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Preliminary Scientific Programme

Friday, 1 July

 
Lunch 12.00 – 13.30
 
Coffe break 10.00 – 10.30
 
 
 
Sherlock Holmes in Allergy

 
Room: Auditorium
09.30 – 10.00

Sherlock Holmes in Allergy 5
Case presentations

Moderators:
GERD RASP, Munich, Germany
JOHANNES HISSMARP, Munich, Germany
Another cause of headache: allergy?
MATTHIAS KRAMER, Munich, Germany
Whealing by healing
JUDITH LADURNER, Munich, Germany
Vasculitic drug eruption without drug
SUSANNE HANG, Munich, Germany
The mystery of the “Germknödel” (a special sweet dumpling as Bavarian delicacy)
FLORIAN PFAB, Munich, Germany
You have to challenge!
STEFANIE WETZEL, Munich, Germany
 
 
 
Plenary Session

 
Room: Auditorium
10.30 – 12.00

Plenary Session 5
Allergy May Be a Killer

Moderators:
ALBERT OEHLING, Sora, Spain
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States
Pathophysiology of anaphylaxis
STEPHEN GALLI, Stanford, United States
Epidemiology and risk factors for anaphylaxis
DANIEL VERVLOET, Marseille, France
Management and treatment of anaphylaxis
F ESTELLE R SIMONS, Winnipeg, Canada
Near fatal asthma
KLAUS RABE, Leiden, Belgium
 
 
 
Symposia

 
Room: 13
08.30 – 10.00

Symposium 26
The Burden of Asthma

Moderators:
WILLIAM BERGER, Mission Viejo, United States
WALTER CANONICA, Genova, Italy
Socioeconomic aspects of asthma
SHAUN HOLT, Wellington, New Zealand
Quality of life in asthma
MICHAEL BLAISS, Memphis, United States
Asthma mortality worldwide
HUGO NEFFEN, Santa Fe, Argentina
Unmet needs in asthma
SALLY WENZEL, Denver, United States
 
 
Room: 14 A
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 27
Perspectives of Immunotherapy
Moderators:
MOTOHIRO KUROSAWA, Japan
ANTHONY BARRY KAY, London, United Kingdom
Adjuvants in immunotherapy
PETER CRETICOS, Baltimore, United States
Peptides in immunotherapy
MARK LARCHÉ, London, United Kingdom
Latex immunotherapy
FLORIANO BONIFAZI, Ancona, Italy
DNA vaccination strategies
WOLF-MEINHARD BECKER, Borstel, Germany
 
 
Room: 13
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 28
Anaphylaxis
Moderators:
F ESTELLE R SIMONS, Winnipeg, Canada
ULRICH MÜLLER, Bern, Switzerland
New concepts in anaphylaxis
RICHARD F. LOCKEY, Tampa, United States
Management of anaphylaxis in nut allergy
PAMELA EWAN, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Basic aspects of anaphylaxis
TODOR POPOV, Sofia, Bulgaria
Radiographic contrast media reactions
PHIL LIEBERMANN, Germanstown, United States
 
 
Room: 5
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 29
New Diagnostic Techniques
Moderators:
RUDOLF VALENTA, Vienna, Austria
JÖRG KLEIN-TEBBE, Berlin, Germany
Antibody detection techniques
ROBERT AALBERSE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chip array techniques
HANS MERK / Co-author: JENS MALTE BARON, Aachen, Germany
In vitro basophil techniques
IGNACIO JAVIER ANSOTEGUI, Amorebieta, Spain
NO measurements in exhaled air for asthma control
M. GRACA CASTEL-BRANCO, Saõ Mamede do Coronado, Portugal
 
 
 
Workshops
 

 
Room: 14 A
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 26
What Molecules are Involved in the Formation
of IgE Antibodies?
Moderators:
HANNAH GOULD, London, United Kingdom
ROBYN O'HEHIR, Melbourne, Australia
Il-4 or IL-13-inducible genes in bronchial epithelial cells
KENJI IZUHARA, Saga, Japan
Signal transduction in IgE synthesis
GERNOT ACHATZ, Salzburg, Austria
Regulation of STAT6 by members of the SOCS family
ALBERT DUSCHL, Salzburg, Austria
Basic mechanisms of anti-IgE treatment
BEDA STADLER, Bern, Switzerland
 
