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年的会议将于11月22日至24日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥市中心的万豪酒店举行。自1995年以来，AIC一直在这个地点和日期举行，并承诺在2004年的会议期间一直在这个地点举行。这次会议的目的是提供一个交流研究和想法的论坛，特别是为研究生和博士后研究员的需要量身定做的。大多数教职员工、学生和其他与会者来自中西部各州，但会议越来越多地吸引了来自美国其他地区的参与者。 会议平均有400-450人参加，在2002年会议上提交了225份摘要。会议的形式包括三个专题讨论会，涵盖当前的免疫学研究领域。来自全美和海外的杰出科学家讲述了他们自己的研究，每个研讨会有四位演讲者。在研讨会中穿插着海报会议和研讨会，学生们在会上展示海报和关于他们研究的简短演讲。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以分享他们的研究、接收反馈并获得演讲技能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并通常同意参加整个会议；他们的出席和参加研讨会和海报会议为受训人员提供了额外的宝贵反馈。AIC由AIC理事会组织，该理事会由代表参与的中西部各州和机构的教职员工和行业科学家组成。理事会全体成员每年在大会上开会，执行委员会的一个分支机构在春季额外举行一次会议，以规划具体的会议细节。AIC通过其John Wallace少数族裔旅游奖计划鼓励代表不足的少数群体参加。此外，AIC还举办了关于免疫学职业的研讨会，以鼓励本科生参加会议。AIC是一次非常成功的地区性免疫学会议，对现有研究人员之间的思想交流以及新科学家的培训具有重大影响。

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.