Dear Colleague,

on the Behalf of Organizing Committee, I am pleased to invite you to participate to the “International Conference of Osteopontin” which will be held at the “Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases - CAAD", in Novara, Italy from in July 15th - 17th, 2020.

Researchers in a variety of disciplines are working to understand the mechanism of action of osteopontin but rarely attend the same meetings. This fact is a major reason why there has been a barrier to rapid progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of osteopontin function throughout the body.

The International Osteopontin Society Conference is the only meeting in the world that brings together investigators in one room from the fields of cancer, autoimmune diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, neurological disorders, aging, metabolic diseases, and inflammatory disorders. The meeting will provide the opportunity for seasoned investigators as well as trainees and new investigators to present their research findings in oral and/or poster session format. Through networking, and the sharing of resources, new collaborations will be formed.

The Organizing Committee is preparing an exciting program that will inform participants on the latest developments in the field. The program will include a plenary session, meet the expert sessions, a wine and cheese welcome reception, a social dinner event and coffee breaks. Plenty of time is also devoted to poster presentations.

We want to see you there!

Novara is a town of Piedmont with an excellent strategic position: 101 kilometers from Turin and 50 from Milan; it is served by important infrastructure such as Malpensa airport, the motorway network and high-speed trains. In Novara traditions and history meet in a historic center that resembles a nineteenth-century living room, dominated by the Cupola of San Gaudenzio, a masterpiece by Alessandro Antonelli. It is also squeezed between a strip of land and rice fields between the Sesia and the Ticino. Behind the curving hills of the wine and the castles and further up the suggestive silence of Lake Orta and the luminous reflections of Lake Maggiore.The horizon is closed by the Alps with the perennial glaciers of Monte Rosa.

CAAD is a newborn research center that focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers with expertises in different fields to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments to prevent and treat autoimmune and allergic diseases.

We look forward to seeing you in Novara as part of this exciting meeting!

Annalisa Chiocchetti
Conference Planning Chair
CAAD
Dept of Health Science-UPO

REGISTRATION FEES (VAT 22% included)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstract Submission is only possible via the online submission platform.
The abstract submission deadline is May 31^st, 2020.

Please adhere to the following submission guidelines:

- All abstracts must be submitted in English language only
- Abstracts can be submitted for oral and poster presentation; please note that the final decision on the presentation format will be made by the program committee.
- The length of the abstract may not exceed 2,500 characters (body of abstract, incl. spaces).
- Please ensure complete listing and correct order of all (co-)authors, correct formatting and grammar. Accepted abstracts will be published as they have been submitted. Changes are not possible anymore after the deadline.
- Please use only generally known abbreviations or, in other cases, explain the word in brackets.
- Please do not use any abbreviations in the title.
- The text may be structured in: Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions
- Only accepted abstracts from registered participants who paid the registration fees in full will be included in the programme
- The main author of the abstract will be informed about acceptance and format (oral/poster) by the end of May, 2020. In general, the main author should also be the presenting author at the conference.

ABSTRACT TOPICS:
During the online submission please indicate which of the following categories is best suited for your abstract (the program committee is entitled to re-assign the abstract to a different category if necessary).

01. Adipose tissue
02. Aging
03. Allergy
04. Autoimmunity
05. Basic Immunology
06. Bone
07. Cancer

08. Genetic

09. Infections

10. Injury/regeneration

11. Liver

12. Muscle

13. Pregnancy
14. Sepsis

15. Vascular disease

16. Osteopontin structure and signaling

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Wednesday, July 15^th, 2020

From 12.30 Conference Registration

16.00-18.00 SESSION 1–Osteopontin: structure and signalling

16.00-17.00 Keynote Lecture- Prof. R. Konrat - Structure and Interactions of Osteopontin

17.00-17.30 Prof. A. Chiocchetti –Portrait of Mr. X: a new receptor for Osteopontin

17.30-18.00 Prof. Lina Shehadeh - Beta2 adrenergic signaling regulates binding of Osteopontin to a new receptor

18.00 Selected abstracts

19.00 OPENING CEREMONY

Lectio Magistralis - Prof.Esben Sørensen– Osteopontin: one gene but hundred proteins

19.30-21.30 Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing

Thursday, July 16^th, 2020

08.30-10.30 SESSION 2 - Autoimmunity and allergy

08.30-09.30 Keynote Lecture – Prof. Mari Shinohara-Osteopontin in Immunology

09.30-10.00 Selected abstracts

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.30 SESSION 3-Osteopontin in tissue development and regeneration

11.00-11.30: Keynote lecture. Prof. Harvey Cantor– Osteopontin-dependent regulation of microglial differentiation and Alzheimer’s disease

11.30-12.30 Selected abstracts

12.30-13.00 Meet the history. Dr. Susan Rittling – Osteopontin: a long (and ongoing) journey

13.00-16.00 Lunch Break, Poster Viewing and Social Program/Guided Tour

16.30-18.30 SESSION 4– Osteopontin in Cancer

16.30-17.30 Keynote lecture. Prof. Lawrence Leung - Thrombin cleavage of osteopontin in cancer biology

17.30-18.00 Dr. Claudia Chiodoni – Osteopontin’s and other matricellular proteins’ tuning of myeloid cell activity in the tumor microenvironment

18.00-18.30 Selected abstracts

18.30-19.30 IOS meeting and networking

From 20.15 Social Dinner

Friday, July 17^th, 2020

08.30-10.30 SESSION 5 - Osteopontin as a biomarker

08.30-09.30 Keynote lecture. Dr. Michele Mishto – Osteopontin and proteasome in the extracellular space

