Preliminary Scientific Programme
08.30 – 10.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Asthma Complicated by Allergic Rhinitis: Nothing to
Sneeze at
Room: Hall B
Chairperson:
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
The One Airway Link: An Update of Biology
& Physiology
Jean Bousquet, France
Management of Asthma Complicated by AR: New
Guidelines and Clinical Experience
David Price, United Kingdom
Pediatric Airway Inflammation: An Approach
to Management
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
Main Symposium
- Contact Dermatitis
Room: Hall C
Chairpersons:
David Basketter, United Kingdom
Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Denmark
Epidemiology of contact allergy
Margitta Worm, Germany
Atopy as risk factor for contact dermatitis
Thomas Diepgen, Germany
Avoiding epidemics of allergic contact dermatitis
to preservatives
David Basketter, United Kingdom
Pathomechanism of protein contacts dermatitis
Harri Alenius, Finland
Main Symposium
- Anaphylaxis in Childhood
(Report from the EAACI Task Force)
Room: Hall E1
Chairpersons:
Philippe Eigenmann, Switzerland
F Estelle R Simons, Canada
Epidemiology in Europe
Jonathan Hourihane, United Kingdom
Anaphylaxis in the community
Graham Roberts, United Kingdom
Triggers of Anaphylaxis
Anne Moneret-Vautrin, France
Recommendation from the Task Force
Maria Antonella Muraro, Italy
Meet the
Expert (pre-registration required)
1: How to Cope with Side Effects of Specific
Immunotherapy
Werner Aberer, Austria
Room: C246
2: Diagnosis of Autoimmunity
Georg Wick, Austria
Room: A353
3: Practical Rhinology
Friedrich Horak, Austria
Room: A355
Educational
Session - The Specialty of Allergology
Room: Hall F
Chairpersons:
Sergio Del Giacco, Italy
Dietrich Kraft, Austria
The specialty in Europe
Luis Delgado, Portugal
The curriculum and it’s elements
Sergio del Giacco, Italy
Needs of the patient and the health care system
Photini Saxoni-Papageorgou, Greece
The future of the specialty
Werner Pichler, Switzerland
Year in
Review - Highlights in Clinical Allergy I
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Ignacio Ansotegui, Spain
Erika von Mutius, Germany
Epidemiological data
Erika von Mutius, Germany
Pathomechanisms
Johannes Ring, Germany
Diagnostic approaches
Ignacio Ansotegui, Spain
Microbial products in allergy prevention and
therapy
Paolo Matricardi, Italy
Oral Abstract
Session - New Aspects of Peanut and Tree Nut Allergy
Room: Hall I/K
Chairpersons:
Heimo Breiteneder, Austria
Barbara Ballmer-Weber, Switzerland
Oral Abstract
Session - Functional Genomics and Proteomics in Allergy Research
Room: Hall M/L
Chairpersons:
Lars Olaf Cardell, Sweden
Reto Crameri, Switzerland
Introductory lecture: Can we get a grip on complexity in allergy research?
Lars Olaf Cardell, Sweden
Oral Abstract
Session - Epidemiology of Allergy and Asthma
Room: Hall N/O
Chairpersons:
Albrecht Bufe, Germany
Zsolt Szepfalusi, Austria
10.30-12.15
Plenary
Sessison 1 - The Evolution of Allergy
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Jan Lötvall, Sweden
Dietrich Kraft, Austria
Allergology: The birth of a new medical discipline
S.G.O. Johansson, Sweden
Allergy: A burden for the patient and for society
Erkka Valovirta, Finland
Is the prevalence of allergy continuously increasing?
Carlos Baena-Cagnani, Argentina
The allergy epidemics: A look into the future
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
12.15 – 13.30
Poster
Session/Lunch
Hall X & Y
Posters 216 - 925 and 1636 - 1689 in the Poster Exhibition are discussed during the lunch hour. All delegates attending the Poster Exhibition will receive a sandwich lunch.
