President

Edgardo D. CAROSELLA

In 1998, was held in Paris the 1^st International Conference on HLA-G. During this meeting, we presented for the first time the essential role of this molecule in immune tolerance, especially fetomaternal, and in tumor dissemination.

Since then, every three years, the conferences have succeeded with fruitful discussions in the scientific community working on HLA-G. They resulted in collaborations and workshops that, among others, led to the standardization of tools such as monoclonal antibodies and ELISA tests.

Today, the immunotolerogenic function of HLA-G is widely recognized not only in fetomaternal tolerance, allogeneic tissue transplants, but also in many other pathologies. HLA-G is considered a fundamental immune checkpoint in the anti-tumor immune response. Its role has also been demonstrated in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and in mesenchymal stem cells biology.

The 7^th International Conference will focus on the:

• Role of HLA-G molecule in:

-        interactions with immune cells 

-       cancer immune therapy mediated by monoclonal antibodies and HLA-G soluble proteins

-       tissue transplantation

-        embryonic and mesenchymal stem cell biology

-        Infections

-       as  checkpoint in tumor immune response

• HLA-G gene expression regulation and polymorphisms

Laurence AMIOT (France)

Antonio ARNAIZ-VILLENA (Spain)

Diego DELGADO (Canada)

Eduardo A. DONADI (Brazil)

Enrico FAINARDI (Italy)

Soldano FERRONE (USA)

Álvaro GONZÁLEZ-HERNANDEZ (Spain)

Silvia GREGORI (Italy)

Anatolij HORUZSKO (USA)

Thomas HVIID (Denmark)

Katsumi MAENAKA (Japan)

Ofer MANDELBOIM (Israel)

James McCLUSKEY (Australia)

Fabio MORANDI (Italy)

José PEÑA-MARTINEZ (Spain)

Vera REBMANN (Germany)

Roberta RIZZO (Italy)

Michel ROGER (Canada)

Barbara SELIGER (Germany)

Nicole SUCIU-FOCA (USA)

Heinz WIENDL (Germany)

Wei-Hua YAN (P.R.China)

 Attendance will be limited to 250 participants due to the capacity of the Conference facilities

Upon acceptance of their abstracts, authors will be informed under which form they will be published, abstract or full article. For the articles, to allow the editors to publish them without delay, the authors must submit them by e-mail to E.D. CAROSELLA, Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee, no later than

July 1, 2015

The 3-day conference will take place at the Ministry of Health in Paris (France)

14, avenue Duquesne - 75007 Paris

The registration fee for attendees who register before January 30, 2015 will be of 300€ and 350€ thereafter. This includes entry to all sessions, a copy of the abstracts’ book, conference proceedings, daily lunch and coffee break and a cocktail party.

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Limited funds are available to assist young scientists in meeting expenses. In order to be eligible for financial assistance, candidates must be under 35 years old and either currently enrolled as graduate students, post-doctoral fellows or research associates carrying out research in an area relevant to the topic of the conference. Applications for financial assistance should be submitted to the Conference Secretary before

February 15, 2015

Posters should be in “portrait” format

and the maximal dimensions should be 2m high and 1m wide

Marie-Agnès Imbault

CEA – Service de Recherches en Hémato-Immunologie

Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie – Hôpital Saint-Louis

1, avenue Claude Vellefaux

75010 Paris, France

Tel. +33 (0)1 57 27 67 78 – Fax +33 (0)1 57 27 67 80

marie-agnes.imbault@cea.fr

We look forward to seeing you in Paris

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