Preliminary Scientific Programme
08.30 – 10.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium - UCB - Challenges of Managing Allergies in Children
Room: Hall B
Chairpersons:
Thomas Diepgen, Germany
Charles Naspitz, Brasil
Burden of childhood allergies
Ulrich Wahn, Germany
Challenge of allergy prevention in children
John Warner, United Kingdom
Challenge of treating allergies in children:
the effects of latest generation antihistamines
Fernando de Benedictis, Italy
Challenge of managing allergies in children:
safety first
F Estelle R Simons, Canada
Main Symposium
- Air Pollution and Aerobiology
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Germany
Tony Frew, United Kingdom
Is air pollution important in asthma?
Anthony Frew, United Kingdom
Thunderstorm-induced asthma in pollinosis patients
Gennaro D’Amato, Italy
Air pollution: only trigger or also sensitiser?
Thomas Sandström
PPP: Pollen, Pollution and Proteomics
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Germany
Main Symposium
- Drug Desensitisation
Room: Hall C
Chairpersons:
Pascal Demoly, France
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Does it work, do we need it?
Hans Merk, Germany
Management of Aspirin-sensitive rhinosinusitis
/ asthma syndrome: what role for Aspirin desensitisation
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Tolerance induction to antibiotics
Andreas Bircher, Switzerland
Tolerance induction to antiretroviral drugs
- a need for protocols
Pascal Demoly, France
Main Symposium
- Junior Member Symposium -
Neuroimmune Mechanisms in Allergy
Room: Hall D
Chairpersons:
David Groneberg, Germany
Chrysanthi Skevaki, Greece
Neurotrophins in allergy
Christina Nassenstein, Germany
Neurotrophins in human airways
Caroline Olgart-Hoglund, Sweden
Melancortins and their receptors in human mast
cells and basophils: Implications for neuroimmunology and allergology
Markus Böhm, Germany
Tachykinins and their role in allergic inflammation
Katelijne De Swert, Belgium
Meet the
Expert
4: How to Prevent Anaphylaxis in Children
Eva Maria Varga, Austria
Room: Hall C246
5: Problems and Pitfalls in Allergy Diagnosis
Christof Ebner, Austria
Room: Hall A353
6. What you Want to Know about Microarray Technology
Tim Myers, United States
Room: Hall A355
Educational
Session - Prevention and Treatment of Asthma
Room: Hall F
Chairpersons:
Petr Panzner, Czech Republic
Sebastian Johnston, United Kingdom
Preventive measures
Adnan Custovic, United Kingdom
Childhood asthma
Philippe Eigenmann, Switzerland
Diagnosis of asthma
Petr Panzner, Czech Republic
Therapy of asthma
Sebastian Johnston, United Kingdom
Year in
Review - Highlights in Clinical Allergy II
Room: Hall E2
Chairperson:
Chris Corrigan, United Kingdom
Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Switzerland
Immunoregulation of allergy
Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Switzerland
Allergen-specific immunotherapy of allergy
Alan Wheeler, United Kingdom
Allergy in the lung
Chris Corrigan, United Kingdom
Dermatoallergology
Kurt Blaser, Switzerland
Oral Abstract
Session - Insect Venom Hypersensitivity I
Room: Hall M
Chairpersons:
Reinhard Jarisch, Austrria
Marek Jutel, Poland
Introductory lecture: Monitoring Hymenoptera
venom immunotherapy
Reinhard Jarisch, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - New Horizons in Infection and Allergy
Room: Hall N
Chairpersons:
Eckard Hamelmann, Germany
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Greece
Introductory lecture: The hygiene hypothesis:
Current status and future perspective
Eckard Hamelmann, Germany
10.30-12.15
Plenary
Session 2 - Cells of the Allergic Immune Response
Room: A
Chairpersons:
Kurt Blaser, Switzerland
Othmar Förster, Austria
Dendritic cells as modulators of the allergic
response
Georg Stingl, Austria
B cells: From IgE production to antigen presentation
Donata Vercelli, United States
T cells as regulators and effectors
Cezmi Akdis, Switzerland
Human mast cells and basophils: only classical
effectors?
