ECI 2027 Steering Committee
Massimo Locati, Italian, SIICA – ECI 2027 Chairperson
Francesco Annunziato, Italian, SIICA – ECI 2027 Congress Chair
Bojan Polic, EFIS President
EEIG Societies
Wilfried Ellmeier, Austrian, ÖGAI
Graham Blair, British, BSI
Joke den Haan, Dutch, NVvI
Dalil Hannani, French, SFI
Reinhold Förster, German, DGfI
Massimo Locati, Italian, SIICA
Trevor Owens, Scandinavian, SSI
Silvia Sánchez Ramón, Spanish, SEI
Ihsan Gürsel, Turkish, TSI
Bojan Polic, EFIS
EFIS Societies
Niels Hellings, Belgian, BIS
Damir Sabitović, Bosnian Herzegovinan, AIB&H
Stipan Jonjić, Croatian, HID
Luca Vannucci, Czech, CIS
Matthaios Speletas, Hellenic, HSI
Timea Berki, Hungarian, MIT
Ed Lavelle, Irish, ISI
Luljeta Ahmetaj, Kosovar, AKIAA
Agata Mlynska, Lithuanian, LSI
Maciej Kurpisz, Polish, PTDİK
Bruno Silva-Santos, Portuguese, SP
Monica Neagu, Romanian, SIR
Tamara Saksida, Serbian, ISoS
Urška Bidovec Stojković, Slovenian, ISS
Greta Guarda, Swiss, SSAI
ECI 2027 Scientific Committee
Each EFIS National Society has been invited to nominate 1 representative + 2 back-up names.
The ECI 2027 Scientific Program Committee is composed of:
- 26 delegates of the National Societies (+ 2 backups/Society)
- 9 delegates of the EFIS Study Groups
Chairperson: Silvia Piconese – SIICA
Nicole Boucheron, ÖGAI – Austria
Bieke Broux, BIS – Belgium
Almira Ćosićkić, AIB&H – Bosnia
Mariastefania Antica, HID – Croatia
Dominik Filipp, CIS – Czech
Vasileios Bekiaris, SSI – Scandinavia
Part Peterson, EIAS – Estonia
Laurence Bataille, SFI – France
Adelheid Cerwenka, DGfI – Germany
Asimina Fylaktou, HSI – Greece
Peter Balogh, MIT – Hungary
Joanne Lysaght, ISI – Ireland
Matteo Iannacone, SIICA – Italy
Renato Ostuni, SIICA – Italy
Violeta Lokaj, AKIAA – Kosovo
Dovilė Stravinskienė, LSI – Lithuania
Esther De Jong, NVVI – Netherlands
Paulina Niedzwiedzka-Rystwej, PTDİK – Poland
Bruno Silva Santos, SPI – Portugal
Carolina Constantin, SIR – Romania
Georgije Miljković, SoS – Serbia
Iva Hafner Bratkovič, SIS – Slovenia
Mariastefania Casanova Aceves, SEI – Spain
Greta Guarda, SSAI – Switzerland
Arzu Aral, TSI – Turkey
Cecilia Johansson, BS – United Kingdom
Representatives of Member Societies
ÖGAI – Austria
Nicole Boucheron
Doris Wilflingseder
Wilfried Ellmeier
BIS – Belgium
Bieke Broux
Benson Ogunjimi
AIB&H – Bosnia
Almira Ćosićkić
Lamija Zečević
Izeta Aganović
HID – Croatia
Mariastefania Antica
Vanda Juranić Lisnić
Danka Grčević
CIS – Czech
Dominik Filipp
Miloslav Kverka
Radka Roubalova
EIAS – Estonia
Part Peterson
SFI – France
Laurence Bataille
Alice Koenig
Marc Vocanson
DGfI – Germany
Adelheid Cerwenka
Reinhold Förster
Hansjörg Schild
HSI – Greece
Asimina Fylaktou
Katerina Tarassi
Chrisyina Tsigalou
MIT – Hungary
Peter Balogh
Attila Bacsi
Edit Buzas
