Introductions
• Professor Deborah Smith, University of York, IIB Board Chair
• Dr Dave Tapolczay, CEO MRC-T

10.20am

Keynote speaker Professor Greg Winter, LMB - The scientist entrepreneur at the MRC; a personal view

11.00am

Scientific session 1:  Future potential for vaccine research Chaired by Dr Jean Langhorne, National Institute of Medical Research, Infections and Immunity Board Member

• Professor Allan Mowat, University of Glasgow - Targeting of mucosal vaccine vectors

• Professor Tomas Hanke, Human Immunology Unit - Development of a universal T cell vaccine for HIV-1

• Dr Tony Holder, NIMR - Prospects for a malaria vaccine

• Panel Q&A

12.15pm

Poster viewing

1.15pm

Lunch and continuation of poster viewing

2.00pm

Session 2: Strengthening links between Academics and Pharma Chaired by Dr Dave Tapolczay, Chief Executive, MRC Technology

• Dr Catherine Gérard, GSK - Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapy : From laboratory evaluation to clinical development

• Dr Tim Bourne, UCB

• Ask the Pharma expert (Q & A session with an industrial panel) –Challenges in immunotherapy

3.40pm

Poster viewing

6.30pm

Drinks & Dinner

Scientific session 3:  Moving molecular immunology to therapeutics Chaired by Professor Eric Jenkinson, University of Birmingham, Infections and Immunity Board member

• Dr Martin Turner, Babraham Institute, Cambridge - Regulation of B cell differentiation by microRNAs and RNA binding proteins

• Professor Dan Davis, Imperial College London - Nanotubes and synapses in immune cell biology

• Professor Neil Barclay, University of Oxford - Genetics - quantitative analysis of protein interactions - translation

• Panel Q&A

11.15am

Poster session 2 (final judging session) & Coffee

12.30pm

Lunch – interaction session over lunch “Dragon’s Den”

1.30pm

Scientific session 4: New targets for immunotherapy Chaired by Professor Fiona Powrie, University of Oxford, Infections and Immunity Board member

• Professor Colin Watts, University of Dundee - Acute dendritic cell responses to Toll-like receptor stimuli

• Professor Tracy Hussell, Imperial College London - Harnessing immune potentiators for the control of significant respiratory pathogens

• Dr Alex Betz, LMB Cambridge

• Panel Q&A

2.45pm

Guest speaker – Professor Sir Gordon Duff, UK Commission on Human Medicines; introduced by Professor Deborah Smith, University of York and Chair, MRC Infections and Immunity Board

3.15pm

Poster Prize presentation and closing summary
Dr Dave Tapolczay

3.30pm

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