Autumn Immunology Conference

描述（由申请人提供）： 秋季免疫学会议（AIC）自1971年以来每年举行一次。2003年会议将于11月22日至24日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥的市中心万豪酒店举行。AIC自1995年以来一直在这个地点和日期举行，并承诺在2004年会议期间在这个地点举行。会议的目的是提供一个论坛，交流研究和思想，特别是针对研究生和博士后研究员的需要。大多数教师，学生和其他与会者来自中西部州，但会议越来越多地吸引了来自该国其他地区的更多参与者。 会议平均有400-450人参加，2002年会议提出了225份摘要。会议的形式包括三个专题讨论会，涵盖当前免疫学研究领域。来自美国和国外的杰出科学家讲述他们自己的研究，每次研讨会有四位发言人。在研讨会之间穿插的是海报会议和研讨会，学生们在研讨会上展示了他们的研究海报和简短的谈话。来自中西部的教师主持这些研讨会，这些研讨会在为学生和博士后研究员提供一个论坛，分享他们的研究，获得反馈，并获得演讲技巧方面的专业知识方面具有特殊价值。专题讨论会的发言者被特别要求出席整个会议，他们通常同意出席;他们出席和参加讲习班和海报会议为学员提供了额外的宝贵反馈。AIC由AIC理事会组织，理事会由代表参与的中西部州和机构的教师和行业科学家组成。整个理事会每年在大会上开会，其中的一个子集，执行委员会，在春季举行一次额外的会议，计划具体的会议细节。AIC鼓励代表性不足的少数群体通过其约翰华莱士少数民族旅游奖计划的参与。此外，AIC还提供了一个关于免疫学职业的研讨会，以鼓励本科生参加会议。AIC是一个非常成功的区域性免疫学会议，对已有研究人员之间的思想交流以及新科学家的培训产生了重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Autumn Immunology Conference (AIC) has been held annually since 1971. The 2003 meeting will be held Nov. 22-24 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in Chicago, IL. The AIC has been held at this location and date since 1995 and is committed to this site through the 2004 meeting. The meeting was founded with the intent of providing a forum for the exchange of research and ideas, particularly tailored to the needs of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Most of the faculty, student, and fellow attendees are from the Midwest states, but the meeting is increasingly attracting more participants from other regions of the country. The meeting averages 400-450 participants, with 225 abstracts presented at the 2002 meeting. The format of the meeting includes three symposia covering current areas of immunological research. Distinguished scientists from throughout the US and abroad speak about their own research, with four speakers per symposium. Interspersed among the symposia are poster sessions and workshops in which students present both a poster and brief talk on their research. Faculty from the Midwest chair these workshops, which are of special value in providing a forum for students and postdoctoral fellows to share their research, receive feedback, and gain expertise in presentation skills. Symposium speakers are specifically asked and usually agree to attend the entire meeting; their attendance and participation in the workshops and poster sessions provide additional valuable feedback for trainees. The AIC is organized by the AIC Council, which is composed of faculty and industry scientists representing participating Midwest states and institutions. The full Council meets each year at the conference, and a subset thereof, the Executive Committee, holds an additional meeting in the spring to plan specific meeting details. The AIC encourages the participation of underrepresented minority groups through its John Wallace Minority Travel Award program. In addition, the AIC offers a workshop on Careers in Immunology to encourage the participation of undergraduate students in the meeting. The AIC is a highly successful regional immunology meeting, and has a major impact on the exchange of ideas between established investigators, as well as the training of new scientists.