On September 17, 9:00-17:00 hr, Utrecht University, RIVM and the Section Vaccinology of the KNVM will jointly organize the national Vaccine Symposium at the UMC-Utrecht in Utrecht, this year entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Vaccine Development”.
For this event, we will have 4 distinguished keynote speakers, in addition to several early-career speakers who will be selected from submitted abstracts.
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Registration and abstract submission are open:
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Organizers: Cécile van Els, Jorgen de Jonge, Jeroen Langereis, Gorben Pijlman, Alice Sijts
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Information: dutchvaccinesymposium@proton.me
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Abstract submission deadline: August 27th 2026
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Abstracts on all topics related to vaccinology are accepted.
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When registered w/o abstract, an abstract can still be submitted later via email (below)
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From the abstracts, four or five will be selected for 20-minute talks , with the focus on early career scientists.
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Symposium registration deadline: September 10th 2026
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Regular registration including lunch: € 25,00
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Master student registration including lunch: € 10,00
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Keynote speakers on central theme:
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Clara T Schoeder
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Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Germany
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“Vaccine design with artificial intelligence tools – enabling rapid antigen discovery for pandemic preparedness”
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Mark J.G. Bakkers
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ForgeBio BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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“AI-Guided Engineering of Stabilized Glycoproteins for Next-Generation Vaccines”
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Johannes Textor
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Medical BioSciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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“Artificial Immune Systems in Vaccine R&D”
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Alex D. Yermanos
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Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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“Leveraging artificial intelligence and bioinformatics to understand, predict, and engineer adaptive immune recognition”
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Organizers: Cécile van Els, Jorgen de Jonge, Jeroen Langereis, Gorben Pijlman, Alice Sijts
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E mail: dutchvaccinesymposium@proton.me
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Preliminary program:
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08:50-09:20 Arrival, registration
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09:20-09:30 Cécile van Els (Center for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, NL)
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“Welcome”
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SHORT TALKS (i) Moderator: Jorgen de Jonge (Center for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands)
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09:30-10:10 Selected abstracts
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PART I KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: AI IN VACCINE DESIGN
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Moderator: Gorben Pijlman (Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University & Research,, the Netherlands)
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10:10-11.00 Clara T Schoeder (Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Germany)
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“Vaccine design with artificial intelligence tools – enabling rapid antigen discovery for pandemic preparedness”
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11:00–11:30 Coffee/tea break
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11:30-12:20 Mark J.G. Bakkers (ForgeBio BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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“AI-Guided Engineering of Stabilized Glycoproteins for Next-Generation Vaccines”
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12:20–13:20 Lunch
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PART II KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: AI IN VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY
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Moderator: Alice Sijts (Division Immunology, Depart. Biomolecular Health Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
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13:20-14:10 Johannes Textor (Medical BioSciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
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“Artificial Immune Systems in Vaccine R&D”
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14:10-15:00 Alex D. Yermanos (Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland)
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“Leveraging artificial intelligence and bioinformatics to understand, predict, and engineer adaptive immune recognition”
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15:00-15:20 Coffee/tea break
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SHORT TALKS (ii) Moderator: Jeroen Langereis (Department of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
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15:20-16:20 Selected abstracts
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16:20-16:30 End of symposium ‘Wrap up’
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16:30 Networking drinks
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