Friday, November 6, 2026
11:30 AM-6:30 PM ET
Darden Auditorium, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
9907 Universal Boulevard
Orlando, Florida, USA

Please join us for the in-person Collaborative Myositis Groups Summit to learn about recent initiatives of IMACS, CARRA, iMyoS, MCTC, MIHRA, and PReS JDM. The summit’s aim is to allow members to share information, learn more about research opportunities, and enhance international collaborations.

Registration

Advance registration is required. On-site registration will not be offered. All attendees should be registered members of IMACS and/or another myositis collaborative group participating in the summit.

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Registration fees:

  • $35.00 fee for myositis collaborative group members to defray catering and meeting expenses
  • $0.00 free admission for trainee members (pre-registration is still required).

Agenda Overview

The preliminary summit agenda includes presentations about ongoing research projects, new research proposals, and a special topic with panel discussion.

  • 11:30 AM ET: Check-in opens, poster set-up begins, and networking lunch
  • 12:30 PM ET: Main meeting begins
  • 12:35 PM ET: Special Topic and Panel Discussion: Treat-to-target / Treatment
  • 1:45 PM ET: Lightning Poster Round
  • 2:00 PM ET: General Poster Session
  • 3:00 PM ET: Patient Perspective
  • 3:20 PM ET: Outcome Measures and Definitions of Disease
  • 4:30 PM ET: Biomarkers and Surrogate Measures of Disease Activity
  • 5:00 PM ET: On the Horizon: New and Emerging Projects and Collaborations
  • 5:25 PM ET: Myositis Governance
  • 5:35 PM ET: Closing remarks and adjournment
  • 5:40 PM ET: Networking reception with beverages and appetizers

Posters

21 posters will be displayed. Selected posters will be presented during the lightning poster session. Topics include:

  • Appropriateness and Feasibility of Outcome Measures in IIM
  • Deep Clinical Phenotyping for IIM-ILD
  • MyoRoC: Revision of Classification Criteria
  • Multi-stakeholder Identification of Core Common Data Elements in Myositis Diseases 
  • HARMONISE-ILD: EULAR/PReS Recommendations for diagnosing, monitoring and treating ILD in pediatric rheumatic diseases. 
  • IMACS/MIHRA Calcinosis Scientific Working Group: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Calcinosis in Juvenile and Adult Populations in Systemic Sclerosis and Myositis Diseases 
  • Toward a Community-Guided Framework for Clinical Trial Adjudication of “Polymyositis”: a MIHRA PATH Multi-Stakeholder Initiative
  • Measuring Clinically Inactive Disease at One Year in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry 
  • Global Atlas of Cutaneous Manifestations of Autoimmune Myositis Across Diverse Skin Types: An International Collaborative Educational and Clinical Trial Readiness Initiative from the MCTC Dermatology Working Group

Planning Committee

Thank you to committee leaders Galina Marder (Chair), Kelly Rouster-Stevens (Vice-Chair), Sara Sabbagh (Vice-Chair), Lisa Rider (IMACS Coordinator).

Contact committee leaders with questions about the program, or interest in getting involved in IMACS and other groups. Email Galina Marder, MD and Kelly Rouster-Stevens, MD, PharmD.

The IMACS Meeting Committee also prepares a booklet with IIM highlights taking place at ACR Convergence. Stay tuned for the 2026 guide to myositis at ACR.

Virtual Info

The Nov. 6 meeting is only offered for live and in-person attendance. The live and virtual International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) IMACS Annual Meeting took place May 13, 2026.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to our speakers and poster presenters.

The support of Lead Sponsor Priovant Therapeutics is gratefully acknowledged.

The support of Lead Sponsor argenx is gratefully acknowledged.

TMA proudly partners with Cure JM Foundation to host this summit.

Are you interested in funding additional trainees, or supporting this important scientific gathering? Two lead sponsorships are available at $5,000 and additional sponsorships are available at $3,500. Email [email protected].

Questions? Contact TMA Executive Director Paula Eichenbrenner.

We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!