Symposia

Sunday, 5 December 2010

17:15 - 18:15

Symposium 1110: Hereditary Angioedema (HAE): Spotlight on the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment
 Chairperson: Lanny Rosenwasser
17:15 - 17:20
Welcoming Remarks
17:20 - 17:40
Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis | Timothy J. Craig (US)
17:40 - 18:00
Treatment options of HAE | Konrad Bork (Germany)
18:00 - 18:15
Discussion

Monday, 6 December 2010

10:30 - 12:00

Symposium 1045: Asthma and co-morbidities
 Chairpersons: Zeinab Awad, Habib Douagui and Revaz I. Sepiashvili
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Asthma and rheumatic disorders and vasculitis | Lanny Rosenwasser (US)
10:55 - 11:15
Asthma and osteoporosis and osteopenia | Dennis Ledford (US)
11:15 - 11:35
Asthma in the elite athlete | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
11:35 - 12:00
Discussion
Symposium 1047: Asthma and upper airway co-morbidities: Research and clinical practice updates
 Chairpersons: Hussain Abdul Rahman, Elham Hossny and Noel Rodriguez-Perez
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Asthma, rhinosinusitis and otitis media with effusion | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
10:55 - 11:15
Practical aspects of managing asthma and rhinosinusitis in the clinic | Michael A. Kaliner (US)
11:15 - 11:35
Asthma and nasal polyps | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
11:35 - 11:55
Asthma and aspirin sensitivity | Marek L. Kowalski (Poland)
11:55 - 12:15
Discussion
Symposium 1044: Update on asthma research and clinical practice
Chairpersons: Mohamad Ehlayel and Jung-Won Park
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Asthma control: Setting goals | Eric Bateman (South Africa)
10:55 - 11:15
Difficult-to-control asthma | Paul O'Byrne (Canada)
11:15 - 11:35
Asthma exacerbation and reducing emergency room visits | Tari Haahtela (Finland)
11:35 - 12:00
Discussion

15:30 - 17:15

Symposium 1106: Asthma and upper airway co-morbidities in the Gulf and Near East
 Chairpersons: Nermina Arifhodzic　 and Syed M. Hasnain
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
Genetics of asthma | Saleh Al-Muhsen (Saudi Arabia)
15:55 - 16:15
Triggers of childhood asthma | Zeina Baz (Lebanon)
16:15 - 16:35
Asthma and rhinitis | Mona Al-Ahmad (Kuwait)
16:35 - 16:55
Asthma and sleep disorders | Ashraf Al Zaaibi (United Arab Emirates)
16:55 - 17:15
Discussion

15:30 - 17:00

Symposium 1048: Asthma and upper airway co-morbidities: Looking ahead
 Chairpersons: Carla Irani and Ho Joo Yoon
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
Asthma and vocal cord dysfunction | Dennis Ledford (US)
15:55 - 16:15
Asthma, GERD and laryngeal pharyngeal reflux (LPR) | Richard F. Lockey (US)
16:15 - 16:35
Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea | Fulvio Braido (Italy)
16:35 - 17:00
Discussion
Symposium 1046: Asthma in the elderly
 Chairpersons: Young-Koo Jee, Yousser Mohamed and Fadhel Saleh
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
Asthma and co-morbidities in the elderly | Neil Barnes
15:55 - 16:15
Life-Long asthma and its relationship to COPD | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
16:15 - 16:35
Overcoming gaps and optimizing management of asthma in the elderly | Louis-Philippe Boulet (Canada)
16:35 - 17:00
Discussion

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

10:30 - 12:00

Symposium 1050: An overview of pediatric asthma
Chairpersons: Shereen Reda and Meenu Singh
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Wheezing pre-asthma phenotypes in pre-school children | Robert Lemanske (US)
10:55 - 11:15
Asthma and allergies in school-age children and adolescents | Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani (Argentina)
11:15 - 11:35
Prevention of pediatric asthma and allergies | Tari Haahtela (Finland)
11:35 - 12:00
Discussion
Symposium 1051: Asthma, endocrine disorders and iatrogenesis
 Chairpersons: Motohiro Ebisawa and Lubna Hwejeh
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Asthma treatment and the HPA axis | Paul Greenberger (US)
10:55 - 11:15
Asthma and endocrine disorders | Dennis Ledford (US)
11:15 - 11:35
Asthma co-morbidities in pregnancy | Sandra González-Díaz (Mexico)
11:35 - 12:00
Discussion
Symposium 1052: New concepts in severe asthma
 Chairpersons: Asma Al Nuaimi and Rabih Halwani
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
Asthma phenotypes: A clinically useful concept | Adnan Custovic (United Kingdom)
10:55 - 11:15
Defining and diagnosing severe asthma | Eric Bateman (South Africa)
11:15 - 11:35
Small airways disease in asthma | Stephen Peters (US)
11:35 - 12:00
Discussion

