2nd International
Immunotherapy Symposium

25 - 27 November 2026 - Corum Montpellier - France

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2026 Programme Overview

Wednesday 25 November
  • Arthritis R&D PhD Students Spotlight
  • Highlighted of the Labellise programs supported by Arthritis R&D
  • Treg-based therapies
Thursday 26 November
  • CAR-T and T-Cell engagers
  • RNA and vaccination
  • Metabolic signature in cancer immunotherapy
  • FAI²R session
  • Discussion panel Patient associations
  • Gala evening
Friday 27 November
  • Therapeutic Innovations in Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Diseases
  • Artificial Intelligence

Mandatory Registration

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Poster Session

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Gala Evening

Evening of Thursday, November 26th
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Opéra Comédie
11 Boulevard Victor Hugo,
34000 Montpellier, France

Program

2nd International
Immunotherapy Symposium

25 - 27 November 2026 - Corum Montpellier - France

Wednesday 25 November

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08:30 Welcome Coffee + 09:00 Introductions

Arthritis R&D PhD Students Spotlight

Moderators: 2 Members CS Arthritis

09:30 Dione SAURAT, LP2M, Côte d’Azur University, France
Dissecting the role of calcium on collagen secretion in osteogenesis imperfecta

10:00 Jérôme GRANEL, ImmunoConcept Lab UMR 5164, Bordeaux University
Understanding haematological pre-lupus in children to prevent progression to systemic lupus

10:30 Cindy QIU, Arthritis R&D, Li2P, Sorbonne Paris North University, France
Neutrophil-mediated plasma cell differentiation and B-cell-induced osteoclast development in rheumatoid arthritis: mechanisms, impact of hypoxia and therapeutic approach

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Aida BOUKAMEL, UMR1173 Infection and Inflammation
Inflammatory Response and Immune System, Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Ruminococcus gnavus: pathobiont during spondyloarthritis

12:00 Alejandro ARCO HIERVES, Paris Saclay University, France
Role of m6A methylation of RNA in salivary gland epithelial cells in Sjögren’s syndrome

12:30 Lunch Break

Highlighted of the LABELLISE programs supported by Arthritis R&D

Moderators: 2 Members CS Arthritis

14:00 Claire DAIEN, CHU Lapeyronie Montpellier, Montpellier University Hospital, France
Microbiota-gut-brain axis: prominent contributor to pain sensitization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? 

14:45 David MOULIN, Lorraine University, France
Restoring tryptophan metabolism to treat rheumatoid arthritis

15:30 Ulrich MEINZER, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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16:15 Coffee Break

Treg-based therapies

Moderators: Pascale Plence, Christian Jorgensen

17:00 Makoto MIYARA, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France
Fate control of human regulatory T cells for cell therapy

17:30 Mehdi BENAMAR, Harvard, Boston, USA
A regulatory T cell Notch code to license tissue inflammation

17:50 Carole GUILLONEAU, Nantes, France
CD8+ Treg cell therapy in Transplantation and Autoimmunity: from a novel concept to a clinical reality

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Thursday 26 November

08:15 Welcome Coffee

CAR-T and T-Cell engagers

Moderators: Maurine Jouret, Marc Scherlinger

09:30 KEYNOTE Fabrizio DE BENEDETTI, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, Rome, Italy
CAR-T Cells in early-onset auto-immune diseases

09:45 Guillaume CARTRON, CHU Montpellier, France
CAR-T cell therapy in clinical practice

10:00 Bernard MAILLERE, CEA
Engineering of immune cell engagers

10:15 Eric Vivier, CIML, Marseille, France
Harnessing NK cells in cancer therapies

10:30 Coffee Break

RNA and vaccination

Moderators: Christian Jorgensen, Chantal Pichon

11:15 Chantal PICHON
The mRNA revolution: vaccines, therapeutics, and beyond

11:30 KEYNOTE Régis GERVIER, Sanofi, France
Beyond Proof-of-Concept: Toward Industrial-Scale mRNA Vaccines and Immunotherapies

12:00 KEYNOTE Norman DRZENIEK Charité, Berlin University, Germany
Cellular response mechanisms to nucleic acids and nanoparticles

12:30 Lunch Break

Metabolic signature in cancer immunotherapy

Moderators: Nathalie Bonnefoy, Dalil Hannani

14:00 KEYNOTE Mireia URIBE-HERRANZ, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
CAR-T cell immunotherapy and microbiome

