1st EVIM-NET Annual Meeting

 

Prague, Czech Republic

29 – 31 January 2026

 

Meeting Goal

This is the first Annual Meeting of the COST Action CA24133. The main purpose of this introductory gathering is to enable participants from the working groups to become acquainted and to strengthen their connections within the network. The meeting is also designed to foster interactions between researchers and stakeholders. Selected participants will give brief overviews of their scientific work (7-minute presentation + 3-minute discussion), highlighting interdisciplinary overlaps and opportunities for future collaboration.

 

Preliminary Schedule

Thu 29 January 12:00–18:00 Brief oral presentations (1st part)
Fri 30 January 09:00–13:30 Brief oral presentations (2nd part)
  14:30–17:00 Sequential sessions of the Working Groups
  17:00–18:00 Management Committee Meeting
  19:00–?? Conference dinner
Sat 31 January 09:00–18:00 Workshop: “Evolutionary Immunogenomics: Species Adaptations”

 

 

Workshop Topics

  • How is evolutionary immunology defined as a scientific discipline (with respect to other related disciplines)?
  • Which scientific fields are related to or encompassed by evolutionary immunology?
  • What are presently the main scientific questions and directions in evolutionary immunology?
  • What are presently the key needs of the field?
  • Which putative applications should evolutionary immunology contribute to?