13:00 - 14:30

Symposium 1124: Sanofi-Aventis: Allergic airways diseases: From the evidence to clinical practice
Chairperson: Mario Sanchez-Borges
13:00 - 13:05
Welcoming Remarks
13:05 - 13:25
Burden of allergic diseases in Midle East countries | Faheem Tadros
13:25 - 13:45
From clinical evidence to real practice | Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani (Argentina)
13:45 - 14:05
Allergic airways diseases: Evidence based medicine | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
14:05 - 14:20
Discussion

17:00 - 19:00

Symposium 1055: Asthma and COPD
 Chairpersons: Hasan Al-Dhekri and Kamal Hanna
17:00 - 17:05
Welcoming Remarks
17:05 - 17:25
Biomarkers in the assessment of asthma and COPD | Louis-Philippe Boulet (Canada)
17:25 - 17:45
Diagnosing and managing asthma and COPD | Neil Barnes
17:45 - 18:05
Smoking cessation | Riccardo Polosa (Italy)
18:05 - 18:25
Allergen avoidance strategies to reduce morbidity in asthma | Adnan Custovic (United Kingdom)
18:25 - 18:45
Discussion

17:00 - 18:30

Symposium 1053: Immunotherapy and immune modulators in asthma and allergic rhinitis
 Chairpersons: Ahmed Elbousify and Nagata Makoto
17:00 - 17:05
Welcoming Remarks
17:05 - 17:25
Subcutaneous immunotherapy | Harold Nelson (US)
17:25 - 17:45
Sublingual immunotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma | G. Walter Canonica (Italy)
17:45 - 18:05
Novel strategies and future directions in immunotherapy | Glenis Scadding (United Kingdom)
18:05 - 18:30
Discussion
Symposium 1109: The multiple faces of asthma
Chairperson: Alessandro Fiocchi
17:00 - 17:20
The three dimensions of asthma: Asthma type, asthma severity and asthma personality | Jan Lötvall (Sweden)
17:20 - 17:40
Immunological mechanisms of asthma phenotypes | Christian Virchow (Germany)
17:40 - 18:00
Environmental influences on asthma and alllergy phenotypes | Omer Kalayci

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

09:30 - 11:00

Symposium 1054: Asthma and ocular allergy co-morbidity
Chairpersons: Manana V. Chikhladze, Maitham Husain and Barbara Rogala  
09:30 - 09:35
Welcoming Remarks
09:35 - 09:55
Epidemiology and pathomechanisms of ocular allergy | Michael S. Blaiss (US)
09:55 - 10:15
Asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis co-morbidity and quality-of-life | Fulvio Braido (Italy)
10:15 - 10:35
Treating the ocular component of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
10:35 - 11:00
Discussion

11:00 - 12:45

Symposium 1107: Asthma and chest co-morbidities in the Middle East
 Chairpersons: Hussain Al Kendi, Abdenour Benyounes, Richard F. Lockey and Zineb Sayah
11:00 - 11:05
Welcoming Remarks
11:05 - 11:25
Asthma and smoking | Mohammad Reza Masjedi (Iran)
11:25 - 11:45
Asthma management strategies in the Middle East | Majdi Idrees (Saudi Arabia)
11:45 - 12:05
The impact of olive pollens in allergy and asthma in Jordan | Hani Ababneh (Jordan)
12:05 - 12:25
Discussion
12:25 - 12:45
Monoclonal antibodies in asthma therapy - Middle East perspective | Yehia El-Gamal (Egypt)

11:00 - 12:30

Symposium 1056: Asthma and concomitant chest diseases
 Chairpersons: Hasan Al-Dhekri and Pawel Gorski 
11:00 - 11:05
Welcoming Remarks
11:05 - 11:25
Occupational rhinitis and asthma | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)
11:25 - 11:45
Asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis | Neil Barnes
11:45 - 12:05
Cough variant asthma | Pramod Kelkar (US)
12:05 - 12:30
Discussion
Symposium 1057: Asthma and viral infections
 Chairpersons: Nizar Kherallah and Anwar Sallam
11:00 - 11:05
Welcoming Remarks
11:05 - 11:25
Early viral infections: Their role in the development of asthma | Robert Lemanske (US)
11:25 - 11:45
Managing the wheezing infant | Alessandro Fiocchi (Italy)
11:45 - 12:05
Non-viral triggers of asthma exacerbation | Louis-Philippe Boulet (Canada)
12:05 - 12:30
Discussion