2026 VETERINARY AND COMPARATIVE CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY SOCIETY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
2026 International Conference on Veterinary & Comparative Clinical Immunology
Monday, November 9
TOPIC
SPEAKER
Opening reception
17:30 to 19:00
Tuesday, November 10
Breakfast
07:30 to 08:25
Breakfast at Radisson
Opening remarks
08:25 to 08:30
Welcome
Richard Goldstein DVM DACVIM DECVIM-CA & Oliver Garden BVetMed PhD FHEA FCPP FRCVS DACVIM DECVIM-CA
Keynote Address
08:30 to 09:30
Applications of flow cytometry in veterinary clinical immunology
Anne Avery VMD PhD
Mini-lectures
09:30 to 10:30
Genetics of immune-mediated disease
Steven Friedenberg DVM PhD DACVECC
Trends in diagnosis of immune-mediated disease in small animals
Samantha Evans DVM PhD DACVP DACVM
Break
10:30 to 11:00
Snacks & beverages
Lecture
11:00 to 12:00
Emerging topics: Treatment of immune-mediated disease
Claire Fellman DVM PhD DACVIM DACVCP
Lunch / Zoetis tour (optional)
12:00 to 14:00
Tour of Zoetis Veterinary Medicine R&D Laboratories, Kalamazoo
Oral research abstracts
14:00 to 16:00
Research abstracts
Andrew Woolcock DVM PhD DACVIM
Free time
16:00 to 18:30
Poster session & reception
18:30 to 20:30
Lite food & drinks
Poster abstract presenters
Wednesday, November 11
Breakfast
07:30 to 08:30
Breakfast at Radisson
Lecture
08:30 to 09:30
Novel immune therapies for cancer
Nicola Mason BVetMed PhD DACVIM FRCVS
Mini-lectures
09:30 to 10:30
Vaccines and vaccinology: small animals
Terza Brostoff DVM PhD DACVM
Vaccines and vaccinology: large animals
Véronique Moulin PhD
Break
10:30 to 11:00
Snacks & beverages
Mini-lectures
11:00 to 12:00
Pathogens and immune-mediated disease: 1
Linda Kidd DVM PhD DACVIM
Pathogens and immune-mediated disease: 2
TBD
Lunch
12:00 to 13:30
Lunch at Radisson
Panel discussion
13:30 to 14:45
Large animal immunology: emerging trends in diagnosis and treatment
Amelia Woolums DVM PhD DACVIM; Angela Bordin MedVet MS PhD; Julia Felippe MedVet MSc PhD DACVIM; Zoetis speaker TBD
Panel discussion
14:45 to 16:00
Small animal immunology: emerging trends in diagnosis and treatment
James Swann MA VetMB PhD DACVIM DECVIM; Andrew Woolcock DVM PhD DACVIM; Shauna Blois DVM DVSc DACVIM; Zoetis speaker TBD
VCCIS Annual Business Meeting
16:00 to 16:30
IRS mandated annual business meeting (optional attendance)
Free time
16:00 to 18:30
Free time
Gala Dinner (optional)
18:30 to 21:00
Tickets for purchase ($70 per person)
Thursday, November 12
Breakfast
08:00 to 09:00
Breakfast at Radisson
Postgraduate sessions
09:00 to 11:00
Diagnostic conundrums, therapeutic dilemmas: what to do?
Dana LeVine DVM PhD DACVIM; Shauna Blois DVM DVSc DACVIM; Caroline Griffin DVM MPH PhD DACVIM; Samantha Evans DVM PhD DACVP DACVM
Closing remarks, awards ceremony, & group photograph
11:00 to 11:30
To include 30 minutes publicizing the research awards and what we are looking for in a successful submission
Oliver Garden to moderate
Lunch to go / safe travels!
Note: the schedule is subject to change with minor revisions