School Program

19th ENII EFIS EJI Summer School on Advanced Immunology

May 07 – 14, 2026
Hotel Carlos V, Alghero, Sardinia

Scientific Organisers: James Di Santo and Chiara Romagnani

program updated 07/05

Thursday, May 07 – Arrival
Lunch (12:45-14:00) Restaurant (Level R)
Hotel Check-in, rooms available from 15:00
Registration 16:00-19:00 Conference Room (Level Reception)
Ice Breaker Games 19:00-20:15 Poster Room (Level R)
Dinner (20:15-21:30) Restaurant (Level R)

Friday, May 08


Welcome Introduction (08:45) Erica Lomnes, School Manager

Session Chair: Maries van den Broek – ENII President

Lecture (09:00-10:00*): James Di Santo Mucosal Immunomics : Deciphering Human Upper Respiratory Tract Immunity

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Chiara Romagnani Innate and adaptive features of NK cells

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Veit Hornung From phenotype to pathway: forward genetics in innate immune sensing

Lunch (12:45-13:45)

Free time

Session Chair: Emanuele Andreano

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Poster Session A (18:00-19:45)

Dinner (20:00)

*Faculty lectures are 40 minutes, immediately followed by 20 minutes of discussion

Saturday, May 09

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Laura Surace Metabolic programming of innate lymphocytes in health and cancer

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Christian Münz  Inflammation: How does it settle into tissues?

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Petter Brodin Making sense of human immune systems by systems immunology

Lunch (12:45-13:45)

Free time

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Poster Session B (18:00-19:45)

Dinner (20:00)

Sunday, May 10

Lecture (09:00-10:00):  Steffen Jung  Monocytes and Macrophages

Lecture (10:00-11:00):  Emanuele Andreano Monoclonal antibodies: the revolution that propelled the fight to infectious diseases

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30):  Maries van den Broek Interactions between cancer and the immune system

Lunch (12:45-13:45)

Free time

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Poster Session C (18:00-19:45)

Dinner (20:00)

Monday, May 11


Lecture (09:00-10:00): Milka Sarris Dynamics of Immune Responses

Lecture (10:00-11:00):  Adrian Liston Tissue Regulatory T cells

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20) 11:20 GROUP PHOTO – TERRACE BAR

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Matteo Iannacone  Context matters: T cells in tissues

Lunch (12:45-13:45)

Free time

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Poster Session D (18:00-19:45)

Dinner (20:00)

Tuesday, May 12

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Elisabetta Traggiai A patient immune journey: from immune memory to target identification and bio therapeutic design

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Chetan Chitnis Developing a malaria vaccine: A personal journey

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Michael Sixt Spatial organisation of Immunity

Lunch (12:45-13:45)

Free time

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)

Poster Session E (18:00-19:45)

Dinner (20:00)

Wednesday, May 13 (CONFIRMED 13:00 on May 12th)
Cultural Excursions (optional)

DUE TO WIND/SEA CONDITIONS THE BOAT TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY THE BOAT COMPANY

Morning will remain free.

07:00-10:00 Breakfast
Suggestions: Take the beach bus to explore the area
Rent a bike and explore Porto Conte Natural Park
Have a leisurely morning between the hotel and town.

Morning (08:30-11:30)
Boat Excursion from Alghero Marina to visit the Neptune’s Cave under the Capo Caccia promontory.
Wear shoes for walking in the cave (no flip flops)
08:30 Depart hotel, walk to the Alghero Marina, Navisarda Lines
09:00 Boat Departure – “DELPHINUS”
11:30 Boat Returns to the Marina
Free-time in the city center

13:00-14:00 Lunch at the Hotel
Afternoon 14:00-18:30
Excursion by bus to Maria Pia Beach (La Conchiglia area, Reserved sun beds at Lido Hermeu)
14:00 Bus departs Hotel (STREET LEVEL, 2 Cattogno Buses, room for sitting and standing)
18:00 Bus departs Beach (exactly where it drops you off)
Farewell Dinner: 20:30

Thursday, May 14 – Departure

07:00-10:00 Breakfast
Check-out by 11:00 – Early morning departures may “check-out”/pay extras bill Wednesday night.

12:30-13:30 Lunch