Gianni Marone, Italy
12.15 – 13.30
EAACI General Assembly & Council of National Societies
The General Assembly is the governing body of the Academy. EAACI members are encouraged to actively participate in this meeting and present their views. We encourage members to arrive on time as we will begin promptly at 12.15 on Monday 12 June in Hall C at the Austria Center Vienna.
Please bring your EAACI membership card with you to gain entry to this meeting. If you have forgotten your membership card then please go to the EAACI stand in the Registration area to receive a replacement. Replacement cards can be given out from Saturday 09.00 until Monday 11.00 at the latest. Lunch boxes will be provided at this meeting.
13.30 – 15.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium – ALTANA Pharma - Progress and Challenges
in Asthma Management: Identifying the Gaps
Room: Hall B
Chairpersons:
Soren Pedersen, Denmark
Which is more effective for controlling mild
to moderate persistent asthma: ICS monotherapy or ICS LABA combination
therapies?
Mario Cazzola, Italy
Do safety concerns limit your ability to maximize
the dose of ICS to manage symptoms and underlying inflammation?
Jean Bousquet, France
Does convenience of dosing and patient adherence
influence your design of treatment plans for individual patients?
Chris Langdon, United Kingdom
How do you motivate patients to improve adherence
to treatment plans?
Michael Kaliner, United States
Main
Symposium - Innate Immunity and the Allergic Immune Response
Room: Hall A
Chairpersons:
Thilo Jakob, Germany
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Sweden
Translating innate into adaptive immunity
Antonio Lanzavecchia, Italy
Pollen-derived signals modulate innate immunity
Thilo Jakob, Germany
Mast cells in the innate immune response
Marcus Maurer, Germany
NK cells: friend or foe in allergy?
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Sweden
Main
Symposium - Current Problems in Insect Venom Allergy
Room: Hall F
Chairpersons:
Ulrich Müller, Switzerland
Marek Jutel, Poland
Histamine Type 2 receptor in protection mechanisms
against venom hypersensitivity
Marek Jutel, Poland
Double positivity to honey bee and vespula
venom: crossreactivity or true double sensitization?
Ulrich Müller, Switzerland
How useful is the tryptase measurement - lessons
from the European Multicenter Study
Francesca Rueff, Germany
Occupation venom allergy: a) in bee keepers
b) in green house workers
Hans De Groot, The Netherlands
Workshop
- Biology of Allergens
Room: Hall G
Chairperson:
Hans Grönlund, Sweden
Fatima Ferreira, Austria
The spectrum of mediterranean plant allergens
Rosalia Rodriguez
Tree and grass pollen allergens
Ines Swoboda, Austria
Biology of house dust mite allergens
Susanne Vrtala, Austria
Allergens from animals: Focus on cat
Hans Grönlund, Sweden
Workshop
- Birth Cohort Studies for Prevention of Allergy
Room: Hall H
Chairpersons:
Susanne Lau, Germany
Magnus Wickman, Sweden
Study design of ongoing birth cohort studies
Thomas Keil, Germany
A review of major results from ongoing birth
cohort studies
Magnus Wickman, Sweden
A review of major results from ongoing interventional
birth cohort studies
Andrea von Berg, Germany
New perspectives, where do we go from now?
