According to the Byelaws, the Council of “SII” has set up special Working Groups devoted to special fields of research interest. In relation to the topics of the congress, information about those Groups is listed below. Colleagues who want to become Members of the Society may express their wish for future active cooperation by choosing one or more of the following Working Groups.

1. Evolutionary Biology (Insects)
Chair: Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann, Ph.D.

2. Evolutionary Biology (Plants)
Chair: Prof. Pamela C. Ronald, Ph.D.

3. Genetics
Chair: Prof. Bruce A. Beutler, M.D.

4. Microbiology / Virology
Chair: Prof. Hermann Wagner, M.D. Ph.D.

5. Intracellular Signalling
Chair: Prof. Shizuo Akira, M.D. Ph.D.

6. Innate Immune Receptors
Chair: Prof. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, M.D. Ph.D.

7. Complement
Chair: Prof. Agustin P. Dalmasso, M.D.

8. Integration of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Chair: Prof. Jeffrey L. Platt, M.D.

9. Vascular Biology /Atherosclerosis
Chair: Prof. Göran K. Hansson, M.D. Ph.D.

10. Blood Coagulation
Chair: Helmut Arbogast, M.D. Ph.D.

11. Cancer
Chair: Prof. Michael T. Lotze, M.D., Ph.D.