Society of Leukocyte Biology and the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society are meeting together for their 2010 annual conference. The event is set to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on October 7-9, 2010. The theme of this joint meeting is, “The Three Rs of Immunity: Recognition, Response and Resolution” and promises to integrate the scientific interests of both societies. In 2006, our two societies held a highly successful joint meeting in San Antonio, TX and we anticipate that the upcoming meeting will likewise stimulate exciting interactions among the participants. Please feel free to view our web sites: http://www.leukocytebiology.org/ and http://www.ieiis.org/.

We would like to invite you to join us as a partner in supporting this meeting. Your sponsorship would be used to defray the travel expenses for internationally renowned symposium speakers as well as supporting and encouraging the participation of junior scientists, through our travel awards program. We anticipate an attendance of approximately 400 participants and believe that your presence at the conference would be mutually beneficial. Please view the meeting prospectus for the different sponsorship options and benefits as well as other program information. We would welcome a discussion of how we can make this partnership work best for you and are open to your suggestions.

We hope that you will be able to join us in this important endeavor. Feel free to contact any of the organizers for details or our executive manager in charge of the conference, John Lord (jlord@faseb.org).

Sincerely,

Drs. Alan S. Cross and William M. Nauseef

Organizing Committee:

William M. Nauseef, MD, University of Iowa, william-nauseef@uiowa.edu 

Alan S. Cross, MD University of Maryland, across@medicine.umaryland.edu

Steven M. Opal, MD, Brown University, Steven_Opal@brown.edu

Neil Reiner, MD, University of British Columbia, ethan@interchange.ubc.ca

Fundraising Chair, Robert A. Clark, MD, UT Health Sci. Center, CLARKRA@uthscsa.edu