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Preliminary Scientific Programme

Tuesday, 28 June

 
Lunch (Hall C1) 12.00 – 13.30
 
Coffe break 10.00 – 10.30, 15.00 – 15.30
 
 
 
Sherlock Holmes in Allergy
 
Room: Auditorium
09.30 – 10.00

Sherlock Holmes in Allergy 2
Case presentations
Moderators:
FRANZISKA RUEFF, Munich, Germany
MATTHIAS MÖHRENSCHLAGER, Munich, Germany
Contact sensitivity to cocaine?
ANDREAS WOLLENBERG. Munich, Germany
Insect sting anaphylaxis with irreversible sequelae?
FRANZISKA RUEFF, Munich, Germany
Persistent facial edema: what is the cause?
PETER THOMAS, Munich, Germany
Vegetarian life may be harmful: the story of the veggie-burger
CHRISTINA SCHNOPP, Munich, Germany
An unusual case of erythema multiforme
GEORGIOS ATHANASIADIS, Munich, Germany
 
 
 
Plenary Session
 
Room: Auditorium
10.30 – 12.00

Plenary Session 2
Gene-Environment Interaction in Allergy
Moderators:
STEPHEN HOLGATE, London, United Kingdom
PAUL VAN CAUWENBERGHE, Ghent, Belgium
Genetic basis of atopy and asthma
EUGENE BLEECKER, Winston-Salem, United States
Infections, allergens and mucosal tolerance
DALE UMETSU, Stanford, United States
TLR, LPS and allergy
ROGER LAUENER, Zürich, Switzerland
Atmospheric pollution, pollen and allergy
HEIDRUN BEHRENDT, Munich, Germany
 
 
 
EAACI General Assembly
Room: 5
12.00 – 13.30

EAACI General Assembly & Council of National Societies
 
 
 
Symposia
 
Room: 14 B
08.30 – 10.00

Symposium 6
Genetics of Allergy
Moderators:
DEBORAH MEYERS, Winston-Salem, United States
RICHARD LOCKEY, Tampa, United States
Innate immunity and atopy – common genetic elements?
FERNANDO MARTINEZ, Tucson, United States
Cytokine clusters in the genome
LANNY ROSENWASSER, Denver, United States
The molecular basis of atopic dermatitis
YOUNG-AE LEE, Berlin, Germany
Whole Genome Scans Versus Candidate Gene Analysis -
What is the Best Approach for the Future?
JUHA KERE, Helsinki, Finland
 
 
Room: 5
08.30 – 10.00
Symposium 7
Environment Pollution and Allergy
Moderators:
HEIDRUN BEHRENDT, Munich, Germany
ANTHONY FREW, Southampton, United Kingdom
Tropical climate and allergy development
LUISA KARLA ARRUDA, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Atmospheric particles and health
BERT BRUNEKREEF, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Smoking and allergy development
KARIN C. LØDRUP CARLSEN, Oslo Norway
Why articles are particularly bad for health
HILLEL KOREN, Chapel Hill, United States
 
 
Room: 14 B
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 8
Hygiene and Allergy
Moderators:
SERGIO BONINI, Rome, Italy
NIKOLAOS PAPADOPOULOS, Athens, Greece
Critical remarks to the hygiene hypothesis
CHARLES K. NASPITZ, São Paulo, Brazil
Indoor environment
SUSANNE LAU, Berlin, Germany
Infection and allergy
PAOLO MATRICARDI, Geneva, Switzerland
Vaccination and allergy
HANS C RUMKE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 
 
Room: Auditorium
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 9
Asthma Therapy
HUGO NEFFEN, Santa Fe, Argentina
KARL HÄUSSINGER, Gauting, Germany
Immunomodulation in asthma
ANTHONY BARRY KAY, London, United Kingdom
Bronchodilatory treatment
PAUL POTTER, Cape Town, South Africa
Asthma management
RONALD DAHL, Aarhus, Denmark
Treatment of acute severe asthma attack
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, MD, United States
 
 
Room: 14 A
13.30 – 15.00
Symposium 10
Food Allergy
Moderators:
CASSIM MOTALA, Cape Town, South Africa
OSCAR FRICK, San Fransisco, United States
Food allergy: from sensitisation to prevention
CARSTEN BINDSLEV-JENSEN, Odense, Denmark
In vitro monitoring of food allergy
ALESSANDRO FIOCCHI, Milan, Italy
Hypoallergenic formula: the GINI study
ANDREA VON BERG, Wesel, Germany
Allergy to "gene modified food"
DEAN METCALFE, Bethseda, United States
 
 
Room: 14 C
15.30 – 17.00
Symposium 11
Occupational Allergy
Moderators:
PIERO MAESTRELLI, Italy
XAVER BAUR, Germany
Occupational skin allergy
WERNER ABERER, Graz, Austria
Occupational asthma
JOAQUIN SASTRE, Madrid, Spain
Immunotherapy in occupational allergy
SANTIAGO QUIRCE, Madrid, Spain
Occupational allergy in food industry
MOHAMED FAREED JEEBHAY, Cape Town, South Africa
 
 
 
Company Sponsored Symposia
 
Room: 13
08.30 – 10.15
Improving the Lives of Patients with Allergies
sanofi-aventis
Moderator:
CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
Moderator's introduction –
'Improving the lives of patients with allergies'
CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
Antihistamines: continuing life in the fast lane
PETER HOWARTH, Southampton, United Kingdom
Scratching beneath the surface: CIU and skin diseases
ALLEN KAPLAN, Charleston, United States
As easy as ABC: treating the paediatric allergy patient
ELI MELTZER, San Diego, United States
Summary and close / Q&A
CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
 
 
Room: 13
13.15 – 15.00
Even More Lessons from the IgE Antibody System
Pharmacia Diagnostics
Moderator:
PHILIPPE EIGENMANN, Geneva, Switzerland
Unmasking clinical reactivity to different food allergens
The issue of antibody diversity
HUGH SAMPSON, New York, United States
Need of IgE analysis to recover the link between infections and allergy to food and inhalants
ADNAN CUSTOVIC, Manchester, United Kingdom
Can severe allergic reactions be distinguished from less severe ones using purified allergen components?
RONALD VAN REE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Immune system algorithm to revealing clinical phenotypes and allergic reactivity
PATRICK HOLT, West Perth, United Kingdom
 
 
Room: 5
15.15 – 17.00
Anti-IgE: Addressing the Unmet Need in Inadequately Controlled Severe Allergic Asthma
Novartis
Moderator:
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin Germany
The pro-inflammatory role of IgE in allergic respiratory diseases
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
Examining the unmet need in inadequately controlled severe allergic asthma
MARTYN PARTRIDGE, Loughton Essex, United Kingdom
INNOVATE: anti-IgE as a treatment for inadequately controlled severe allergic asthma
MARC HUMBERT, Clamart, France
Does anti-IgE fulfil the unmet need
ROLAND BUHL, Mainz, Germany
Changing lives? Anti-IgE in clinical practice
WILLIAM BERGER, United States
 
 
 
Satellite Symposia
 
Room: 4
17.15 – 18.45

Influence of Infant Nutrition on Allergy Prevention
or Treatment
Nestlé Nutrition Institute
Moderator:
BODO NIGGEMANN, Berlin, Germany
Nutrition intervention for allergy treatment
BODO NIGGEMANN, Berlin, Germany
Nutrition intervention for allergy prevention
ANDREA VON BERG, Wesel, Germany
Oral tolerance
RODOLPHE FRITSCHE, Verey, Switzerland
 
 

Room: 14 A
17.15 – 18.45

Improving Access to Immunotherapy - the Development of a Tablet for Treatment of Grass Allergy
ALK-Abelló
Chairmen:
Walter G. Canonica, Genova, Italy
Claus Bachert, Gent, Belgium
Sublingual immunotherapy - where are we today and where are we going
Walter G. Canonica, Genova, Italy
Systemic and local immune responses to immunotherapy
Stephen Durham, London, United Kingdom
Update on the clinical development of the grass allergen tablet
Errkka Valovirta, Turku, Finland
Improved treatment of grass allergy
Claus Bachert, Gent, Belgium
 
 
 
Sister Society Symposia
 
14B
15.30– 17.00
AAAAI – Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
Moderators:
F ESTELLE R SIMONS, Winnipeg, Canada
JOHANNES RING, Munich, Germany
Immunotherapy in North America: State-of-the-Art
HAROLD NELSON, Denver, United States
Immunotherapy in Europe: State-of-the-Art
JEAN BOUSQUET, France
Potential for cure through immunoregulation
CEZMI AKDIS, Switzerland
Pros and cons of new immunotherapy agents: Human studies
FRANKLIN ADKINSON, Baltimore, United States
 
 
Room: 5
17.15 – 18.45
RAACI-DGAI Symposium – Skin and Allergy
Moderators:
IGOR GUSHCHIN, Russian Federation
ALEXANDER KAPP, Germany
Pathophysiology of eczema
NATALIJA NOVAK, Bonn, Germany
Stapholycoccus aureus and eczema
KRISTINA BREUER, Hannover, Germany
Atopic march and atopic eczema
ALEXANDER YEMELYANOV, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Allergovaccination in atopic eczema: pro and contra
ELENA FEDENKO, Moscow, Russian Federation
 
 
Room: 14 C
13.30 – 15.00
WAC 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand:
Highlights of Asian Science
Moderators:
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States
CHAWEEWAN BUNNAG, Thailand
New insights on pathogenic mechanisms of isocyanate induced asthma: from IgE to autoimmune mechanism
HAE SIM PARK, Suwon, Korea
Mechanisms and clinical significance of eosinophilic
inflammation in asthma
MAKOTO NAGATA, Saitama, Japan
Allergic conjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis
PAKIT VICHYANOND, Bangkok, Thailand
 
 
 
Workshops
 
 
Room: 14 C
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 7
Controversies in Paediatric Allergy I:
Hygiene Hypothesis: Does it Apply Worldwide?
Moderators:
CHARLES K. NASPITZ, Sao Paolo, Brazil
ROGER LAENER, Zurich, Switzerland
Protobiotics and hygiene hypothesis
LYNETTE SHEK, Singapore, Singapore
Vaccination strategies and allergy
CHRISTOPH GRÜBER, Berlin, Germany
Epidemiology of atopic diseases in Mexico
JOSE HUERTA-LOPEZ, Mexico City, Mexico
Pertussis vaccination and infection: role in development of allergy and asthma
URSULA KRÄMER, Düsseldorf, Germany
Africa
CASSIM MOTALA, Cape Town, South Africa
 
 
Room: 4
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 8
ASA Idiosyncrasy: After the Introduction of COX-2-Inhibitors, is it Still a Problem?
Moderators:
RUBY PAWANKAR, Tokyo, Japan
GÜNTER MENZ, Davos, Switzerland
Genetics of ASA-asthma
MAREK L. KOWALSKI, Lodz, Poland
Pathophysiology of aspirin asthma
ANDRZEJ SZCZEKLIK, Krakow, Poland
NSAID hypersensitivity: diagnostic approaches
MARIA SANZ, Pamplona, Spain
Adaptive deactivation in ASA hypersensitivity
TBA
 
 
Room: 21
08.30 – 10.00
Workshop 9
Photo Allergy and Photosensitization: How Does UV Light Trigger it and What Can We Do Against it?
Moderators:
BERNHARD PRZYBILLA, Munich, Germany
TIMO REUNALA, Tampere, Finland
Practical problems with photopatch test procedures
ERHARD HOELZLE, Oldenburg, Germany
"Sun allergy" (polymorphic light eruption), what is the elicitor?
ROLF-MARIWS SZEIMIES, Regensburg, Germany
Mechanisms of photosensitization
HERBERT HOENIGSMANN, Vienna, Austria
UV affecting the immune response towards tolerance
THOMAS LÜGER, Muenster, Germany
UV can inhibit mast cell responses
LAJOS KEMENY, Szeged, Hungary
 
