Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings

Co-Organizer18th International Conference on Innate immunity. Organizers: Shabaana A. Khader, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani, Peter Murray. June 2023, Chania, Greece.
Co-Organizer17th International Conference on Innate immunity. Organizers: Triantafyllos Chavakis, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani. July 2022, Ioannina, Greece.
Co-Organizer15th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Dimitrios Mastellos, Lubka Roumenina. May 2023, Chania, Greece.
Co-Organizer14th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Dimitrios Mastellos, Lubka Roumenina. June 2022, Rhodes, Greece. 
Co-Organizer13th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Dimitrios Mastellos, Daniel Ricklin, Antonio Risitano, Lubka Roumenina. September 2021, Ioannina, Greece.
Co-Organizer12th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Dimitrios Mastellos, Edimara Reis, Daniel Ricklin, Antonio Risitano, Richard J.H. Smith. June 2019, Rhodes, Greece. 
Co-Organizer13th International Conference on Pathways, Networks, and Systems Medicine. Organizers: Noel Buckley, Aris Economides, Gabriel Haddad, John Lambris, Christian Metallo, Joe Nadeau, Ellen Rothenberg, Shankar Subramaniam, Raimond Winslow. June 2019, Chania, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer16th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: Katerina Akassoglou, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani, Peter Murray. June 2019, Rhodes, Greece. 
Co-Organizer11th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: Michael Holers, John Lambris, Edimara Reis, Daniel Ricklin, Antonio Risitano, Richard J.H. Smith. June 2018, Chania, Crete, Greece.
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15th International Conference on Innate Immunity in Memory of Alessandro Moretta. Organizers: Katerina Akassoglou, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, Alberto Mantovani, Peter Murray. June 2018, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Co-Organizer12th International Conference on Pathways, Networks, and Systems Medicine. Organizers: Gabriel Haddad, John Lambris, Christian Metallo, Joe Nadeau, Ellen Rothenberg, Shankat Subramaniam. July 2017, Heraklion, Crete.
Co-Organizer10th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: Michael Holers, John Lambris, Daniel Ricklin, Antonio Risitano. June 2017, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer14th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: Katerina Akassoglou, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. 2017, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer2nd International Conference on Immune Responses to Biosurfaces: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions. Organizers: John Lambris, Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl, Daniel Ricklin. September 2016, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece. 
Co-Organizer13th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: Katerina Akassoglou, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. June 2016, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece.
Co-Organizer9th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: Michael Holers, John Lambris, Daniel Ricklin, Antonio. June 2016, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece. 
Co-Organizer8th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: Michael Holers, John Lambris, Daniel Ricklin. September 2015, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Co-Organizer12th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, John Lambris, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. June 2015, Chania, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer1st International Conference on Immune Responses to Biosurfaces: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions. Organizers: Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl, Jons Hilborn, John Lambris, Bo Nilsson, Daniel Ricklin. September 2014, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Co-Organizer11th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. June 2014, Olympia, Greece.
Co-Organizer 7th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Kevin Da Silva, Michael Holers, Daniel Ricklin. June 2014, Olympia, Greece.
Co-Organizer10th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. June 2013, Kos, Greece.
Co-Organizer6th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Michael Holers, Daniel Ricklin. June 2013, Kos, Greece.
Co-OrganizerXXIV International Complement Workshop. Organizers: John D. Lambris, George Hajishengallis, Daniel Ricklin. October 2012, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Co-Organizer10th International Conference on Pathways, Networks, and Systems Medicine. Organizers: Joseph Nadeau, Rudi Balling, Aris Economides, David Galas, Diane Isonaka, John Lambris, Ellen Rothenberg, Shankar Subramaniam. June 2012, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece.
Organizer9th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris, Laurie Dempsey, George Hajishengallis, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta. June 2012, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece.
Organizer5th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris, Michael Holers, Daniel Ricklin. June 2011, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece. 
Organizer8th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris, George Hajishengallis, Alberto Mantovani, Alessandro Moretta, Andrea Tenner, Kirsty Minton. June 2011, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Organizer7th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. July 2010, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece.
Organizer6th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. June 2009, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer9th International Conference on Pathways, Network, and Systems Medicine. Organizers: Joseph Nadeau, John Lambris, David Galas, Shankar Subramaniam, Ellen Rothenberg, Rudi Balling, Harris Lewin, Fotis Kafatos. June 2009, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Organizer5th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. October 2008, Chania, Crete, Greece. 
