NVVI Annual Meeting December 14 & 15, 2022

The meeting will comprise presentations from 5 keynote speakers, the Van Loghem lecture, 9 invited speakers, Bright-Spark presentations, Thesis award presentation, oral presentations selected from abstracts and posters presentations.

Wednesday 14 December

9.00-10.00           Registration

9.45-10.00           Opening, plenary

10.00-11.00        Keynote lecture 1, plenary

11.00-12.35        5 parallel sessions

12.35-13.30        lunch & Gen. Assembly, plenary

13.30-15.15        5 parallel session

15.15-15.45        Coffee/tea, plenary

15.45-16.45        Poster viewing, plenary

16.45-17.45        Keynote lecture 2, plenary

17.45-18.30        Drinks, plenary

18.30-19.40        Diner, plenary

19.40-20.00        Van Bekkum Thesis award, plenary

20.00-21.00        Van Loghem Lecture, plenary

21.30-00.30        Congress party, plenary

Thursday 15 December

8.00-9.00             Registration

9.00-10.00           Bright Sparks session, plenary

10.00-10.55        Keynote lecture 3, plenary

11.00-11.30        Coffee/tea, plenary

11.30-12.30        Poster viewing, plenary

12.00-12.45        Lunch, plenary

12.45-14.30        5 parallel session

14.45-15.30        Keynote Lecture 4, plenary

15.30-16.25        Keynote Lecture 5, plenary

16.25-16.30        Award Ceremony & Closing, plenary

Bright Sparks are outstanding early career researchers. In a special session at the NVVI-DSI Annual Meeting 2022 young bright scientists will be put in the spotlight and the ultimate Bright Spark selected. 

Bright Sparks submission criteria
We are pleased to announce to continue our tradition regarding the Bright Sparks plenary session. The aim of this session is to put our young bright talents in the spotlight. PhD students or junior postdoctoral fellows who have completed a cutting edge research project are most welcome to put forward their candidacy. From the list of all candidates, 4 are nominated to give an oral presentation in the auditorium before an audience of peers, after which a designated committee will select the next 'Bright Spark in Immunology', who is entitled to a prize of €500.

Please read the following submission criteria carefully, before submitting your abstract for the ‘Bright Sparks’:

• You must be the presenting/main author of the abstract
• You must have been a PhD student or junior postdoctoral fellow (maximally 2 years post-PhD) at the time of the performed research)
• During the submission process you must indicate that your work should be considered for an ORAL presentation in the ‘Bright Sparks’ session in addition to your regular submission for an ORAL presentation in one of the parallel sessions.
• You may only nominate a single abstract for the ‘Bright Sparks’ (in the event that you are main author on more than one abstract)
• You will be required to provide the following additional documents:
  a motivation letter (max 1 page)
  2. a CV (max 2 pages)
  3. a recommendation letter of your PhD supervisor, including his/her email address 

Send it all together by email to the NVVI secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

In case you are selected for participation in the ‘Bright Sparks’ event, the same abstract will not be selected for oral presentation in another session during the congress. However, in case you are not selected you remain eligible for an oral presentation in the regular parallel sessions.

During the NVVI-DSI Annual Meeting 2022 the annual competition to select the best thesis in immunology will take place. The Van Bekkum Thesis award will be selected by the Thesis Award committee.

The winner 2022 gets the opportunity to present his of her work during a 20 minutes plenary presentation during the Annual meeting in Noordwijkerhout and in addition will receive a reward of 1000 Euro.

For more information: https://www.nvvi-dsi.nl/nvvi-awards/van-bekkum-thesis-award 

Abstract Submission guidelines:

On behalf of the Programme Committee, we would like to thank you for your interest in submitting an abstract for the NVVI Annual Meeting 2022. The abstract will be judged on following guidelines. Please read carefully before writing your abstract.

Submission deadline is Friday 30 September 2022 - 23:59 hrs.

1. All abstracts must be submitted in ENGLISH. The language during all scientific sessions will be English.

2. Topic/ submission categories:      

• Adaptive immunology
• Autoimmunity & Allergy
• Clinical-/Medical Immunology
• Immunometabolomics
• Infection & Inflammation
• Innate Immunity
• Mucosal & other organ specific Immunology
• Tumor Immunology / Immune Therapy

3. The following items have to be covered in the abstract (no headings for these paragraphs are required):
   a. Introduction: describe research background, the working definition and/or hypothesis and/or aims.
   b. Methods: applied methods.
   c. Results: please present a summary of the most important results based on sufficient quantitative and statistical data. Statements such as “to be completed” will not be accepted.
   d. Conclusion: please present a conclusion based on the results. Statements like “the results will be discussed” will not be accepted. Please number the conclusions.
   
   4. All abbreviations have to be written in full and explained upon first use.
   
   5. Format:
   a. Title: maximum 25 words, provide a short clear title reflecting the content of the abstract, no abbreviations in the title. Use generic names only, no commercial names.
   b. Abstract: maximum 500 words excluding title, authors and affiliations. Please note: it’s NOT allowed to include images in your abstract.
   
   6. Select your presentation preference: Oral presentation - Bright Sparks: Yes/No or poster presentation. For Brights Sparks submission criteria click HERE.
   
   Submission deadline is Friday 30 September 2022 - 23:59 hrs.
   

Abstracts, submitted after the deadline, will NOT be accepted.
Half November the author will receive notification of acceptance for an oral or poster presentation. The Scientific Programme Committee will decide on acceptance of your abstract. Correspondence on this decision is not possible.

For information and questions please consult the Meeting Secretariat:
Connect MEETings via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or tel: +31 6 83563952.

To submit your abstract, click HERE.

Information about opening of registration follows as soon as possible!

*Master students can only register for the conference with permission of their supervisor. When registering, please upload a letter of permission of your supervisor. A maximum of 50 master students will be admitted to the conference on a first come first serve basis!

The registration fee includes: Admission to the meeting, all coffee breaks and lunch and congress dinner on Wednesday.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations and refund requests must be submitted in writing to the NVVI via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Cancellations made before ..... 2022 will be refunded less 30 % to cover administration costs. After this date no refunds will be given. All refunds will be made after the congress.

A name change can be made at no cost.

For more information about registration, please contact the NVVI secretariat: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Your hotel accommodation can be booked directly via the congress venue NH Leeuwenhorst te Noordwijkerhout.

Information follows as soon as possible.

Dates
Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 December 2022

Accreditation
Accreditation will be applied for at the NIV (Nederlandse Internisten Vereniging).

Language
The conference language will be in English

Venue
The meeting will be held in NH Leeuwenhorst at Noordwijkerhout.
Address:
Langelaan 3, 2211 XT Noordwijkerhout

Bus shuttle service from the train station Leiden CS to the venue NH Leeuwenhorst (on Wednesday and Thursday). Busses will only drive before and after the program.   

A route description can be found HERE

For more Information about registration, please contact the NVVI secretariat: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

For more information on the NVVI Annual Meeting 2022, please contact the Congress secretariat:

Karin Vonk
Tel: 06-83563952
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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