3rd Autoimmune Diseases Meeting
Invitation
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 3rd Meeting on Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation: Unmet Clinical Needs Guide Clinical-Translational and Basic Research set to take place in October 22 and 24, 2026, in the Golden Age Hotel, conveniently located in downtown Athens. This 3-day meeting aims to address recent advances in clinical, translational, and basic research in autoimmunity and inflammation and, therefore is a venue where both rheumatologists and other clinical scientists can meet and interact with basic scientists. Our meeting will be a forum for the exchange of ideas and insights. Furthermore, the floor will also be given to young fellows who are going to present and discuss their latest unpublished or published contributions in premium journals of internal medicine/rheumatology/immunology. The meeting will also provide the opportunity to young PhD candidates to engage with senior investigators, from Greece and abroad, during our "Work in Progress" session. Least, but not last, students of the Medical School at both pre-graduate and Master level can also participate, benefitting from a unique opportunity to get exposed to state-of-the-art research performed in different laboratories in Greece and abroad. We hope you will enjoy the scientific program.
The Chairpersons
Athanasios G. Tzioufas MD, PhD and Evangelos Andreakos PhD
Invited Speakers
Prof. Cervera Ricard - Professor of Medicine-Autoimmune Diseases and Academic Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona
Prof. Croci Stefania - Professor, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Prof. Distler Oliver - Professor of Rheumatology, University of Zurich, Head of the Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
Prof. Pitzalis Costantino - MD, PhD, FRCP, Arthritis UK, Professor of Rheumatology
Prof. Sarvarani Carlo - Professor, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Prof. Terrier Benjamin - Professeur des Universités-Praticien Hospitalier, Université Paris Cité, Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-immunes et Auto-inflammatoires Systémiques Rares de l'adulte, Hôpital Cochin
Prof. Verstappen Gwenny - Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Under the Auspices