IUIS - International union of immunological societies

Latin American Association of Immunology (ALAI)
ALAI website: http://www.alai.sld.cu/alaiin.htm

President
Dr. Flavio Salazar ONFRAY,
Associate Professor
Disciplinary Program of Immunology
ICBM, Faculty of Medicine
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Avenida Independencia 1027, 3rd floor,
8380453 Independencia, Chile
Phone: +562 978 6345
Fax:
E-mail: fsalazar@inmunotron.med.uchile.cl Secretary-General
Dr. Alexis KALERGIS,
Associate Professor
Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología,
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Alameda 340, Casilla 114-D
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Phone: +562 686 2842
Fax: +562 222 5515
E-mail: akalergis@bio.puc.cl

Permanent Secretary:
Oliver G Pérez Martín, MD
Finlay Institute
17 ave. and 198, Siboney, Playa
Havana City
PO. Box 16017, Cuba.
Phone: 53 (7) 2088409.
Fax: 53 (7) 2086075
E-mail: oliverp@finlay.edu.cu

ALAI (Asociacón Latinoamericana de Inmunología) was founded in 1984 and incorporated into IUIS in 1987. It includes the immunology societies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay with a total membership of more than 1600 immunologists.
Presidents of ALAI since its inauguration have been L. Cristina Giraudo Conesa (Argentina, 1984-1987), Nelson Mendes (Brazil, 1987-1990), Arturo Ferreira (Chile, 1991-1993), E. Garcia-Latorre (Mexico, 1993-1996), Alberto Nieto (Uruguay, 1996-1999), Jorge V. Gavilondo (Cuba, 1999-2002) and Clelia Riera (Argentina, 2002-2005)

The main goals of ALAI are the improvement of education, training, and collaborative laboratory and clinical research in immunology in Latin America, through sponsorship of regional and international courses and workshops and the triennial Latin American Congresses of Immunology. ALAI Congresses have been held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1987), Sao Paulo, Brazil (1990), Santiago, Chile (1993), Zacatecas, Mexico (1996), Punta del Este, Uruguay (1999), Havana, Cuba (2002) and Cordoba, Argentina (2005).

The 8th Latin American Immunology Congress
http://www.immunorio2007.org.br will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
August 21 - 25, 2007 together with ICI2007

European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS)
Web site: http://www.efis.org/

President
Catherine SAUTÈS-FRIDMAN
Centre de recherche des Cordeliers
15, Rue de l'École de Médecine
75006 Paris, Germany
Phone: +33 1 4427 91 03
Fax: +33 1 4051 0420
E-Mail: catherine.fridman@crc.jussieu.fr
Secretary-General
Anna ERDEI
Department of Immunology
University Eötvös Lorand
Pazmany s. 1/C
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +36 1381 2175
Fax.: +36 1381 2176
E-mail: anna.erdei@freemail.hu

Permanent Office
Astrid Hahner
European Federation of Immunological Societies
EFIS - office
c/o Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology
Charitéplatz 1
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 30 28460 648
Fax: +49 30 28460 501
E-Mail: efis@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de OR
hahner@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de

EFIS now represents more than 17,000 individual members from 28 member societies in 31 European countries (all European Union member states and all other European states) and reaches beyond the classical European boundaries to Russia, Turkey and Israel : Austria, the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
EFIS was founded in Amsterdam in September 1975 under the auspices of IUIS. Presidents of the Federation since its inauguration have been A. Bussard (France, 1975-1978), C. Steffen (Austria, 1978-1980), J. Gergely (Hungary, 1980-1983), R. Arnon (Israel, 1983-1986), M. Hess (Switzerland, 1986-1989), A. Capron (France, 1989-1992), K. Eichmann (Germany, 1992-1995), I. Pecht (Israel, 1995-1998) and W. Knapp (Austria, 1998-2000), S. Romagnani (Italy, 2000-2003), F. Y. Liew (UK, 2003-2006).

The major regular meetings of the Federation are the European Immunology Meetings which have been held in Strasbourg (1973), Amsterdam (1975), Copenhagen (1976), Budapest (1978), Istanbul (1982), Interlaken (1984), Jerusalem (1985), Zagreb (1987), Rome (1988), Edinburgh (1990), Helsinki (1991), Barcelona (1994), Amsterdam (1997), Poznan (2000), Rhodes (2003), and Paris (2006). The next meeting will be held in Berlin in September 2009.

The European Journal of Immunology (EJI) is now an official journal of EFIS (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/25061/home). Immunology Letters remains the other official journal of EFIS (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/immlet).

Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS)
Web site: http://www.faisoc.org/

President
Prof. Ahmed EL-GOHARY
Faculty of Medicine,
Suez Canal University,
Ismailia, Egypt
Phone: +20-64-32 32 456
Fax: +20-64-32 22 733
Email: agohary@idsc.net.eg Secretary-General
Dr Thomas M. KARIUKI
Institute of Primate Research
National Museums of Kenya
PO Box 24481, Karen 00502
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 882571-4
Fax: +254 20 882546
Email: tkariuki@africaonline.co.ke

FAIS was founded in 1992 and accepted as a federation of IUIS in the same year. It encompasses the societies of immunology of Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Gambia, Ghana , Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, West Africa and Zimbabwe.

