Scientific Program

> Day 1, (Nov. 7, WED)

Convention Hall A (B2)

12:50-13:50 Registration
13:50-15:50 Block Symposium 1: Dendritic Cells and Macrophages
Chair: Seung-yong Seong (Seoul National University, Korea)
You-Me Kim (KAIST, Korea)
13:50-14:25 Regulation of Dendritic Cell Development and Function by the Innate Immune System 
Jose Villadangos (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
14:25-15:00 Human Dendritic Cells: From Development to Functions
Florent Ginhoux (SIgN, A*STAR, Singapore)
15:00-15:10 Role of Microglial NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration of Parkinson's disease
Eun Ju Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
15:10-15:30 Transcriptome analysis reveals the immunological heterogeneity of aortic macrophages in atherosclerosis
Jae-Hoon Choi (Hanyang University, Korea)
15:30-15:50 Regulation of adipose tissue macrophages in obesity-induced inflammation
Kae Won Cho (Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science, Korea) 
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-16:20 President Welcome Address & Speaker Introduction
16:20-17:10 Plenary Lecture 1 (KAI-Genexine Award: Grand Achievement Award)
Chair: Chong-Kil Lee (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
  Medical significance of IL-15-induced T cell activation
Eui-Cheol Shin (KAIST, Korea)

Convention Hall B (B2)

12:35-12:50 Satellite Symposium : From Bench to Start-up
 
Brief Introduction of KDDF BRIDGE Program
Seonkyoung Lee (Korea Drug Development Fund, Korea)
13:50-15:50 Block Symposium 2: KAI-AKIA (KAI-Genexine Award: Excellence Award)
Chair: Chang-Duk Jun (GIST, Korea)
Sang-Moo Kang (Georgia State University, USA)
13:50-14:15 (KAI-Genexine Award: Excellence Award)
Cross-talk between autoimmunity and dyslipidemia
Yeonseok Chung (Seoul National University, Korea)
14:15-14:40 Deciphering type I IFN-dependent cascade responses of early innate immunity at mucosal sites following herpesvirus infection
Seong-Kug Eo (Chonbuk National University, Korea)
14:40-14:50 Regulation of IL-7-mediated lymphomagenesis by soluble common γc
Geona kim (Pusan National University, Korea)
14:50-15:20 Innate Inflammatory Interactions between Metastatic Cancer Cells and Bone
Francis Lee (Yale University School of Medicine, USA)
15:20-15:50 Immunology of Vaccine Adjuvants: a New Paradigm of CD4-independent Mechanisms
Sang-Moo Kang (Georgia State University, USA)
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-16:20 President Welcome Address & Speaker Introduction
16:20-17:20 Plenary Lecture 1 (KAI-Genexine Award: Grand Achievement Award)
Chair: Chong-Kil Lee (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
  Medical significance of IL-15-induced T cell activation
Eui-Cheol Shin (KAIST, Korea)

Convention Hall C (B2)

17:10-19:00 Poster Presentation 1: KAI Networking Hour with light bites



> Day 2, (Nov. 8, THU)

Convention Hall A (B2)