14:30 Ilaria ELIA, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Lueven, Belgium
Metabolic regulation of anti-tumor immunity in metastatic melanoma

14:45 Mathieu LACROIX, IRCM, Montpellier, France
Tumor metabolic signature and its impact on tumor microenvironment reprogramming

15:00 Dalil HANNANI, TIMC, Grenoble University, France
Microbiota-derived metabolic signature predicts the response to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients

15:30 Coffee Break

FAI²R session

Moderators: Marie-Louise Fremond, Christophe Richez, Maxime Samson

16:00 Martin BROLY, Montpellier University Hospital, France
Development of a biological signature of the NF-KB pathway in patients with autoimmune/autoinflammatory diseases

16:30 Lisa SERIAU, University and Hospital of Rennes, France
Transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis of accessory salivary glands in dry syndrome secondary to systemic scleroderma compared to dry syndrome secondary to Sjögren’s syndrome

16:45 Benjamin FOURNIER – Imagine Institute, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
Characterisation of cellular phenotypes of EBV-infected cells in patients with T/NK-type chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV) with inflammatory or dysimmune manifestations

17:00 Raphaelle SEROR – University Hospital Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
Association between cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular treatments, and risk of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: data from the E3N prospective cohort

17:15 Benoît BRILLAND, University and Hospital of Angers, France
Study of the role of type I interferon in the pathophysiology of ANCA-associated vasculitis

Discussion panel Patient associations

Moderators: Stéphane Taliana (AFPric), Yann Bizien (Cure51)

17:30 Patients, acteurs de la recherche clinique
Comment les patients peuvent être pro-actifs, nous aider dans la mise en place de documents, projets

Gala evening

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Opéra Comédie
11 Boulevard Victor Hugo,
34000 Montpellier, France

Friday 27 November

08:30 Welcome Coffee

Therapeutic Innovations in Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Diseases

Moderators: Nicolas Fazilleau, Farida Djouad

09:00 KEYNOTE Melanie HAGEN, Erlangen (from Georg Schett Lab) CD19 in SLE
Novel B cell targeting in rheumtological indications

09:30 Michel COGNÉ, University and Hospital University of Rennes, France
Bespoken antibody releasing B (BAR-B) cells for therapy: meet the B-cell crew

09:45 Patrick BLANCO a été financé par la Fondation Arthritis
Tumor-derived peptide to treat inflammation

10:00 Magali IRLA, CIML Marseille, France
Rejuvenating the thymic function during aging

10:15 Coffee Break

Artificial Intelligence

Moderators: Encarnita Mariotti Ferrandiz, Kevin Yauy

10:45 Laura CANTINI, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Multi-modal learning for single-cell data integration

11:15 Zubeyir SALIS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
AI approaches to predict disease onset, trajectories, and remission in rheumatology

11:45 Anna REYMER, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France
Machine-learning approaches to uncover sequence determinants of TP53 isoform expression in normal versus cancer tissues

12:15 Samuel BITOUN, AP-HP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
AI to improve the diagnosis of patients with Sjögren’s disease

12:30 Lunch Break

2nd International Immunotherapy Symposium

November 25, 26, and 27, 2026
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Le Corum
Place Charles de Gaulle,
34000 Montpellier, France

Gala Evening

Evening of Thursday, November 26th
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Opéra Comédie
11 Boulevard Victor Hugo,
34000 Montpellier, France

Organisers

IHU Montpellier - Organisateur International Immunotherapy Symposium
Immun4cure IHU institut hospitalo universitaire maladies auto-immunes
IHU Montpellier - Organisateur International Immunotherapy Symposium
FAI²R - Association de patients partenaire de l'IHU Immun4Cure à Montpellier
IHU Montpellier - Organisateur International Immunotherapy Symposium
IHU Montpellier - Organisateur International Immunotherapy Symposium

Partners

Fondation Arthritis partenaire institut hospitalo universitaire IHU Immun4cure maladies auto-immunes
IHU Montpellier - Partenaire International Immunotherapy Symposium
IHU Montpellier - Partenaire International Immunotherapy Symposium
IHU Montpellier - Partenaire International Immunotherapy Symposium
IHU Montpellier - Partenaire International Immunotherapy Symposium
Région Occitanie partenaire institut hospitalo universitaire IHU Immun4cure maladies auto-immunes
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole partenaire institut hospitalo universitaire IHU Immun4cure maladies auto-immunes
IHU Montpellier - Partenaire International Immunotherapy Symposium
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