 
Room: 5
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 27
Controversies in Paediatric Allergy II:
Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Wheezy Infants –
Yes or No?
Moderators:
BODO NIGGEMAN, Berlin, Germany
ALFONSO CEPEDA, Barranquilla, Colombia
Preschool children asthma
NELSON ROSARIO, Curitiba, Brazil
Alternative treatments in allergy
TORSTEN SCHÄFER, Lübeck, Germany
Risk factors for allergy in childhood
MARIO MORAIS ALMEIDA, Lisbon, Portugal
At what age to start with inhaled glucocorticosteroids?
FERNANDO DE BENEDICTIS, Ancona, Italy
 
 
Room: 3
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 28
Current Problems in Insect Venom Allergy
Moderators:
MAREK JUTEL, Wroclaw, Poland
GUNTHER FORCK, Munster, Germany
Venom immunotherapy: when and how to start
JÖELLE BIRNBAUM, Marseille, France
Mastocytosis: an indication for life-long venom immunotherapy
BERHARD PRZYBILLA, Munich, Germany
Are ß-blockers a true contraindication for immunotherapy?
ULRICH MÜLLER, Bern, Switzerland
How common and dangerous is bumble-bee allergy?
HANS DE GROOT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 
 
Room: 4
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 29
Cross Reactive Foods:
Minor Inconvenience or Serious Problem
Moderators:
CHRISTINA PASCUAL, Madrid, Spain
PETER BAUER, Munich, Germany
Molecular nature of food allergen epitopes as basis of
cross-reactivity
KIRSTEN BEYER, Berlin, Germany
Latex-fruit syndrome
BARBARA BALLMER-WEBER, Zürich, Switzerland
Evaluation by history of cross-reactive food allergens
MARIA ISABEL CARRAPATOSO, Coimbra, Spain
Apple as a model of cross-reacting food allergens
KARIN HOFFMANN-SOMMERGRUBER, Vienna, Austria
Composite allergens in plants and foods
JASNA LIPOZENCIC, Zagreb, Croatia
 
 
Room 4
13.30 – 15.00
Workshop 30
Outdoor Air Pollution and Allergy:
Myth or Fact and What to Do?
Moderators:
ANTHONY FREW, United Kingdom
JORGE QUEL, Marina del Rey, United States
Diesel exhaust particles and allergy
DAVID DIAZ-SANCHEZ, Los Angeles, United States
High frequency radio and mobile phone radiation and human disease
KATJA RADON (DENIS NOWAK), Munich, Germany
Particles, ozone and bronchial response
HANS-ERICH WICHMANN, Neuherberg, Germany
Xenobiotic metabolism of PAHs: role in adjuvant activity for allergic disease
JEROME BUTERS, Munich, Germany
 
 
Room: 14 C
13.30 – 15.00
Workshop 31
Atopic Eczema:
What are the Individual Provocation Factors?
Moderators:
THOMAS PLATTS-MILLS, Charlottesville, United States
THOMAS WERFEL, Hannover, Germany
Staphylococcal infection /colonization:
does it play a role in eczema?
MARK BOGUNIEWICZ, Denver, United States
Does Malassezia contribute to atopic eczema
ANNIKA SCHEYNIUS, Stockholm, Sweden
Fungal SOD in atopic eczema
PETER SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Zürich, Switzerland
Atopy patch test: the most specific diagnostic tool in eczema
ULF DARSOW, Munich, Germany
APT with native foods in children and adults
KRISTIINA TURJANMAA, Tampere, Finland
 
 
 
Free Communications
 

 
Room: 2
08.30 – 10.00
Free Communication 27
Drug Allergy II
Moderators:
MIGUEL BLANCA, Malaga, Spain
DANIEL VERVLOET, Marseille, France
 
 
 
Summing Up and Closing Ceremony
 

 
Room: 13
15.00 - 16.00
What was Really New? - Highlights from the WAC 2005
Moderators:
CARLOS E. BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
JOHANNES RING, Munich, Germany
What was really new in basic science (selective summing-up)
CEZMI AKDIS, Davos Switzerland
(Supported by THILO JAKOB, Munich, Germany
and MARTIN MEMPEL, Munich, Germany)
What was really new in clinical care (selective summing-up)
STEPHEN DURHAM, London, United Kingdom
(Supported by ULF DARSOW, Munich, Germany
and KNUT BROCKOW, Munich, Germany
 
Farewell addresses from
CARLOS E. BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
ANTHONY FREW, Southampton, United Kingdom
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States
 
Outlook to the Future
EAACI 2006, Vienna
RUDOLF VALENTA, Vienna, Austria
WAC Bangkok, Thailand, 2007
PAKIT VICHYANOND, Bangkok, Thailand
 
Congress Statistics and Thanks
Johannes Ring, Munich, Germany
 

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