13.30 – 15.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium – Novartis – Anti-IgE: Changing asthma,
Changing lives
Room: Hall B
Challenging the status quo: expanding treatment
expectations in severe asthma
Klaus Rabe, Netherlands
Clinical evidence that anti-IgE treatment improves
outcomes for severe asthma patients
Roland Buhl, Germany
Measures of success: evaluating patient benefit
to anti-IgE treatment at 16 weeks
Marc Humbert, France
Which patients benefit most from anti-IgE treatment?
Robert Sussman, United States
Symposium
- Life-Threatening Allergy - an Homage to von Pirquet (WAF)
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Anthony Frew, United Kingdom
Michael Kaliner, United States
Epidemiology of anaphylaxis
Aziz Sheikh, United Kingdom
Mechanism of anaphylaxis
Richard F. Lockey, United States
Management of anaphylaxis
F. Estelle R. Simons, Canada
The Symposium is acknowledged as an educational programme of the
WAO
through an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis.
Main Symposium
- Is There a Second Allergic March?
Room: Hall F
Chairpersons:
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
Philippe Eigenmann, Switzerland
Natural history of rhinitis, rhinosinusitis
and asthma
Glenis Scadding, United Kingdom
Local IgE production
Philippe Gevaert, Belgium
Links between rhinitis and asthma
Peter Hellings, Belgium
Rhinitis treatment - can it moderate present
and prevent future asthma?
Peter Howarth, United Kingdom
Main Symposium
- European Consensus on Chronic Rhinosinusitis
and Nasal Polyps
Room: Hall C
Chairpersons:
Joaquim Mullol, Spain
Paul van Cauwenberge, Belgium
Definition and classification
Joaquim Mullol, Spain
Differences between chronic rhinosinusitis
and nasal polyps
Claus Bachert, Belgium
CRS infection and inflammation
Pontus Stierna, Sweden
Treatment strategies in CRS and NP
Wytske Fokkens, The Netherlands
Workshop
- Cellular Allergy Tests
Room: Hall G/H
Chairpersons:
Didier Ebo, Belgium
Alain de Weck, Spain
In vitro allergy diagnosis: following the flow
Didier Ebo, Belgium
Basophil activation tests for allergy diagnosis
Alain de Weck, Spain
CD203c for allergy diagnosis
Hans-Joerg Bühring, Germany
Flow cytometry of T cell markers and cytokines
in allergy
Martin Willheim, Austria
Workshop
- Neural Mechanisms in Asthma
Room: Hall E1
Chairpersons:
Harald Renz, Germany
Ulrike Raap, Germany
Biology of neurotrophins and neuropeptides
Axel Fischer, Germany
Animal models of neural mechanisms
Katelijne De Swert, Belgium
Neurotrophins in asthma
Harald Renz, Germany
Neurogenic inflammation in asthma
Liam Heaney, Ireland
Workshop
- The IgE Molecule and its Receptors
Room: Hall I/K
Chairpersons:
Gerog Stingl, Austria
Israel Pecht, Israel
Biology of IgE
Hannah Gould, United Kingdom
IgE and the high affinity receptor FceRI
Israel Pecht, Israel
The IgE-CD23 interaction
Rebecca Beavil, United Kingdom
Membrane IgE
Oscar Burrone, Italy
Workshop
- Posttranslational Modifications of Allergens
Room: Hall E2
Chairpersons:
Friedrich Altmann, Austria
Rontald van Ree, The Netherlands
N- and O-glycans of plant and insect allergens
Friedrich Altmann, Austria
Clinical significance of protein glycans
Jonas Lidholm, Sweden
Occurrence of anti-Carbohydrate Determinants
IgE
Robert Aalberse, The Netherlands
Cross-reactive carbohydrates in insect sting
allergy
Wolfgang Hemmer, Austria
JMA Educational
Session – How to be Successful with Publishing
Room: Hall D
Chaipersons:
Luis Miguel Borrego, Portugal
Marcin Kurowski, Poland
How to write a paper
Gert-Jan Braunstahl, The Netherlands
How to write a paper… and get it published
Rudolf Valenta, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Mechanisms of the Allergic Immune Response I
Room: Hall M/L
Chairpersons:
Thomas Platts-Mills, United States
Mark Larché, United Kingdom
Introductory lecture: The allergic immune responses:
where do we stand?
