We are excited to announce that the 2025 annual Henry Kunkel Society Meeting will take place on April 10-12, 2025 at the Metropol Palace in Belgrade Serbia.

Join us in Belgrade in 2025!

Registration for the 32nd annual meeting is open. This meeting on Genes & Immunity is guaranteed to be remarkable gathering of the top researchers in the field of immunology. Make sure to reserve your spot today!

Additional details, including registration fees are available below.

“Genes & Immunity”

The meeting theme is “Genes and Immunity”, and Dr. Eric Vivier of Innate Pharma & Aix-Marseille University will deliver the keynote address.

Dr. Dusan Bogunovic of Columbia University has been appointed as the meeting chair.

In addition to our keynote, Eric Vivier, we have secured an outstanding lineup of incredible speakers to present at the 32nd Annual meeting:

Ivona Aksentijevich, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Luis Barreiro, PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Dusan Bogunovic, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Jacinta Bustamante, MD, PhD, Necker Hospital, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
Marina Cavazzana, MD, PhD, Paris Cité University, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
Megan Cooper, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
Dimana Dimitrova, MD, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Amanda G. Fisher, PhD, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Ronald Germain, MD, PhD, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Bodo Grimbacher, MD, PhD, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, EU
Emmanuelle Jouanguy, PhD, INSERM, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
Jean K. Lim, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Cindy Ma, PhD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia
Marta Martin-Fernandez, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Seth Masters, PhD, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Australia
Isabelle Meyts, MD, PhD, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Joshua D. Milner, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Đorđe Milković, PhD, IBISS, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Anne Puel, PhD, INSERM, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
Anne Schaefer, MD, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany, EU
Timothy A. Springer, PhD, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, PhD, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA
George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, Regeneron Therapeutics, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Meeting Details

Schedule

Thursday, April 10, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Friday, April 11, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturday, April 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:35 PM

There will be a cocktail hour after the last session on Thursday and a dinner reception after the last session on Friday. Both events are excellent opportunities to mingle and network with fellow meeting attendees, meeting speakers, and society leaders. Please note, admittance to both events require an additional registration fee.

Venue & Accommodations

The 2025 annual meeting will be held at the exquisite Metropol Palace Hotel located in the heart of Belgrade, Serbia. All meeting sessions and social events will be held on site.

We are happy to share that we have secured a special group rate for meeting attendees. To reserve your accommodations, please use our booking link.

Hotel Details:

  • reception@metropolpalace.com
  • Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 69, Beograd
  • Tel: +381 11-3333100
Registration Fees
CategoryRegistration Fee
HKS Member$325
Academic Nonmember$450
Industry/Private Sector Nonmember$650
Trainee$125
Local Faculty*$100
Local Trainee*$50
*Local registration fees apply to those residing in any of the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of), Moldova (the Republic of), Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, and Ukraine

Your registration fee includes participation in all scientific sessions, refreshments between sessions and lunch on Friday.

Virtual Meeting

We are happy to share that all sessions of the 2025 Henry Kunkel Society Meeting will be available to live stream. Please note, the meeting times are Central European Time (CET). To register to attend virtually, simply select the virtual attendance option in the registration form.

Refund Policy

Please be aware that we cannot issue any refunds after March 10, 2025.

Payment Method

You will receive an invoice from PayPal to complete your registration. A PayPal account is not required to make the transaction. If you prefer another form of payment, please let us know.

If paying by check, please make the check payable to “The Rockefeller University”. Our mailing address is as follows:
The Rockefeller University
123 York Avenue
Box 163
New York, NY 10065.

If paying by wire transfer, please use the following bank details: Bank Name: JP Morgan Chase
Bank Address: 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10004 USA
Swift Code: CHASUS33
IBAN number: N/A
Account Name: The Rockefeller University
Account Address: 021000021 (Routing Number)
Account Number: 134-756355