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Preliminary Scientific Programme

Thursday, 30 June

 
Lunch (Hall C1) 12.00 – 13.30
Poster Session will be manned during the lunch hours
 
Coffe break 10.00 – 10.30, 15.00 – 15.30
 
 
 
Sherlock Holmes in Allergy
 
Room: Auditorium
09.30 – 10.00

Sherlock Holmes in Allergy 4
Case presentations
Moderators:
WILHELM STOLZ, Munich, Germany
MONIKA AGATHOS, Munich, Germany
An unusual case of angioedema
KATRIN RAMRATH, Munich, Germany
Bilateral granulomas of the earlobes
ULRIKE WEIGERTH, Munich, Germany
The Italian affair
SIGRID BROEKAERT, Munich, Germany
The hairdressing incident
STEPHAN LUDERSCHMIDT, Munich, Germany
An unusual case of contact urticaria
CLAUDIA STEINER, Switzerland
 
 
 
Meet the Expert
 

Room 11 A
12.15 – 13.15

How do we Manage Allergic Rhinitis

RUBY PAWANKAR, Tokyo , Japan
GLENIS SCADDING, London, United Kingdom
 

Room: 11 B
12.15 – 13.15
How do we Manage Sinusitis
CLAUS BACHERT, Gent , Belgium
MICHAEL A KALINER, Chevy Chase , United States
 

Room 12 A
12.15 – 13.15
How do we Manage Food Allergy

GIDEON LACK, London , United Kingdom
CASSIM MOTALA, Cape Town, South Africa
 

Room: 12 B
12.15 – 13.15
How do we Manage Sublingual Immunotherapy

ANTHONY J FREW, Southampton , United Kingdom
GIANNI PASSALACQUA , Genova , Italy

 

Room: 22 A
12.15 – 13.15
How do we manage Immunotherapy in Asthma
G WALTOR CANONICA, Genova , Itay
RICKARD F LOCKEY, Tampa , United States
 
 
Speakers’ Corner
 
Room: C1
12.30 – 13.00

Debate of the Day 3
Does allergen avoidance work?
Moderator:
ERIKA JENSEN-JAROLIN, Vienna, Austria
MAGNUS WICKMAN, Stockholm, Sweden
ADNAN CUSTOVIC, United Kingdom
 
 
 
Plenary Session
 
Room: Auditorium
10.30 – 12.00

Plenary Session 4
Allergy Affects the Whole Body

Moderators:
ALAIN DE WECK, Fribourg, Switzerland
ROY GERTH VAN WIJK, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The allergy "march" (marathon)
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
Allergen-specific immunotherapy
STEPHEN DURHAM, London, United Kingdom
Allergen-independent immunotherapy
ANDREW SAXON, Los Angeles, United States
Allergy starts in the blood
JUDAH A. DENBURG, Hamilton, Canada
 
 
 
Symposia
 
Room: 13
08.30 – 10.00

Symposium 17
Primary Prevention of Allergy and Asthma (PAAA)
Moderators:
S.G.O JOHANSSON, Stockholm, Sweden
PHILIPPE EIGENMANN, Geneva, Switzerland
WAO document on PAAA
TARI HAATELA, Helsinki, Finland
The hypoallergenic concept
ARNE HØST, Odense, Denmark
Tolerance induction by pro and prebiotics
ERIKA ISOLAURI, Turku, Finland
Possibilities and limitation for alimentary prevention
of atopy and asthma
SCOTT H. SICHERER, New York, United States
 
 
Room: 5
08.30 – 10.00
Symposium 18
Contact Dermatitis
Moderators:
JÖRGEN KNOP, MainzGermany
LAJOS KEMENY, Szegel, Hungary
Epidemiology of contact dermatitis
THOMAS FUCHS, Goettingen, Germany
Molecular nature of contact allergens
JEAN-PIERRE LEPOITTEVIN, Strasbourg, France
Protein contact dermatitis from rubber latex
TIMO REUNALA, Tampere, Finland
Prevention of contact dermatitis
TORKIL MENNÉ, Copenhagen, Denmark
 
 
Room: Auditorium
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 19
World Allergy Forum (WAF):
Novel Approaches to Food Allergy
Moderators:
CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
Epidemiology and natural history of food allergy
GIDOEN LACK, London, United Kingdom
Diagnosis of food allergy
BODO NIGGEMAN, Berlin, Germany
Treatment of food allergy
HUGH SAMPSON, New York, United States
 
 
Room: 13
13.30 – 15.00
Junior Member Symposium
Allergy: Nature or Nurture?
Moderators:
PETER HELLINGS, Leuven, Belgium
GERT-JAN BRAUNSTAHL, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Allergy: Nature or nurture?
BART LAMBRECHT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The role of infection in asthma and allergy
ELISABETH BEL, Leiden, The Netherlands
Immune responses in extreme environments: lessons from spaceflight studies
KARIM VERMAELEN, Ghent, Belgium
Neuromodulation and allergy
ULRIKE RAAP, Hannover, Germany
 