Susanne Lau, Germany
Workshop
– Autoimmunity
Room: Hall I
Chairpersons:
George Wick, Austria
Josef Smolen, Austria
Predictive value of autoantibody determination
Abner Louis Notkins, United States
Immunologic hypersensitivity reactions in patients
with silicone implants
George Wick, Austria
The value of immunofluorescence for the diagnosis
of autoimmune disease with special emphasis on tissue microarrays
Winfried Stöcker, Germany
New optical methods for the diagnosis of immunologic
diseases
Hans Tanke, The Netherlands
Workshop
- Bioinformatics in Allergy: A Powerful Tool Joining Science and Clinical
Applications
Room: Hall D
Chairpersons:
Adriano Mari, Italy
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Greece
Internet in allergology, how to better communicate
with people
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Greece
From molecule structure to allergen nomenclature
Wayne Thomas, Australia
Computational and experimental approach to
allergenicity
Beda Stadler, Switzerland
From in silico to reality and back
Adriano Mari, Italy
Workshop
- Mastocytosis
Room: Hall K
Chairpersons:
Dean Metcalfe, United States
Peter Valent, Austria
Pathology and immunohistochemistry in systemic
mastocytosis
Hans-Peter Horny, Germany
c-KIT mutations in mastocytosis: current status
Cem Akin, United States
The impact of flow cytometric analysis in
the diagnosis, follow-up and monitoring of therapy in mastocytosis
Luis Escribano, Spain on behalf of Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA)
WHO classification of mastocytosis and treatment
options
Peter Valent, Austria
New therapies and targeted drugs for systemic
mastocytosis
Dean Metcalfe, United States
Workshop
- Animal Models in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Room: Hall E2
Chairpersons:
Bart Lambrecht, The Netherlands
Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, Austria
Animal models for autoimmune blistering diseases
Rüdiger Eming, Germany
Novel mouse models for combined immunodeficiency
Gabi Köllisch, Austria
Mouse models of atopic eczema
Dieter Maurer, Austria
Mouse models of allergic asthma
Udo Herz, Germany
Oral Abstract
Session - Immunotherapy: Clinical Advances
Room: Hall M
Chairpersons:
Anthony Frew, United Kingdom
Barbara Bohle, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Diagnosing Drug Hypersensitivity
Room: Hall N
Chairpersons:
Werner Aberer, Austria
Pascal Demoly, France
Introductory lecture: Problems and pitfalls
in the diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity
Werner Aberer, Austria
15.30 – 17.15
Company
Sponsored Symposium – ALK-Abelló -
The Allergic Patient, the Optimal Treatment and
Allergen Immunotherapy
Room: Hall B
Chairpersons:
Walter Canonica, Italy
Christof Ebner, Austria
Allergen exposure and the epidemiologic of
allergy
Adnan Custovic, United Kingdom
Mucosal and systemic immune response to allergen
challenge
Thomas Bieber, Germany
The new evidence for allergen immunotherapy
Stephen Durham, United Kingdom
A tablet for the future treatment for grass
allergy
Claus Bachert, Belgium
Main Symposium
- Cellular Therapy for Asthma: Science Fiction,
or Science Fact?
Room: Hall C
Chairperson:
Cezmi Akdis, Switzerland
Karolina Palucka, United States
Regulatory T cell therapy in allergy and asthma
Douglas Robinson, United Kingdom
Generation of therapeutic regulatory T cells
Silvia Gregori, Italy
Dendritic cell subsets
Bart Lambrecht, The Netherlands
Dendritic cell therapy
Karolina Palucka, United States
Workshop
- Allergens in the Environment
Room: Hall G
Chairpersons:
Heidrun Behrendt, Germany
Michael Glovsky, United States
How allergens enter the body
Heidrun Behrendt, Germany
Pollen induced asthma
Michael Glovsky, United States
Tracing allergens by electron microscopy
Monika Grote, Germany
Lessons from measuring allergens in our environment
Martin Chapman, United States
IRINE
SYMPOSIUM - Advances in Allergy and Asthma in Eastern Europe
Room: Hall D
Chairpersons:
Lawrence Du Buske, United States
Georg Drannik, Ukraine
Kristof Nekam, Hungary
Influence of the Chernobil disaster on the
incidence of atopy
Leonid Titov, Belarus
Viral infection and asthma
Musa Khaitov, Russia
Platelets and asthma
Krzysztof Kowal, Poland
Sputum assessments in asthma
Todor Popov, Bulgaria
New assessments of venom desensitisation
Mitja Kosnik, Slovenia
Allergy considerations
Michael Rudenko, Russia
Asthma and urinary sediment
Dina Zhubandykova, Kazakhstan
Workshop
- Mechanisms of Mucus Synthesis and Secretion in Asthma
Room: Hall H
Chairpersons:
Duncan Rogers, United Kingdom
Lauren Cohn, United States
Mechanisms of mucus induction in allergic inflammation
in asthma
Lauren Cohn, United States
Mechanisms of virus induction of mucus in asthma
exacerbations
Sebastian Johnston, United Kingdom
Inhibition of airway mucus hypersecretion in
asthma
Duncan Rogers, United Kingdom
Is mucus synthesis and secretion a valid therapeutic
target in asthma therapy?
