Monday 23 March
13:00 – 13:45 REGISTRATION (Lunch is not provided on day 1)
13:45 – 14:00 OPENING REMARKS
14:00 – 15:30 SESSION 1: PHAGOCYTOSIS & EFFEROCYTOSIS
14:00 – 14:30 Invited talk - Prof. Morgan Huse, USA
14:30 – 14:45 Selected talk
14:45 – 15:00 Selected talk
15:00 – 15:15 Selected talk
15:15 – 16:15 REFRESHMENT BREAK
16:15 – 17:15 SESSION 1 cont: PHAGOCYTOSIS & EFFEROCYTOSIS
16:15 – 16:45 Invited talk - Prof. Jason King, UK
16:45 – 17:00 Selected talk
17:00 – 17:15 Selected talk
17:15 – 18:15 The EMBO Keynote Lecture
Prof. Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, France
18:30 – 20:30 WELCOME DRINKS RECEPTION
Tuesday 24 March 2026
09:00 – 09:15 OPENING REMARKS
09:15 – 10:15 SESSION 2: PAEDIATRIC INNATE IMMUNITY
09:15 – 09:45 Invited talk - Prof. Elisa Gomez Perdiguero, France
09:45 – 10:00 Selected talk
10:00 – 10:15 Selected talk
10:15 – 11:15 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER SESSION 1
11:15 – 12:15 SESSION 2 cont: PAEDIATRIC INNATE IMMUNITY
11:15 – 11:45 Invited talk - Prof. Melanie Greter, Switzerland
11:45 – 12:00 Selected talk
12:00 – 12:15 Selected talk
12:15 – 12:45 FLASH TALK SESSION
12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH BREAK
13:45 – 15:45 SESSION 3: PHAGOCYTE MECHANOSENSING
13:45 – 14:15 Invited talk - Prof. Philipp Niethammer, USA
14:15 – 14:30 Selected talk
14:30 – 14:45 Selected talk
14:45 – 15:00 Selected talk
15:00 – 15:15 Selected talk
15:15 – 15:45 Invited talk - Prof. Verena Ruprecht, Spain
15:45 – 16:45 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER SESSION 2
16:45 – 18:45 SESSION 4: PHAGOCYTE FLAVOURS
16:45 – 17:15 Invited talk - Prof. Peter Nigrovic, USA
17:15 – 17:30 Selected talk
17:30 – 17:45 Selected talk
17:45 – 18:00 Selected talk
18:00 – 18:15 Selected talk
18:15 – 18:45 Invited talk - Prof. Isabelle Arnold, Switzerland
18:45 – 19:30 POSTER CHANGEOVER AND FREE TIME
19:30 – 22:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
Wednesday 25 March 2026
09:00 – 09:15 OPENING REMARKS
09:15 – 10:45 SESSION 5: EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT OF PHAGOCYTES
09:15 – 09:45 Invited talk - Prof. Rebecca Gentek, UK
09:45 – 10:00 Selected talk
10:00 – 10:15 Selected talk
10:15 – 11:15 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER SESSION 3
11:45 – 12:15 SESSION 5 cont: EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT OF PHAGOCYTES
11:15 – 11:45 Invited talk - Prof. Helen Weavers, UK
11:45 – 12:00 Selected talk
12:00 – 12:15 Selected talk
12:15 – 12:45 FLASH TALK SESSION
12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH BREAK
13:45 – 15:30 SESSION 6: PHAGOCYTES IN INFECTION
13:45 – 14:15 Invited talk - Prof. Serge Mostowy, UK
14:15 – 14:30 Selected talk
14:30 – 14:45 Selected talk
14:45 – 15:00 Selected talk
15:00 – 15:30 Invited talk - Prof. María Casanova Acebes, Spain
15:30 – 16:30 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER SESSION 4
16:30 – 18:15 SESSION 7: PHAGOCYTE-STROMAL INTERACTIONS IN DISEASES
16:30 – 17:00 Invited talk - Prof. Lydia Sorokin, Germany
17:00 – 17:15 Selected talk
17:15 – 17:30 Selected talk
17:30 – 17:45 Selected talk
17:45 – 18:15 Invited talk - Prof. Claudia Monaco, UK
18:15 – 19:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE - Prof. Steffen Massberg, Germany
19:15 – 19:30 CLOSING CEREMONY & AWARDS