Provisional Programme

29-30 May 2026

Riga Islande Hotel, Kipsalas street 2, Riga, Latvia

Friday, 29 May

8:30-9:10 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:10-09:20 Opening

Session 1: Autoinflammatory disorders

09:20-10:00 Keynote lecture: As example: Autoinflammatory diseases – introduction and red flags. Marco Gattorno (Italy)
10:00-10:30 T‑Cell Profiles in Human Central Tolerance Failure. Kai Kisand (Estonia) 
10:30-11:00 Inflammatory response of macrophages. Aurelija Žvirbliene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
11:00-11:30 Zane Dāvidsone (Latvia) or Kurpisz Maciej (Poland)
11:30-12:30 Young Investigators (4 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), Zane Dāvidsone (Latvia), Kai Kissand (Estonia), Laura Malinauskiene (Lithuania)


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 Lecturer from Poland, TBC
15:30-16:00 Basic Concepts of Autoimmune Neurology. Mantas Vaišvilas (Lithuania)
16:00-16:30 Neuroimmunology in Latvia: Key Advances and Future Directions. Viktorija Kenina (Latvia)
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 OR Targeted therapies in autoinflammatory and immune-mediated diseases Filomeen Haerynck (Belgium)
19:30-22:00 Welcome Reception & Dinner


Saturday, 30 May


Session 4: Inborn errors of immunity

9:00-09:20Newborn screening for SCID and severe T- and B-cell lymphopenia in Ukraine. Oksana Boyarchuk (Ukraine)
9:20-09:40Stem cell transplantation in IEI. Jelena Rascon (Lithuania)
09:40-10:00Neutropenia as an Inborn Error of Immunity: the genetic spectrum. Anastasia Bondarenko (Ukraine)
10:00-10:20Ewa Wiesyk-Shevcuk (Poland)
11:20-10:40Genetic testing in IEI. Marija Rozevska (Latvia)
10:40-11:10Coffee 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), Brigita Gradauskiene (Lithuania), Krista Ress (Estonia), Lasma Lapina (Latvia) Kristīne Rasa (Latvia) Kotryna Linauskiene (Lithuania)
13:40-14:00Closing remarks, awards
14:00-15:30Farewell Lunch