David Groneberg, Germany
Workshop
- Immunodeficiency
Room: Hall I
Chairpersons:
Gerhard Zlabinger, Austria
Hans-Hartmut Peter, Germany
Chairmen's introduction
Gerhard Zlabinger, Austria
Mannose binding lectin deficiency
Jens Christian Jensenius, Denmark
Defects in antigen presentation
Herman Wolf, Austria
B cell memory and antibody deficiency
Hans-Hartmut Peter, Germany
Workshop
- Novel Vaccination Strategies
Room: Hall K
Chairpersons:
Winfried Pickl, Austria
Clotilde Thery, France
Dendritic cell vaccines
Martin Thurnher, Austria
Artificial antigen-presenting cells/platforms
Michael Sadelain, United States
Oligonucleotides for inducing potent immune
responses
Jörg Vollmer, Germany
Exosomes - naturally occurring minimal antigen
presenting units
Clotilde Thery, France
Pro &
Con - Controversies in Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis
Room: Hall E2
Chairpersons:
Joaquim Mollol, Spain
Paul van Cauwenberge, Belgium
Alternative therapies for rhinitis and rhinosinusitis
PRO: Andreas Schapowal, Switzerland CON: Giovanni Passalacqua, Italy
Gastroesophageal reflux and rhinosinusitis
PRO: Mike Thomson, United Kingdom CON: Ralph Mösgues, Germany
Oral Abstract
Session - Asthma Pathogenesis Evaluated in Patients
Room: Hall L
Chairpersons:
Hans-Uwe Simon, Switzerland
Revaz Sepiashvili, Russian Federation
Oral Abstract
Session - Immune Responses to Food Allergens
Room: Hall M
Chairpersons:
Robert Esch, United States
Helena Tlaskalova, Czech Republic
Oral Abstract
Session - Risk Factors for Allergic Diseases in Children
Room: Hall N
Chairpersons:
Bodo Niggemann, Germany
Erika von Mutius, Germany
Introductory lecture: Where are we with the
new strategies for Allergy
Bodo Niggemann, Germany
17.30 – 19.15
SSatellite
Symposia - Stallergènes - Grass Tablet Studies
in Allergic Rhinitis
Room: Hall B
Chairperson:
Johannes Ring, Germany
Phase I – Safety data
Hans-Jörgen Malling, Denmark
Phase IIb/III – Clinical data
Alain Didier, France
Perspectives
Torsten Zuberbier, Germany
Satellite
Symposium – HAL Allergy - ALLERGOIDS today –
Modern, Effective and Safe
Room: Hall G
Chairperson:
Rudolf Valenta, Austria
Modified extracts for allergen specific immunotherapy
Herbert Riechelmann, Germany
Allergoids in clinical trials
Friedrich Horak, Austria
Major Allergens: the quality of allergenic
extracts
Ronald van Ree, the Netherlands
New biomarkers for efficacy monitoring of SIT
Albrecht Bufe, Germany
Year in
Review - Highlights in Preclinical Allergy I
Room: Hall D
Chairpersons:
Yoseph Mekori, Israel
Mike Kemeny, Singapore
IgE and its receptors:
Gernot Achatz, Austria
Effector cell activation:
Yoseph Mekori, Israel
Regulatory T cell networks
Mike Kemeny, Singapore
Murine models:
Tilo Biedermann, Germany
Oral Abstract
Session - New Insights into Eczema and Urticaria
Room: Hall L
Chairpersons:
Clive Grattan, United Kingdom
George Stingl, Austria
Oral Abstract
Session - Allergy Diagnosis Today:
From Blood to in vivo Testing
Room: Hall M
Chairpersons:
Steven Stapel, Netherlands
Jörg Kleine-Tebbe, Germany
Oral Abstract
Session - Understanding Management of Asthma
Room: Hall N
Chairpersons:
Thomas Frischer, Austria
Sergio del Giacco, Italy
Oral Abstract
Session - Biological Activity of Food Allergens
Room: Hall O
Chairpersons:
Susanne Spitzauer, Austria
Denise-Anne Moneret Vautrin, France