{"id":250,"date":"2025-06-08T20:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:32:15","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/?page_id=250","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>Optimmunize 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Optimmunize-2022-1-1024x345-1-e1749413767637.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/en\/dias\/optimmunize2022\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/en\/dias\/optimmunize2022\">2nd Optimmunize conference<\/a> was held in 2022 at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Policy-Discussion-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" style=\"width:531px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Policy-Discussion-1.jpg 737w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Policy-Discussion-1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>Optimmunize 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"254\" src=\"http:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Optimmunize-2020-1-e1714731713200-1024x254-1-e1749414565426.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Optimmunize-2020-1-e1714731713200-1024x254-1-e1749414565426.png 674w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Optimmunize-2020-1-e1714731713200-1024x254-1-e1749414565426-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, just before the COVID-19 lockdowns, Optimmunize organized <a href=\"https:\/\/coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org\/event\/optimmunize-improving-the-beneficial-effects-of-vaccines-20200219\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org\/event\/optimmunize-improving-the-beneficial-effects-of-vaccines-20200219\/\">the first-ever conference on the non-specific effects of vaccines<\/a>. The event was hosted at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge, UK. After the conference, Optimmunize members participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41577-020-0338-x\">viewpoint article in Nature Reviews Immunology<\/a>. In connection with the conference, the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/vaccine\/vol\/40\/issue\/11\">Vaccine published a special issue on the topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-1536x927.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/020-Optimmunize-2020-1-2048x1236.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>4th Optimmunize Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-photo-small-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February 2017, long-time and new Optimmunizers gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the 4th Optimmunize workshop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>Satellite Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-1536x802.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-Bissau-2048x1069.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2015, the first satellite meeting of Optimmunize was held in Bissau, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandim.org\/\">Bandim Health Project<\/a> is based.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>3rd Optimmunize Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-1024x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-1024x586.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-1536x880.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group-photo-2014-2048x1173.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3rd Optimmunize workshop was held in November 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>2nd Optimmunize Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-1024x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-1536x793.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Optimmunize-1-2048x1058.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Optimmunizers gathered for the second time in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 2012. A <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23572484\/\">proceedings paper<\/a> was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases after the workshop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>1st Optimmunize Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/optimmunize.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hvidore-10-2-2048x1144.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first ever Optimmunize workshop was organized in Copenhagen in January 2010, supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Following the workshop, a report titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0264410X11001319?via%3Dihub\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0264410X11001319?via%3Dihub\">&#8221;Sex differences in the vaccine-specific and non-targeted effects of vaccines&#8221;<\/a> was published in the journal Vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimmunize 2022 The 2nd Optimmunize conference was held in 2022 at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. Optimmunize 2020 In 2020, just before the COVID-19 lockdowns, Optimmunize organized the first-ever conference on the non-specific effects of vaccines. 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