T Cells: From Basic Biology to Therapeutic Applications (J2)
January 1-4, 2027  | Location to be Determined
Andrea Schietinger, Daniel Campbell and Ansuman Satpathy
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of October 8, 2025 6 PM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Friday, January 1, 2027
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Saturday, January 2, 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: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  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
Sunday, January 3, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Innate Signals in T Cells (Joint)
  Sun Hur †, Harvard Medical School
Structural Mechanisms of Nucleic Acid Sensing/ T Cell Development
 
  Michael B. Brenner †, Harvard Medical School
The Role of GZMK+ T-Cells in Inflammatory Disease
 
  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
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
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
Monday, January 4, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM 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
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–6:45 PM 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
 
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
Tuesday, January 5, 2027
12:00–11:59 PM Departure