09:00-11:00 Block Symposium 3: Mucosal Immunity
Chair: Young-Min Hyun (Yonsei University, Korea)
Heung Kyu Lee (KAIST, Korea)
09:00-09:35 Immune recognition of the microbiota
Gregory Barton (UC Berkeley, USA)
09:35-09:55 Microbiome and cancer immunotherapy
Hansoo Park (GIST, Korea)
09:55-10:05 Loss of PKM2 in Lgr5+ Intestinal Stem Cells Promotes Colitis-associated Colorectal Cancer
Yeji Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea)
10:05-10:40 Real-time intravital characterization of the immune microenvironment in cancers
Keehoon Jung (Seoul National University, Korea)
10:40-11:00 Intravital microscopy technology for in vivo dynamic visulization of immune cell trafficking
Pilhan Kim (KAIST, Korea)
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:40 Mini Symposium 1: Innate Signaling
Chair: Jeon-Soo Shin (Yonsei University, Korea)
Won-Woo Lee (Seoul National University, Korea)
11:20-12:00 Inflammasome signalling in the human system
Veit Hornung (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
12:00-12:20 NOX2-mediated ROS generation in macrophage through endocytosis of monomeric TLR4-MD2 complex
Won-Il Jeong (KAIST, Korea)
12:20-12:40 TNF activates SREBP2 to bind inflammatory target genes and regulate macrophage polarization and tissue repair
Sung Ho Park (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
12:40-14:00 Luncheon Symposium 1  
14:00-16:00 Block Symposium 5: Autoimmune Diseases 
 Chair: Sang-il Lee (Geongsang National University, Korea)
Seung-Hyo Lee (KAIST, Korea)
14:00-14:35 Reduced oxidative response - a major cause of autoimmune disease
Rikard Holmdahl (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
14:35-15:10 Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Lupus Autoimmunity
Nan Shen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
15:10-15:20 Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species induced by NADPH oxidase 2 deficiency enhances Th1/Th17 immune responses through SHP1/JAK/STAT signaling
Mingyo Kim (Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Korea)
15:20-15:40 The transcription factor Foxp1 preserves integrity of an active Foxp3 locus in extrathymicTreg cells
Dipayan Rudra (IBS, POSTECH, Korea)
15:40-16:00 Anti-fibrotic effect of selective estrogen receptor modulators in systemic sclerosis
Ji Hyeon Ju (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-17:10 Plenary Lecture 2
Chair: Soon-Cheol Hong (Boditech Med, Korea)
  Novel regulators of inflammation in health and disease
Sankar Ghosh (Columbia University, USA)

Convention Hall B (B2)

09:00-11:00 Block Symposium 4: Regulation of B Cell Immunity
Chair: Sang-Jun Ha (Yonsei University, Korea)
Youngnim Choi (Seoul National University, Korea)
09:00-09:35 How T cells control antibody responses: T follicular helper (Tfh) CD4 T cells and germinal center B cell responses in the context of vaccines and infections
Shane Crotty (La Jolla institute for allergy and immunology, USA)
09:35-10:10 Dynamic regulation of T-B interactions in vivo
Hai Qi (Tsinghua University, China)
10:10-10:20 Analysis of Desmoglein 3-specific T Follicular Helper Cells in Pemphigus
A Reum Kim (KAIST, Korea)
10:20-10:40 Ets1 halts the onset of SLE by suppressing TFH2 differentiation 
Sin-Hyeog Im (IBS/POSTECH, Korea)
10:40-11:00 Regulation of autoantibody production in lupus models
Jeehee Youn (Hanyang University, Korea)
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:40 Mini Symposium 2: T Cell Development
Chair: Changwan Hong (Pusan National University, Korea)
Joo-Young Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
11:20-12:00 Cytokine-controlled mechanisms of iNKT cell lineage commitment
Jung-Hyun Park (National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA)
12:00-12:20 Escape from thymic deletion and anti-leukemic effects of T cells specific for hematopoietic cell-restricted antigen
Eun-Young Choi (Seoul National University, Korea)
12:20-12:40 Roles of CD69 on thymocyte development
Kimura Motoko (Chiba University, Japan)
12:40-14:00 Luncheon Symposium 2  
14:00-16:00 Block Symposium 6: Tissue-Resident Immune Cells 
Chair: Doo Hyun Chung (Seoul National University, Korea)
Eui-Cheol Shin (KAIST, Korea)
14:00-14:30 Origin and Function of Tissue-Resident Lymphocytes
Ming O. Li (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
14:30-14:55 Niches for homeostasis of memory T cells in the liver
Yong Woo Jung (Korea University, Korea)
14:55-15:05 Interleukin-15-activated Liver Sinusoidal Mucosal-associated Invariant T Cells Exert MR1-independent, NKG2D-dependent Cytotoxicity
Min-Seok Rha (KAIST, Korea)
15:05-15:35 Immunometabolic crosstalk in Innate Immunity
Triantafyllos Chavakis (Dresden University, Germany)
15:35-16:00 Innate immune crosstalk in the airways: innate lymphoid cells coordinate the polarization of lung macrophages
Hye Young Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-17:10 Plenary Lecture 2
Chair: Soon-Cheol Hong (Boditech Med, Korea)
  Novel regulators of inflammation in health and disease
Sankar Ghosh (Columbia University, USA)

Convention Hall C (B2)

17:10-19:00 Poster Presentation 2: KAI Networking Hour with light bites

Convention Hall (B1)

12:40-14:00 Board of Director's Meeting



> Day 3, (Nov. 9, FRI)

Conference Room (B1)- Closed Sessions (Option)