ISI – Ireland
Joanne Lysaght
Aideen Ryan
Eoin McNamee
IIS – Israel
Michael Berger
Vered Padler-Karavani
Tal Shay
SIICA – Italy
Silvia Piconese
Matteo Iannacone
Renato Ostuni
AKIAA – Kosovo
Violeta Lokaj
LSI – Lithuania
Dovilė Stravinskienė
Martynas Simanavičius
Indrė Kučinskaitė-Kodzė
NVVI – Netherlands
Esther De Jong
Annemiek van Spriel
Lotte De Winde
PTDİK – Poland
Paulina Niedzwiedzka-Rystwej
Krzysztof Bryniarski
SPI – Portugal
Bruno Silva Santos
Salomé Pinho
Catarina Almeida
SIR – Romania
Carolina Constantin
Petru Cianga
Ioana Berindan
SSI – Scandinavia
Vasileios Bekiaris
Alexandre Corthay
Anna Smed Sörensen
SoS – Serbia
Georgije Miljković
SIS – Slovenia
Iva Hafner Bratkovič
Tania Jesenko
Matija Rijavec
SEI – Spain
Mariastefania Casanova Acebes
Martinez Peinado
Esperanza Walo Delgado
SSAI – Switzerland
Greta Guarda
TSI – Turkey
Arzu Aral
Ayca Sayi Yazgan
Tolga Sütlü
BS – United Kingdom
Cecilia Johansson
James Harker
Carolyn Nielsen
EFIS Study Groups
B Cells
Eva Piano Mortari
Kathrin de la Rosa
Marion Espéli
T Cells
Jochen Huehn
Lucy Walker
Esperanza Perucha
Sterile inflammation
Amiram Ariel
Adriano Rossi
Ari Waisman
Immunometabolism
Bart Everts
Luciana Berod
Dirk Brenner
Sex Differences
Tal Pecht
Tal Shay
Camila Consiglio
Innate Lymphoid Cells
Ivana Stojanović
Aranzazu Cruz-Adalia
Joana F. Neves
Mucosal Airway Immunity
Elena Mitsi
Early Life Immune
Natalia Torow
Naomi McGovern
Ziad Al Nabhani
Lymphoid Structures
Theo van den Broek
Human-Relevant Immuno-Oncology Models:
Catarina Alexandra Rocha Rodrigues
EFIS Task Force
yEFIS
Eleonora Timperi
Vivien Kohlhaas
Martin Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Myriam Nabhan
ECI 2027 Finance Committee
Carsten Watzl, EFIS, Chairperson
Georg Stary, Austrian, ÖGAI
Fiona Culley, British, BSI
Hermelijn Smits, Dutch, NVVI
Mathieu Chevalier, French, SFI
Ingo Schmitz, German, DGfI
Daniela Bosisio, Italian, SIICA
Eliisa Kekäläinen, Scandinavian, SSI
Yvelise Barrios, Spanish, SEI
Güneş Esendağlı, Turkish, TSI
ECI 2027 Local Committee
Francesco Annunziato, ECI 2027 Congress President
Daniela Bosisio, SIICA Treasurer
Massimo Locati, SIICA President
Andrea Cossarizza
Roberta Bulla
Marco Cassatella
Rita Carsetti
Giovanni Bernardini
Francesca Fallarino
Maria Rosaria Galdiero
Jens Geginat
Alessio Grimaldi
Alessandra Pinzon Grimaldos
Francesco Liotta
Laura Maggi
Domenico Mavilio
Alberto Mantovani
Alessio Mazzoni
Raffaele De Palma
Chiara Porta
Carlo Pucillo
Eva Reali
Lorenzo Salvati
Manolo Sambucci
Angela Santoni
Cristina Scaletti
Giuseppe Sciumè
Silvano Sozzani
Enrico Velardi
SIICA JUNIOR FACULTY
Valeria Fumagalli
Marco Gargaro
Carolina Gaudenzi
Alessio Grimaldi
Mattia Laffranchi
Giulia Lamacchia
Irene Mattiola
Giuseppe Pietropaolo
Eleonora Timperi
Silvia Tonon