Speakers

Keynote Address: R. MedzhitovSchool of Medicine, Yale University, USA

SessionⅠ:Receptor signaling and function in innate immune responses

S. AkiraResearch Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

H. AraseResearch Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

M. DesjardinsDepartment of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montreal Canada

K. InabaGraduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

T. KaishoRIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology

A. Marshak-RothsteinSchool of Medicine, Boston University, USA

K. MiyakeThe Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

M. MurakamiGraduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

V. PascualBaylor Institute for Immunology Research, USA

R. M. SteinmanSchool of Medicine, The Rockefeller University, USA

M. TanakaRIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology

L. ZitvogelLaboratory of Clinical Oncology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, France

SessionⅡ:Interface between innate and acquired immunity

M. KarinSchool of Medicine, University of California, USA

H. KiyonoThe Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

S. KoyasuSchool of Medicine, Keio University

T. NakayamaGraduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

A. O'GarraNational Institute for Medical Research, UK

D. PhilpottUnite de Pathogenie Microbienne Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, France

A. ShibuyaGraduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba

K. TakatsuThe Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

T. TaniguchiGraduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

T. TokuhisaGraduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

Y. YoshikaiMedical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University

A. YoshimuraMedical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University

SessionⅢ:
Manipulation of the innate immune system and new strategies
 for disease control

H. KikutaniResearch Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University.

S. MiyakeNational Institute of Neuroscience

J. PenningerInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

M. TaniguchiRIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology

D. T. UmetsuHarvard Medical School, USA

Closing Remarks: M. TaniguchiRIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology