Agenda

Molecular Pathways and Cellular Players in the Resolution of Organ Fibrosis

Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session I: Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote

Chairperson: Kyle Flannigan, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim

9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks
Cassie Chartier, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences
Kyle Flannigan, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim
Vincent Fiore, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim

9:15 AM

Opening Keynote Presentation: Temporal Multiomics in Fibrosis Resolution
Michael Longaker, MD, Stanford University

 

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Session II: Biology of Fibrosis

Chairperson: Vincent Fiore, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim

10:30 AM 

Molecular Pathways Involved in Liver Repair and Fibrosis
Scott Friedman, MD,
 The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

10:55 AM 

Regulation of Fibroblasts and Inflammation in Tissue Fibrosis and Post-Fibrotic Resolution
Valerie Horsley, PhD,
 Yale University 

11:20 AM 

Mechanisms of Fibrosis in IBD
Florian Rieder, MD,
 Cleveland Clinic 

11:45 PM 

Mechanobiology in Persistent and Resolving Organ Fibrosis
Daniel J. Tschumperlin, PhD,
 Mayo Clinic

12:10 PM - 1:25 PM
Networking Lunch and Poster Session
1:25 PM - 1:45 PM
Session III: Short Talks From Selected Abstracts

Chairperson: Kyle Flannigan, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Session IV: Multiomics Signatures

Chairperson: Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, PhD, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

1:45 PM 

Multiomics of Skin Pathology and Immune Regulation
Shruti Naik, PhD,
 The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2:10 PM 

Multiomic Endotypes in Fibrostenotic Crohn’s Disease
Lee Denson, MD,
 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

2:35 PM 

Spatial Profiling of Human Liver Fibrosis
Neil Henderson, MD,
 University of Edinburgh

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking Break
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Session V: Therapeutic Approaches to Fibrosis

Chairperson: Scott MacDonnell, PhD, Regeneron

3:30 PM 

Mechanism of Action of Nerandomilast in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Carine Boustany, PhD,
 Boehringer Ingelheim 

3:55 PM 

From Mouse to Human: Translational Modeling of Intestinal Fibrosis in IBD
Scott MacDonnell, PhD,
Regeneron

4:20 PM 

Gut Restricted PED4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Fibrostenosing Crohn’s Disease
Mitchell Jones, MD, PhD,
 Palisade Bio

4:45 PM

Closing Keynote Presentation: Fibrosis — From Mechanisms to Medicines
Thomas A Wynn, PhD,
 Pfizer  

5:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Closing Remarks

Cassie Chartier, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences