Symposium: (World Allergy Congress)

Symposium 1: Risk Factors for Recurrent Early Wheezing in Childhood

Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Carlos Nunes (Portugal) and Silvia Sanchez-Garcia (Spain)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

1-1SY: Overview | Fernando D. Martinez (US)

11:10 - 11:30

1-2SY: Viral Infections | Robert Lemanske, MD (US)

11:30 - 11:50

1-3SY: Allergens | Dennis Ownby (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 2: 2012 WAO International Scientific Conference: Superantigens and Severe Airway Disease

Gran Cancún 3 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Lanny Rosenwasser (US) and Ashok Shah (India)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

2-1SY: New Insights Into Immunologic Mechanisms | Claus Bachert (Belgium)

11:10 - 11:30

2-2SY: Upper Airway | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)

11:30 - 11:50

2-3SY: Lower Airway | Phillipe Gevaert (Belgium)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 3: Genetic Susceptibility to Airway Diseases

Isla Mujeres (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Michael Teng (US) and Stephen P. Peters (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

3-1SY: Limitation of Genetic Variants in Asthma Genetics and Advance of Epigenetics | Choon-Sik Park (South Korea)

11:10 - 11:30

3-2SY: Asthma | Donata Vercelli (US)

11:30 - 11:50

3-3SY: COPD | Eugene R. Bleecker (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 4: Environmental Aspects of Asthma

Xcaret (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Roberto O. Aguila de la Coba (Cuba) and Ulrich Wahn (Germany)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

4-1SY: Asthma in Underserved Populations | Alvaro Cruz (Brazil)

11:10 - 11:30

4-2SY: Inner-City Asthma | Cheryl Hankin (US)

11:30 - 11:50

4-3SY: Rural Asthma | Roy Gerth van Wijk (Netherlands)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 5: Rhinosinusitis

Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Ralph Mösges (Germany) and Lawrence DuBuske (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

5-1SY: Asthma Exacerbations | Marek L Kowalski (Poland)

11:10 - 11:30

5-2SY: Otitis Media | Robert Naclerio (US)

11:30 - 11:50

5-3SY: Management | Michael A. Kaliner (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 6: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Syndrome and Allergic Respiratory Diseases

Bacalar (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Ivan Chérrez (Ecuador) and Stanley Fineman (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

6-1SY: Upper Airway Diseases | Athanasios Kaditis (Greece)

11:10 - 11:30

6-2SY: Asthma | Fulvio Braido (Italy)

11:30 - 11:50

6-3SY: Management | Timothy J. Craig (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 7: Allergen Avoidance Strategies

Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Harold Nelson (US) and Antonio Castillo (Dominican Republic)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

7-1SY: Dust Mites | Roy Gerth van Wijk (Netherlands)

15:25 - 15:45

7-2SY: Storage Mites | Enrique Fernandez-Caldas (Spain)

15:45 - 16:05

7-3SY: Molds | Jonathan Bernstein (US)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 8: Mast Cell: The Central Inflammatory Cell

Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Larry Schwartz (US) and Elham Hossny (Egypt)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

8-1SY: Mast Cells as Regulators and Effectors | Stephen Galli (US)

15:25 - 15:45

8-2SY: Mast Cells, Eosinophils and Nerves | Allison Fryer (US)

15:45 - 16:05

8-3SY: Mast Cells: Novel Ways for Suppression | Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 9: Asthma and COPD: Are They a Spectrum of the Same Disease?

Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Yehia El-Gamal (Egypt) and James Baraniuk (US)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

9-1SY: Pathophysiology | Nicola Hanania MD, (US)

15:25 - 15:45

9-2SY: Severe Asthma vs. COPD | Sally Wenzel (US)

15:45 - 16:05

9-3SY: Treatment Responses | Ronald Dahl (Denmark)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 10: Genetic Respiratory Diseases and Their Association with Asthma

Xcaret (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Deborah Meyers (US) and Marc Peters-Golden (US)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

10-1SY: Alpha1 Antitrypsin | Stephen P. Peters (US)

15:25 - 15:45

10-2SY: Ciliary Dyskinesia | Jose L. Lezana

15:45 - 16:05

10-3SY: Cystic Fibrosis | Nelson Rosario (Brazil)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 11: Pregnancy: Allergic Diseases and Asthma

Costa Maya 1 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Kamal Hanna (Egypt) and Myron Zitt (US)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

11-1SY: Rhinitis and Pregnancy | Glenis Scadding (United Kingdom)

15:25 - 15:45

11-2SY: Asthma and Pregnancy | Michael Schatz (US)

15:45 - 16:05

11-3SY: Anaphylaxis and Pregnancy | F. Estelle R. Simons (Canada)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 12: Eosinophilic Respiratory Problems

Gran Cancún 1 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: John Kelso (US) and Riccardo Polosa (Italy)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

12-1SY: Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)

11:10 - 11:30

12-2SY: Churg Strauss Syndrome | John Sleasman (US)