Thomas Platts-Mills, United States
Oral Abstract
Session - New Developments in Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
Room: Hall N/O
Chairpersons:
Cezmi Akdis, Switzerland
Josef Thalhamer, Austria
15.30 – 17.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium – Schering Plough - Overcoming the Challenge
of Around-the Clock Management of Upper Respiratory Disease Symptoms
Room: Hall B
Chairperson:
Jean Bousquet, France
Welcome and Introduction
Jean Bousquet, France
Understanding Daily Variation in Symptoms
of Upper Respiratory Disease
Timothy Craig, United States
Management of Morning Symptoms
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Addressing the Impact of Symptoms on Sleep
Claus Bachert, Belgium
Interactive Case Studies (with Audience Response
System)
Moderated by Jean Bousquet, France
Question and Answer Session
Moderated by Jean Bousquet, France
Main Symposium
- Severe Drug Hypersensitivity, the Size of the Problem
Room: Hall D
Chairperson:
Werner Aberer, Austria
Werner Pichler, Switzerland
Immunological principles of drug hypersensitivity:
many questions, some answers
Werner Pichler, Switzerland
Clinical features, ethiology and pathogenetic
aspects of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
Maja Mockenhaupt, Germany
Clinical features, ethiology and pathogenetic
aspects of drug reaction, eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
Genevieve Choquet-Kastylevsly, France
Prospective evaluation of risk factors of cutaneous
drug reactions in patients with AIDS
Pierre Wolkenstein, France
Main
Symposium - Food Allergy: From Epidemiology to Treatment
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Bodo Niggemann, Germany
Heimo Breiteneder, Austria
Epidemiology and food allergy (childhood and
adulthood)
Morten Osterballe, Denmark
Diagnosis of food allergy
Bodo Niggemann, Germany
Oral allergy syndrome: cross reactivities
Barbara Bohle, Austria
Treatment and prognosis of food allergy
Arne Høst, Denmark
Main Symposium
- Regulation of IgE and IgE as Regulator
Room: Hall F
Chairperson:
Donata Vercelli, United States
Sergio Romagnani, Italy
Current understanding of IgE regulation
Sergio Romagnani, Italy
Plasma cell-derived IgE
Andreas Radbruch, Germany
IgE-mediated regulation of T cell activity
Joost van Neerven, The Netherlands
IgE regulation of effector cells
Janet Kalesnikoff, United States
The Allergopharma Award will be presented during this Symposium.
Workshop
- Impact of Novel Asthma Genes on Novel Therapies
Room: Hall E1
Chairpersons:
Juha Kere, Sweden
William Cookson, United Kingdom
ADAM33, a protease-encoding gene
John Holloway, United Kingdom
The DPP10 and PHF11 gene
William Cookson, United Kingdom
GPRA, a novel G protein-coupled receptor related
to asthma
Juha Kere, Sweden
Will these discoveries lead to effective new
therapies?