09.30-10.00 Dr. Juliane Liepe – Molecular mechanism of proteasome-mediated regulation of chemotaxis through osteopontin

10.000-10.30 Selected abstracts

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.30 Best selected abstract award

12.30-12.45 Closing Ceremony

Chair: Prof. Annalisa Chiocchetti (CAAD, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara)

Annalisa.chiocchetti@med.uniupo.it +390321660868

Invited speakers

Harvey Cantor (Harvard Medical School, Boston - USA)

Michele Mishto (King’s College, London – UK)

Esben Sørensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Mari Shinohara (Dukes School of Medicine – Durham - USA)

Robert Konrat (University of Vienna - Austria)

Lawrence Leung (Stanford University - USA)

Susan Rittling (Harvard school of Dental Medicine, Boston – USA)

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Interested companies may present themselves in the context of the International Conference of Osteopontin.

Exhibition booths will be placed in close proximity to the lecture room, the registration desk and the catering area. Therefore, there will be optimal opportunity for participating companies to get in touch with delegates as well as for presenting themselves and their products successfully.

For further information/questions concerning exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please contact the Conference Secretariat:

Centro Congressi Internazionale srl
Via San Francesco da Paola, 37
10123 Torino, Italy
Phone: +39 011 2446911
Email: stefania.codeca@ccicongress.com

CONFERENCE VENUE

CAAD
Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases
Corso Trieste 15A
28100-I Novara, Italy

Novara is a town of Piedmont with an excellent strategic position: 101 kilometers from Turin and 50 from Milan; it is served by important infrastructure such as Malpensa airport, the motorway network and high-speed trains. In Novara traditions and history meet in a historic center that resembles a nineteenth-century living room, dominated by the Cupola of San Gaudenzio, a masterpiece by Alessandro Antonelli. It is also squeezed between a strip of land and rice fields between the Sesia and the Ticino. Behind the curving hills of the wine and the castles and further up the suggestive silence of Lake Orta and the luminous reflections of Lake Maggiore.The horizon is closed by the Alps with the perennial glaciers of Monte Rosa.

CAAD is a newborn research center that focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers with expertises in different fields to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments to prevent and treat autoimmune and allergic diseases.

The meeting will be at the Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases – CAAD-

Cso Trieste 15/A, 28100 Novara – Italy, not far from the hotel and the rail station.

HOW TO REACH NOVARA:

By plane:

- MILANO MALPENSA is the closest, just a few Km from Novara. Here the connection info: https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Milan-Malpensa-Airport-MXP/Novara.

- MILANO LINATE is located in the city of Milan. You can reach Novara going by bus) to Milan Central Rail Station (15-20 min) and then by train to Novara. The train starts every hour at XX.15 and it takes 45 min. Information and tickets (5.50 EURO) are available at www.trenitalia.com. Train tickets can also be purchased from the automatic machines at the Rail Station. Pls take care that the final destination of the train to Novara is TORINO. You must get the so called “REGIONALE VELOCE”. Not FrecciaRossaor ITALO because these latter reach Torino without any stop in Novara!

- MILANO ORIO AL SERIO (or BERGAMO. It is the same airport) is the farthest. You should get the bus to Milan Central Rail Station (it takes 40-50 min) and then the train to Novara (see info above).

WHERE TO STAY (see map)

Bella Italia Palace Hotel

Place: Largo Donegani, 6 - NOVARA (NO) Is the closest. 3 min walking
Telephone: (+39) 0321.694346
E-mail: bellaitalia.novara@gmail.com
Website: www.bellaitaliapalacehotel.com

Albergo Italia is in the city center close to the Novara Rail Station. 15 min walking

Place: Via Generale P. Solaroli, 8/10 - NOVARA (NO)
Telephone: (+39) 0321.399316 - Fax: (+39) 0321.1854924
E-mail: info@albergoitalia.novara.it
Website: www.albergoitalia.novara.it (0321 399316)

Hotel Cavour is in front of Novara Rail Station 15 min walking

Place: Via San Francesco d'Assisi, 6 - NOVARA (NO)
Telephone: (+39) 0321.659889 - Fax: (+39) 0321.659230
E-mail: info@hotelcavournovara.com
Website: www.hotelcavournovara.com

Hotel Europa Is very close to the CAAD center 10 min walking

Place: Corso Cavallotti, 38/A - NOVARA (NO)
Telephone: (+39) 0321.35801 - Fax: (+39) 0321.629933
E-mail: info@hoteleuropanovara.com
Website: www.hoteleuropanovara.com

Hotel La Bussola Is the farest. 30 min walking

Place: Via Boggiani, 54 - NOVARA (NO)
Telephone: (+39) 0321.450810 - Fax: (+39) 0321.452786
E-mail: bussola@labussolanovara.it
Website: www.labussolanovara.it

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Prof. Annalisa Chiocchetti
CAAD
Department of Health Science-UPO
Corso Trieste 15A
28100-I Novara, Italy
Email: annalisa.chiocchetti@med.uniupo.it

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Please contact the conference secretariat for any organizational matters and questions relating your registration or abstract submission:

Centro Congressi Internazionale srl
Via San Francesco da Paola, 37
10123 Torino, Italy
Phone: +39 011 2446911
Email: stefania.codeca@ccicongress.com