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The first annual meeting of the DGfI took place from 16 to 18 October 1969 in Freiburg im Breisgau. Even though immunology in the Federal Republic of Germany could by no means be considered established at universities and research institutions at that time, about 315 scientists attended the meeting and took part in the events with commitment and active discussion. The focus of the first annual meeting was on the field of antibody research. In about 70 lectures, which were distributed over seven sections without parallel events, the topics antibodies, immunogenetics, immune response, immunopathology, lymphocytes, cellular immunity and antigens were dealt with. A broad-based "Colloquium on Immunosuppression" concluded the conference. The abstracts of the papers were subsequently published in a pilot number of the European Journal of Immunology (EJI), founded two years later in 1971.
From then on, the Society's annual meetings took place every autumn - repeatedly as joint meetings with other European immunology societies. Since 2006, European immunologists have met every three years at the joint European Congress of Immunology, ECI.
1969
Freiburg | Otto Westphal
1970
Wien | Carl Steffen
1971
Marburg | H. Gerhard Schwick
1972
Bern | Alain L. de Weck
1973
Straßbourg | Raymond Minck
1974
Hannover | Helmuth Deicher
1975
Mainz | Martin Röllinghoff, Hermann Wagner
1976
Basel | Fritz Melchers
1977
Heidelberg | Klaus Rother
1978
Freiburg | Otto Westphal, Herbert Fischer
1979
Innsbruck | Georg Wick
1980
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Gert Riethmüller
1981
Luzern | Alain L. de Weck
1982
Münster | Egon Macher
1983
Berlin | Tibor Diamantstein
1984
Baden/Wien | Othmar Förster
1985
Göttingen | Otto Götze
1986
Straßbourg | Laurent Degos, Klaus Eichmann
1987
Ulm | Hermann Wagner
1988
Düsseldorf | Ernst Gleichmann
1989
Berlin | Klaus Eichmann, Fritz Melchers, Joachim R. Kalden |
7th International Congress of Immunology ICI
1990
Aachen | Matthias Cramer |
joint meeting with the Society for Allergology
1991
Lübeck | Holger Kirchner
1992
Mainz | Erwin Rüde
1993
Leipzig | Gerhardt Metzner
1994
Konstanz | Ulrich Krawinkel
1995
Wien | joint meeting with the Austrian ÖGAI
1996
Hamburg | Bernhard Fleischer
1997
Würzburg | Thomas Hünig
1998
Freiburg | Hans-Hartmut Peter
1999
Hannover | Reinhold E. Schmidt
2000
Düsseldorf | Ernst Gleichmann |
joint meeting with the Dutch NVVI
2001
Dresden | Ernst Peter Rieber
2002
Marburg | Diethard Gemsa, Klaus Heeg
2003
Berlin | Stefan H.E. Kaufmann |
joint meeting with the Polish Society for Immunology
2004
Maastricht | Martin Krönke |
joint meeting with the Dutch NVVI
2005
Kiel | Dieter Kabelitz |
joint meeting with the Scandinavian SSI
2006
Paris | 1st European Congress of Immunologie, ECI
2007
Heidelberg | Stefan Meuer
2008
Wien | Stefan Meuer |
joint meeting with the Austrian ÖGAI
2009
Berlin | Reinhold E. Schmidt |
2nd European Congress of Immunology, ECI
2010
Leipzig | Frank Emmrich
2011
Riccione | Andreas Radbruch |
joint meeting with the Italian SIICA | programme
2012
Glasgow | 3rd European Congress of Immunology, ECI
2013
Mainz | Hansjörg Schild, Ari Waisman | programme
2014
Bonn | Christian Kurts, Gunther Hartmann | programme
2015
Wien | 4th European Congress of Immunology, ECI | programme
2016
Hamburg | Gisa Tiegs, Bernhard Fleischer | programme
2017
Erlangen | Hans-Martin Jäck (50 Jahre DGfI) | programme
2018
Amsterdam | 5th European Congress of Immunology, ECI | programme
2019
München | Thomas Brocker |
joint meeting with the Italian SIICA | programme
2020
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2021
Virtual Meeting | 6th European Congress of Immunology, ECI
2022
Hannover, hybrid | Christine Falk/Erika Jensen-Jarolim
joint meeting with the ÖGAI | website
2023
Strasbourg | Christopher Muller |
joint meeting with the French SFI | website
*international meetings
The "Leukocyte Culture Conferences" held in the spring of 1969-1984 were continued from 1985 as the "Spring Conferences of the Society for Immunology". These conferences explicitly served as a discussion forum, especially for young scientists.
From 2005 onwards, the spring conferences were replaced by a spring school on a smaller scale, with the aim of giving a smaller group of young scientists the opportunity to further their education in immunology on an annual basis. Today, the DGfI organises 3 different schools for different target groups each year within the framework of the Academy of Immunology plus a continuing education module "Certified Immunologist DGfI".
1985
Tübingen | Wolfgang G. Bessler
1986
Erlangen | Martin Röllinghoff
1987
Lübeck | Hans-Dieter Flad
1988
Hannover | Reinhold E. Schmidt
1989
Freiburg | Hans-Hartmut Peter
1990
Marburg | Diethard Gemsa
1991
Berlin | Rüdiger von Baehr, Reinhard Burger
1992
München | Hermann Wagner
1993
Erlangen | Martin Röllinghoff
1994
Heidelberg | G. Maria Hänsch, Michael D. Kramer
1995
Regensburg | Daniela Männel
1996
Jena | Lothar Jäger
1997
Binz/Rügen | Christine Schütt
1998
Frankfurt | Dieter Kabelitz
1999
Stuttgart | Klaus Pfizenmaier, Peter Scheurich
2000
Köln | Martin Krönke
2001
Innsbruck | Manfred P. Dierich
2002
Leipzig | Frank Emmrich