Presidents of the Federation since its inauguration have been A. G. Tumbo-Oeri (Kenya, 1992-1994), C. E. Anyiwo (Nigeria, 1994-1997), Rose G. F. Leke (Cameroon, 1997- 2000), Elopy Sibanda (Zimbabwe, 2000-2003) and Alioune Dieye (Senegal, 2003-2006).

The focus of FAIS is to foster development of immunology in Africa by encouraging and participating in teaching, training and research activities. FAIS has held major regular Immunology meetings in Harare (1992), Nairobi (1994), Cape Town (1997), Yaoundé (2000; in conjunction with the 42nd Council Meeting of IUIS), Victoria Falls (2003) and Dakar (2006; in conjunction with the 50th Council Meeting of IUIS).

The 7th International Conference of the Federation of African Immunological Societies will be held in 2009 in Red Sea, Egypt, hosted by the Egyptian Immunology Society.

Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA)
Website: http://www.fimsa.org/

President
Dr Nicholas KING
Blackburn Buiding,
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: nickk@pathology.usyd.edu.au Secretary-General
Gregory TSAY
Institute of Immunology and Department of Medicine
Chung Shan Medical University
110 Section 1, Chien-Kuo N. Road,
Taichung 402
TAIWAN
Tel: +886 4 24730022 ext. 11705
Fax: +886 4 23248172
E-mail: gjt@csmu.edu.tw

FIMSA was founded in 1992 under the auspices of IUIS and includes the immunology societies of Australia and New Zealand (Australasia), People's Republic of China, Taiwan, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea and Hong Kong.
Presidents of FIMSA since its inauguration have been G.P. Talwar (India, 1992-1995), R. Scollay (Australia, 1995-1996) and T. Sasazuki (Japan, 1996-2000).

North America

Currently there is no single Regional North American Federation of Immunology however Immunologists in North America are members of one or more of the following Associations:

Canadian Association for Immunology (CSI)

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) (A federation comprised of a broad spectrum of specialty organizations with a common focus on immune-mediated diseases. )

These organizations share a common interest in promoting Immunology nationally and globally and each hold annual meetings and have participated in hosting International Congresses of Immunology. For more information please refer to the individual Society websites.

Latin American Association of Immunology (ALAI) ALAI website: http://www.alai.sld.cu/alaiin.htm
President Dr. Flavio Salazar ONFRAY, Associate Professor Disciplinary Program of Immunology ICBM, Faculty of Medicine UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE Avenida Independencia 1027, 3rd floor, 8380453 Independencia, Chile Phone: +562 978 6345 Fax: E-mail: fsalazar@inmunotron.med.uchile.cl	Secretary-General Dr. Alexis KALERGIS, Associate Professor Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Alameda 340, Casilla 114-D Santiago de Chile, Chile Phone: +562 686 2842 Fax: +562 222 5515 E-mail: akalergis@bio.puc.cl
Permanent Secretary: Oliver G Pérez Martín, MD Finlay Institute 17 ave. and 198, Siboney, Playa Havana City PO. Box 16017, Cuba. Phone: 53 (7) 2088409. Fax: 53 (7) 2086075 E-mail: oliverp@finlay.edu.cu

ALAI (Asociacón Latinoamericana de Inmunología) was founded in 1984 and incorporated into IUIS in 1987. It includes the immunology societies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay with a total membership of more than 1600 immunologists. Presidents of ALAI since its inauguration have been L. Cristina Giraudo Conesa (Argentina, 1984-1987), Nelson Mendes (Brazil, 1987-1990), Arturo Ferreira (Chile, 1991-1993), E. Garcia-Latorre (Mexico, 1993-1996), Alberto Nieto (Uruguay, 1996-1999), Jorge V. Gavilondo (Cuba, 1999-2002) and Clelia Riera (Argentina, 2002-2005) The main goals of ALAI are the improvement of education, training, and collaborative laboratory and clinical research in immunology in Latin America, through sponsorship of regional and international courses and workshops and the triennial Latin American Congresses of Immunology. ALAI Congresses have been held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1987), Sao Paulo, Brazil (1990), Santiago, Chile (1993), Zacatecas, Mexico (1996), Punta del Este, Uruguay (1999), Havana, Cuba (2002) and Cordoba, Argentina (2005). The 8th Latin American Immunology Congress http://www.immunorio2007.org.br will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 21 - 25, 2007 together with ICI2007