 
Room: 5
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 20
Mast Cells in Action
Moderators:
LAWRENCE SCHWARZ, Richmond, United States
WOLFGANG SCHMUTZLER, Aachen, Germany
Heterogeneity of mast cells
HIROHISA SAITO, Tokyo, Japan
Mast cells as antigen presenting cells
SALAH MÉCHERI, Paris, France
TGFß and mast cell activation
PETER HOWARTH, Southampton, United Kingdom
Eosinophil-mast cell cross talk
FRANCESCA LEVI-SCHAFFER, Jerusalem, Israel
 
 
Room: 14 B
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 21
Rhinitis
Moderators:
WYTSKE FOKKENS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MARIO E. ZERNOTTI, Argentina
Staphylococcal antigens and rhinitis
CLAUS BACHERT, Ghent, Belgium
Immunotherapy in rhinitis: does it prevent asthma?
GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA, Genoa, Italy
Provocation tests in allergic rhinitis
ALKIS TOGIAS, Baltimore, United States
New approaches of rhinitis therapy
RUBY PAWANKAR, Tokyo, Japan
 
 
Room: 14 A
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 22
Drug Reactions
Moderators:
WERNER JOSEF PICHLER, Bern, Switzerland
DANIEL VERVLOET, Marseille, France
Betalactam cross-reactivities
MIGUEL BLANCA, Malaga, Spain
Diagnostic work-up in drug allergy
PASCAL DEMOLY, Montpellier, France
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
NIKHIL YAWALKAR, Switzerland
Cutaneous reactions to Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
MARIO SANCHEZ-BORGES, Caracas, Venezuela
 
 
Room: Auditorium
15.30 – 17.00
Symposium 23
IgE Regulation
Moderators:
KURT BLASER, Davos, Switzerland
RANBIR KAULSAY, Malaysia
Introduction
S.G.O. JOHANSSON, Stockholm, Sweden
Memory and plasma cells in IgE formation
ANDREAS RADBRUCH, Berlin, Germany
Plasma cell markers for IgE synthesis
LARS POULSEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
IgE-IgE-receptor interaction and antagonists
HANNAH GOULD, London, United Kingdom
Anti-IgE therapy
THOMAS CASALE, Omaha, United States
 
 
Room: 14 B
15.30 – 17.00
Symposium 24
Allergy Education and Training all over the World
Moderators:
BOB LANIER, Fort Worth, United States
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States
Allergy education in Europe
SERGIO G. DEL GIACCO, Cagliari, Italy
Allergy education in USA
LENNY ROSENWASSER, Denver, United States
Allergy education in Latin America
CARLOS CRISCI, Rosario, Argentina
Allergy education in Africa
CASSIM MOTALA, Cape Town, South Africa
Allergy education in South-East Asia/Australia
CONSTANCE HELEN KATELARIS, Westmead, Australia
 
 
Room: 14 C
15.30 – 17.00
Symposium 25
Psyche, Nerves and Allergy
Moderators:
ERWIN SHÖPF, Germany
ULRIKE RAAP, Hannover, Germany
The BRAIN study
WILLIAM BUSSE,Madison, United States
Mind-body interactions in allergy
JOHN BIENENSTOCK, Hamilton, Canada
Neurotrophins in asthma and allergy
HARALD RENZ,Marburg, Germany
NGF and allergy
SERGIO BONINI, Rome, Italy
 
 
 
Sister Society Symposia
 
Room: 14 A
15.30 – 17.00
Japanese Society
Immunobiology of Natural Adjuvants and Allergy
Moderators:
SHO MATSUSHITA, Saitama, Japan
TSUNEYASU KAISHO, Kanagawa, Japan
Dendritic Cells and Adjuvants
MARTIEN KAPSENBERG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antigen Presentation and Natural Adjuvants
SHO MATSUSHITA, Saitama, Japan
Parasite-derived adjuvants: their epidemiology and biochemistry
MARIA YAZDANBAKSH, Leiden, The Netherlands
TLR and Adjuvants
TSUNEYASU KAISHO, Kanagawa, Japan
 
Room: 4
15.30 – 17.00
IRINE Symposium
Recent Advances in Asthma and Allergy in Central and Eastern Europe
Moderators:
TODOR POPOV, Sofia, Bulgaria
REVAZ SEPAISHVILI, Russian Federation
LAWRENCE DU BUSKE, Boston, United States
Splice variant of IL-4
ALEXANDER BABAKHIN, Russian Federation
New approaches to asthma therapeutics
RUTA DUBAKIENE, Lithuania
Changes in asthma prevalence in Hungary
LASZLO ENDRE, Hungary
Immunotherapy for allergic asthma
RADOSLAW GAWLIK, Poland
Asthma and allergy as a public health problem in Georgia
AMIRAN GAMKRELIDZE, Georgia
Novel assessments of asthma control
DINA ZHUBANDYKOVA, Kazakhstan
 
