international union of immunological societies international union of immunological societies the international union of immunological societies (iuis), a member of the international council for science, is an organization which serves as an umbrella organization for many national and regionally grouped immunological societies. the organization was founded in 1969. the ten founding member societies were the american association of immunologists, british society for immunology, canadian society for immunology, dutch society for immunology, gesellschaft fur immunologie, israel immunological society, polish society of immunology, scandinavian society for immunology, societe francaise d’immunologie, and yugoslav immunological society. iuis had 83 member societies in 2019. international union of immunological societiesabbreviationiuisformation1969 (1969)typengoheadquarterskurfürstendamm 71locationberlin, germanyregion served worldwideofficial language englishpresidentfaith osierparent organizationinternational council for science (icsu)websiteiuis official website the 2019-2022 executive committee of the iuis is faith osier, president; miriam merad, vice-president; roslyn kemp, secretary general; michael ratcliffe, treasurer; alberto mantovani, past president. every three years the iuis organizes an international congress, called the international congress of immunology (ici), with one of its national society members. the 2016 ici was held in melbourne, australia. last ici (rebranded as iuis2019) took place in beijing, china in 2019. cape town, south africa will host iuis2022. frontiers in immunology is the iuis' official journal. immunopaedia.org is the official educational provider of online pre-course material for iuis immunology courses in the developing world and in other countries. the standing committees of the iuis are clinical immunology, education, gender equality and career development, immunotherapy, inborn errors of immunity, nomenclature, publications, quality assessment and standardization, vaccines, and veterinary. among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases. international congresses & presidents nr.yearici locationtermpresidentfrom 17.2019beijing china 2019-2022faith osier kenya 16.2016melbourne australia 2016-2019alberto mantovani italy 15.2013milan italy 2013-2016jorge kalil brazil 14.2010kobe japan 2010-2013stefan h. e. kaufmann germany 13.2007rio de janeiro brazil2007-2010peter c. doherty australia 12.2004montreal canada2004-2007rolf zinkernagel switzerland 11.2001stockholm sweden2001-2004philippa marrack united kingdom 10.1998new delhi india1998-2001fritz melchers switzerland 9.1995san francisco united states1995-1998tomio tada japan 8.1992budapest hungary 1992-1995henry metzger france 7.1988berlin germany1989-1992jacob b. natvig norway 6.1986toronto canada1986-1989gustav j.v.nossal australia 5.1983kyoto japan1983-1986alain l. de weck switzerland 4.1980paris france1980-1983baruj benacerraf united states 3.1977sydney australia1977-1980michael sela poland/ israel 2.1974brighton england1974-1977john humphrey united kingdom 1.1971washington, d.c. united states1971-1974bernard cinader canada fd.1969bruges belgium online immunology education immunopaedia, a non-profit educational website based in south africa, is the official provider of online pre-course material for iuis immunology courses.