Provisional Programme

29-30 May 2026

Lielupe hotel by Semarah, Bulduru prospekts 64/68 Jurmala, Latvia

Friday, 29 May

8:30-9:10 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:10-09:20 Opening. Natalja Kurjane, Head of the Latvian Association of Immunologists

Session 1: Autoinflammatory disorders

09:20-10:00 Keynote lecture: As example: Clinical presentation of monogenic autoinflammatory diseases: which red flags? Marco Gattorno (Italy)
10:00-10:30 Inflammatory response of macrophages. Aurelija Žvirbliene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
10:30-11:00 T‑Cell Profiles in Human Central Tolerance Failure. Kai Kisand (Estonia) 
11:00-11:30 Late effects after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for primary immunodefriciencies. Jelena Rascon (Lithuania)
11:30-11:45Autoinflammatory diseases in Latvia: summary. Zane Dāvidsone (Latvia)
11:45-12:30Young Investigators (3 X 15 min)
12:30-13:30 Lunch and Poster Viewing
13:30-15:00

Session 2: Hands-on Clinical Workshop

Marco Gattorno (Italy), Filomeen Haerynck (Belgium), Kai Kissand (Estonia)

Parallel practical stations:

  • Station A – Diagnostic algorithms in autoinflammation
  • Station B – Interpretation of inflammatory biomarkers
  • Station C – Case-based treatment decisions 
 (participants rotate in 3 groups every 30 minutes)

Session 3: Neuroimmunology

15:00-15:30 Basic Concepts of Autoimmune Neurology. Mantas Vaišvilas (Lithuania)
15:30-16:00 Neuroimmunology in Latvia: Key Advances and Future Directions. Viktorija Kenina (Latvia)
16:00-16:30 New strategies of treatment inflammatory/autoimmune diseases. Kurpisz Maciej (Poland)
16:30-16:50 Coffee Break
16:50-18:00

Moderated Poster Pitch Session

(6 selected posters X 5 minutes + discussion)
18:00-18:30

Keynote lecture

Diagnostics of Defects in Innate Immunity: Type 1 Interferonopathies. Filomeen Haerynck (Belgium)
19:30-22:00 Welcome Reception & Dinner

Saturday, 30 May


Session 4: Inborn errors of immunity

9:00-9:30 Keynote lecture: Inborn Errors of EBV-specific immunity. Fabian Hauck (Germany)
9:30-9:50   Newborn screening for SCID and severe T- and B-cell lymphopenia in Ukraine. Oksana Boyarchuk (Ukraine)
9:50-10:10Diversity of common variable immunodeficiency. Brigita Gradauskiene (Lithuania)
10:10-10:30      Neutropenia as an Inborn Error of Immunity: the genetic spectrum. Anastasia Bondarenko (Ukraine)
10:30-10:50 Schnitzler Syndrome: a mimic of monogenic NLPR3 related disease? Ewa Wiesyk-Shevcuk (Poland)
10:50-11:10Coffee Break
11:10-13:40

Clinical cases and Case-based Panel Discussion „Approach to suspected IEI in adults and children

  • Silvi Plado (Estonia)
  • Lota Ozola (Latvia)
  • Edita Gasiuniene (Lithuania)
  • Natalja Kurjane (Latvia)
  • Adine Kanepa (Latvia)
  • Krista Ress (Estonia)
  • Lasma Lapina (Latvia)
  • Kristīne Rasa (Latvia)
Genetic testing in inborn errors of immunity. Marija Rozevska (Latvia)

13:40-14:00Closing remarks, awards
14:00-15:30Farewell Lunch