 
 
Workshops
 
 
Room: 4
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 21
Mast Cells and Mastocytosis
Moderators:
DEAN METCALFE, Bethesda, United States
WOLFGANG KÖNIG, Germany
Molecular pathogenesis of mastocytosis
KARIN HARTMAN, Cologne, Germany
Mast cells: friend or foe
MARTIN CHURCH, United Kingdom
The role of hyperosmolarity in mast cell activation
SVEN-ERIK DAHLÉN, Stockholm, Sweden
Mast cells: The forgotten inflammatory cells in immunopathogenesis
YOSEPH MEKORI, Kfar-Saba, Israel
 
 
Room: 14 A
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 22
Cough and Sputum
Moderators:
RONALD DAHL, Aarhus, Germany
TODOR POPOV, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cytokines in induced sputum: do they help us get the big picture?
ANTOINE MAGNAN, Marseille, France
Induced sputum beyond airway inflammation: use in airway remodelling assessment
PASCAL CHANEZ, Montepellier, France
Use of induced sputum in tailoring treatment strategies
MARIA MARGARET MENEZES PIZZICHINI, Floranopolis, Brazil
Sputum outcomes in different respiratory diesases
ANTONIO SPANEVELLO, Bari, Italy
 
 
Room: 4
13.30 – 15.00
Workshop 23
Histamine is More than a Vaso-Active Mediator
Moderators:
CLEMENS DAHINDEN, Bern, Switzerland
JOHN BIENENSTOCK, Hamilton, Canada
Histamine as immune regulator
MAREK JUTEL,Wroclaw, Poland
NO and histamine release
PIER FRANSESCO MANNAIONI, Firenze, Italy
Histamine H4 receptor agonists
CARSTEN B SCHMIDT-WEBER, Davos, Switzerland
Physiological role of mast cells and histamine
TBA
 
 
Room: 13
15.30 – 17.00
Workshop 24
Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Answers to a Hot Topic
Moderators:
JOAQUIM MULLOL, Barcelona, Spain
PHILIPPE GEVEART, Ghent, Belgium
Eosinophilic fungal rhinosinusitis
JEAN SILVAIN LACROIX, Geneva, Switzerland
Anti-eotaxin treatment
GLENIS SCADDING, London, United Kingdom
EB treatment of CRS
WYTSKE FOKKENS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Remodelling and wound healing in CRS
JEAN-BAPTISTE WATELET, Gent, Belgium
 
 
Room: 5
15.30 – 17.00
Workshop 25
Sports and Allergy
Moderators:
TODOR POPOV, Sofia, Bulgaria
STEFANO DEL GIACCO, Cagliari, Italy
The impact of allergic disorders on the athlete
CONSTANCE HELEN KATELARIS, Westmead, Australia
Sports and asthma
TARI HAATHELA, Helsinki, Finland
Risk of sports for allergic individuals
LUIS DELGADO, Porto, Portugal
Positive effect of sports in allergy
KAI-HÅKON CARLSEN, Oslo, Norway
 
 
 
Free Communications
 
 
Room: 2
08.30 – 10.00
Free Communication 21
Drug Allergy I
Moderators:
CARLOS CRISCI, Rosario, Argentina
LEONARDO GREIDING, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
 
Room: 3
08.30 – 10.00
Free Communication 22
Regulation of Allergic Inflammation
Moderators:
MAREK KOWALSKI, Lodz, Poland
BRUCE BOCHNER, Baltimore, United States
 
 
Room: 2
13.30 – 15.00
Free Communication 23
Asthma Pathophysiology
Moderators:
WILLIAM BUSSE, Madison, United States
SVEN-ERIK DAHLÉN, Stockholm, Sweden
 
 
Room: 3
13.30 – 15.00
Free Communication 24
Food Allergy - Clinical
Moderators:
KARIN HOFFMAN-SOMMERGRUBER, Vienna, Austria
SANDRA GONZALEZ-DIAZ, Monterrey, Mexico
 
 
Room: 2
15.30 – 17.00
Free Communication 25
Insect Venom Hypersensitivity
Moderators:
BEATRICE BILO, Ancona, Italy
PAMELA EWAN, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
 
Room: 3
15.30 – 17.00
Free Communication 26
Risk Factors for Allergy
Moderators:
FERNANDO MARTINEZ, Tucson, United States
PETER LE SOUEF, Pearth, Australia
 

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