11:30 - 11:50

12-3SY: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) | Paul Greenberger (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 13: Immunomodulators in Allergic/Immunologic Diseases

Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Zuhair Ballas (US) and Erika Jensen-Jarolim (Austria)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

13-1SY: Immune-modulatory Strategies in Severe Atopic Eczema | Johannes Ring (Germany)

11:10 - 11:30

13-2SY: Long-Term Use of Omalizumab: Is the IgE Response Modified? | Ulrich Wahn (Germany)

11:30 - 11:50

13-3SY: Anticytokine Therapies for Autoinflammatory Diseases | Hal Hoffman (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 14: Clinical Use of Probiotic Products for Allergy – A WAO Paper - WAO Special Committee on Food Allergy

Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: A. Wesley Burks (US) and Rosa Elena Huerta Hernández (Mexico)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

14-1SY: Presentation of the WAO Paper | Alessandro Fiocchi (Italy)

11:10 - 11:30

14-2SY: The Microbiological Underpinnings | Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann (Germany)

11:30 - 11:50

14-3SY: Probiotics and Allergic Diseases | Leonard Bielory (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 15: Patient Education and Treatment Compliance in Allergic Rhinitis - Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Takeda

Isla Mujeres (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Ruby Pawankar (Japan) and Eli Meltzer (US)

10:45 - 10:55

15-1SY: Introduction to Allergic Rhinitis Surveys | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)

10:55 - 11:15

15-2SY: In Asia Pacific | Connie Katelaris (Australia)

11:15 - 11:35

15-3SY: In the United States | Michael S. Blaiss (US)

11:35 - 11:55

15-4SY: In Latin America | R Maximiliano Gomez (Argentina)

11:55 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 16: Smooth Muscle and Asthma

Tulum (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Andrew Wardlaw (United Kingdom) and Narasaiah Kolliputi (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

16-1SY: Inflammatory Cell | Klaus Rabe (Germany)

11:10 - 11:30

16-2SY: Response Element | Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr. (US)

11:30 - 11:50

16-3SY: Thermoplasty | Mario Castro (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 17: Neural Mechanisms in Airway Diseases

Xcaret (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Stephen Liggett (US) and Michael A. Kaliner (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

17-1SY: Cough Reflex | Bradley Undem (US)

11:10 - 11:30

17-2SY: Nasal Reflexes | James Baraniuk (US)

11:30 - 11:50

17-3SY: Novel Treatments for Neuromechanisms | Allison Fryer (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 18: Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) and the WAO Consensus Document - WAO HAE International Alliance

Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Timothy J. Craig (US) and Michihiro Hide (Japan)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 10:55

18-1SY: Summary of the WAO Document | Timothy J. Craig (US)

10:55 - 11:15

18-2SY: Pathogenesis | Michael Frank (US)

11:15 - 11:35

18-3SY: Clinical Presentation | Marco Cicardi (Italy)

11:35 - 11:55

18-4SY: New Approaches to Treatment | Aleena Banerji (US)

11:55 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 19: Air Pollution and Climate Change and Their Effects on Allergic Respiratory Diseases - WAO Special Committee on Climate Change

Auditorium (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Menachem Rottem (Israel) and Juan Jose Luis Sienra-Monge (Mexico)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

19-1SY: Air Pollution, Climate Change and Extreme Events Leading to Asthma Exacerbations | Gennaro D'amato (Italy)

11:10 - 11:30

19-2SY: Air Pollution, Climate Change and Hygiene Hypothesis | Ignacio J. Ansotegui (Spain)

11:30 - 11:50

19-3SY: Interaction Between Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution | Thomas Platts-Mills (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 20: Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) in Children

Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Joel Oyoqui Flores (Mexico) and Juan Carlos Ivancevich (Argentina)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

20-1SY: A Walk Through the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Rhinosinusitis | Eli Meltzer (US)

15:25 - 15:45

20-2SY: Clinical Characteristics | Hector Stone-Aguilar (Mexico)

15:45 - 16:05

20-3SY: Management | José Antonio Sacre Hazouri (Mexico)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 21: The Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems

Tulum (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez (Mexico) and James Oleske (US)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

21-1SY: Innate | Elena Perez (US)

15:25 - 15:45

21-2SY: Adaptive Immune System | Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland)

15:45 - 16:05

21-3SY: Laboratory Testing | Thomas Fleisher (US)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 22: New Concepts about Occupational Asthma

Xcaret (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Louis-Philippe Boulet (Canada) and Jan Lötvall (Sweden)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

22-1SY: Genetic Predisposition | Hae-Sim Park (South Korea)

15:25 - 15:45

22-2SY: Pathogenesis | David Peden (US)

15:45 - 16:05

22-3SY: Prevention and Therapy | Jonathan Bernstein (US)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 23: WAO Junior Members Group

Bacalar (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Matteo Bonini (Italy) and Silvia Sanchez-Garcia (Spain)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:20

