T Cells: From Basic Biology to Therapeutic Applications (J2)
January 11-14, 2027  | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Andrea Schietinger, Daniel Campbell and Ansuman Satpathy
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of November 4, 2025 2 PM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, January 11, 2027
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, January 12, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
  Catherine J Wu †, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Personalizing Medicine through Cancer Vaccines
 
9:00–11:15 AM T Cells and Innate Allies: Partners in Vaccination (Joint)
  Robert A. Seder, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Vax-Innate
 
  Christopher Haqq †, Elicio Therapeutics
Lymph Node-Targeting Amphiphile Technology for Next-Generation Vaccines
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: T Cell Function and Differentiation: Connecting the Epigenome, Metabolome and Proteome
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM T Cell Differentiation and Functions
  E. John Wherry, University of Pennsylvania
T Cell Exhaustion
 
  Andrea Schietinger, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
T Cell Stemness and Differentiation in Autoimmunity and Cancer
 
  Chrystal M. Paulos, Emory University School of Medicine
Th17-B Cell Cooperation for Adoptive T Cell Therapy
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Wednesday, January 13, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Innate Signals in T Cells (Joint)
  Michael B. Brenner †, Harvard Medical School
The Role of GZMK+ T-Cells in Inflammatory Disease
 
  Hong-Bing Shu †, Wuhan University
Two Decades of STING Research
 
  Lingyin Li, Stanford University and Arc Institute
Extracellular cGAMP, the Immunotransmitter that Bridges Innate and Adaptive Immunity
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
1:30–2:45 PM Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM Debate: Declassification/Deconvolution of T Cell Populations, Subsets, and Cellular States
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Functional Diversity in Tissues
  Bruno Silva-Santos, University of Lisbon
γδ T Cells in Tissue Physiology and Surveillance
 
  Fiona M. Powrie †, University of Oxford
Intestinal Inflammation
 
  Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur
Unconventional T Cells and Functions in Tissues
 
  Daniel Campbell, Benaroya Research Institute
CD4 T Regulatory T Cells
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Thursday, January 14, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Genomics and Cell Engineering for Therapeutic Applications
  Ansuman Satpathy, Stanford University School of Medicine
Immunogenomics
 
  Justin Eyquem, University of California, San Francisco
In vivo T Cell Engineering
 
  Paul Beavis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Novel T Cell Engineering for Treatment of Solid Tumors
 
  Georg A Schett, Uniklinikum Erlangen
The Future of T Cell Engagers and CAR-T in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Next-Generation T Cell Engineering, Therapies, and Analytics
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Spatial Instruction of T Cell Function
  Rong Fan †, Yale School of Medicine
Decoding Tissue Immunity through Next-Gen Spatial Omics Technologies
 
  Wolfgang Karl Kastenmueller †, Institute of Systems Immunology, Max-Planck Research Group
Dynamic Orchestration of Cellular Networks in Tissues
 
  Ananda W. Goldrath, University of California, San Diego
Tissue-Specific Spatial Cues Instructing T Cell Function
 
  Carlo Bifulco †, Providence Genomics
Decoding Tissue Microenvironments with Spatial Biology and AI
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
Friday, January 15, 2027
12:00–11:59 PM Departure