Irving
FLASH TALKS 1
Armita Nourmohammad Yale School of Medicine, USA
'Design principles of the adaptive immune response in T-cells'
Q&A: 15:35-15:45
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT - ImmuneWatch
Proffered Paper 3
Q&A: 16:10-16:15
Proffered Paper 4
Q&A: 16:25-16:30
Marta Luksza MSKCC, USA
'Predicting tumor evolution to design vaccines'
Q&A: 16:50-17:00
SUMMARY AND CLOSE
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
WELCOME TO DAY TWO
Session 3
Chair: Benny Chain
Omer Dushek University of Oxford, UK
'Generation of super-selective T cells by engineering buffered signalling'
Q&A: 13:25-13:35
Dirk Busch Technical University of Munich, Germany
Q&A: 13:55-14:05
Proffered Paper 5
Q&A: 14:15-14:20
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 4
Chair: Armita Nourmohammad
FLASH TALKS 2
Melita Irving University of Lausanne, Switzerland
'Engineering specificity, safety and function into T cells against cancer'
Q&A: 15:20-15:30
Proffered Paper 6
Q&A: 15:40-15:45
Chris Garcia Stanford University, USA
'Inconvenient structural truths for decoding and engineering T cell recognition'
Q&A: 16:05-16:15
OPEN FORUM
An informal discussion session where speakers and participants are invited to discuss the key talking points from the day
SUMMARY AND CLOSE