We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Bacterial Infection and Host Defense which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday November 2, and will conclude after lunch on November 6, 2015. The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in bacterial infection & immunity. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.