Collaborating Partner Symposium

Monday, 5 December 2011

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10:45 - 12:15

Collaborating Partner Symposium 1: American Thoracic Society (ATS) Session: Emerging Issues in COPD
Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)
 Chairperson: Monica Kraft
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
1-1CPS: Biomarkers and COPD Phenotypes | Klaus Rabe (Germany)
11:10 - 11:30
1-2CPS: The Microbiome in Asthma and COPD | Richard Martin (US)
11:30 - 11:50
1-3CPS: COPD as a Systemic Disease and its Impact Upon Co-morbidities | Monica Kraft
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Collaborating Partner Symposium 2: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID): Immunological Features of Immunotherapy
Costa Maya 1 (Cancún Center)
 Chairpersons: Alkis Togias (US) and Rudolf Valenta (Austria)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
2-1CPS: Immunological Models for Successful Immunotherapy | Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland)
11:10 - 11:30
2-2CPS: How the Immune System Generates Tolerance | Kari Nadeau (US)
11:30 - 11:50
2-3CPS: How Immunology Informs the Design of Immunotherapeutics | Stephen Durham (United Kingdom)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

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10:45 - 12:15

Collaborating Partner Symposium 3: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Standardizing Outcomes in Asthma Clinical Research
Gran Cancún 3 (Cancún Center)
 Chairperson: Alkis Togias (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:05
3-1CPS: Standardizing Asthma Outcomes Measures: Overview of the NIH Asthma Outcomes Project | Alkis Togias (US)
11:05 - 11:20
3-2CPS: Defining and Measuring Asthma Exacerbations | David Peden (US)
11:20 - 11:35
3-3CPS: Defining and Measuring Asthma Symptoms | Robert Lemanske, MD (US)
11:35 - 11:50
3-4CPS: Defining and Measuring Asthma Control | Michael Schatz (US)
11:50 - 12:05
3-5CPS: Biomarkers as Outcome Measures in Asthma Clinical Research | Stanley Szefler (US)
12:05 - 12:15
Panel Discussion

15:00 - 16:30

Collaborating Partner Symposium 4: American Lung Association - Asthma Clinical Research Network: Asthma in the Elderly (AIE): Challenges and Opportunities
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)
 Chairpersons: Shyam Mohapatra (US) and Alvaro Cruz (Brazil)
15:00 - 15:05
Welcoming Remarks
15:05 - 15:25
4-1CPS: Diagnostic and Management Challenges | Nicola Hanania MD, (US)
15:25 - 15:45
4-2CPS: Atopy and Aging: An Ongoing Challenge | Monroe James King (US)
15:45 - 16:05
4-3CPS: Immunologic Changes in Aging | Linda Rogers (US)
16:05 - 16:30
Panel Discussion

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

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10:45 - 12:15

Collaborating Partner Symposium 5: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Clinical Research Network’s New Findings on the Stepwise Approach to Managing Asthma
Cozumel 2 (Cancún Center)
 Chairpersons: James Kiley and Thomas B. Casale (US)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
5-1CPS: Step Up Therapy in Children | Daniel Jackson (US)
11:10 - 11:30
5-2CPS: Adjusting Therapy in Adults | Elliot Israel (US)
11:30 - 11:50
5-3CPS: Intermittent Versus Daily Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Children | Fernando D. Martinez (US)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion
Collaborating Partner Symposium 6: Insights from the Global Allergy and Asthma Network (GA²LEN)
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
 Chairpersons: Joaquim Mullol (Spain) and Marek L Kowalski (Poland)
10:45 - 10:50
Welcoming Remarks
10:50 - 11:10
6-1CPS: Can the Severity of Allergy be Uniformly Defined? | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
11:10 - 11:30
6-2CPS: GA²LEN in Europe and Beyond | Torsten Zuberbier (Germany)
11:30 - 11:50
6-3CPS: GA²LEN, WAO and Guidelines | Giorgio Walter Canonica (Italy)
11:50 - 12:15
Panel Discussion