European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) Web site: http://www.efis.org/
President Catherine SAUTÈS-FRIDMAN Centre de recherche des Cordeliers 15, Rue de l'École de Médecine 75006 Paris, Germany Phone: +33 1 4427 91 03 Fax: +33 1 4051 0420 E-Mail: catherine.fridman@crc.jussieu.fr	Secretary-General Anna ERDEI Department of Immunology University Eötvös Lorand Pazmany s. 1/C H-1117 Budapest, Hungary Tel.: +36 1381 2175 Fax.: +36 1381 2176 E-mail: anna.erdei@freemail.hu
Permanent Office Astrid Hahner European Federation of Immunological Societies EFIS - office c/o Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology Charitéplatz 1 D-10117 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 28460 648 Fax: +49 30 28460 501 E-Mail: efis@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de OR hahner@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
EFIS now represents more than 17,000 individual members from 28 member societies in 31 European countries (all European Union member states and all other European states) and reaches beyond the classical European boundaries to Russia, Turkey and Israel : Austria, the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. EFIS was founded in Amsterdam in September 1975 under the auspices of IUIS. Presidents of the Federation since its inauguration have been A. Bussard (France, 1975-1978), C. Steffen (Austria, 1978-1980), J. Gergely (Hungary, 1980-1983), R. Arnon (Israel, 1983-1986), M. Hess (Switzerland, 1986-1989), A. Capron (France, 1989-1992), K. Eichmann (Germany, 1992-1995), I. Pecht (Israel, 1995-1998) and W. Knapp (Austria, 1998-2000), S. Romagnani (Italy, 2000-2003), F. Y. Liew (UK, 2003-2006). The major regular meetings of the Federation are the European Immunology Meetings which have been held in Strasbourg (1973), Amsterdam (1975), Copenhagen (1976), Budapest (1978), Istanbul (1982), Interlaken (1984), Jerusalem (1985), Zagreb (1987), Rome (1988), Edinburgh (1990), Helsinki (1991), Barcelona (1994), Amsterdam (1997), Poznan (2000), Rhodes (2003), and Paris (2006). The next meeting will be held in Berlin in September 2009. The European Journal of Immunology (EJI) is now an official journal of EFIS (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/25061/home). Immunology Letters remains the other official journal of EFIS (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/immlet).

Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) Web site: http://www.faisoc.org/
President Prof. Ahmed EL-GOHARY Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt Phone: +20-64-32 32 456 Fax: +20-64-32 22 733 Email: agohary@idsc.net.eg	Secretary-General Dr Thomas M. KARIUKI Institute of Primate Research National Museums of Kenya PO Box 24481, Karen 00502 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 882571-4 Fax: +254 20 882546 Email: tkariuki@africaonline.co.ke
FAIS was founded in 1992 and accepted as a federation of IUIS in the same year. It encompasses the societies of immunology of Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Gambia, Ghana , Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, West Africa and Zimbabwe. Presidents of the Federation since its inauguration have been A. G. Tumbo-Oeri (Kenya, 1992-1994), C. E. Anyiwo (Nigeria, 1994-1997), Rose G. F. Leke (Cameroon, 1997- 2000), Elopy Sibanda (Zimbabwe, 2000-2003) and Alioune Dieye (Senegal, 2003-2006). The focus of FAIS is to foster development of immunology in Africa by encouraging and participating in teaching, training and research activities. FAIS has held major regular Immunology meetings in Harare (1992), Nairobi (1994), Cape Town (1997), Yaoundé (2000; in conjunction with the 42nd Council Meeting of IUIS), Victoria Falls (2003) and Dakar (2006; in conjunction with the 50th Council Meeting of IUIS). The 7th International Conference of the Federation of African Immunological Societies will be held in 2009 in Red Sea, Egypt, hosted by the Egyptian Immunology Society.

Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA) Website: http://www.fimsa.org/
President Dr Nicholas KING Blackburn Buiding, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA E-mail: nickk@pathology.usyd.edu.au	Secretary-General Gregory TSAY Institute of Immunology and Department of Medicine Chung Shan Medical University 110 Section 1, Chien-Kuo N. Road, Taichung 402 TAIWAN Tel: +886 4 24730022 ext. 11705 Fax: +886 4 23248172 E-mail: gjt@csmu.edu.tw
FIMSA was founded in 1992 under the auspices of IUIS and includes the immunology societies of Australia and New Zealand (Australasia), People's Republic of China, Taiwan, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea and Hong Kong. Presidents of FIMSA since its inauguration have been G.P. Talwar (India, 1992-1995), R. Scollay (Australia, 1995-1996) and T. Sasazuki (Japan, 1996-2000).

North America
Currently there is no single Regional North American Federation of Immunology however Immunologists in North America are members of one or more of the following Associations: *Canadian Association for Immunology (CSI)* *The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)* *The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)* (A federation comprised of a broad spectrum of specialty organizations with a common focus on immune-mediated diseases. ) These organizations share a common interest in promoting Immunology nationally and globally and each hold annual meetings and have participated in hosting International Congresses of Immunology. For more information please refer to the individual Society websites.