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President’s Invitation

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Inflammation Research Association and the organizing committee, we invite you to participate in the 15th International Conference of the Inflammation Research Association to be held September 21-24, 2008 at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles Hotel in Chantilly, Virginia. In addition to choosing a new location conveniently located just 7 miles from Dulles International Airport, the IRA has implemented other changes such as providing attendees a greater choice of topics through concurrent morning symposia on Monday and Tuesday. Of course, we will still stress the hallmark of all IRA Conferences, the ability for close scientific and social interactions in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. Our goal for this meeting is embodied in our mission statement:

The Inflammation Research Association is a non-profit organization instituted to bring together scientists of all degree and experience levels with an interest in inflammation research to encourage communication and discussion of scientific and technological advances that can be used to develop new therapeutic agents for the wide diversity of serious diseases with inflammatory processes.

A symposium entitled
“Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Basic Mechanisms to the Clinic” has been scheduled for 3-6 PM on Sunday September 21st (make your travel plans accordingly). The scientific program continues that evening with a Keynote Lecture from Dr. Diane Mathis, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School speaking about “Regulation of Auto-Inflammatory Responses”. Dr. Mathis is a preeminent authority on autoimmunity and T-cell biology as it relates to inflammatory diseases such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

Our Main Symposia Monday and Tuesday mornings (September 22 and 23, respectively) will feature invited speakers in the following areas:

  • Tolerance Induction as a Therapeutic Option for Autoimmunity

  • Inflammation and Pain

  • Biologics as a Platform for Inflammatory Therapies

  • The IL-17/IL-23 Axis of Autoimmunity

Our final symposium on Wednesday September 24th will feature exciting clinical data on New Drugs: Targeting Inflammation in Disease.

In addition to the Main Symposia, we will hold four Mini-Symposia as well as two Poster Sessions as part of the program. All poster presenters are automatically entered into a competition for the poster with the greatest therapeutic potential that is supported by a grant from GE Healthcare® with total available prize money of $4,000. For scientists earlier in their careers we have: 1) the Van Arman Scholarship Competition which allows five scientists to compete for a first prize of $2,000 while attending the meeting with all expenses paid and 2) networking and breakfast events for investigators new to the inflammation arena that will foster interactions with established IRA members and allow attendees to gain valuable advice on career development.

On behalf of the IRA Officers and Board of Directors, I look forward to welcoming you to the 15th International Conference at the elegant Westfields Marriott in Chantilly and to participating in an event that fosters both great science and social interactions.

William Selig
President
Inflammation Research Association

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This year's Keynote Lecture
from Harvard Professor

DIANE MATHIS, Ph.D.
Regulation of Auto-Inflammatory Responses

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