Day 1 – November 3rd, 2026

8:00–9:30
Registration
9:30–9:45
Opening Ceremony
9:45–10:30
Keynote
Opening Keynote Talk: Niki Moutsopoulos
NIAID-NIH, USA
10:30–11:15
Break
Coffee Break
11:15–12:00
Oral Abstracts Estefania Nova-Lamperti University of Concepción, Chile Carolina Maia Mendes Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nicolas Dutzan University of Chile
12:00–13:00
Break
Lunch
Session I
Infections and Inflammation
13:00–13:30
Katarina Lahl
University of Calgary, Canada
13:30–14:00
Ana Maria Caetano
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
14:00–14:30
Matteo Iannacone
San Raffaele University, Italy
14:30–15:00
Break
Coffee Break
15:00–15:45
Oral Abstracts Jessica Pei McGill University, Canada Italo da Silva Gonçalves Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Brazil Luis Rodriguez-Cortes Centro Ciencia & Vida, Chile
15:45–17:45
Poster
Poster Session
18:00–
Social
Welcome Reception

Day 2 – November 4th, 2026

8:45–9:30
Keynote
Keynote Talk: Susan Bullman
MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Session II
Barrier Immunology in the Oral-Gut Axis
9:30–10:00
Gustavo Monasterio
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
10:00–10:30
Claudia Rivera
NIAID-NIH, USA
10:30–11:00
Petra Bacher
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
11:00–11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30–12:00
Sponsors Talk
12:00–12:45
Oral Abstracts David Otieno Kenya Medical Research Center, Kenya Renan Correa Imagine Institute, France Cecilia Horta Ramalho Pinto Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
12:45–13:45
Break
Lunch
Session III
Translational Avenues of Mucosal Research
13:45–14:15
William Agace
Copenhagen University, Denmark
14:15–14:45
Juliana Barreto de Albuquerque
MGH, Harvard Medical School, USA
14:45–15:15
Eduardo Villablanca
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
15:15–15:45
Break
Coffee Break
15:45–16:30
Oral Abstracts Marcelo Neves Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Francisca Castillo Karolinska Institute, Sweden Sarah Pinho Bezerra University of Brasilia, Brazil
16:30–18:30
Poster
Poster Session
19:30–
Social
Social Activity
Ginga, Praia do Leme

Day 3 – November 5th, 2026

Session IV
Intestinal Barrier Immunity
9:00–9:30
Claudia Mauri
University College London, UK
9:30–10:00
Pedro Hernandez
Institut Curie, France
10:00–10:30
Angelina Bilate
Rockefeller University, USA
10:30–11:00
Alessandra Filardy
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11:00–11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30–12:15
Oral Abstracts Camila Mattos Andrade Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Brazil Ning He Karolinska Institute, Sweden Josiane Assis University of São Paulo, Brazil
12:15–13:30
Break
Lunch
Session V
Oral Barrier Immunity
13:30–14:00
Ana Paula Colombo
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14:00–14:30
Lakmali Silva
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA
14:30–15:00
Jacqueline Mays
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
15:00–15:30
Break
Coffee Break
15:30–16:15
Keynote
Closing Keynote Talk: Wendy Garrett
Harvard Medical School, USA
16:15–17:00
Closing Ceremony & Awards