Gerard Koppelman, The Netherlands
Workshop
- Occupational Rhinitis
Room: Hall E2
Chairpersons:
Roy Gerth van Wijk, The Netherlands
Santiago Quirce, Spain
Burden of occupational rhinitis
Andrea Siracusa, Italy
Diagnosis of occupational rhinitis
Roy Gerth van Wijk, The Netherlands
Relationship of occupational asthma and rhinitis
Gianna Moscato, Italy
Outcome and compensation
Santiago Quirce, Spain
Workshop
- Cell Migration: Receptors, Signalling and Inhibitors
Room: Hall G
Chairperson:
Antonio Lanzavecchia, Switzerland
Bernard Moser, Switzerland
Chemoattractants and their receptors in inflammation
Federica Sallusto, Switzerland
Chemokine receptors in skin homing
Bernard Moser, Switzerland
PI3K delta in the allergic response
Bart Vanhaesebroeck, United Kingdom
Tuning chemokine activity
Mariagrazia Uguccioni, Switzerland
Targeting chemokine receptors in allergy
Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Pamos, Spain
Workshop
- Transplant Immunology
Room: Hall I/K
Chairpersons:
Thomas Wekerle, Austria
Gerhard Opelz, Germany
Introduction
Thomas Wekerle, Austria
Immunological factors determining outcome after
organ transplantation - lessons from the Collaborative Transplant Study
Gerhard Opelz, Germany
Tolerance induction through gene therapy in
transplant and autoimmunity models
John Iacomini, United States
Progress towards clinical tolerance induction
Thomas Wekerle, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Immunmodulation
Room: Hall M/L
Chairpersons:
Martien Kapsenberg, The Netherlands
Thomas Bieber, Germany
Introductory lecture: Dendritic cells: the
link between innate and adaptive immunity
Martien Kapsenberg, The Netherlands
Oral Abstract
Session - Novel Approaches in Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
Room: Hall N/O
Chairpersons:
Mübeccel Akdis, Switzerland
Rudolf Valenta, Austria
17.30 – 19.15
Satellite
Symposia - UCB – Allergic Rhinitis: from Receptors to Patients
Room: Hall B
Chairperson:
Walter Canonica, Italy
Voice of the patient
Erkka Valovirta, Finland
Pharmacology and antihistamines: receptors
and beyond
Massimo Triggiani, Italy
Challenge models and clinical outcomes
Walter Canonica, Italy
QoL: the ultimate benefit of treatment
Sherwin Gillman, United States
Satellite
Symposium – Allergopharma - Hypoallergenic Immunotherapy
Room: Hall I/K
Chairperson:
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
The Hypoallergenic concept: What and why
Kurt Blaser, Switzerland
Clinical data with high dose hypoallergenic
preparations
Chris Corrigan, United Kingdom
Clinical data with hypoallergenic recombinant
SIT
Harald Renz, Germany
Satellite
Symposium – Uriach - Achieving optimal management of Allergic Rhinitis
with Antihistamines
Room: Hall G/H
Chairpersons:
Paul van Cauwenberge, Belgium
Joaquim Mullol, Spain
Introduction
Paul van Cauwenberge, Belgium
The role of inflammatory mediators in AR.
Giovanni Passalacqua, Italy
Anti-inflammatory effects of antihistamines
Joquim Mullol, Spain
Effects of antihistamines on CNS and cardiovascular
system
Manuel Barbanoj, Spain
The role of antihistamines in the treatment
of AR according to ARIA
Claus Bachert, Belgium
Panel discussion
Year in
Review - Highlights in Clinical Immunology
Room: Hall C
Chairpersons:
Manfred Dierich, Austria
Gerhard Zlabinger, Austria
Neuroimmunology
Hartmut Weckerle, Germany
Treatment of autoimmune diseases
Ravinder Maini, United Kingdom
Complement in clinical immunology
Reinhart Würzner, Austria
Immunological control and enhancement of viral
infections:
Manfed Dierich, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - The Allergen-pollution Link
Room: Hall E1
Chairpersons:
Gennaro D'Amato, Italy
Susanne Vrtala, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Allergens: Molecular and Clinical Aspects
Room: Hall E2
Chairpersons:
Paolo Colombo, Italy
Verena Niederberger, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Mechanisms of the Allergic Immune Response II (Mouse Models)
Room: Hall M/L
Chairpersons:
Michelle Epstein, Austria
Eckhard Hamelmann, Germany
Introductory lecture: The need for animal models
in allergy
Michelle Epstein, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Food Allergens: From Molecules
to Diagnostic Tests
Room: Hall N/O
Chairperson:
Stefan Vieths, Germany
Ines Swoboda, Austria