Co-Organizer6th International Conferences on Pathways, Networks and Systems: Theory and Experiments. Organizers: Joe Nadeau, David Galas, Leroy Hood, Diane Isonaka, John Lambris, Fotis Kafatos, Edison Liu, Harris A. Lewin, Shankar Subramaniam. June 2008, Chania, Crete, Greece. 
Organizer4th International Workshop on Complement Associated Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics. June 2007, Porto Heli, Greece. 
Co-Organizer5th International Conferences on Pathways, Networks, and Systems: Theory and Experiments. Organizers: Joe Nadeau, David Galas, Leroy Hood, Diane Isonaka, John Lambris, Fotis Kafatos, Edison Liu, Harris A. Lewin. June 2007, Porto Heli, Greece. 
Organizer4th International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. June 2006, Corfu, Greece. 
Co-ChairmanSatellite Meeting on Complement. FOCIS meeting. December 2005, Boston, MA. 
Co-ChairmanSession on Complement Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention. 10th European meeting on Complement Disease. September 2005, Heidelberg, Germany. 
Organizer3rd International Workshop on Complement Associated Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics. Organizers: John Lambris. June 2005, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece. 
Organizer3rd International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. October 2004, Heraklion, Crete Greece. 
Co-ChairmanSession on Analysis of Systems Biology Data. International Conferences on Pathways, Networks, and Systems: Theory and Experiments. September 2003, Santorini, Greece. 
Organizer2nd International Workshop on Complement Associated Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics. June 2003, Mykonos, Greece. 
ChairmanSession on Complement Pathways and Immunity. 15th European Immunology Congress. June 2003, Rhodes, Greece. 
Organizer2nd International Conference on Innate Immunity. Organizers: John Lambris. May 2002, Mykonos, Greece.
ChairmanSymposium on Tissue Engineering Science: Critical Elements in the Research and Development Continuum - Session IV: Immunology/Biocompatibility. May 2002, Mykonos, Greece. 
ChairmanSession on "Immune Modulation". XIX International Workshop. 2002, Palermo, Italy.
OrganizerInternational Workshop on Complement Associated Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics. October 2001, Santorini, Greece. 
Co-ChairmanInnate Immune Responses Workshop. 11th International Congress of Immunology. July 2001, Stockholm, Sweden. 
Co-ChairmanComplement Symposium. The 5th Nordic Symposium on Fish Immunology. June 2001, Sundvollen, Norway.
Organizer1st Innate Immunity Conference. Organizers: John Lambris. October 2000, Santorini, Greece. 
Co-ChairmanMinisymposium on Complement: Pathophysiology, modern analysis and therapeutic intervention. 5th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis. 2000, Munich, Germany. 
Co-ChairmanSession on Complement Inhibitors. XVII International Complement Workshop. 2000, Snowbird, Utah. 
Co-ChairmanMinisymposium on complement proteins and receptors. American Association of Immunologists Meeting (FASEB). 1999, Washington, DC. 
OrganizerXVIIth International Complement Workshop. Organizers: John Lambris. October 1998, Rhodes, Greece. 
ChairmanSession on Complement Phylogeny. 7th Congress of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 1995, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. 
Co-ChairmanSession on Genetics, Structure & Function, and Complement Activation. XVI International Complement Workshop. 1994, Boston, MA PD - AS. 
Co-ChairmanSession on the structure and functions of terminal complement components. XV International Complement Workshop. 1994, Kyoto, Japan. 
ChairmanMinisymposium on complement proteins and receptors. American Association of Immunologists Meeting (FASEB). 1993, Denver, Colorado.

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Aristotle

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Sophocles

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Democritus

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Heraclitus

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Democritus

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Epicharmus

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Herodotus

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Hesiod

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Sophocles

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus

There are two sides to every question.

Protagoras

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Epicurus

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Epictetus

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Euripides

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Plato

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Plutarch

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Heraclitus

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Antisthenes

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Euripides

There is no human activity without obstacles.

Simonides

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Epicurus

Work above all brings light into our lives.

Pindar

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Fragments of the tragic poets

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Aeschylus

It is necessary to strive.

Euripides

All things can be achieved through industry and effort.

Menander

Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

Glory is not won through easy struggles.

Sophocles

The beginning is more than half of the whole, and when one has begun many of the things one seeks have already become known.

Aristotle

Good things are accomplished through learning and hard work.

Democritus

Don’t render judgment before you hear both sides.

Hesiod

The good should be measured by quality not quantity.

Aesop

Nothing is more important than hard work.

Antiphanes

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch