Conference Agenda

Time Topic Speakers Moderator
8:30-9:00 Registration (9F Conference Hall)
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks President Shun-Long Weng(Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital)
9:10-9:50 Development of a novel gene correction method for heterozygous genetic immune diseases Prof. Tomohiro Morio(Vice President, Institute of Science Tokyo) Prof. Chen-Lung Ku(Chang Gung University)
9:50-10:30 Precision Medicine Frontline – Pediatricians: DNA Sequencing and Beyond Dr. Kuender-D Yang(Vice Superintendent, MacKay Children’s Hospital, Taipei) Dr. Chun-Yan Yeung(Superintendent, Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children’s Hospital)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:40 Inborn errors of immunity due to impaired innate immunity Dr. Satoshi Okada(Hiroshima University) Prof. Chen-Lung Ku(Chang Gung University)
11:40-12:40 Lunch Symposium Sponsored Speaker
12:40-13:10 Deciphering non-coding variants of biological and clinical significance for an improved genetic diagnosis Dr. Peng Zhang(Staff Scientist, The Rockefeller University) Dr. Kai-Yao Huang(Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children’s Hospital)
13:10-13:50 Advancing gene therapy for inborn errors of immunity: lessons from X-CGD Dr. Janine Reichenbach(Professor, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital Zurich) Prof. Chi-Chang Shieh(National Cheng Kung University Hospital)
13:50-14:30 Anti-cytokine autoantibodies underlie infectious diseases Prof. Chen-Lung Ku(Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University) Prof. Bor-Luen Chiang(National Taiwan University Hospital)
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break & Group Photography
15:00-15:30 Anti-cytokine antibodies: villains or potential allies? Dr. Wei-Te Lei(Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children's Hospital) Prof. Yu-Huan Tsai(Chang Gung University)
15:30-16:00 From diagnosis to treatment: chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells clonally eliminate B cells producing autoantibodies against IFN-γ Dr. Jhan-Jie Peng(Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University) Dr. Wei-Te Lei(Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children's Hospital)
16:00-16:10 Closing Remarks Dr. Wei-Te Lei(Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children's Hospital)