9th Joint Meeting ISICR-ICS Cytokines & Interferons: From the ...

2011 – Florence, Italy
Santo Landolfo (ISICR) presented an update on the 9th Joint
ISICR/ICS Conference which will take place in Florence, Italy
on October 9-12, 2011. The scientific theme for this
Conference is “Cytokines and Interferons: from the bench to
the bedside. Scientific themes range from new cytokines and
new technologies, to the roles of cytokines in tumor
immunology, cell cycle control, inflammation, host defense,
and angiogenesis.
The clinical impact of cytokines in cancer, inflammatory
diseases, viral syndromes and the use of cytokines as
therapeutics will also be a major focus of the meeting.
Fundamental research topics will include signal transduction,
apoptosis, gene regulation, and cytokine structure- function.
The Scientific Program is being developed by a committee
that is chaired by Alberto Mantovani and includes
representatives from each society. The ISICR representatives
on this committee are: Santo Landolfo, Nancy Reich, Michael
Tovey and Kathy Zoon. ICS representatives are: Nancy
Ruddle, John Schrader, Giorgio Trinchieri and David Wallach,
Alberto Mantovani. The Organizing committee is currently
finalizing the list of topics and invited speakers for the
scientific program. There was discussion regarding the
scientific program and corporate sponsorship/donations; and
the Meetings committee members strongly recommended
that the Organizers and Scientific Program Committee for this
meeting and future meetings insure the independence,
integrity and balance of the scientific program.
The venue, Firenzi Fiera is located in Florence City Centre.
The Congress center is located close to the train station in
Florence within close proximity to hotels of varying price range.
The Congress Secretariate is M.A.F. SERVIZI SrL. Proposed
early registration fees range from 250 Euros for students to
570 Euros for industry non-members. Seed funds of $15,000
(US) from each society have been provided to the Organizers
and fundraising activities are in progress. The Organizers of
the 2010 Chicago Meeting provided a working list of sponsor
contact information to Santo to assist with fundraising. The
proposed working budget is based on 700 attendees and 40
invited speakers, as a start, and estimates expenses of
440,000 Euros (including the VAT). The plan is to add more
invited speakers if finances and the budget will allow it.
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