12:40-13:30 Special Workshop: Meet the JEM Editor
Chair: Myung-Shik Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
  Scientific Publishing: What, How and Why?
Alejo Chorny (Senior Scientific Editor JEM, USA)

Convention Hall A (B2)

09:00-11:00 Block Symposium 7: T Cell Diversity
Chair: Hyoung-Pyo Kim (Yonsei University, Korea)
Yeonseok Chung (Seoul National University, Korea)
09:00-09:30 Signaling Circuits and Systems Biology in Immune Cell Metabolic Reprogramming
Hongbo Chi (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
09:30-09:55 Role of PTEN in Th17 cell differentiation
Gap Ryol Lee (Sogang University, Korea)
09:55-10:25 Transcriptional control of tissue Treg cells
Shohei Hori (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
10:25-10:50 Placental Growth Factor Regulates the Generation of T-Helper 17 Cells to Link Angiogenesis with Autoimmunity
Wan-Uk Kim (The Catholic University, Korea)
10:50-11:00 Inflammation-induced Id2 Promotes Plasticity in Regulatory T cells : a new potential target for autoimmunity and cancer immunotherapy
Sung-Min Hwang (IBS/ POSTECH, Korea)
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:40 Mini Symposium 3: NK Cells and ILCs
Chair: Kyung-Mi Lee (Korea University, Korea)
Inmoo Rhee (Sejong University, Korea)
11:20-12:00 Regulation of innate and innate-like immune cells by SLAM family receptors
André Veillette (IRCM, Molecular Oncology, Canada)
12:00-12:20 MicroRNA role in NK cell immunity
Tae-Don Kim (KRIBB, Korea)
12:20-12:40 NK cell synergy and cancer diagnosis
Hun Sik Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea)
12:40-14:00 Luncheon Symposium 3
14:00-16:00 Block Symposium 9: Cancer Immunology
Chair: Tai-Gyu Kim (Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
Sung Yoo Cho (Green Cross LabCell, Korea)
14:00-14:35 Asking T cells about what they see in health and disease
Evan William Newell (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
14:35-15:10 Immunotherapy utilizing invariant NKT cell-licensed dendritic cells in situ
Shin-ichiro Fujii (RIKEN, Japan)
15:10-15:20 VEGF-A Blockade Enhances Anti-PD-1-induced T-cell Reinvigoration by Reversing TOX-mediated T-cell Exhaustion in Mismatch Repair-proficient Colorectal Cancer
Chang Gon Kim (KAIST, Korea)
15:20-15:40 Heterogeneous exhaustion status of tumor-infiltrating CD8 T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma
Su-Hyung Park (KAIST, Korea)
15:40-16:00 CD137-CD137L bidirectional signaling in cancer immunity and beyond
Byungsuk Kwon (University of Ulsan, Korea)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-17:10 Plenary Lecture 3
Chair: Chang Yuil Kang (Seoul National University, Korea)
  Molecular control of T cell fates in inflammation and cancer
Chen Dong (Tsinghua University, China)
17:10-19:00 Award & General Assembly

Convention Hall B (B2)

9:00-11:00 Block Symposium 8: Infection and Immunity
Chair: Yong-Suk Jang (Chonbuk National University, Korea)
Jun Chang (Ewha Womans University, Korea)
09:00-09:35 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: Insights into Role of Type 1 Interferon and T cell responses
Stanley Perlman (University of Iowa, USA)
09:35-10:10 Novel Evasion Mechanisms against Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses by Herpes Simplex Virus 1
Yasushi Kawaguchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
10:10-10:20 LCMV-infected EL-4 Increases Expression of MHC-1 and PD-L1, and Inhibits virus-specific CD8 T cell Activation.
Kim Sang Hoon (Korea University, Korea)
10:20-10:40 Vibrio vulnificus quorum-sensing molecule cyclo(Phe-Pro) inhibits RIG-I mediated antiviral innate immunity
Jong Won Oh (Yonsei University, Korea)
10:40-11:00 The Role of NEMO Regulator against Pathogen Infection
Jong-Soo Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea)
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:40 Mini Symposium 4: Allergy
Chair: Tae Hoon Kim (Korea University, Korea)
Je-Min Choi (Hanyang University, Korea)
11:20-12:00 Identification of Wnt signaling to the development of lung inflammation in asthma
Alfred. L. M. Bothwell (Yale University Sc