 
Room: 14 C
13.30 – 15.00
Workshop 10
How Important are CD8 + T Cells in Allergy?
Moderators:
ECKARD HAMELMANN, Berlin, Germany
MARCUS OLLERT, Munich, Germany
T cells and epithelial apoptosis
MÜBECCEL AKDIS, Davos, Switzerland
CD8 cells in hyposensitization
MARTIN MEMPEL, Munich, Germany
CD8 cells in contact dermatitis
JEAN-FRANCOISE NICOLAS, Pierre-Benite, France
Recovery of physiological balance of Th1/Th2: Conversation of allergic response to immune response by allergotropines
RAKHIM KHAITOV, Moscow, Russia
 
 
Room: 21
15.30 – 17.00
Workshop 11
How Useful are Animal Models?
Moderators:
HARALD RENZ, Marburg, Germany
ERIKA JENSEN-JAROLIM, Vienna, Austria
Murine models of atopic eczema
GEORG STINGL, Vienna, Austria
Novel mouse mutants with severe combined immunodeficiencies
generated by ENU mutagenesis
THILO JAKOB, Munich, Germany
Expression of neurotrophins in a mouse model of allergic airway inflammation
ANDREAS NOCKHER, Marburg, Germany
Models for pre/postnatal sensitization
UDO HERZ, Kirchhain, Germany
Humanized mouse models
CATHERINE DUEZ, Lille, France
 
 
Room: 14 A
15.30 – 17.00
Workshop 12
Drug Allergy: Practical Problems
Moderators:
WERNER PICHLER, Bern, Switzerland
SIMA HALEVY, Israel
Additives in drugs as elicitors of anaphylaxis
TORSTEN ZUBERBIER, Berlin, Germany
Mangement of radiographic contrast media reactions
KNUT BROCKOW, Munich, Germany
Practical problems in diagnosis of drug allergy
PIOTR KUNA, Lodz, Poland
Beta lactam cross-reactivity, when is it safe to give a cephalosporin to a penicillin-allergic patient
MARIA J TORRES, Malaga, Spain
 
 
 
Free Communications
 
 
Room: 2
08.30 – 10.00
Free Communication 8
Diagnosis of Allergy
Moderators:
STEVEN STAPEL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IGNACIO JAVIER ANSOTEGUI, Anorebieta, Spain
 
 
Room: 3
08.30 – 10.00
Free Communication 9
Rhinits - Basic
Moderators:
PETER HELLINGS, Leuven, Belgium
JOQUIM MULLOL, Barcelona, Spain
 
 
Room: 2
13.30 – 15.00
Free Communication 10
Urticaria
Moderators:
BETTINA WEDI, Hannover, Germany
ALLEN KAPLAN, Charleston, United States
 
 
Room: 3
13.30 – 15.00
Free Communication 11
Paediatric Asthma
Moderators:
OMER KALAYCI, Ankara, Turkey
MARCELO J. KOHAN, Argentina
 
 
Room: 2
15.30 – 17.00
Free Communication 12
Food Allergy – Pre-clinical
Moderators:
ARNE HøST, Odense, Denmark
BARBARA BALLMER-WEBER, Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
Room: 3
15.30 – 17.00
Free Communication 13
Dendritic cells & Immunomodulation
Moderators:
JOACHIM SALOGA, Mainz, Germany
FEDERICA SALLUSTO, Bellinzona, Switzerland
 
 
Room: 4
15.30 – 17.00
Free Communication 14
Asthma - Experimental & Clinical
Moderators:
DOUGLAS ROBINSON, London, United Kingdom
KAZIMIERS MAY, Warzaw, Poland
 
 
Room: 3
17.15 – 18.45
Free Communication - Late Breaking Abstracts
Clinical Science I
Moderators:
JAN LÖTVALL, Gothenburg, Sweden
GIOVANNI PASSALAQUA, Genova, Italy
 
 
 
The Launch of the World Allergy Day
 
Room: 21
13.30 – 15.00

Prevention of Allergy and Allergic Asthma
Prevalence of allergic diseases - a global overview
CARLOS BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
Prediction and early diagnosis of allergy;
can symptoms be averted?
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
Preventative measures
TARI HAAHTELA, Helsinki, Finland
Education of the allergic patient - how patients can manage their own disease in partnership with the physician
JOHANNES RING, Munich, Germany
 
 

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