23-1SY: How a Protein Becomes an Allergen and an Allergen a Candidate for Correct Diagnosis and/or Immunotherapy. Ole e 11 as a Model to Study | Guillermo Salamanca (Spain)

15:20 - 15:35

23-2SY: Allergic Rhinitis and Oral Malocclusion in Children | Claudia Gallego (Mexico)

15:35 - 15:50

23-3SY: Sensitization to Fungi and its Relation to Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis | Alexander Diaz Rodriguez (Cuba)

15:50 - 16:05

23-4SY: Skin Irritation and Allergic Contact Sensitization in Atopic Dermatitis | Razvigor Darlenski (Bulgaria)

16:05 - 16:20

23-5SY: Efficacy of Slow Oral Immunotherapy for Cow's Milk Allergy | Kiyotake Ogura (Japan)

16:20 - 16:30

Discussion

Symposium 24: Why are Small Airways Important in Asthma? - This WAO Symposium is supported through unrestricted educational grants from Teva and Takeda

Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Lanny Rosenwasser (US) and Christian Virchow (Germany)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

24-1SY: Pathophysiology of Small Airways Disease | Qutayba Hamid (Canada)

11:10 - 11:30

24-2SY: Physiology of Small Airways Disease | Charles Irvin (US)

11:30 - 11:50

24-3SY: Particle Deposition and Pharmacotherapy of Small Airways Disease | Lanny Rosenwasser (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 25: WAO Anaphylaxis Guidelines - WAO Anaphylaxis Special Committee

Gran Cancún 3 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Yehia El-Gamal (Egypt) and Stephen Galli (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

25-1SY: Epidemiology | Paul Greenberger (US)

11:10 - 11:30

25-2SY: Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis | Mario Sanchez-Borges (Venezuela)

11:30 - 11:50

25-3SY: Treatment | F. Estelle R. Simons (Canada)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 26: Vitamin D: How Important in Allergic Diseases?

Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Robert Lemanske, MD (US) and Jeffrey Demain (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

26-1SY: Anaphylaxis | Carlos Camargo (US)

11:10 - 11:30

26-2SY: Asthma | Attilio Boner

11:30 - 11:50

26-3SY: Viral-Respiratory Infections | Robert C. Strunk

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 27: 2013 EAACI-WAO World Allergy & Asthma Congress - Milan, Italy: Novel and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Allergy and Asthma

Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Cezmi Akdis (Switzerland) and Ruby Pawankar (Japan)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

27-1SY: Immunomodulators - A Brave New World | Zuhair Ballas (US)

11:10 - 11:30

27-2SY: Inducing Immune Tolerance to Allergens - Implications for Treatment | Mubeccel Akdis (Switzerland)

11:30 - 11:50

27-3SY: Preventive Strategies | Susan L. Prescott (Australia)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 28: Immunobiologic Approaches in Allergy

Costa Maya 2 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Riccardo Polosa (Italy) and Hal Hoffman (US)

10:45 - 10:50

Welcoming Remarks

10:50 - 11:10

28-1SY: Translational Research and Immunomodulators in Allergy | Jorge Kalil (Brazil)

11:10 - 11:30

28-2SY: Anti-IgE Use in Allergy | Pedro Giavina-Bianchi (Brazil)

11:30 - 11:50

28-3SY: Anti-Eosinophil Strategies | Seema Aceves (US)

11:50 - 12:15

Panel Discussion

Symposium 29: Primary Immune Deficiencies: Rapid Diagnosis and Referral

Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Thomas Fleisher (US) and John Sleasman (US)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

29-1SY: Clinical Presentation | James Oleske (US)

15:25 - 15:45

29-2SY: Screening | Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles (US)

15:45 - 16:05

29-3SY: Treatment Options | Elena Perez (US)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 30: Allergy, Asthma and the Athlete

Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: Estrella Asayag (Argentina) and Zineb Sayah (Morocco)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

30-1SY: Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Asthma | Timothy J. Craig (US)

15:25 - 15:45

30-2SY: Exercise-Induced Allergic Diseases | Sergio Bonini (Italy)

15:45 - 16:05

30-3SY: Asthma and Elite Athletes | Marcin Kurowski (Poland)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium 31: Hymenoptera Allergy: Ants and Flying Insects

Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)

Chairpersons: John Kelso (US) and Ioana Agache (Romania)

15:00 - 15:05

Welcoming Remarks

15:05 - 15:25

31-1SY: Overview | Jeffrey Demain (US)

15:25 - 15:45

31-2SY: Immunotherapy | James Tracy (US)

15:45 - 16:05

31-3SY: Immunologic Response with Venom Immunotherapy | Mubeccel Akdis (Switzerland)

16:05 - 16:30

Panel Discussion

Symposium

Monday, 5 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

15:00 - 16:30

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

15:00 - 16:30

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

10:45 - 12:15

15:00 - 16:30